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Canada to announce response to Trump's new tariffs

Six months into Iran war, Hormuz traffic way down, sailors stranded

Stocks stagger and oil rises as traders eye Iran threat, Nvidia results

Netanyahu got his Iran war, but maybe not his desired result

Families of detained Chinese Christians cling to faith in legal limbo

Hyundai reaches tentative deal with workers after strikes

Trump veers from boredom to denial after six months of Iran war

Once its saviour, US puts Kuwait in Iran's crosshairs

Cool Japan: Human fridge chills workers in extreme heat

Australia's top music charts ban AI songs

Tens of thousands flee fire near US city of Reno

How the French language contributed to the US-Canada trade war

Despair and anger erupt after deadly Guinea landfill collapse

Nevada sues US govt over cuts to Colorado River access

India's island choke point

China’s lithography leap

China’s cartel lifeline

Australia limits migration

Taliban arrest IS 'mastermind' of Afghan mosque attack: police

Taliban forces have arrested a suspected Islamic State militant who planned a bomb attack that killed at least 12 worshippers at a Shiite mosque in Afghanistan, police said on Friday.

Britain and India in new defence and security partnership: Johnson

Britain and India agreed a "new and expanded" defence and security partnership on Friday, under-fire British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on a visit to New Delhi.

India PM to hold first Kashmir public event since clampdown

India's prime minister will on Sunday hold his first public event in the disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir since New Delhi imposed a sweeping security clampdown there more than two years ago.

Thailand drops on-arrival Covid-19 tests for vaccinated visitors

Thailand on Friday announced the end of compulsory Covid-19 tests for vaccinated travellers, as the country steps up efforts to revive its pandemic-thumped tourism industry.

S. Korean sports fans can roar again after Covid bans lifted

South Korean baseball fans and football supporters will be allowed to cheer at stadiums for the first time in two years from Friday as the country drops almost all coronavirus restrictions.

One woman's war against the pain of 'suicide headaches'

When the headaches come for Diane Wattrelos, as they do for half an hour 10 times every day, she says it feels like someone has "stuck a screwdriver in my eye and turned it".

French prosecutors issue international arrest warrant for Ghosn

French authorities have issued an international arrest warrant for Carlos Ghosn, the disgraced auto tycoon who jumped bail in Japan and fled to Lebanon in a sensational getaway, prosecutors told AFP on Friday

Japan says disputed islands 'illegally occupied' by Russia

Japan described four disputed islands as "illegally occupied" by Russia for the first time in nearly two decades on Friday as ties sour between the countries over the war in Ukraine.

Gabon counts on visitors to help preserve great apes

Around a bend on a narrow trail that runs deep into the forest of Gabon's Loango national park, Kamaya comes into view. The huge silverback gorilla coolly watches visitors arrive, then goes back to his meal.