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Rescue teams search for survivors in building collapse that killed at least 9 in northern Lebanon

New Delhi, Feb. 9 -- At least nine people were killed and six rescued from the rubble of a multistory apartment building that collapsed Sunday in the city of Tripoli in northern Lebanon, state media r... Read More


Somalia welcomes its first bowling alley as the middle class and diaspora returnees grow

New Delhi, Feb. 9 -- In a city long defined by conflict, Somalia 's capital of Mogadishu now echoes with the crash of pins at the country's first modern bowling alley. It's the latest sign of revival... Read More


EU accuses TikTok of 'addictive design' that harms children, seeks changes to protect users

New Delhi, Feb. 9 -- The European Union on Friday accused TikTok of breaching the bloc's digital rules with "addictive design" features that lead to compulsive use by children, in preliminary charges ... Read More


Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei 225 jumps after a landslide victory for PM Takaichi's ruling party

New Delhi, Feb. 9 -- Tokyo's Nikkei 225 share index jumped as much as 5% to a record on Monday after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's governing party secured a two-thirds supermajority in a pa... Read More


Elon Musk joins his rocket and AI businesses into a single company

New Delhi, Feb. 9 -- Elon Musk is joining his space exploration and artificial intelligence ventures into a single company before what's expected to be a massive initial public offering for the busine... Read More


Israel's security cabinet approves measures to strengthen control over the West Bank

New Delhi, Feb. 9 -- Israel 's security cabinet on Sunday approved measures that aim to deepen Israeli control over the occupied West Bank and weaken the already limited powers of the Palestinian Auth... Read More


New Zealand mosque shooter seeks to discard his guilty pleas, saying prison made him irrational

New Delhi, Feb. 9 -- The man who killed 51 Muslim worshipers at two mosques in New Zealand's deadliest mass shooting told an appeals court Monday that he felt forced to admit to the crimes because of ... Read More


Drone attack by paramilitary group in Sudan kills 24, including 8 children, doctors' group says

New Delhi, Feb. 9 -- A drone attack by a notorious paramilitary group hit a vehicle carrying displaced families in central Sudan on Saturday, killing at least 24 people, including eight children, a do... Read More


Russian airstrike on Ukrainian city kills 1 as US pushes June deadline for peace deal

New Delhi, Feb. 9 -- A Russian airstrike on a residential area in eastern Ukraine killed one person and wounded two, officials said Sunday, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the U.S. ... Read More


Iran sentences Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi to 7 more years in prison

New Delhi, Feb. 9 -- Iran sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to over seven more years in prison after she began a hunger strike, supporters said Sunday, as Tehran cracks down on all... Read More