Special operations veteran says getting Americans out of Gaza has been more challenging than many civilian rescue missions, including the Afghanistan evacuation.
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake rattled northwestern Nepal late Friday night. Despite being felt as far away as New Delhi, India, no immediate reports of damage have surfaced.
Belarus has convicted chief editor Aliaksandr Mantsevich of the independently-run Regionalnaya Gazeta newspaper of "discrediting the Republic," sentencing him to four years in prison.
Burmese military dictator Min Aung Hlaing has pledged counterattacks against rebel forces that seized control of three Chinese border towns in the country's northeastern Shan state.
U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said at a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday that several pauses in the war against Hamas could lead to hostages being released.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spent years creating closer ties to Russia, but Jerusalem's eventual support for Ukraine has seemingly driven a wedge between the two nations.
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah delivered his first speech since the Israel-Hamas war began, praising the brutal Oct. 7 terror attack and threatening Israel.
Israeli policy expert Aviva Klompas slammed United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres for calling for a cease-fire as war continues raging in Israel.
Erin Patterson, 49, of Leongatha, Australia, has been charged with killing her ex-husband's parents and aunt with poisonous mushrooms at a family lunch.
Switzerland will keep the Gotthard rail tunnel closed through next September after damage sustained during an August derailment proved worse than anticipated.
The United Kingdom has hosted a summit on artificial intelligence at Bletchley Park, the birthplace of computing machines and the origin of AI tech at its most fundamental level.
The Gay Games will be hosted in Asia for the first time Friday with about 2,400 participants from 45 countries expected to take part in the groundbreaking event.
A Massachusetts family, Abood Okal, Wafa Abuzayda and their 1-year-old son, Yousef, are among 400 Americans who have been cleared to leave Gaza, the family attorney said.