The death toll from an explosive fire at a Bangkok live music pub has risen to 32 after two people died ​from their injuries, the Police Hospital said, as ‌police investigate the possibility of negligence as a factor in the blaze.

Hong Kong’s national security police arrested five booksellers on suspected charges of “doing an act with seditious intention”, the government said in a statement late.

New Zealand and Fiji signed a renewed five-year Duavata Partnership, ​setting out cooperation priorities for 2026 ‌to 2030 across trade, security, democracy, social development and climate resilience, New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston ​Peters said after talks in Auckland ​with Fiji counterpart Sakiasi Ditoka.

A flash flood watch was posted across ​a broad swath of Texas as heavy downpours turned rivers into raging, life-threatening torrents ‌and washed out more than 100 roads, leading to dozens of rescues of people stranded by high water.

The White House is considering releasing sensitive intelligence related to China and its ability to interfere in U.S. elections that some Trump officials worry could be misleading, according to ​four people with knowledge of the deliberations.

Oil rose on Wednesday as President Donald Trump reimposed a naval blockade on all Iranian ports and Iran launched retaliatory strikes on U.S. infrastructure in the ​region.

A landmark move to regulate Australia’s AI uptake from the prime minister’s department would just create more bureaucracy, the opposition says.

A man has died in an early morning shooting, prompting a homicide investigation.

Twenty-six employees of Meta ‌Platforms (META.O), opens new tab have filed a novel lawsuit accusing the tech giant of using AI-powered software that disproportionately targeted people with disabilities or who took medical leave in selecting workers for mass layoffs.

The writer E. Jean Carroll ​has collected nearly $5.63 million from Donald Trump after a jury in 2023 found the U.S. ‌president liable for sexually abusing and defaming her, court records show.

Having choked off shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, Iran is now signaling it could play its most dangerous card yet: using Yemen’s Houthi allies to shut the Bab el-Mandeb gateway ​to the Red Sea, opening a new front against Washington and putting two of the world’s most vital energy arteries at risk.

The impact of artificial intelligence on society will be compared to the change brought by civil aviation 100 years ago as the prime minister unveils a new framework to deal with the fast-moving technology.