Ukraine says it struck a Russian air base, targeting a depot and aircraft while Russia launched over 300 drones into Ukraine overnight.

The Dalai Lama says he hopes to live until he is over 130 years old, a remark he made during a ceremony organized by his followers to offer prayers for his long life as he prepares to celebrate his 90th birthday.

Authorities in Turkey have arrested three opposition mayors from southern cities.

An arsonist has set fire to the door of a Melbourne synagogue and forced the congregation to flee, seven months after criminals destroyed a synagogue in the same Australian city with an accelerant-fueled blaze that left a worshipper injured.

Pope Leo XIV is starting a six-week vacation this weekend at the papal summer retreat south of Rome.

A Brazilian hiker has been buried in Rio de Janeiro after falling from Mount Rinjani in Indonesia.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised continued trade and investment in Trinidad and Tobago in an address to the nation’s parliament.

Europe's human rights watchdog has raised concerns about Serbia's handling of protests against President Aleksandar Vucic's government.

A United Nations report says Rwanda provided critical support to the M23 rebels who seized key cities earlier this year in Congo.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. wasn't arrested earlier in Mexico because of his time spent in the U.S. American authorities announced Thursday that Chávez was detained in California for overstaying his visa and lying on a green card application.

Egypt says that Ethiopia has consistently lacked the political will to reach a binding agreement on its now-complete dam.

Two Dutch intelligence agencies say that Russia is increasing its use of prohibited chemical weapons in Ukraine including the World War I-era poison gas chloropicrin.

Russia has become the first country to formally recognize the Taliban’s government in Afghanistan since it seized power in 2021, after Moscow removed the group from its list of outlawed organizations.

Latin America's top human rights court has issued a groundbreaking advisory opinion linking states’ human rights obligations to their duty to address climate change.

Firefighters are battling wildfires in Greece and Turkey, forcing thousands to evacuate.

President Donald Trump is complaining that the United States provided too many weapons to Ukraine under the previous administration.

The weekly session in which the British prime minister is questioned by lawmakers in Parliament can be an ordeal for the government leader.

Ukrainian authorities are enlisting European help to increase domestic military production as the United States pauses some weapons shipments to Ukraine.

American contractors guarding aid distribution sites in Gaza are using live ammunition and stun grenades as hungry Palestinians scramble for food, according to accounts and videos obtained by The Associated Press.

U.S. President Donald Trump says Israel has agreed on terms for a new 60-day ceasefire with Hamas and that Washington would work with both sides during that time to try to end more than 20 months of war in Gaza.

A rift has developed between Russia and Azerbaijan, which have had long political, economic and cultural ties.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says Treasury chief Rachel Reeves is secure in her job after a series of government U-turns dented her revenue-raising plans.

The Trump administration will hold back delivering to Ukraine some air defense missiles, precision-guided artillery and other weapons as part of its announced pause to some arms shipments.

Ukraine is moving forward with plans for joint weapons production with allies, while the U.S. halts some arms shipments it had promised to help Kyiv fight off Russia’s invasion.