Tech giants have blocked 4.7 million accounts under Australia’s world-first social media ban for under-16s, the country’s online safety watchdog said yesterday.

The United States said Thursday it had approved a $1.5 billion deal for the expansion of a naval base in Peru, where China has funded a separate mega-port.

An Israeli strike on south Lebanon killed one person yesterday, the health ministry in Beirut said a day after raids that Israel said had targeted the Iran-backed Hezbollah.

Ukraine has fuel reserves for more than 20 days, Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal told parliament yesterday, describing the overall energy situation in the country as very difficult following a series of Russian drone and missile attacks on power infrastructure.

Tamim Hossain applied for a US immigrant visa two years ago to reunite with his family -- his wife and two daughters -- who have been living there for more than a decade.

"For Canada to build its own competitive EV sector, we will need to learn from innovative partners," Carney says

US allies, including Saudi Arabia and Qatar, conducted intense diplomacy with Washington this week to prevent a US strike

Charges include fabricating official documents

The board will supervise a 15-member Palestinian technocratic committee

Trump has prioritised securing access to Venezuelan oil, not bringing democracy back to Venezuela

The deployment of European troops in Greenland has no impact on US President Donald Trump's plans to take control of the Arctic island from Denmark, the White House said Thursday

The United States has finalized a sale of Venezuelan oil — the first since Washington took control of the sector following the toppling of president Nicolas Maduro, a US official told AFP on Thursday

European countries sent small numbers of military personnel to Greenland on Thursday

The United States has completed its first sale of Venezuelan oil, valued at $500 million, according to an administration official.

The United States said on Wednesday it is launching the second phase of its plan to end the Gaza war, even as key elements of the first phase - including a complete ceasefire between Israel and Hamas - remain unfulfilled.

The Kremlin said yesterday that Russia agreed with US President Donald Trump that it was Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, not Russia, who was holding up a potential peace deal to end the war in Ukraine.

Denmark’s prime minister said yesterday the US ambition to take control of Greenland remained “intact” and that there was still a fundamental disagreement between the countries, despite high‑stakes White House talks.

Iran yesterday vowed to defend itself against any foreign threat, after US President Donald Trump said he would “watch it and see” about military action over the crackdown on protesters.

Two discussed regional development and enhancing security, stability

She claimed to be disabled and said she was trying to get to a doctor as agents handcuffed her