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A new trade pact between the United States and Indonesia binds the Southeast Asian nation’s resource wealth and energy future more closely to Washington’s strategic needs
A Thai zoo said police has arrested a man after he entered the enclosure of Moo Deng, the viral pygmy hippo
Peru’s prime minister has resigned from her post
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is calling for "new people in charge" of Cuba as the socialist island experiences its third nationwide blackout in four months
Republic of Congo’s President N’Guesso reelected to his fifth consecutive term, according to provisional results
Gunmen killed at least 15 people in attacks on two villages in northwestern Nigeria, officials and residents say
The Colosseum has a bright new look following a restoration using the same travertine marble of ancient Rome to recreate parts of columns from 2,000 years ago
A Chinese national and a local man were criminally charged over possession of live ants in the case that could further shine a spotlight on the trade in rare wildlife
Ecuador’s president rejected allegations that his country is bombing targets in neighboring Colombia
Hungary and Slovakia are agreeing to build a new pipeline that links their refineries in what they say will boost regional fuel security
Japanese atomic bomb survivor Shigeaki Mori has died at age 88
The Vatican appeals tribunal has declared a mistrial in the Holy See’s big “trial of the century.”
France’s far right has made gains in the first round of municipal elections in the southeast, while big cities head to a runoff, including Paris, Marseille, and Lyon
The U.K. government says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is due in London
South Africa’s president has authorized a yearlong deployment by the army to fight crime in some of the country’s violence-stricken areas
Pope Leo XIV has indicated growing concern with the next frontier in combatting abuses in the Catholic Church
Spain’s King Felipe says Spain’s conquest of the Americas involved abuse and ethical controversy, as Spain and Mexico remain at odds over calls for an apology
Afghanistan’s deputy government spokesman says the death toll from an airstrike that hit a hospital has increased to 400
At least 23 people were killed and more than 100 wounded in suspected suicide bombings Monday night that targeted Maiduguri city in northeastern Nigeria, police said Tuesday
Rescue crews are still digging bodies out of the rubble of a drug rehabilitation hospital in the Afghan capital Tuesday morning, after officials there said an overnight Pakistani airstrike killed at least 400 people at the facility
Police in Nigeria say suspected suicide bombings have killed at least 23 people and injured more than 100 in Maiduguri
Officials in Cuba reported an islandwide blackout Monday as deepening energy and economic crises continue to strain a crumbling power grid. It marked the third major outage in four months. A separate blackout just over a week ago affected western Cuba, leaving millions without electricity. President Miguel Díaz-Canel warned Friday that the island has gone more than three months without oil...
Brazilian police released on Monday three Israeli tourists who this weekend got involved in a disturbance with pro-Palestine residents of a beachfront city in the country’s tropical northeast
The Vatican has released details of Pope Leo XIV’s upcoming four-nation Africa tour
The beginning of 2026 ranks as the deadliest start to any year for people trying to cross the Mediterranean
Budapest is keeping century-old freight trams running to do the work that modern passenger trams cannot, plowing snow and hauling broken-down vehicles
Afghanistan has accused Pakistan of targeting a drug rehabilitation hospital in the Afghan capital with an airstrike
Officials say a building has collapsed during a planned demolition that went wrong in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, killing at least four people
A single bulldozer is carving a trench in the dusty desert of Chile's northern border zone
Ecuadorian officials say they have deployed 75,000 soldiers to four crime-ridden provinces, where the government is implementing a nightly curfew under which people are banned from leaving their homes from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. Officials said Monday that 2...
