The planned exercise involving the practice deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in southern Russia is nothing unusual, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
A report from the BBC claims that the government of Saudi Arabia has approved the use of lethal force against residents of land set aside for an eco-friendly city development project.
Australia and the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu came to a new security agreement that eased the latter's concerns over the deal's effects on its sovereignty.
Japan's Fisheries Agency has proposed adding fin whales to its permitted catch list for commercial whaling, alongside three smaller whale species, officials say.
Timur Ivanov, a Russian deputy defense minister, had his appeal for house arrest denied by a Moscow court as he faces bribery charges, according to officials.
Haiti's transitional council is implementing unexpected changes in response to ongoing gang violence and internal discord within the Caribbean country.
Andrew Moroz, a Ukrainian-American pastor, is helping render aid to the country's spiritually exhausted military chaplains as they join military combatants in repelling the Russian invasion.
South Korean President Yoon's political rivals called for investigations into the president's wife and top officials for alleged scandals, but Yoon rejected their demands.
The Islamic State group says it is responsible for a bombing that killed a dozen officers involved in an anti-poppy crop campaign in Afghanistan's northeast.
A U.S. destroyer's recent passage through the Taiwan Strait has drawn criticism from China's military, occurring just before Taiwan's new president's inauguration.
Former Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has been sentenced to prison for attempting to obstruct a criminal investigation during his time in office.
The UN vote would give the Palestinians de facto statehood which, according to American law, could mean automatic defunding by the U.S. Washington is the largest contributor to the world body.
The reputation of the U.S. has suffered globally over the last year while a majority of its citizens believe that unfair elections and/or election fraud threatens democracy.
Nicaragua's congress has canceled a controversial canal concession, granted years ago to a Chinese businessman, that would have linked the country's Pacific and Atlantic coasts.
Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan for talks after a summit of the Eurasian Economic Union they both attended earlier in the day.
North Macedonia's Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova has been elected as the country's first woman president; she received close to 65% support with the majority of the vote counted in a presidential runoff.
Amsterdam police ended a blockade created by hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists at the University of Amsterdam, in the second day in a row of unrest over Israel's war in Gaza.
Hourslong rolling blackouts hit Mexico late Tuesday as high temperatures and brief drops in power generation took their toll on the Latin American country.
At least three police officers have been reported dead in northeastern Afghanistan following a Wednesday sticky bomb explosion, with the Taliban claiming five more were injured.