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Japan's parliament has formally confirmed Fumio Kishida as the country's prime minister after the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) elected the former top diplomat in a tightly contested race that ended in a runoff vote in the party. CNN's Selina Wang reports.

Communication lines between North Korea and South Korea will be restored from Monday at 9am local time, according to North Korean state media.

The endgame for Evergrande is still up in the air. But the troubled Chinese conglomerate is starting to get its priorities in order — and foreign investors look to be bottom of the list.

Between 2,900 and 3,200 pedophile clergymen have worked in the French Catholic Church since the 1950s, the president of an independent commission on sexual abuse told CNN Sunday.

The life cycle of a smartphone begins in mines around the world. There, raw materials and rare earth metals are extracted from the planet in an energy-intensive process.

All foreign nationals entering New Zealand will need to be fully vaccinated from November 1, the government announced Sunday.

They had enrolled at the American University of Afghanistan because they saw it as an opportunity, a pathway to a better future.

US climate envoy John Kerry said Saturday that global targets to slash greenhouse gas emissions are "do-able," striking an optimistic tone at the end of final high-level meeting before the COP26 international climate talks in Glasgow next month.

Surging shopper demand coupled with shipping container shortages and bottlenecks at ports have already triggered tighter supply of products, from cars to shoes.

The United Nations has rebuffed Ethiopia's decision to expel seven senior UN officials as the country's war-torn northern Tigray region descends into famine, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday.

Ecuador plans to pardon and commute thousands of sentences in order to free up space in the country's prisons following a deadly riot at a penitentiary in the coastal city of Guayaquil this week.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has described the police's failure to take violence against women and girls sufficiently seriously as "infuriating," in an interview with British newspaper The Times after the killing of Sarah Everard and more than 100 other women in Britain this year.

News that fully vaccinated travelers from India and many African countries will face mandatory quarantine in the UK, despite a relaxation of the country's inbound travel rules, has caused an outcry and accusations of discrimination.

• Analysis: Foreign investors are losing out in Evergrande's battle to survive • Siblings allowed to return from China after three years following lifting of exit ban

A Christmas tree full of ornaments inside Lt. Brian Zach's office tells you Christmas is his favorite time of year.

Australia's Prime Minister has all but confirmed he won't join global leaders at crucial climate talks in Glasgow.

During a nationwide broadcast to mark 61 years of Nigeria's independence, President Muhammadu Buhari praised social media for being "a very useful platform."

Guinea junta leader Mamady Doumbouya was inaugurated as interim president on Friday to oversee what regional powers hope will be a short transition to constitutional rule after the September 5 overthrow of president Alpha Conde.