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Social media ban for children under 16 starts in Australia

New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed a world-first social media ban for children younger than 16 that took effect Wednesday as families taking back power from tech... Read More


International court sentences Sudanese militia leader to 20 years in prison for Darfur atrocities

New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- Judges at the International Criminal Court sentenced a leader of the feared Sudanese Janjaweed militia to 20 years imprisonment Tuesday for war crimes and crimes against humanity... Read More


Japan assesses damage from 7.5 magnitude quake that injured 34

New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- Japan was assessing damage Tuesday and cautioning people of potential aftershocks after a late-night 7.5 magnitude earthquake caused injuries, light damage and a tsunami in Pacif... Read More


Nepal charges dozens and says corruption inflated an airport's costs by $74 million

New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- Former Nepali ministers, officials and a Chinese company were charged with corruption over financial irregularities during the construction of an international airport. The Comm... Read More


Ethiopia embraces big projects but risks another war by seeking access to the sea

New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- Ethiopia 's prime minister loves big projects. With a mega-dam completed on the Nile, Abiy Ahmed now plans Africa's largest airport and a nuclear power plant. But the threat of w... Read More


Microsoft investing $17.5 billion in India for AI and cloud infrastructure

New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- Microsoft on Tuesday announced its biggest-ever Asia investment, amounting to $17.5 billion, in India over the next four years to advance the country's cloud and artificial intel... Read More


Where things stand in the peace talks on the Ukraine war

New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- U.S. President Donald Trump has unleashed the most extensive diplomatic effort to end the fighting in Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion nearly four years ago, but Washin... Read More


Tanzanian cities are empty as police patrol streets following calls for protests

New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- Police officers heavily patrolled mostly empty streets in major Tanzanian cities following calls for protests over the ruling party's disputed election victory that the governmen... Read More


Nicaraguans celebrate Virgin Mary in Miami despite fears at home and in US

New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- Hundreds of Nicaraguans sang in praise of the Virgin Mary at flower-and-light-filled altars set up in church parking lots as well as in the back of vehicles on the streets of Mia... Read More


Pope criticizes US bid to 'break apart' US-Europe alliance, insists on Europe role in Ukraine peace

New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- Pope Leo XIV insisted Tuesday that Europe must have a role in any Ukraine peace deal and criticized what he said was the Trump administration's effort to "break apart" the long-s... Read More