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Floods across Thailand have killed 24 people and affected millions since mid-September, authorities said on Wednesday.

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi confirmed on Thursday the complete and final withdrawal of US-led coalition forces from Iraq, declaring the full achievement of national sovereignty.

Favorability toward China has continued to improve across Latin America over the past two years, according to a latest survey released by The Economist on September 30.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned Monday's reported gang attack in Gros-Morne, Artibonite department, Haiti, his spokesman said on Wednesday.

Swiss glaciers have suffered one of their worst years of ice loss on record, losing more than 5% of their ice volume in 2026 after a record-breaking European heatwave and an unusually snow-poor winter accelerated melting.

October 1 is both China's National Day and the International Day of Older Persons.

In the 1980s, when televisions were still rare in China, entire neighborhoods would gather around a single 14-inch screen in a public square just to watch Huangmei Opera series.

Early Thursday morning, people gathered at Tiananmen Square to watch the national flag-raising ceremony that marked the 77th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Iran said on Wednesday it had received a US response to its latest proposal to resurrect the collapsed ceasefire in the Gulf, days after US President Donald Trump said he had rejected it.

Pakistan confirmed on Thursday that it had conducted "planned and calibrated" air strikes on neighboring Afghanistan, where it says militants are based and coordinate attacks.

Overnight Pakistani airstrikes killed "nine Afghan civilians," the Taliban government said Thursday, with one rare attack hitting southern Helmand province.

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has launched a broad investigation into artificial intelligence (AI) safety practices at Anthropic and OpenAI, multiple news outlets reported on Wednesday.

Brazil and the United States have agreed to form a working group to discuss US tariffs on Brazilian goods and other bilateral trade issues, Brazil's Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services said Wednesday.

China called on the international community to establish a just, equitable, and inclusive global human rights governance system guided by the Global Governance Initiative on Wednesday.

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday that the department is creating the "Autonomous Warfare Command," a new four-star combatant command with service-like authorities built to "scale autonomous and robotic capabilities across the joint f…

A years-old Cornell University sexual assault case is in the headlines, and this time the victim says she has new evidence.

Check out this unique way of playing basketball, from some visiting "aunties" from Guizhou province in Southern China.

For decades, Brazil has been a major ethanol producer, traditionally using sugarcane.

The United States officially ended its 12-year mission fighting ISIS in Iraq on Wednesday, Sept. 30.

"No fatties, no trannies, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals."

Shenzhen Airlines on Tuesday launched its first flight from Bandar Seri Begawan to Shenzhen, officially opening a new round-trip service between Brunei and south China's Shenzhen.

Ethiopia is turning discarded coffee husks into Hashara, a fruity, tea-like drink traditionally consumed in Ethiopian homes.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that a pilot aboard a Flydubai flight carrying mostly Israeli passengers stabbed the other pilot and allegedly tried to crash the plane before passengers and crew subdued him.

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on South Sudan’s leaders to uphold the 2018 peace agreement as the country moves towards general elections scheduled for December.

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has decided to extend the investigation periods of two trade barrier investigations into US practices and measures to December 27, 2026, according to two announcements recently released by the ministry.

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily lifted restrictions on the Trump administration’s deportation of immigrants to countries other than their own, while agreeing to hear the case on its merits in December.

China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) is moving up the global innovation ranks.

The Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE), a joint China-Europe satellite mission, has passed its in-orbit test review and entered the scientific operation phase, according to the National Space Science Center under the Chinese Academy…

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Sultan of Brunei Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah on Wednesday exchanged congratulations on the 35th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says a specialised multidisciplinary team has been deployed to investigate the deaths of 11 women whose bodies have been found in Ekurhuleni since July, amid concern over a recent spate of killings.

Egypt's foreign ministry said on Wednesday that eight Egyptian crew members aboard the hijacked M/T Eureka oil tanker have been released.

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi presented Washington's feedback on Iran's latest ceasefire proposal at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, state media IRNA reported, days after US President Donald Trump said he had rejected the plan.

China supports resolving disputes through political and diplomatic means and hopes that Iran and the United States will stick to the choice of peace, return to the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and resume dialogue and negotiations as soon as…

Twin giant pandas Rui Bao and Hui Bao, born in South Korea in July 2023 and currently residing at Everland's Panda Second House, are scheduled to return to China in the third week of December, Everland said Wednesday.

For decades, Africa has called for greater representation at the United Nations Security Council, the body responsible for some of the world’s most consequential decisions on international peace and security.

A flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv diverted to Saudi Arabia after the pilots fought in the cockpit – not a hijacking, an Israeli official said on Wednesday.

The United States and its allies have completed a 12-year military operation against the militant group Islamic State in Iraq, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, as US forces prepare to leave their final bases in the country by the end of the day.

A senior US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) official has made an unusually public request to the hacking group ShinyHunters, telling the cybercriminals on Tuesday to get in touch following a wide-ranging breach of the bureau's job site.

While floodwaters are beginning to recede across major parts of Bangkok, a severe crisis persists in the district of Lat Krabang, on the capital’s eastern outskirts, where thousands of residents remain cut off without electricity, clean water, or basic es…

To date, China has sent more than 100 tonnes of urgently needed relief supplies and daily necessities to Nepal in response to the mudslides in August along their shared border area.

Local officials denied that a shooting occurred at a high school in Sultan Kudarat Province, Mindanao, southern Philippines, on Wednesday morning, saying the loud noise was likely caused by faulty electrical wiring.

Qatar on Tuesday said that meetings and contacts aimed at bridging differences between the United States and Iran are continuing, with Doha exchanging messages between the two sides and seeking to build common ground toward a peaceful settlement.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is driving a rebound in venture capital and R&D spending, while a new generation of deep-science startups is turning frontier research into new industries, said the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on Tuesday.

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said tech executives agreed to establish voluntary standards for AI and reiterated his support for rapid expansion of data centers, as concerns mount over AI safety and the ‌industry's growing footprint in communities.

The US ban on a total amount of close to $1 billion of Canadian imports, including alcoholic beverages, dairy products and motorcycles, took effect on Tuesday.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday called for efforts to forge a new path toward a world free of nuclear weapons.

China on Tuesday said a reported tool being pushed by some European Union (EU) member states is a typical example of protectionism and unilateralism that would disrupt China-EU trade as well as the stability of global industrial and supply chains.

The UN Security Council on Tuesday held its fourth straw poll on the candidates for the next UN secretary-general.

As the trade war between Canada and the US continues to escalate, a new import ban on about $1 billion worth of Canadian products going into the US is now in full effect.