At least 64 people died on Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro’s most deadly police operation ever, which targeted a major gang days before the city hosts global events related to the United Nations climate summit known as COP30.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that Russia had tested a Poseidon nuclear-capable super torpedo and that it had been a great success.

Pakistan’s defence minister yesterday threatened to “obliterate” the ruling Taliban in neighbouring Afghanistan, a dramatic escalation of rhetoric after the collapse of talks towards a lasting peace between the South Asian nations.

US President Donald Trump said yesterday he prevented a war between India and Pakistan this year by threatening both nations with 250 percent tariffs, the highest he has mentioned on any country.

The meeting Thursday might yield a truce in the trade war between the world's top two economies

Trump landed in South Korea on the final leg of a trip through Asia

With OpenAI reporting more than 800 million people use ChatGPT every week, this translates to about 1.2 million people

2,500 heavily armed Brazilian officers, backed by armored vehicles, helicopters, and drones, took part in operation

Around 200 people were wounded "in a clear and flagrant violation of the ceasefire agreement"

Trump and his supporters have repeatedly raised the question of a 2028 presidential run for the 79-year-old

At least three deaths in Jamaica during storm preparation

Has the perceived US military threat affected crude exports from Venezuela, the country with more of the "black gold" than any other?

It stipulates pharmacies and veterinary clinics will need to obtain a license to sell cannabis flowers

Both Israel and Hamas have accused each other of violating the ceasefire.

Israeli planes launched strikes on Gaza City yesterday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the militant group Hamas of violating a ceasefire in the Palestinian territory and ordered the military to carry out “powerful attacks”.

Israeli forces killed three Palestinians described as members of a “terrorist cell” during a raid near the occupied West Bank city of Jenin yesterday, police said.

The retreat from Russia by Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Grande Armée in 1812 was a cataclysmic event that marked the beginning of the end for his empire and personal dominance in Europe, with about 300,000 soldiers perishing in a force that originally numbered roughly a half million.

Talks between Afghanistan and Pakistan in Istanbul to broker a long-term truce have ended without a resolution, two sources familiar with the matter said yesterday, a blow for peace in the region after deadly clashes this month.

Venezuela claimed Monday to have dismantled a CIA-financed cell plotting a false-flag attack on a US warship deployed to the southern Caribbean, as Washington stepped up pressure on Caracas by flying bombers nearby.

The UN estimated yesterday that nations’ carbon-cutting pledges imply a far-from-sufficient 10-percent emissions cut by 2035, cautioning that it was unable to provide a robust global overview after most countries failed to submit their plans on time.