A US Army veteran who allegedly went to Lebanon and Syria to try to join Hezbollah has been indicted for attempting to support a “terrorist” organization, the Justice Department said Thursday. Jack Danaher Molloy, 24, a dual US-Irish national, was arrested in Chicago last

A top-secret lab in the UK is developing the country’s first quantum clock to help the British military boost intelligence and reconnaissance operations, the defence ministry said on Thursday. The clock is so precise that it will lose less than one second over billions of years,

Two children were among at least 10 people killed in a mass shooting that started at a restaurant in the small town of Cetinje in Montenegro and continued at three different locations, authorities said. A local man suspected of carrying out the shootings, identified by police as

Authorities say they are investigating the incident, in which seven people sustained minor injuries. One person has been killed and seven injured after a Tesla Cybertruck caught fire and exploded outside of a Las Vegas hotel partly owned by United States President-elect Donald Trump.

Suspected people smugglers will face severe curbs under new laws in Britain, the government said on Thursday, as it steps up efforts to fight illegal migration and strengthen border security. Those suspected will face travel bans, social media blackouts and restrictions on phone usage

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has suspended the work of Al Jazeera temporarily in the occupied West Bank over “inciting material,” Palestinian official news agency Wafa has reported. A ministerial committee that includes the culture, interior and communications ministries

A deadly car-ramming attack in New Orleans has brought chaos and mourning to the New Year’s Day celebrations in the Louisiana city, with authorities investigating the incident as an act of “terrorism”. At least 15 people were killed when a Ford pickup truck slammed

The United States has announced a new round of sanctions targeting Russia and Iran, citing alleged efforts to interfere in its 2024 elections. In a statement on Tuesday, the US Department of the Treasury said an affiliate of Russia’s military intelligence agency (GRU) and a

Israel’s relentless bombardment of Gaza continues on New Year’s Day, with at least 17 Palestinians killed in northern Jabalia and the central al-Bureij camp. Days of heavy rain have flooded hundreds of makeshift shelters across the Strip, piling more misery on displaced

Russian gas supplies to EU states via Ukraine have ended after a five-year deal between Ukraine's gas transit operator Naftogaz and Russia's Gazprom expired. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said earlier that his country would not allow Russia to "earn additional

The world population increased by more than 71 million people in 2024 and will be 8.09 billion on New Year's Day, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The 0.9 percent increase in 2024 was a slight slowdown from 2023, when the world population grew by 75 million people. In January

From Sydney to Mumbai to Nairobi, communities around the world began welcoming 2025 with spectacular light shows, embraces and ice plunges. Auckland became the first major city to celebrate, as thousands thronged downtown or climbed the city’s ring of volcanic peaks for a

A South Korean court issued an arrest warrant Tuesday for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, according to Yonhap news agency. The Seoul Western District Court issued the warrant against Yoon on charges of masterminding the botched Dec. 3 martial law declaration, orchestrating the

The death toll from a road accident in southern Ethiopia has risen to at least 71 after a vehicle carrying a wedding party veered into a river, a local official said. The truck careered into the water at around 5:30 pm local time on Sunday some 300 kilometres south of capital Addis

A 34-year-old soldier serving with the Indiana National Guard in Iraq has died in a non-combat incident, the Army said Monday. Capt. Eric Richard Hart, 34, of Indianapolis, Indiana, died Saturday in Iraq, the Army National Guard said in a statement. Hart was assigned to the

Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, has died at the age of 100 on Sunday, Dec. 29 at his home in Plains, Georgia. Carter's death came after a February 2023 announcement that he had decided to enter hospice care and spend his remaining time at home with family

Syria’s new leader Ahmed Al-Sharaa said Saudi Arabia has a major role to play in his country’s future during an interview with Al Arabiya aired on Sunday. “Saudi Arabia has a major role in Syria’s future, and I take pride in everything it has done for us,”

Flags flew at half-mast on Monday as South Korea mourned 179 people killed in the worst plane crash on its soil, as investigators probe why the Jeju Air plane crash-landed and burst into flames. The country has started seven days of national mourning, with the acting president flying

Israeli forces detained more than 240 Palestinians including dozens of medical staff and the director of a north Gaza hospital they raided on Friday, according to the Health Ministry in the enclave and Israel's military. The Health Ministry said it was concerned about the

The impact of armed conflicts on children around the world reached devastating and likely record levels in 2024, according to a review by Unicef of the latest available data and prevailing global trends. More children than ever are estimated to be either living in conflict zones or