British Prime Minister Keir Starmer apologized Thursday to victims of Jeffrey Epstein for appointing Peter Mandelson as the U.K.'s ambassador to Washington despite his ties to the disgraced financier.

Hong Kong’s pro-democracy former media tycoon Jimmy Lai will be sentenced Monday following his conviction in December under a Beijing-imposed national security law

The U.S. on Thursday announced the resumption of dialogue with Russia's military, which had been suspended since 2021.

Boko Haram Islamist militants killed 75 in attacks on two villages in the Nigerian state of Kwara on Tuesday after locals rejected calls to surrender.

The poll showed that the LDP-led coalition was likely to secure more than 300 of the 465 seats in the Lower House.

The U.S. military said it killed two people in a strike on a suspected drug vessel in the Eastern Pacific on Thursday.

The price of bitcoin continued its monthslong slide Thursday, falling another 11% to $67,000, its lowest level in 15 months.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, has vowed to unleash a regional war if America launches air strikes. Initially few in the Middle East seemed eager for further conflict. The region’s power-brokers tried to dissuade America from military action.