Biden administration extends Iranian sanction waiver as Iraq looks to cut energy dependence on Tehran. On Friday, John Kirby said none of the money will be going to Iran.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has lifted its two-decade-old moratorium on the death penalty amid surging militant violence in the Central African nation.
Roman Catholic activist Uladzislau Beladzed was sentenced to three years in a Belarusian prison Friday for insulting President Alexander Lukashenko and "inciting social discord."
Croatian President Zoran Milanovic announced Friday that the country's next parliamentary election will be held on April 17, just over a month after its dissolution.
10 people have been charged with stealing approximately 43,000 state decorations of honor from a Serbian government building, according to prosecutors.
North Korean defectors spoke at a United Nations event to expose human rights violations and to advocate for a strengthened U.N. mandate to investigate and document them.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for greater international cooperation to fight synthetic drug trafficking as global drug use and overdose rates rise.
Lebanese sources say Hezbollah leader, Nsrallah, met with Iranian Quds commander Qaani, saying he didn't want Iran to get 'sucked' into a war with Israel or the United States.
The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria said that since October, Syria has seen the worst wave of violence since 2020. International aid has diminished.
Pope Francis released an autobiography entitled “Life: My Story Through History," which is being published on March 19, the eleventh anniversary of his installation as pope.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved Friday a ground operation invading Rafah in the Gaza region, despite outcry from President Biden's administration.
Ousmane Sonko, Senegal's prominent opposition leader, was released from prison ahead of the March 24 election. Sonko said he plans to address his supporters.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán delivered a fiery speech in which he called for spectators to help him “occupy Brussels" in the upcoming European Union elections.
The Polish Catholic Church, facing declining church attendance due to scandals of clergy abuse, has elected Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda as its new leader.
A rubber boat sank off of Turkey's northwest province of Canakkale, causing 16 people to drown, including 4 children. Search and rescue operations are underway.
Houthi rebels attacked a tanker in the Red Sea, but the crew was unharmed. The British military initially reported the ship was struck by a missile but found no damage.
A man identifying himself as a prophet has been charged with exploiting children in Zimbabwe after police raided his compound, where he led a religious sect.
At least 14 people, including a paramedic, were killed on Friday at the scene of a Russian missile attack on homes in the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa.
A humanitarian aid ship carrying nearly 200 tons of supplies arrived in the Gaza Strip using a new route as officials report having a difficult time delivering aid.