Officials in Colombia have raised the current number of wildfires from 25 to 31, and stated that only 9 of them are under control, as dry conditions exacerbate problems.
Japan's Kyoto District court on Thursday sentenced a man to death after he was found guilty of murder in the 2019 arson of an animation studio that killed dozens and injured others.
Prime Minister Robert Fico's plans to amend the penal code have come under fire, as his left-wing populist government also faces challenges over its Ukraine position.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is celebrating the successful touchdown of the SLIM spacecraft on the moon's surface, even though the craft landed upside down.
A New York-based watchdog has accused Burkina Faso's security forces of killing at least 60 civilians in three drone strikes last year, potentially constituting war crimes.
The suggestion bubbled up in a new book from Bryn Mawr College chemistry professor Michelle Francl, who looked at the science behind tea and its preparation.
Two British museums, the British Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum, are returning looted gold and silver artifacts to Ghana through a long-term loan arrangement.
The remains of 119 people believed to be victims of the 1994 Rwandan genocide have been discovered in the country's south. Authorities continue to uncover mass graves.
A man is expected to spend the rest of his life in a high-security medical facility after fatally stabbing two college students and a school janitor in Nottingham, England.
Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau scored a win last year when a federal probe supported his use of the Emergencies Act, but the new ruling sets back his defense.
A child who was rescued from a boat carrying 60 Syrian migrants in Cyprus has died. Two other children remain in intensive care, officials said on Thursday.
A landslide in southwestern China has resulted in 44 deaths, with the bodies of the remaining victims recovered after four days of search efforts, officials say.
Thousands of university students and supporters protested in central Athens on Thursday against the Greek government's plans to permit privately run universities.
A Moscow court has sentenced a former leader of separatist rebels in Ukraine to four years in prison for extremism after he allegedly criticized President Vladimir Putin.
Civic Initiative Party candidate Boris Nadezhdin has reportedly received over 150,000 signatures in support of his presidential campaign against incumbent Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The U.S. Navy sailed a warship into Taiwan Strait this week, prompting a fiery response from China, who said the action caused "trouble and provocation."
North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un made a rare admission that the country's rural communities are lacking "basic living necessities" at a meeting of the Workers' Party of Korea.
Amid rising tensions and threats from Russia, NATO begins its largest military exercise since the Cold War. Dubbed "Steadfast Defender 24" some 90,000 troops will be involved in the exercise.
A South Korean governing party lawmaker, Bae Hyunjin, was attacked by an unidentified man in Seoul who struck her head with a rock-like object, officials say.
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