At least 36 people were injured, some of them seriously, after a speedboat in Thailand crashed into a concrete post in an incident where the captain may have fallen asleep.
The United Nations office in Nigeria says at least $396 million is needed to prevent widespread malnutrition and hunger caused by the security crisis in northeastern Nigeria.
A German doctor convicted of threatening a woman by emailing her an extract from a fairy tale has been rejected for an appeal. The doctor deliberately threatened the employee with death.
A Polish official said an object that entered Poland's airspace in 2022 has been identified as a Russian-made rocket. The rocket was made of concrete and is being examined.
Towns in western Spain were evacuated as a wildfire tore through the region. Authorities suspect the fire started intentionally since two separate blazes erupted simultaneously.
The Biden administration has resisted providing Ukraine with F-16 warplanes but may now step aside as other countries with access to the planes consider providing them.
A small tsunami caused by a 7.7 magnitude earthquake has hit the islands of the South Pacific and New Zealand. The threat passed in a few hours and no damage has been reported.
The Islamic Republic of Iran continues targeting protesters who took to the streets after the regime murdered a young Iranian-Kurdish woman for failing to cover her hair.
A surgeon at the Mainz University Hospital in Germany has been fired after having a hospital cleaner with no medical experience assist in a toe amputation.
Sudan's top army general fired Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan, the former deputy of the country's governing body who is now a paramilitary leader, in a symbolic gesture.
A road incident where a vehicle overturned along the border of China and Vietnam has led to the deaths of 11 people. Authorities said the incident was related to human trafficking.
Kenton Cool, a British mountain climber, scaled Mount Everest for the 17th time. He broke his own record for the most ascents of Everest by a non-Sherpa guide.
Russia unexpectedly lifted the four-year flight ban with Georgia. Georgians gathered at the country's airport to protest the first flight to arrive from Russia.
A Haitian police car was set on fire by a group of suspected gang members. One Haitian police officer was killed in the latest attack against the country's police force.
A tourist from Canada was killed in Mexico just days after an Argentinian tourist was killed in the same coastal state that is generally considered one of the safer areas.
"El Popo," a volcano in Popocatepetl, Mexico, rumbled this week. Scientists have been watching the volcano's every move. It is a threat to 22 million people.
Australian police used a stun gun on a 95-year-old woman with dementia who was approaching them with a knife. She was sent to the hospital in critical condition.
China may see artificial intelligence as the key tool that can help elevate its forces and allow it to leapfrog the United States for clear superiority, an expert warned.
President Biden will have a key opportunity to bring a number of top countries, including Asian partners, in line on issues surrounding China and Russia.
