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A boom rang out over the city of Sevastopol on the Russian-annexed peninsula of Crimea.
A federal jury on Wednesday convicted novelist Salman Rushdie's assailant of "engaging in an act of terrorism" for the bloody August 2022 attack at a New York cultural center.
The United States military launched "powerful" strikes on Iran on Thursday, in retaliation for Tehran's attacks targeting US bases in Jordan as the Middle East war reignited and again drew in the Islamic republic's proxies.
New Zealand's top diplomat Winston Peters drew the ire of Beijing's ambassador in Wellington on Thursday after telling a lawmaker of Chinese descent to "go back to your own country".
US-Saudi strikes on Iraq killed at least 20 militants, including several Iranians, on Wednesday, according to the Hashed al-Shaabi, an armed Iraqi alliance that includes pro-Iran groups.
Cuba on Wednesday moved to open several key crisis-ravaged sectors of its state-run economy to private firms, as the communist government tries to ease acute shortages resulting from a US energy blockade.
France has ordered Russian commentator Xenia Fedorova to leave the country, the interior ministry said Wednesday, after accusations she was churning out Kremlin propaganda on French television and radio.
Ukraine said Wednesday that it had appealed against the International Olympic Committee's decision to ease restrictions on Russian athletes, arguing the move was premature and violated the Olympic Charter.
The Formula One season will finish in Europe if the planned races in Qatar and Abu Dhabi are cancelled due to the Middle East war, the sport's CEO Stefano Domenicali said Wednesday.
The Israeli military on Wednesday said it had struck a mosque in the Gaza Strip which it said had been used by Hamas as a weapons storage facility.
President Donald Trump vowed to hit back hard at Iran after it attacked US bases in Jordan on Wednesday, as the Middle East war reignited and once again drew in the Islamic republic's proxies.
UN chief Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday he would convene new talks on ending the half-century-old Cyprus conflict, inviting leaders on the divided island and its three guarantor powers.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz faced a rising chorus of criticism from within his own centre-right CDU party Wednesday as he completed a chaotic cabinet reshuffle.
US and Saudi forces said they struck an Iraqi militant alliance on Wednesday, as the Middle East war expands beyond its main focus in Iran to involve the Islamic republic's proxies.
The US Senate confirmed Jay Clayton as Donald Trump's top intelligence official Tuesday, putting a permanent chief in charge of the country's spy agencies as the president revives unsupported election fraud claims ahead of the midterms.
US and Saudi Arabian forces said they struck Iran-backed militants in Iraq on Wednesday in retaliation for recent attacks, following a short pause in Iran war hostilities.
The US Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates steady on Wednesday, but with surging inflation fuelled by President Donald Trump's war on Iran, analysts say some policymakers will dissent in favor of a rate hike.
Refugees fleeing persecution too often face restrictions on their right to seek asylum, with the debate around protection becoming increasingly politicised, the United Nations warned Tuesday.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the White House Tuesday for his first in-person talks with President Donald Trump since the Iran war began, with the Israeli leader saying they discussed ensuring Tehran does not acquire nuclear arms.
The right to asylum is coming under increasing political strain across the world, the UN's refugees chief said Tuesday as he marked the 75th anniversary of the Refugee Convention.
Peru's conservative President Keiko Fujimori took office on Tuesday, vowing to tackle the wave of crime sweeping the Andean nation.
As Lebanon's army deploys in the southern village of Zawtar al-Gharbiya, Hassan Sbeih is among those reassured by the troops and hoping the move will soon extend to areas still occupied by Israel.
Keiko Fujimori was sworn in as Peru's ninth president in a decade at an official ceremony in Lima on Tuesday, AFP journalists observed.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the White House Tuesday for his first in-person talks with President Donald Trump since the Iran war began, as the leaders sought to patch over public disagreements on the conflict.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed a "good meeting" with US counterpart Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday, saying they discussed licenses to produce Patriot air-defense interceptors and ways to revive negotiations with Russia.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived Tuesday at the White House for his first in-person talks with President Donald Trump since the Iran war began, as the leaders seek to patch over public disagreements on the conflict.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held closed-door talks with US counterpart Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday, as Kyiv sought fresh diplomatic and military support in its fight against Russia.
UN chief Antonio Guterres said he held "very constructive" separate meetings with rival Cypriot leaders on Tuesday, ahead of trilateral meetings to weigh the prospect of fresh negotiations nine years after the peace process collapsed.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived at the White House on Tuesday for talks with his US counterpart Donald Trump, as Kyiv seeks fresh diplomatic and military support in its fight against Russia.
Inch by inch, the high-pressure jet erased the huge, gaudy tag -- the second time in two weeks that Valerio Tuveri has sandblasted clean the wall of a historic park in Rome.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected at the White House on Tuesday for talks with US counterpart Donald Trump, as Kyiv seeks to win fresh diplomatic and military support in its fight against Russia.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet US President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday for the first time since the start of the Iran war, over which they have publicly disagreed.