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,

Twenty hikers were on the slopes when disaster struck, North Halmahera police chief Erlichson Pasaribu told reporters at a volcano monitoring station in Mamuya village. Nine were from Singapore and the rest were Indonesian,

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

Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon killed at least five people Friday, while Hezbollah fired rockets on northern Israel without in inflicting any casualties. The Health Ministry in Lebanon said that an Israeli airstrike on the southern village of Toura near the port city of Tyre killed four people and wounded eight.

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,

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

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said he told U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio that Europe needs the United States, and vice versa, as America’s top diplomat wrapped up two days of fence-mending talks in Italy and the Vatican following weeks of tensions over the U.