Category: 4. World

Sri Lanka’s former president Ranil Wickremesinghe has been arrested in connection with the alleged misuse of funds, police have said.

The charge relates to trips he took abroad while serving as president.

He is due to appear in a magistrates court…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A trainee surgeon was released from custody on bail Friday after he was accused of secretly video recording hundreds of medical colleagues in the restrooms of Australian…

An alleged cryptocurrency scammer’s five years on the run ended after he was arrested for littering near a train station in Seoul, police said Friday.

Police said they only intended to arrest the man for throwing a cigarette butt, but they got…

An explosion at a fireworks warehouse in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi on Thursday killed at least four people and injured more than 30 others, according to local police.

The blast triggered a fire that engulfed the warehouse and…

India’s Supreme Court has modified its previous order asking authorities in Delhi and its suburbs to move all stray dogs into shelters amid widespread protests by animal welfare groups.

The three-judge bench said that strays should be released…

China used an event marking the final stretch before its biggest diplomatic huddle of the year to accuse the US of “threatening world peace,” in a thinly veiled critique of the rival superpower just before it hosts a key gathering of global…

Workers worldwide need better protection from extreme heat as climate change causes more frequent heatwaves – that’s the conclusion of a new report from the World Health Organization and the World Meteorological Organization.

The report says…

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A major, preliminary magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck in the South Atlantic Ocean late Thursday, the United States Geological Survey reported.

The U.S. National Oceanic and…

For months, the aid worker felt a pervasive​​ “sense of rage”: Until the first half of 2025, she had worked in Jerusalem doing advocacy on the occupied Palestinian territories for a large aid organization with its headquarters in the United…