Brazil’s Supreme Court has rejected former president Jair Bolsonaro’s request to convert his prison sentence for plotting a coup to house arrest, according to a ruling published on Thursday. Bolsonaro...
Cosmetics and clothes made with PFAS, also known as forever chemicals, have officially been banned in France....
In eastern Pennsylvania, vanished industry still shapes identity and politics...
Khaleda Zia has died after battling serious illness for months at a hospital in Dhaka....
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Officials from Thailand and Cambodia begin four days of border talks as deadly clashes displace civilians and strain a fragile truce. The meeting is the first after fruitless efforts to reinstate a ce...
The number of illegal border entries in Germany has decreased by more than half over the past two years, according to Federal Police data. DW has more....
A UAE‑backed group pushing for independence in southern Yemen has agreed to the deployment of Saudi‑aligned forces in the oil-rich territory it seized last month....
The UAE said it was withdrawing voluntarily after Yemen's Saudi-backed presidential council canceled a defense pact with the UAE and asked its forces to leave the country within 24 hours....
President Trump says 2026 will be better for American farmers, thanks in part to $12 billion in new federal "bridge payments." But optimism remains hard to come by in farm country. (Image credit: Kirk...
Taiwan accused China of military intimidation after Beijing announced live-fire drills. It comes after Japan's prime minister said Tokyo could potentially intervene to defend the self-governing island...
Ukraine staged the death of an anti-Kremlin Russian fighter to prevent his killing ordered by Moscow’s special forces, Ukrainian military intelligence announced on Thursday. Denis Kapustin, leader of ...
Iran’s former foreign minister argues Israel, backed by the US, has killed every opportunity for peace....
The US Department of Justice announced on Wednesday that more than a million additional documents potentially related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have been found. Officials said the file...
The UAE said it was withdrawing voluntarily after Yemen's Saudi-backed presidential council canceled a defense pact with the UAE and asked its forces to leave the country within 24 hours....
Syrian authorities said they had tried to separate two groups of protesters. Demonstrations took place in several cities in Syria after an attack on an Alawite mosque on Friday....
Brazil’s jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro used a hospital stay for surgery to formally endorse his son Flavio’s 2026 presidential bid....
The Legal Accountability Project complaint, which has not been previously reported, states that it is based on conversations with multiple former law clerks. (Image credit: Mark Lennihan)...
In addition to ending fighting, the agreement calls for no further military movements by either side and no violations of either side's airspace for military purposes. (Image credit: AP)...
Former prime minister Najib Razak has already been convicted for graft and money laundering linked to 1MDB investment fund. The latest verdict, however, is likely to rock Malaysia's ruling coalition t...