New Zealand emergency crews continued to search on Friday for victims of a landslide that ripped through a busy campground on the country’s North Island and police said rescue efforts could take days.

US President Donald Trump says he has had “very good talks” with Ukraine’s leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, after his envoy Steve Witkoff expressed optimism about finalising a deal to end the war in Ukraine.

Israel began demolishing the UNRWA headquarters in East Jerusalem Tuesday, following passage of a law that banned the activities of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees.

A train driver has been killed and at least 14 people injured after a commuter train derailed and crashed near Barcelona, local media report.

Beijing — China clocked its lowest birth rate on record in 2025 as its population shrank for the fourth year in a row, deepening a demographic challenge that could drag on the world’s second-largest economy for decades to come.

Four in five workers believe artificial intelligence is going to impact their daily tasks at the workplace, with Gen Z among those most concerned as companies increasingly rely on AI chatbots and automation, a survey conducted by Randstad showed on Tuesday.

European Union ambassadors reached broad agreement on Sunday to intensify efforts to dissuade U.S. President Donald Trump from imposing tariffs on European allies, while also preparing retaliatory measures should the duties go ahead, EU diplomats said.

Syrian troops fighting Kurdish forces in north-eastern Syria have seized the country’s largest oilfield.

Nearly 300 South Korean firefighters were deployed on Friday to fight a major fire in a deprived area of the upmarket Gangnam district of southern Seoul, a fire official said.

At least 32 people have been killed and 66 others injured after a construction crane fell onto a moving train in north-east Thailand.

In a blue wooden house perched above Nuuk’s sprawling fjord, Liv Aurora Jensen sat in her living room surrounded by the trappings of Greenlandic life — handmade cutting boards and ceramics, and Greenland’s red and white flags tucked in beside a potted plant.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged Iranians to keep protesting and remember the names of those abusing them, saying help is on the way, as Iran’s clerical establishment pressed its crackdown against the biggest demonstrations in years.