The U.S. government on Thursday issued new sanctions aimed at depriving the Cuban government and military of "access to illicit assets."

Miners in Myanmar have discovered a rare ruby of enormous size, considered to be the second-largest by weight ever found in the conflict-battered Southeast Asian nation, state media reported Friday. The ruby,

Russia has increasingly focused its aerial attacks on small ​Ukrainian power substations, with increased drone capacity allowing it to disrupt Ukraine's grid over the past winter more than ever, data from ‌a London-based research group shows.

Judges ruled that an impeachment hearing should be held over a case involving money stolen from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s farm six years ago.

Brazil is on track to record its lowest Amazon deforestation rates since 2012. Despite this major accomplishment, experts warn that forest degradation, driven by wildfires, logging and drought,

Iran is ramping up trade with China via rail in a bid to blunt the impact of a US blockade of its ports and adapt to pressure designed to strangle its economy.

Pope Leo XIV has prayed for political leaders to end "fratricidal hatred" in the world. He spent Friday, the anniversary of his election, in Pompeii, marking a feast day important to him. Leo

Authorities say police have been called to a bank in a small town in western Germany on Friday to deal with a hostage situation in which the driver of an armored van carrying cash is being held