Brazilian municipality Guajara-Mirim has passed a law that designates the Komi Memem River personhood, a groundbreaking measure that was proposed by an Indigenous councilman.
U.S. cluster munitions are playing a key role in Ukraine's counteroffensive, targeting densely grouped Russian forces. One officer called the weapons "effective."
Survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda have expressed strong criticism of the decision to indefinitely suspend the trial of an alleged financier and supporter of a Rwandan massacre.
Countries surrounding the Amazon rainforest, such as Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia, are meeting for the first time in over a decade to discuss protection measures.
Taro Aso, a political leader in Japan and an advocate for increasing the country’s deterrence ability, is calling for peace between Japan, Taiwan, and China.
After 27 years of living abroad, Vacharaesorn Vivacharawongse, the estranged son of the king of Thailand, was spotted in Bangkok in a surprise return to the country.
A Georgian man died while two other men, from Turkey and Azerbaijan, were arrested during an attempt to infiltrate Jordan. The military said it uses full force to thwart such attempts.
A migrant boat carrying possibly 50 passengers was spotted off the coast of Falconera, a remote uninhabited island in Greece. The country’s coast guard is now sending rescue teams.
Asylum-seekers from Eritrea, a country that has been accused of widespread human rights violations, said they experienced abusive conditions during their compulsory national service.
Russia has been accused of targeting Ukrainian rescue workers with two recent missile strikes. The two strikes slammed into buildings in the city of Pokrovsk.
Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation directly under Russian President Vladimir Putin, issued a stark warning to Ukraine and NATO.
Italian mob boss Vincenzo La Porta, on the run for 11 years, was arrested after police spotted him in a photo celebrating his hometown soccer team's championship.
The United Nations, the African Union, and the West African regional bloc ECOWAS have given Niger’s mutinous soldiers until Sunday to reinstall ousted President Mohamed Bazoum.
At least 178 compensation applications from gay servicepeople in Germany were sent to the country's defense ministry. The servicepeople claim they were discriminated against.
More than a dozen members of an Australian pedophile ring were arrested in an American FBI operation that rescued 13 children, according to authorities.
Food aid to Ethiopia is slowly being resumed by the United Nations World Food Program. Around five months ago, aid was suspended due to a scheme to steal donated grain.