Uruguay’s left-wing Yamandu Orsi wins presidential runoff
Candidate of the Broad Front party, Yamandu Orsi (R), celebrates the victory with his running mate, Carolina Cosse, after winning the Presidential election in Montevideo,…
COP29 negotiators agree on funding deal for poor nations facing climate crises
Negotiators at the COP29 climate conference reached an agreement on a financing deal for poor nations bearing the brunt of climate change on Sunday, two…
Israel investigating rabbi’s disappearance in United Arab Emirates as ‘terrorist incident’
Israeli officials say Rabbi Zvi Kogan might be the victim of a terrorist act in the United Arab Emirates. He was last seen in Dubai.…
Trump, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte discuss global security issues
President-elect Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte discussed global security issues while meeting in Palm Beach, Fla., on Friday. Photo by the North…
Putin orders serial production of Oreshnik hypersonic missile, warns it can be used again
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) holds a meeting with the Defense Ministry leadership and representatives of the defense industry in Moscow on Friday. Putin announced…
Stuck 20 hours, kayaking tourist’s leg amputated during rescue in Australia
In a scene mirroring a Hollywood movie, a kayaker was rescued after a 20-hour ordeal on a river in Southern Australia that saw the man’s…
Shortest and tallest living women declared ‘icons’ in London
Rumeysa Gelgi holds Jyoti Amge as the world's tallest and shortest women meet at the Savoy Hotel in London on Wednesday. Photo by Guinness World…
Iran orders new advanced nuclear centrifuges to be brought on stream after IAEA censure
Iran's uranium fuel enrichment plant in Natanz, in central Iran. A censure from the U.N. nuclear watchdog over "undeclared nuclear activities" that Tehran slammed as…
Japan passes economic package to address inflation
In hopes of tackling continuing issues of inflation, the Japanese government okayed a wide-ranging economic package worth $250 billion to address racing energy costs and…
Apple, Google face potential investigation over mobile browser dominance
An independent inquiry group on Friday recommended to the British Competition and Markets Authority to investigate Apple and Google over their dominance of mobile web…
Police destroy suspicious ‘hoax device’ outside U.S. London embassy
A suspicious package found outside the U.S. Embassy in London Friday was destroyed in a controlled explosion as London police closed Ponton Road near the…
London Gatwick reopens after 'security incident' evacuates terminal
Train service is resuming and people are returning to the South Terminal at London Gatwick Airport after a security alert forced the evacuation of part…
Developing nations, climate groups oppose COP29 $250B-a-year offer from rich countries
A draft finance deal Friday at the U.N. COP29 climate and environment talks proposes wealthy nations give $250 billion a year to poorer nations in…
Hungary’s Orban invites Israeli PM to visit, won’t enforce ICC arrest warrant
1 of 4 | Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban confirmed Friday his country will not honor an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court…
Spain fines five budget airlines $186 million for ‘abusive practices’
Spain's government said Friday five low-cost airlines have been fined $186.32 million for what Minister of Social Rights Pablo Bustinduy said were abusive practices like…
Britain blacklists daughter of Angola’s former president as it clamps down on corruption
Isabel dos Santos, the daughter Angola's former president Jose Eduardo Van Dunem dos Santos, was sanctioned by Britain on Thursday. File Photo by Bruno Fonseca/EPA-EFE…
Putin gifts bears, yaks and a lion to North Korean zoo
1 of 3 | Russian President Vladimir Putin gifted 70 animals to the Pyongyang Zoo, Russia's Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment said Wednesday, including…
Russia fires first ICBM of Ukraine war, Kyiv's air force says
Ukraine said Russia fired an intercontinental ballistic missile Thursday morning, marking the first time the nuclear warhead-compatible weapon had been used in the war. Source…
U.S. vetoes U.N. Security Council draft resolution calling for Gaza cease-fire, hostage releases
1 of 4 | A Palestinian child screams amid the crowd while trying to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen amid food shortages in…
Son of Norway’s crown princess facing rape charges after arrest
Marius Borg Hoiby (L) and Norwegian crown princess Mette-Marit attend a government event in Oslo, Norway, on June 16, 2022, and Norwegian police arrested Hoiby…