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A foreign student at Columbia University was released just hours after being detained by federal immigration authorities on Thursday and shortly after New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani expressed concerns about her arrest during a meeting with President Donald Trump. Elmina Aghayeva, a neuroscience and politics senior from Azerbaijan, was arrested in Manhattan early on Thursday morning

Paramount Skydance is poised to emerge as the winner in a monthslong bidding war to buy Warner Bros. Discovery after streaming giant Netflix declined to raise its takeover offer on Thursday. The board of Warner Bros. announced that Paramount's offer of $31-a-share (€26) was superior to the deal of $27.75 per share previously agreed on with

Both Afghanistan and Pakistan acknowledged fighting in border areas on Thursday, albeit disagreeing markedly on exact developments on the ground and the extent of each other's losses and gains. It's the latest escalation of violence between the uneasy neighbors in tensions that can ultimately be traced all the way back to the Taliban reclaiming control

The US artificial intelligence company Anthropic said on Thursday that it would not give in to pressure from the Pentagon to allow unrestricted military use of its technology for fear that it could be used for mass surveillance or in fully-autonomous weapons. What did Anthropic say?  "Using these systems for mass domestic surveillance is incompatible

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified to a congressional committee on Thursday that she had no new information regarding the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and that she does not recall ever having met the convicted child sex offender. In her opening statement, Clinton said the panel "justified its subpoena to me based on its

Ties between India and Bangladesh frayed after Bangladesh's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled to Delhi amid violent protests that toppled her 15-year rule in 2024. Now, the South Asian neighbors are taking steps towards reconciliation by resuming visa services. Bangladeshi diplomatic missions across India will now fully reopen tourist visa services. India's visa operations

People living across Europe, Russia and Central Asia together account for the highest number of tobacco users globally and it’s unlikely to change before 2030, according to the World Health Organization.  This follows a 2025 report that the group of nations collectively known as the WHO European Region now lead the world for per capita tobacco use

The war in Sudan is getting closer to Chad: Over the weekend, the Sudanese army and its allies fought with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia directly on the border. According to news agencies, on Saturday, several Chadian soldiers and civilians were killed near the Chadian border town of Tine. On Monday, the Chadian government

It could mark the "first advance to benefit people" who have been living with HIV for decades but are forced to treat it with complex, multi-pill regimens: a once a day pill that works just as well, according to the results of a new clinical trial. HIV — the human immunodeficiency virus — was once described

At least 7,667 people went missing or died on migration routes worldwide last year, according to the UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM). The IOM has called for improved financial support for rescue organizations, as well as the dismantling of smuggling networks that put lives at risk. How do the IOM figures stack up? The total was