The Maldives has banned Israeli passport holders from entering its territory, the president's office said on Wednesday, accusing Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza war, an allegation Israel has repeatedly denied.

The Israeli military has said it is expanding the "Morag Corridor," a new dividing line in the southern Gaza Strip, and has turned roughly a third of the enclave into "security zones" under full Israeli military control.

Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday denied in court that his company bought rival services Instagram and WhatsApp to neutralize them, as his testimony in a landmark antitrust case came to a close.

After China's outright denial of its citizens fighting the war alongside Russians, Ukraine decided to take some drastic actions.

A total of 175,512 Syrians have voluntarily returned to their country from Turkey since December 9 last year, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said.

Chizuko Kimura has become the first female sushi chef in the world to win a Michelin star, fulfilling a promise she made to her dying husband to continue his legacy.

Iran is dangerously close to developing an atomic weapon, warned the International Atomic Energy Agency, hours before the UN watchdog's chief is expected to leave for Tehran.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg once considered separating Instagram from its parent company due to worries about antitrust litigation, according to an email shown Tuesday on the second day of an antitrust trial.

Prosecutors said Wednesday they charged a Berlin palliative care doctor with the murder of 15 patients, alleging he acted out of a "lust" for killing.

Walmart has signed a deal for a second office space in the southern Indian city of Chennai, which is fast emerging as a major technology center after being known for years as a manufacturing hub.

The tragic incident occurred at the On Air gym in east-central Paris on Monday evening, after a suspected nitrogen leak from a cryotherapy chamber.

After a gap of 15 years, a Pakistani foreign secretary landed in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka to hold bilateral meetings. Amid strained India-Bangladesh ties, Pakistan has been accused of pushing its agenda of encouraging anti-India extremists.

25 out of 42 companies in the top AI-related startups in the Forbes AI 2025 list, or 60% of the list, were founded or co-founded by immigrants, with India leading the list with nine founders.

People were hacked to death with machetes. Gunfire erupted everywhere, seemingly at random. No one was spared, including a nine-month-old baby.

Pope Francis on Wednesday thanked members of the medical team who saved his life during a five-week hospital stay for a serious case of double pneumonia, speaking softly but breathing without oxygen at the meeting in the Vatican.

A pocket watch, tickets and money found among the belongings of passengers on the Titanic are among items on sale at a UK auction later this month.

OpenAI is working on its own X-like social media network, the Verge reported on Tuesday, citing multiple sources familiar with the matter.

Britain's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday the legal definition of a "woman" is based on a person's sex at birth, a landmark decision with far-reaching implications for the bitter debate over trans rights.

An Indian was among four students at Michigan public universities who have filed a lawsuit against their possible deportation after their student immigration status was terminated "unlawfully".

For decades, Singapore's Kwek family, owners of one of the city's biggest developers, looked to be the model of a successful family-run business. But that image was shattered when the family patriarch filed a lawsuit against his son.

Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal met a delegation from Elon Musk-owned satellite internet services company Starlink. The Starlink delegation comprised Vice President Chad Gibbs and Senior Director Ryan Goodnight.

South Korean actor Simon Lee was stunned when he saw his likeness -- at times as a gynaecologist or a surgeon -- being used to promote questionable health cures on TikTok and Instagram.

Americans are scouring Chinese e-commerce apps for cheap handbags, yoga pants and wallets as shoppers fear homegrown platforms will hike prices due to tariffs.

A recent cholera outbreak among British nationals is linked to contaminated holy water from Ethiopia's Bermel Giorgis pilgrimage site.

The ISIS group has claimed a bomb explosion targeting police in Pakistan's turbulent southwest that killed three policemen and wounded more than a dozen.