The United States on Jan. 12 designated the Muslim Brotherhood branches in Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan as terrorist organizations, fulfilling a long demand of Arab allies and U.S. conservatives.
The planet logged its third hottest year on record in 2025, extending a run of unprecedented heat, with no relief expected in 2026, U.S. researchers and EU climate monitors said Wednesday.
An international court case alleging Myanmar committed genocide against the mostly Muslim Rohingya minority is "flawed and unfounded," Yangon's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.
A crane at a China-backed high-speed rail project in Thailand collapsed onto and derailed a passenger train on Wednesday, killing at least 22 people and injuring scores, local authorities said.
At least 100 children have been killed by Israeli airstrikes and ground forces in Gaza since the start of a tenuous ceasefire three months ago, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) launched a blistering public attack on Istanbul-based Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew, accusing him of acting against Russian Orthodoxy and serving Western geopolitical interests.
International pressure on Iran has sharply intensified amid a sweeping crackdown on anti-government protests, with death toll on Jan. 13 continuing to increase.
Venezuela's interim government said Monday it was ready to pursue a "new agenda" with the European Union and Britain following talks with their envoys after Nicolas Maduro was ousted as president.
Most people who were initially hesitant about getting vaccinated against COVID-19 eventually received the jab, an England-based study said Thursday, illustrating that widespread public vaccine skepticism can be overcome.
Germany's top diplomat on Jan. 12 played down the risk of a U.S. attack on Greenland, despite President Donald Trump's repeated threats to seize the Danish autonomous territory.
The Syrian army on Jan. 13 declared an area east of the northern city of Aleppo a “closed military zone,” potentially signaling another escalation between government forces and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Tuesday that Iran's regime was living out its last days, as pressure grew on the Islamic republic over crackdowns on protests that have reportedly killed hundreds of people.
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen goes to court Tuesday to appeal an embezzlement conviction, with her 2027 presidential ambitions hanging in the balance.
Washington announced Monday Venezuelan opposition figure Maria Corina Machado will meet President Donald Trump this week as pressure grew on the interim leadership in Caracas to speed up the release of political prisoners.
Russia battered Ukraine with more than two dozen missiles and hundreds of drones early Tuesday, killing four people and pummelling another power plant, piling more pressure on Ukraine's brittle energy system.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced a 25 percent tariff on any country doing business with Iran, ramping up pressure as a rights group estimated a crackdown on protests has killed at least 648 people.
