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Frantic search in Turkey, Syria after massive quakes kill over 5,000

Countries around the world dispatched teams to assist in the rescue efforts, and Turkey's disaster management agency said more than 24,400 emergency personnel were now on the ground

Meta to acquire VR startup 'Within' after favourable court ruling

A federal judge has sided with Facebook parent Meta and cleared the way for the company to buy virtual reality startup Within Unlimited, the maker of the popular fitness app Supernatural

Fire rages at Iskenderun Port after devastating earthquakes in Turkey

A frantic race was underway on Tuesday to find more survivors and help the injured as the death toll from the devastating earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria the previous day reached 4,600.

Former Chelsea forward Christian Atsu missing after Turkey earthquake

The Ghana international, who plays for Turkish club Hatayspor, is thought to be in a building that was destroyed, Hatayspor spokesman Mustafa zat said, according to Turkish media

Steady rains set off mudslides, killing at least 36 in southern Peru

Civil defence officials said an estimated 630 homes were unusable after the landslides, which also hit bridges, irrigation canals and roads

Google hopes its chatbot 'Bard' will outsmart ChatGPT, Microsoft in AI

Bard initially will be available exclusively to a group of trusted testers" before being widely released later this year, according to a Monday blog post from Google CEO Sundar Pichai

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un orders military to improve war readiness

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered his military to expand its combat exercises and strengthen war preparedness as he looks to escalate an already provocative run in weapons demonstrations

EU Parliament planning for possible Zelenksyy visit in upcoming days

The European Union's legislature was preparing plans Monday to host Volodymyr Zelenskyy should the Ukraine president decide to come to Brussels to attend an EU summit later this week

World heading toward a wider war, fears UN chief Antonio Guterres

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said experts who surveyed the state of the world in 2023 set the Doomsday Clock at 90 seconds to midnight the closest ever to total global catastrophe

Pak blocks Wikipedia, says it hurt Muslim sentiments, critics slam the move

Pakistan's media regulator said Monday it blocked Wikipedia services in the country for hurting Muslim sentiment by not removing purportedly blasphemous content from the site

Improved surveillance helped indentify Chinese balloon: White House

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Monday that after Biden took office, the US enhanced our surveillance of our territorial airspace

Strongest earthquake in 40 years startles western New York

A small earthquake rumbled through western New York early Monday, alarming people in a region unaccustomed to such shaking but apparently causing no significant damage

Beyonce wins second Grammy award, Viola Davis win makes her an EGOT

Viola Davis is now an EGOT a term for those who have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony after she wins for best audio book, narration and storytelling recording.

US officials offer to brief Congress over Trump's classified documents

US officials have offered to brief congressional leaders on their investigation into the classified documents found at former President Trump's Florida residence, people familiar with the matter said

Ukraine minister expects help from Western warplanes to fight off forces

Ukraine's defense minister expressed confidence Sunday that Western allies would agree to the country's latest weapons request warplanes to fight off Russian forces that invaded nearly a year ago

Ransomware attacks in Europe target old VMware: Cybersecurity agencies

A Friday technical bulletin from a French cybersecurity agency said the attack campaigns target VMware ESXi hypervisors, which are used to monitor virtual machines

Heavy snow hits Alps; avalanches kills 9 in Italy, Austria over weekend

More than a dozen avalanches were reported in the Tirol region of Austria alone and authorities had set the warning level at four on a scale of five and urged caution

Europe bans Russian diesel, other oil products over Ukraine conflict

Europe imposed a ban on Russian diesel fuel and other oil products, slashing energy dependency on Moscow and seeking to further crimp the Kremlin's fossil fuel earnings

Five injured in rocket attacks on 2nd-largest city in Ukraine: Officials

Five people were injured in Russian rocket attacks Sunday in the center of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, officials said

Israelis protest PM Benjamin Netanyahu's proposed judicial overhaul plans

The protest is the fifth against the new government, a coalition of ultra-Orthodox and far-right nationalist parties that took office in December