International

London: The UK's Office of Communications (Ofcom) Monday launched an investigation into X over the “deeply concerning” reports of its Grok artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot generating sexualised imagery to determine if it breached the country's Online Safety Act. The independent media watchdog said it had...

Peshawar: At least six policemen, including a senior officer, were killed and three others injured Monday in a blast targeting a police vehicle in northwest Pakistan, officials said. The vehicle was on patrol duty in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province's Tank district when unidentified miscreants targeted it...

New Delhi: Signalling an intent to rebuild strained ties, President Donald Trump's new ambassador to Delhi said Monday that no country is as essential as India to the United States, and asserted that both sides are actively engaged to firm up a trade deal. In...

Dubai: Iran's foreign minister said Monday that “the situation has come under total control” after a bloody crackdown on nationwide protests in the country. Abbas Araghchi also said that the protests “turned violent and bloody to give an excuse” for US President Donald Trump to...

New York: US President Donald Trump has posted a photo of himself on his social media site Truth Social with his designation listed as "Acting President of Venezuela." The post on Truth Social on Sunday has Trump's official portrait and then the designation “Acting President...

Dubai: President Donald Trump said Iran reached out to the US and proposed negotiations after he threatened action in response to a crackdown on protesters in the Middle Eastern country. Trump in comments to reporters aboard Air Force One said that his administration was in...

Washington: US President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency to block courts and creditors from seizing Venezuelan government funds held by the United States of America. This is important to protect oil-related revenues, which are critical to US national security and foreign policy objectives...

Islamabad: A fresh increase in flour prices in Shangla and other upper districts of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has sparked concerns among residents, who have blamed weak government oversight, hoarding, and profiteering for the surge, local media reported. The price of a 20-kilogram bag of flour...

Dubai: Violence surrounding the nationwide protests now shaking Iran has killed at least 203 people, with fears the death toll is actually far higher, activists warned Sunday. With the internet down in Iran and phone lines cut off, gauging the demonstrations from abroad has grown...

Ottawa: US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to make the human rights issue a key focus of his visit to China from January 13-17, asking him to press the Chinese government to end its repression in Xinjiang and ensure...