US treasury secretary says Argentina has repaid its US credit line in a win for Milei
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says that Argentina has repaid the funds it drew from a $20 billion credit line wi...
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Chinese, Russian and Iranian warships arrive in South Africa for naval drills as tensions run high
Chinese, Russian and Iranian warships are in South African waters for a week of naval drills as geopolitical tensions ru...
Pope to visit Spain this year, with stops in Madrid, Barcelona and Canary Islands, cardinal says
Pope Leo XIV is planning to travel to Spain this year
Switzerland honors victims of deadly Alpine bar fire in national day of mourning
Switzerland will hold a memorial service to honor the 40 people who were killed in an Alpine bar fire earlier this month...
Venezuela to release a 'significant number' of prisoners as gesture to 'seek peace'
Venezuela plans to release a "significant number" of prisoners, both Venezuelan and foreign, according to the head of th...
Russian drone strikes cause major blackouts in two regions of Ukraine
Russian drone strikes have knocked out power in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region and left over 600,000 households in Dnipro...
Somalia denies US allegation that it destroyed food aid warehouse
Somalia’s government is denying an allegation by the U.S. government that authorities in Mogadishu destroyed an American...
Finland's battle against fake news starts in preschool classrooms
Finland has been fighting fake news by teaching media literacy to children as young as 3
Iran has been shaken by a series of protests over the past 50 years. Here's a look at them
Over the past 50 years, Iran has been shaken by a series of protests
Pakistani counterterrorism police seize 2 tons of explosives and arrest 3 in Karachi
Pakistani counterterrorism police have raided militant hideouts in Karachi, arresting three suspects and seizing about 2...
Myanmar's government releases over 6,100 prisoners on independence anniversary
Myanmar’s military government has granted amnesty to more than 6,100 prisoners and has reduced other inmates’ sentences...
British and French warplanes strike suspected IS weapons facility in Syria
British and French warplanes have carried out an airstrike in central Syria, targeting an underground facility suspected...
Drone strike kills 1 in Russian border region ahead of Ukraine peace talks
A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded two others, including a 4-year-old child, in Russia’s Belgorod re...
25 are dead and 14 more missing after boat capsizes in Nigeria's Yobe state
A passenger boat has capsized in northern Nigeria’s Yobe state, leaving at least 25 people dead
Indonesia’s new penal code takes effect, marking historic break with colonial law
Indonesia has begun enforcing its newly ratified penal code, replacing a Dutch-era criminal law that had governed the co...
Brazil's Bolsonaro leaves hospital and returns to jail in capital Brasilia
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro left a hospital in capital Brasilia on Thursday, a week after he underwent a d...
Taiwan’s president pledges to defend sovereignty after China’s military drills
Taiwan’s president pledges to defend sovereignty after China’s military drills
Pope opens 2026 with plea for peace in countries bloodied by war, families wounded by violence
Pope Leo XIV has opened 2026 with a plea for peace