Korea's Kospi hits fresh intraday high, amid mixed Asian markets as investors brushed aside fresh threats from Trump on Iran ahead of a fragile ceasefire deadline.

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake Monday off northern Japan sparked a short-lived tsunami alert and an advisory of a slightly higher risk of a possible megaquake for its coastal areas. The Cabinet Office and the Japan Meteorological Agency said there was a 1% chance for a megaquake,

South Africa's top police officer, Fannie Masemola, faces charges in a corruption scandal involving a $21 million contract. Prosecutors said Tuesday that Masemola's case will be joined to 16

After spending two days adrift in the Andaman Sea earlier in April, Rohingya refugee Rahila Begum is recovering from illness. She is among thousands of Rohingya Muslims who brave similar, perilous sea journeys to escape desperate camp conditions in Bangladesh,

The European Court of Justice has ruled that Hungary’s legislation banning LGBTQ+ content for minors violates EU law

The comments on the Strait of Hormuz by China’s leader, Xi Jinping, reflect Beijing’s complex relations with Iran and other Persian Gulf nations.

Pope Leo XIV is heading to Equatorial Guinea for the final leg of his four-nation African journey. The former Spanish colony on Africa’s western coast is run by Africa’s longest-serving

Musk was summoned after a search took place in February at the French premises of X as part of an investigation opened in January 2025 by the cybercrime unit of the Paris prosecutor’s office.