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One person was shot by a federal agent during a struggle outside a home in Minneapolis, according to Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara, but does not have life-threatening injuries. This comes days after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in the same city.  

A crane collapsed over a Thai highway outside Bangkok, crushing cars and killing two people on Thursday, just a day after another construction crane plunged onto a rail track in the country’s northeast, killing 32 passengers. Thursday’s incident occurred just outside Bangkok in Samut Sakhon province, where a crane installed on an under-construction elevated highway toppled onto the busy road below. Dashcam footage shared on social media shows the crane collapse onto unsuspecting drivers in a...

Authorities have released body-cam footage of a police shooting that wounded a felon last month after he allegedly fired a pistol at a pursuing officer during a foot chase in Balboa Park.

Britain and US remove staff from military base as Donald Trump ‘ready to push button on strikes’ amid repression

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Researchers say findings can help guide disease prevention efforts

He says the strikes, coupled with the bitterly cold winter, are having ‘severe’ consequences

The US president does not rule out military action in Iran, as Tehran temporarily shuts its airspace to nearly all flights.

Pakistan is increasingly confident of making billion-dollar arms sales, headlined by JF-17 fighters co-produced with China, as up to six Muslim-majority countries look to upgrade their air forces amid growing geopolitical turbulence and civil wars. A preliminary deal worth US$4 billion for an unspecified number of JF-17s and other training aircraft manufactured by Pakistan Aeronautical Complex was struck last month with the Libyan National Army, according to Reuters reports citing Aamir Masood,...

Passenger trips at the Hong Kong International Airport reached 61 million in 2025, marking a 15 per cent year-on-year increase, after a full year of operation with the facility’s third runway. The Airport Authority said on Thursday that the strong figures came on the back of a busy Christmas season, which saw over 200,000 daily passenger trips over eight days in December. Cargo throughput for the year also rose by 2.7 per cent to 5.07 million tonnes. “The strong traffic performance in 2025 marks...

The new series is from executive producer Ryan Murphy and FX.

Japan and the Philippines signed a defence pact on Thursday that would allow the tax-free provision of ammunition, fuel, food and other necessities when their forces stage joint training to boost deterrence against China’s growing aggression in the region and to bolster their preparation for natural disasters. Japan has faced increasing political, trade and security tensions with Beijing, which was angered by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remark that potential mainland Chinese action against...