A lithium battery fire broke out Friday night at the National Information Resources Service in Daejeon, about 150 kilometers south of Seoul, which hosts key state IT systems, according to local authorities.

Netanyahu, who has opposed a Palestinian state for decades, mocked Western support for Abbas and called the Palestinian Authority "corrupt to the core."

Protests broke out last week in the capital, Dili, with thousands of demonstrators demanding that parliament cancel a $4.2 million plan to purchase SUVs for lawmakers.

Although France had authorised Israeli use of its airspace, according to a French diplomatic source who spoke to AFP, flight-tracking data showed Netanyahu's aircraft instead took a southern path.

The Dutch plan to hand back some 28,000 fossils of the "Dubois Collection" looted by anatomist and geologist Eugene Dubois in 1891, when Indonesia was still a colony of the Netherlands.

The deal would see Chinese ownership of TikTok reduced to 20 percent in the United States, and Beijing on Friday reiterated a call for "open, fair" treatment on the issue.

With the signing of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between the two countries, Indonesia became the first Southeast Asian nation to have such a trade deal with Canada amid the United States’ transformation of its trade ties

China's reduction target marked the first time the world's biggest emitter pledged a cut in emissions, rather than just limiting their growth, though the reduction was less than many observers had expected.

Formally sworn into office along with Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul a day earlier, Sihasak Phuangketkeow stressed the need to uphold the ceasefire agreed by Thailand and Cambodia at the end of a deadly five-day conflict in July.

Trump, in a post on his Truth Social platform, said an escalator carrying him and his wife Melania “came to a screeching halt” on the way to the main floor, nearly causing them to fall. He called for the arrest of whoever was responsible.

President Prabowo Subianto stressed Indonesia’s commitment to multilateralism, peace, and a two-state solution for Palestine during his debut appearance at the United Nations General Assembly, delivering a fiery 19-minute speech that analysts saw as an attempt to position himself as a friend-for-all on the world stage.

In a lengthy opening monologue, an emotional Kimmel praised the public outrage -- which came from both left and right -- over his suspension, as President Donald Trump threatened to sue ABC, the TV network that carries the show.

The Chinese finance hub saw scores of fallen trees and flooding in multiple neighborhoods, with the storm surge smashing the glass doors of an upscale hotel and flooding its lobby, according to footage circulated online.

The White House said an investigation had been launched into whether the moving stairway was stopped on purpose to humiliate the US president, who later bashed the global body in his speech to the UN General Assembly in New York.

The United Nations believes it has solved the mystery of why an escalator abruptly stopped shortly after US President Donald Trump stepped onto it on Tuesday – his videographer may have accidentally triggered a safety mechanism.

The news agency said releasing all hostages and taking steps towards addressing the worsening humanitarian crisis in the war-torn enclave were also discussed as priorities at the meeting. 

Tech companies including WhatsApp and Reddit as well as streaming giant Twitch and gaming firm Roblox could be among more than a dozen sites added to Australia's social media ban for under-16s, the country's regulator said Wednesday.

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he believed Ukraine could retake all its land occupied by Russia and that Kyiv should act now with Moscow facing "big" economic problems, in a sudden and striking rhetorical shift in Ukraine's favor.

Super Typhoon Ragasa, the world's most powerful tropical cyclone this year, lashed Hong Kong with hurricane-force winds and torrential rain on Wednesday, while heavy downpours in Taiwan resulted in the deaths of 14 people.

Addressing the UN General Assembly, President Prabowo Subianto said that the world's most populous Muslim-majority country wanted a peace that shows that "might cannot make right."

In his statement at the United Nations’ summit on Palestine, President Prabowo Subianto declared Indonesia’s readiness to recognize Israel once it “recognizes the independence of the statehood of Palestine”.

People piled into supermarkets, leaving little on the shelves, as panic buying set in and residents stocked up on necessities for fear that shops could be closed for two days.

Tonnes of microplastic granules from the ship inundated an 80-kilometer stretch of beach along Sri Lanka's western coast. Fishing was prohibited for months.

More than 200 prominent figures including 10 Nobel laureates and scientists working at AI giants Anthropic, Google DeepMind, Microsoft and OpenAI signed on to a letter released at the start of the latest session of the United Nations General Assembly.

The group of 11 economists in leading American and European universities published a joint statement via the "Forum on Information and Democracy", a body formed by the Reporters Without Borders media freedom group and the French state.

Disney's move to restore the "Jimmy Kimmel Live" show to the lineup of its ABC network represented the highest-profile challenge yet from a communications company to an escalating crackdown by US President Donald Trump on his perceived media critics through litigation and threats of regulatory action.

The president is due to recognize a Palestinian state in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, following up on a pledge he made in the summer that angered Israel.