Ukraine's ambassador to Israel condemned a call this week between the Russian and Israeli foreign ministries and suggested the first of such calls since Russia's invasion of Ukraine indicated a change in policy.
News of "Nazi gold" in Poland and Iceland in recent years set off a frenzy for treasure hunters, but some fear that the Dutch trove may have already been found and cleared.
Japanese lawmakers have boosted an incentive program that will now provide 1 million yen, $7,500, per child to families who leave Tokyo for rural areas.
Archbishop Georg Gänswein, prefect of the papal household and personal secretary to Pope Benedict XVI, will be publishing an inside account of the late pontiff's time at the Vatican.
Two rockets struck a U.S. military base in northeast Syria following the third anniversary of the killing of Iranian military leader Qassem Solemani by a U.S. drone strike.
A Russian ship called the Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov, which is armed with hypersonic cruise missiles, has deployed to the Atlantic Ocean Wednesday.
Russia appeared to blame its own troops for the deadly strike on military barracks in Makiyivka on New Years Day, saying banned cellphone used alerted Ukrainian troops to the barrack's location.
State Department spokesperson Ned Price called on China to be more transparent about the current COVID-19 outbreak and origins of the virus on Tuesday.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken reminded Israel of the Biden administration's commitment to a two-state solution with their Palestinian neighbors following the appointment of Eli Cohen as foreign minister.
China has changed how it reports cases and deaths related to COVID-19, with officials no longer counting asymptomatic results as positive and only certain deaths as covid-related.
A car bombing in southeast Nigeria killed four security officials. The attack, which took place in Imo State, was aimed at former governor Ikedi Ohakim.
The death toll in a stampede that occurred at a shopping mall in Uganda’s capital has risen to 10. The Uganda police have charged the organizer of the New Year celebrations with murder.
A soldier for Uganda's military fatally shot three colleagues in Somalia. The soldier was a part of the force guarding the international airport in Somalia.
Germany's Federal Statistic Office announced that the country recorded its highest full-year inflation rate in more than 70 years. Germany's annual inflation in 2022 reached 7.9%.
Seven people, including two state investigators, have been killed in a shootout in Mexico, a report says, following a deadly prison break that unfolded near the U.S.-Mexico border.
The Chinese Communist Party has promoted its ambassador to the U.S., Qin Gang, to the position of foreign minister, striking a surprisingly friendly tone.
Russian nationalists and lawmakers are expressing outrage after the deaths of 63 Russian soldiers in a New Year's Eve strike on a Russian military barracks in Ukraine.