Swedish authorities investigate a cargo ship they believe is stateless
Swedish authorities are investigating a cargo ship in the Baltic Sea that they suspect is stateless
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Hong Kong firm seeks $2 billion over Panama's takeover of 2 key canal ports
A subsidiary of a Hong Kong-based company that has lost control of two critical ports on the Panama Canal says it is see...
At least 7 killed in Ukraine's Kharkiv as Russian missile hits apartment building
Ukrainian officials say that at least seven people have been killed and 10 others, including three children, have been w...
Motorists stranded and military deployed after heavy rains pound Kenyan capital overnight
Motorists in the Kenyan capital were stranded for hours after roads were flooded following heavy rains overnight
Ex-rapper's political party leads early results in Nepal's first election since 2025 youth revolt
Preliminary and partial results show that a new political party led by an ex-rapper leading Nepal’s parliamentary electi...
Women in South Africa take up guns and martial arts for protection against gender violence
Women in South Africa are turning to guns and martial arts for self-defense in a country where rates of gender-based vio...
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney calls for Mountbatten-Windsor's removal from line of succession
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor should be removed from the royal line of succession...
US imposes visa restrictions on Rwandan officials after sanctions targeting military
The U.S. is imposing visa restrictions on “several senior Rwandan officials for fueling instability” in eastern Congo, t...
Cuba shuts its Quito embassy as Ecuador expels its diplomats
Cuba is shutting down its embassy in Ecuador after Ecuador and ordered its diplomats out
Human rights court orders Peru to pay compensation for a 1997 forced sterilization death
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights is ordering Peru to pay compensation for a woman’s death tied to a forced steri...
Belarus leader pardons 18 prisoners in an effort to improve ties with US
Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 18 more prisoners as part of his recent effort at a r...
Islamic militants abduct more than 300 people in northeastern Nigeria, officials say
Local officials say Islamic militants attacked a town in northeastern Nigeria, abducting more than 300 people, including...
Japan, Canada sign strategic agreement in defense and energy as war in Mideast fuels oil concerns
Japan and Canada have signed a strategic agreement aimed at strengthening cooperation in defense, economic and energy se...
UN report says Ugandan troops helped South Sudan with deadly airstrikes
A U.N. inquiry says Uganda helped South Sudan carry out airstrikes that killed and badly burned civilians in opposition...
Pakistan, Afghanistan claim killing dozens of other's troops in relentless fighting
Pakistani and Afghan officials say their forces have launched multiple strikes at each other in cross-border clashes, wi...
EU suspends visa-free travel for Georgian diplomats and officials over democratic backsliding
The European Union is suspending visa-free travel for Georgian diplomats and officials for at least a year over democrat...
Pakistani Shiites rally to denounce US-Israeli strikes on Iran as US Embassy issues a security alert
Hundreds of minority Shiites are rallying in Pakistan’s capital and elsewhere in the country to denounce the killing of...
Indonesia to ban social media for children under 16, communication minister says
Indonesia will ban social media for children under 16, Communication and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Hafid