President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria defended the country’s redesigned currency and said that swapping notes would help curb inflation and bolster the upcoming presidential election.
An inmate in Bolivia convicted of murder is back behind bars after trying to escape from prison by wearing a wool jacket and disguising himself as a sheep.
The Munich Security Conference also disinvited Russia and Iran in response to the continued invasion of Ukraine and Tehran's crackdown on nationwide protests.
The death toll from the earthquake in Syria last week is expected to rise according to a United Nations official. Teams across the country continue to remove rubble from affected areas.
Legislation approved by Spain's parliament expanded transgender and abortion rights for teens in the country. The new laws also entitle workers to paid menstrual leave.
The population in Hong Kong has dropped for a third straight year during the pandemic. Many residents are also leaving in response to the erosion of Western-style civil liberties.
A powerful train explosion in Pakistan has killed at least one person and injured eight others. Officers are still determining whether the disaster was caused by a bomb.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has pledged to join Russia in its invasion of Ukraine if even "one soldier" attacks a citizen of his country.
Russia is preparing to fire a massive barrage of missiles into Ukraine on the one-year anniversary of Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of the country, Ukraine says.
Zholia Alemi, described as a “most accomplished forger and fraudster,” was previously jailed for trying to defraud a widow out of her £1.3 million estate
In a joint statement, China and Iran called on Afghanistan to stop restricting women’s education and work. Since 2021, girls were banned from attending universities.
Africa is hoping to receive more Mpox vaccine doses in the next two weeks. The doses will be sent to countries with the largest overall Mpox burden first.
The People's Republic of China condemned Thursday the destruction of several aircraft shot down in US airspace, call it a form of 'political manipulation.'
South Korea called North Korea its enemy in its biennial defense document, reviving the use of the label for the first time in six years and signaling rising tensions between the two.
Ibrahim Al Qahtani, an ISIS official involved in planning prison breaks, was killed in a raid by U.S. and coalition forces on Feb. 10, CENTCOM announced.
The Michigan woman who fled the United States to Thailand after allegedly hitting a college student with her car on New Year's Day has agreed to come back to the United States.
Parents awaiting the arrival of adopted children from Haiti feel abandoned by the Biden administration as the State Department refuses to lift passport mandate amid migration crisis.
The People's Republic of China is dismissing accusations of impeding the World Health Organization's investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
As North Korea may be on the brink of a food catastrophe, the country has begun rationing food to soldiers for the first time in more than two decades, officials say.