Syrian President Bashar al-Assad called for the formal recognition of the 'republics' of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine as independent from Kyiv.
NATO nations look to beef up defenses in Eastern Europe by following a proposed German plan to counter Russia's continued aggression amid its war in Ukraine.
North Korea reported a new epidemic of an intestinal disease as the country continues to fight a COVID-19 outbreak, following reports of people with fevers last month.
A senior ISIS leader who officials say is an experienced bomb maker was captured by U.S. forces as part of Operation Inherent Resolve in Syria on Thursday.
French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi were expected to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday.
The president of Taiwan's Legislative Assembly warned China to think twice before invading, noting that Taiwan has missile capabilities to strike Beijing.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said arms are urgently needed ahead of NATO's summit later this month as Russian defenses appear to be flagging.
Top Pentagon official Colin Kahl says he still thinks Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to take over a large portion of Ukraine, if not the entire country.
A top Russian security official questioned whether Ukraine will "exist on the map" in two years in a threatening message posted to his social media account.
Alexei Navalny, a Russian opposition leader and critic of President Vladimir Putin, reportedly has been transferred to a new penal colony farther east of Moscow.
The EU launched legal action against the UK, stating the proposed UK seeking to remove customs checks on certain imports to Northern Ireland violates international law.
Brazil's police said a second suspect had been arrested in connection with the disappearance of a British journalist and Indigenous expert in the Brazilian Amazon.
The WHO will rename the monkeypox virus after a group of international scientists said the current nomenclature could be "discriminatory and stigmatizing."
A jury upheld a medical examiner's findings in a controversial inquest into the 2018 death of New York lawyer Marie Kuhnla at Club Med Turkoise in Turks and Caicos.
Drugs are back in the EU at higher levels than before the pandemic. 29% of the European population are said to have used illicit drugs with more men than women report using.