In a sudden announcement Wednesday, Kenya’s president William Ruto withdrew a controversial finance bill that sparked violent protests and a deadlly government crackdown.
NATO allies on Wednesday selected Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as NATO’s next boss, as the war in Ukraine rages on its doorstep and uncertainty hangs over the United States’ future attitude to the transatlantic alliance.
Peru will stop listing individuals who identify as trans, among others, as suffering from mental disorders, the country’s health ministry announced after weeks of backlash.
The World Health Organization and other outside scientists said the spread of a dangerous, deadly strain of mpox in Africa needs to be addressed urgently.
Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said not enough Americans were studying STEM fields, and the U.S. should recruit international students from India, not China.
New York's Nassau County passed a law banning women's and girls' sports teams from using facilities unless they exclude transgender women and girls from playing.
Israel’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that ultra-Orthodox Jewish men must be drafted into the military, a new blow to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that could lead to the collapse of his increasingly fragile governing coalition.
The ICC issued warrants for Sergei Shoigu, Russia's ex-defense minister, and general Valery Gerasimov for alleged crimes committed during the Ukraine war.
Britain’s ruling Conservative Party said Tuesday it had withdrawn support from two parliamentary candidates “as a result of ongoing internal enquiries,” relating to alleged bets placed on the timing of a July 4 national election.
A fire broke out at a lithium battery factory in South Korea on Monday, killing at least 16 people and leaving five others missing, local fire officials said.
Democracy is not a crime and autocracy is the real “evil,” Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said Monday after China threatened death for Taiwan separatists.
Tourists who have booked a hotel on Capri will be allowed back onto the Italian island as the local administration works to secure water supplies after damage to the aqueduct on the mainland deprived it of running water.
At Euro 2024, France's football players including Kylian Mbappe and Marcus Thuram are taking a stand against the far-right of Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella's Rassemblement National after President Macron called a snap election.
The Biden administration on Thursday announced plans to bar the sale of antivirus software made by Russia’s Kaspersky Lab in the United States, citing the firm’s large U.S. customers, including critical infrastructure providers and state and local governments.
Two adolescent boys in a Paris suburb have been given preliminary charges of raping a 12-year-old girl and religion-motivated violence, French authorities said.
A Russian-American woman arrested earlier this year while visiting family in Russia went on trial for alleged treason on Thursday after authorities accused her of raising money to send to the Ukrainian army.
Investigators in Russia have and charged three people after more than 120 people in Moscow and dozens in other cities fell sick with suspected food poisoning.
Tobacco giant Philip Morris International said on Monday that it would suspend online sales on Swedish Match North America’s ZYN.com nationwide as the Zyn nicotine pouch maker responds to a subpoena from the District of Columbia.
China views the annexation and “elimination” of Taiwan as its great national cause, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Sunday, telling cadets at the military’s premier academy they must know their enemy and not give in to defeatism.
Russian special forces freed two guards and killed several men linked to Islamic State who had taken them hostage at a detention center in the southern city of Rostov on Sunday, the prison service said.
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