British Muslims voiced fear about far-right protests that have targeted UK mosques in recent days, as community leaders bolstered security at Islamic centres before more demonstrations planned for Saturday.
Student leaders rallied Bangladeshis on Saturday for a nationwide civil disobedience campaign as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government weathered a worsening backlash over a deadly police crackdown on protesters.
Google confirmed Friday that it had pulled an ad for its Gemini artificial intelligence after it landed flat with some Olympics viewers.
Opponents of deep sea mining hope to take a potentially significant step toward an international moratorium on Friday, as the sector's top international authority considers what could snowball into a key regulatory text.
US Vice President Kamala Harris effectively secured the Democratic party's presidential nomination Friday, confirming her remarkable rise to party standard bearer in November's showdown against Republican Donald Trump.
The US jobs market cooled much more than expected in July with the unemployment rate reaching its highest since late 2021, government data showed Friday, paving the way towards post-pandemic interest rate cuts.
US oil and gas giant ExxonMobil reported higher profits Friday as it pointed to the benefits of its acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources, while earnings at rival Chevron dipped on lower refining results.
UK police geared up Friday for possible further far-right protests this weekend following several violent skirmishes in the wake of a mass stabbing that killed three young girls.
Palestinian militant group Hamas prepares to choose a political leader after the killing of Ismail Haniyeh in a Wednesday attack in Tehran blamed on Israel.
Myanmar military airstrikes hit a hospital in a city controlled by an ethnic minority armed group close to the China border killing 10 people, local media reported on Friday.
US tech giants saw their shares fluctuate this week as investors tried to gauge whether artificial intelligence will fill coffers or drain them. Apple and Amazon on Thursday were the latest titans to see quarterly earnings scrutinized over how their core businesses are doing and whether cloud and AI strategies are paying off.
Turkey on Friday blocked access to the Instagram social media network, the national communications authority said without explanation, following censorship accusations against the US company by a high-ranking Turkish official.
US District Judge Philip Gutierrez, in his ruling Thursday, cited issues with the methodologies of expert witnesses presented during the trial.
The Japanese video game giant left its downbeat annual net profit forecast unchanged, even as the relative weakness of the yen continues to boost its earnings.
Snap shares plunged more than 16 percent on Thursday when a disappointing financial outlook eclipsed a rise in users of the image-centric social network Snapchat.
Tokyo led losses across Asia on Friday due to a stronger yen and expectations for more Japanese rate hikes, while disappointing data sparked a plunge on Wall Street and fuelled fresh fears of a US recession.
The children of Victor Bustos wail and cling to his coffin in the living room of his modest home, struggling to comprehend his death during a protest against the disputed reelection of President Nicolas Maduro.
Qatar is to hold on Friday funeral ceremonies for Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh after his killing in an attack blamed on Israel that has deepened fears of a regional escalation.
Amid celebrations at getting a slew of US citizens and Kremlin opponents out of Russian prisons, the White House had one public regret Thursday: failure to get out an even bigger name -- Alexei Navalny.
US chip maker Intel said Thursday it will slash more than 15 percent of its workforce as it streamlines operations.
Amazon reported Thursday its profit in the recently ended quarter doubled to $13.5 billion with the help of renewed momentum of its AWS cloud computing business.
Yum Brands has announced that it plans to expand the rollout of artificial intelligence technology in the U.S. as part of its global strategy.
The historic prisoner swap with Russia that freed US journalist Evan Gershkovich and 15 other Westerners was the fruit of painstaking, secret talks -- and one crucial phone call from President Joe Biden an hour before he dropped his reelection bid.
With international spending transactions amounting to $188 billion in 2023, cybersecurity seems likely to become more lucrative as organizations invest more than ever.
Airline giant IAG, owner of Spanish airline Iberia and British Airways, said Thursday it had dropped its bid to buy Spain's Air Europa due to the "current regulatory environment".
A new play criticising Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling's views on transgender issues comes to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe on Thursday.
Danish shipping giant Maersk said Thursday it expects its underlying profit in 2024 to be $2 billion higher than its previous forecast as freight rates have increased amid the crisis in the Red Sea.
Millennial gamers soaked up the nostalgia and embarked on fresh adventures in a land of orcs, mages and elves Thursday as "World of Warcraft" came back online in China.
India are still buoyant after their T20 World Cup triumph but skipper Rohit Sharma said Thursday his men were keeping focused ahead of their next engagement with Sri Lanka.
Iraq signed an agreement with British energy giant British Petroleum on Thursday to develop four oil and gas fields in the northern province of Kirkuk.
