Vietnam’s Communist Party has opened a meeting to decide the country's top leadership and policies for the next five years

At least 14 people are dead following a massive fire that erupted at a shopping plaza in Karachi over the weekend, Pakistani officials said Monday, while dozens remain missing, according to reports.

The killings occurred a day after gang member inmates took 46 people hostage in three prisons across the country, officials said.

Syria's new leaders, since toppling Bashar Assad in December 2024, have struggled to assert their full authority over the war-torn country.

Ukraine nuclear facilities face Russian attack threats as Moscow weighs strikes on power substations to force capitulation, officials say. Zaporizhzhia is a primary target.

Brahim Diaz missed a 114th-minute penalty for Morocco as Senegal in the AFCON final that included a chaotic player-led protest.

Hackers disrupted Iranian state television satellite transmissions to air footage supporting the country's exiled crown prince and calling on security forces to not “point your weapons at the people,” footage online showed early Monday,

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said she will call a national election for February 8 to seek voter backing for increased spending, tax cuts and a new security strategy expected to accelerate Japan's defence build-up.