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US grants Tesla more time to respond in self-driving tech investigation

The investigation covered 2.9 million vehicles, essentially all Teslas equipped with full self-driving technology, or FSD

National Guard troops to remain in Washington, DC, until year-end

Trump said this month that for now he was dropping his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, which had provoked legal challenges

FAA warns pilots of risks over eastern Pacific, citing 'military activity'

The notices come after nearly four months of US military strikes against boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific that the US alleged were trafficking drugs

Trump thanks Iran for cancelling executions of political prisoners

The Republican president also suggested on his social media site that more than 800 people had been set to be executed in Iran, but he said they now won't be

First flight with 231 deported Venezuelans from US lands in Caracas

The flight's arrival comes 13 days after Maduro was captured along with his wife, Cilia Flores, during a military intervention in Caracas

Iran protests appear to fade as crackdown deepens, West weighs sanctions

The Group of Seven industrialised democracies and the European Union said they too were looking at new sanctions to ratchet up the pressure on Iran's theocratic government

Trump may slap tariffs on countries that don't back his Greenland plans

Earlier this week, the foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland met in Washington this week with US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio

US, Taiwan reach trade agreement, slashing tariffs on Taiwanese goods

The US Department of Commerce described the new agreement as a historic trade deal that will help drive a massive reshoring of America's semiconductor sector

US firms worry more about China's economy than trade tensions: Survey

One reason for that may be that many US companies have businesses focused on China's huge market of about 1.4 billion people that do not rely on exports back to the US

China's Xi Jinping, Canada's Mark Carney seek new chapter in relations

Carney, the first Canadian prime minister to visit China in eight years, said better relations would help improve a global governance system that he described as under great strain

South Korean court sentences Yoon to 5 yrs in prison for martial law decree

The most significant charge against him alleges that he led a rebellion in connection with his martial law enforcement and it carries a potential death penalty

US seizes 6th sanctioned oil tanker as pressure on Venezuela mounts

US Southern Command said Marines and sailors launched from the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to take part in the operation alongside a Coast Guard tactical team

Venezuela's acting president urges oil reforms to woo foreign investment

Rodrguez on Thursday painted a picture of money from the oil sales flowing into the national budget to bolster crisis-stricken health services and deteriorating infrastructure

US renews threats against Iran at UN despite Trump's de-escalation signals

President Trump is a man of action, not endless talk like we see at the United Nations, Mike Waltz, US ambassador to the UN, said in a statement

Fire erupts in Seoul's last-remaining shanty town, no casualties reported

Fire swept through Guryong, one of Seoul's last shanty towns, burning makeshift homes and displacing dozens. Authorities said the blaze was mostly controlled and no injuries were reported

Exiled Iranian prince seeks Trump backing, not public support: Experts

Amid the deadly anti-regime protests in Iran, Exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi laid out a post-theocracy vision for Iran, which experts say his appeal is aimed more at Donald Trump than Iranians

US immigration agents filmed dragging woman from car in Minneapolis

The Department of Homeland Security said she was an agitator who was obstructing ICE agents conducting arrests in the area

As more Chinese youth live alone, new app bluntly asks: 'Are you dead?'

Today, China has over 100 million households with only one person, according to an annual report from the National Bureau of Statistics of China in 2024

US imposes sanctions on Iranian officials accused of protest crackdown

The sanctions also affect 18 people and companies involved in a shadow banking network linked to Iranian financial institutions

TSMC to boost capital spending as quarterly profit jumps 35% on AI boom

TSMC said Thursday that its revenue in the last quarter increased 21 per cent from a year earlier to more than 1.046 trillion new Taiwan dollars ($33 billion)