Nicaragua's government released 19 clergy members who were incarcerated last year under the current regime's escalated crackdown on religious leaders, including Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa.
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has officially launched his general election campaign after the Supreme Court lifted a lifetime ban on politicians with convictions.
A Cambodian court has convicted four land rights activists of plotting to provoke a peasant revolution by teaching farmers about class divisions, officials say.
Iceland’s president is declaring that a southwestern area of the country is entering a “daunting period of upheaval" following a second volcanic eruption.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak must face Parliament to explain the UK's involvement in the recent US-led strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen, officials say.
A United States-owned ship was struck by a missile in the Gulf of Aden, U.S. officials said. U.S. Central Command said the attack came from Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.
The United Nations has issued an appeal for $4.2 billion to aid people in Ukraine and those displaced outside the country in 2024. The request aims to assist 8.5 million people.
Denmark's new King Frederik X visited the Danish parliament on his first formal day as king, following his mother Queen Margrethe's abdication after 52 years on the throne.
The 2023 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Narges Mohammadi, has been given an additional 15-month prison sentence for allegedly spreading propaganda against the Islamic Republic.
Hundreds of Kosovars gathered in Recak on Monday to mark the 25th anniversary of a mass killing of 45 ethnic Albanians by Serb forces in 1999, officials say.
Two individuals from the West Bank have been arrested after a series of ramming attacks in a city near Tel Aviv, Israel left at least 17 injured, police say.
North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui arrived in Russia over the weekend where she will meet with her Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, amid speculation of an arms deal.
Retired U.S. officials met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Monday, praising Taiwan's democratic processes in its recent elections in defiance of China.
A male pygmy hippopotamus named Mikolas born in December at a Czech zoo made his debut to the public on Monday to the delight of spectators, officials say.
Incoming Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo was sworn in early Monday after a nine-hour inauguration delay caused by Congress' efforts to block him.
Australian-born Mary Donaldson has become the queen of Denmark following the abdication of Queen Margrethe II. Celebrations took place across Australia on Monday.
A missile fired from Lebanon has killed two Israelis, prompting the Israeli Defense Forces to launch attacks against the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah in response.
The White House has urged Israel that it's the "right time" to scale back its ground operations in Gaza as Israel's war against the ruling Hamas terror group has hit 100 days.
Houthi rebels in Yemen fired an anti-ship cruise missile toward the USS Laboon operating in the Red Sea on Sunday, but a U.S. fighter jet shot it down.
