Belarusian human rights activist Aliaksandar Vaitseshyk reportedly began a hunger strike in prison Thursday to protest the Eastern European nation's authoritarian government.
Leftist Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has been re-elected to his post after brokering a controversial amnesty deal to garner key support from Catalan separatists.
The Louvre Museum announced the acquisition of Cimabue's "Christ Mocked" painting after it was found hanging in an elderly woman's kitchen four years ago.
White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby suggests that despite Israel’s war against Hamas, it is unlikely the terrorist group’s ideology will go away.
The Kenyan High Court on Thursday extended a block on the planned deployment of police officers to Haiti to establish a multinational anti-gang security force.
Iran has allegedly targeted political dissidents and ethnic minorities, with the Baluchi ethnic minority group accounting for 20% of executions while making up only 5% of the population.
The U.N. special rapporteur to the occupied Palestinian territory claimed this week that Israel does not have a right to self-defense against Hamas under international law.
Israel's military and the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah are shelling each other in what has become the most intense day of skirmishes yet, a report says.
Rescuers in India are working to free 40 construction workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel. The operation involves using a machine to drill through debris.
Chinese President Xi Jinping reportedly told President Biden that the Taiwan conflict remains the "most potentially dangerous issue" in U.S.-China relations.
A United Nations committee passed a resolution Wednesday condemning North Korean human rights abuses and urging member countries not to repatriate escapees.
Why Russian President Vladimir Putin will likely win another six-year term if and when he decides to run for re-election in 2024. According to recent polls, Putin is still popular with the Russian people.
Police in Tokyo, Japan have arrested a man for allegedly driving a van into a barrier set up outside of the entrance of the Israeli embassy in the city.
Hatian gang leader Vitel’Homme Innocent was added to the FBI's “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" for his alleged role in the kidnapping of 16 Americans and the killing of another.
Heavily-armed gang members surrounded the Fontaine Hospital Center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Wednesday, trapping women, children and newborns inside the building.
Madagascar's capital, Antananarivo, has implemented a nighttime curfew in the leadup to a controversial presidential election whose opponents have taken to burning polling stations.
The French police officer accused of killing 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk, triggering riots across the country, has been freed from jail amid an ongoing investigation.