South Korea says it’ll take strong retaliatory steps against North Korea over its launch of trash-carrying balloons across the border and other provocations.
A top official says South Africa’s African National Congress party will not consider any demands from possible coalition partners that President Cyril Ramaphosa step down as a condition for negotiations.
Ukraine has imposed emergency power shutdowns in most of the country a day after Russia unleashed large-scale attacks on energy infrastructure and claimed it made gains in the eastern Donetsk province.
A Chinese spacecraft has landed on the moon’s far side to collect rocks, in a growing space rivalry with U.S. The official Xinhua News Agency says the landing module touched down Sunday morning Beijing time.
The nation’s third-largest city is preparing for its first school board elections and the slate of potential candidates includes progressive activists, an afterschool squash program leader and a Grammy-winning rapper.
South Korea’s military says North Korea launched more trash-carrying balloons toward South Korea, following a similar campaign earlier in the week as it continues to retaliate against activists flying anti-North Korean propaganda leaflets…
Voters in Serbia are casting ballots in a rerun election in the capital, Belgrade, and in dozens of other cities and towns, with ruling right-wing populists seeking to cement their already vast hold on power.
Iran’s hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has registered as a possible candidate for the June 28 presidential election, seeking to regain the country’s top political position after a helicopter crash killed the nation’s…
A New York City parade for Israel that typically draws thousands of people will hit the streets this year with heightened security and an emphasis on solidarity during the war in Gaza.
America’s schools have just started making progress toward getting students back on track after they fell behind by historic margins during the pandemic.
Voters choosing Mexico’s next president are deciding between a former academic who promises to further the current leader's populist policies and an ex-senator and tech firm owner who pledges to up the fight against deadly drug cartels.
China’s defense minister has acknowledged the importance of newly renewed military-to-military communications with the United States as tensions escalate in the Asia-Pacific, while at the same time accusing Washington of causing the…
The World Health Organization says member countries approved new steps to boost global preparedness for pandemics like COVID-19 and mpox and better respond to dangerous outbreaks.
A jury in Idaho has unanimously agreed that convicted killer Chad Daybell deserves the death penalty for the gruesome murders of his wife and his girlfriend’s two youngest children.
Military forces from the United States and nearly three dozen countries have wrapped up the largest annual joint training exercise in Africa after two weeks in Tunisia, Ghana, Senegal and Morocco.