The standoff isn’t about hard-liners blocking pragmatists inside Iran, but about both sides believing that they have won the war.

The Black Sea isn’t meant to be this black. A popular seaside town in Russia has seen oil wash onto its beaches, dark drops of rain and oil soot land on homes, and plumes of thick acrid smoke billow above its red rooftops.

May Day demonstrations across multiple continents escalated into clashes as traditional labor protests increasingly became vehicles for anti-war and anti-Israel political movements.

Cuba rejects fresh sanctions ​levied on Friday ‌by U.S. President Donald Trump, the island's foreign minister ​said, calling them "unilateral ​coercive measures" that aim ⁠to impose "collective punishment ​against the Cuban people.

Brazil's Congress approved legislation that could significantly reduce prison sentences for former President Jair Bolsonaro over a 2023 coup attempt.

Cellphone tower operators across Africa are increasingly turning to solar power to reduce reliance on costly diesel fuel and expand connectivity in off-grid areas. Diesel still powers most towers

Some military officers in Mali worked with jihadis and separatists who recently launched their biggest round of attacks in over a decade in the conflict-battered country, authorities said late Friday.

The Pentagon has struck agreements with more technology companies for expanded use of advanced artificial intelligence tools on classified military networks, according to a Defense Department statement and two defense officials briefed on the matter.