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SoftBank, OpenAI set up joint company to push AI services in Japan

SoftBank Chief Masayoshi Son and OpenAI Chief Sam Altman appeared at an event in Tokyo, talking up their collaboration and inviting Japanese companies to join

Trump's aid freeze shocks Syria camp holding families linked to IS group

When the freeze was announced shortly after Trump took office, US-funded aid programmes worldwide began shutting down operations, including the organisation that runs many operations at al-Hol

Aid surging into Gaza after ceasefire, but is it reaching everyone?

Humanitarian groups say aid distribution is complicated by destroyed or damaged roads, Israeli inspections and the threat of unexploded bombs

WHO chief asks countries to push Trump to reconsider its withdrawal

For 2024-2025, the US is WHO's biggest donor by far, putting in an estimated $988 million, roughly 14 per cent of WHO's $6.9 billion budget

N Korea slams Rubio for calling it 'rogue' state in criticism of Trump govt

Rubio's coarse and nonsensical remarks only show directly the incorrect view of the new U.S. administration on the DPRK and will never help promote the US interests as he wishes, it said

Carter wins posthumous Grammy for narrating book of Sunday school lessons

It's Carter's fourth Grammy. His posthumous Grammy joins his three previous ones for spoken word album

Funeral for slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah set for Feb 23

Nasrallah was killed on Sept. 27 after a series of Israeli airstrikes struck several buildings in a southern Beirut suburb

Philadelphia plane crash: 5 injured remain in hospital, 3 critical

The investigation into the crash remained ongoing, Parker said, adding that officials were going door-to-door to seek information from neighbourhood residents

Panama must reduce Chinese influence around canal or face US action: Rubio

Secretary Rubio made clear that this status quo is unacceptable and that absent immediate changes, it would require the United States to take measures necessary to protect its rights

Remains of 55 of 67 victims of midair collision recovered: Officials

Authorities said Sunday they have recovered the remains of 55 of the 67 people killed in the deadliest US air disaster since 2001.

Trump warns Americans may feel 'some pain' from tariffs sparking trade war

Trump railed against Canada's trade surplus with the United States: We don't need anything they have. We have unlimited Energy, should make our own Cars, and have more Lumber than we can ever use

Syria's interim president visits Saudi Arabia, signaling shift on Iran

Syria's state-run SANA news agency quoted al-Sharaa as saying they worked on raising the level of communication and cooperation in all areas, especially those humanitarian and economic

Musk's DOGE commission gains access to sensitive Treasury payment systems

The move by DOGE, which has been assigned to make the Trump admin more effective, means it could have wide leeway to access important taxpayer data, among other things

Israel's Netanyahu heads to US to discuss 'victory over Hamas' with Trump

Hamas, which has quickly reasserted its control over Gaza since ceasefire took hold last month, has said it will not release hostages slated to go free in the second phase without an end to the war

US businesses prepare for Donald Trump's tariffs to drive up expenses

Budget Lab at Yale University estimates that Trump's tariffs would cost the average American household $1,000 to $1,200 in annual purchasing power

Democrats elect Ken Martin, Minnesota party leader, as their national chair

Martin succeeds Jaime Harrison of South Carolina atop the Democratic National Committee

Excluding Ukraine from US-Russia talks on war 'very dangerous': Zelenskyy

Zelenskyy said Russia does not want to engage in ceasefire talks or to discuss any kind of concessions, which the Kremlin interprets as losing at a time when its troops have upper hand in the battle

773 dead in week-long clashes as Congo tries to repel Rwanda-backed rebels

Authorities confirmed 773 bodies and 2,880 injured persons in Goma's morgues and hospitals, Congolese government spokesman Patrick Muyaya told a briefing in the capital, Kinshasa

Iran test-fires anti-warship cruise missile with range of over 600 miles

The report said the new weapon was a sophisticated missile, without elaborating, which could be launched from an underground facility

US military conducts airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia

US military officials have warned that IS cells have received increasing direction from the group's leadership that relocated to northern Somalia