Five years since the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist and Washington Post contributor, the world has failed to hold Saudi Arabia accountable.
At least 1,030 people have died, and more than 210,000 have been infected in Bangladesh so far this year, compared with just 281 deaths for all of 2022.
Greg Fergus, who chairs Parliament’s Black Caucus, beat six other candidates. He replaces Anthony Rota, who resigned after uproar over the honoring of a Nazi veteran.
Over the past several months French President Emmanuel Macron has strongly backed Ukraine to join both NATO and the E.U., but allies are wary if this change is for the long term.
The transfer comes amid the fallout from the ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), which has sparked concern that U.S. aid to Ukraine could falter.
Pakistan wants to deport up to 1.7 million Afghans amid mounting frustration with the Taliban and concern over the economic burden of hosting refugees.
Video evidence shows evacuations being carried out among coastal communities in Derna, prompting many people to move inland — and into the path of the coming flood.
In a speech, Rishi Sunak said the stance was “common sense,” drawing applause from the Conservative Party Conference and accusations of transphobia from activists.
“A 14-year-old today will never legally be sold a cigarette,” said Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of his bid to impose a phased ban on tobacco products, like in New Zealand.
Dozens were killed, including a 6-year-old, in a strike near Kupyansk, officials said. The attack came as President Volodymyr Zelensky attended a summit in Spain.
The Biden administration said it will bypass environmental and conservation laws for the first time to fast-track barrier construction along the southern border.
Wreckage from the Aug. 23 crash that killed Yevgeniy Prigozhin showed no “external impact,” the Russian president said, in an apparent denial that the Kremlin ordered the outspoken mercenary leader shot down.
With tensions running high, Biden and Xi will look to put relations back on course at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in November, administration officials say.
Juan Guaidó, previously the self-declared interim president of Venezuela, escaped to the U.S. this year fleeing what he said were threats of his arrest.
Onlookers abroad are watching an American political system lurching down the path of dysfunction and a legislature dominated by politicians uninterested in democratic deliberation.
Donkeys are vital to commerce in Gaza, a consequence of Israel’s 15-year-old economic embargo. Now, they are increasingly hard to find, and harder to afford.
A proposal to change Australia’s constitution to give Indigenous people a “Voice to Parliament” was meant to sail through. Now it looks destined to fail.
The border plan President Biden put in place months ago is at risk of collapse amid a new wave of illegal crossings, intensifying strains on U.S. cities.
The attack on a cafe and grocery store in the Ukrainian village of Hroza, near Kharkiv, killed at least 52 people and was one of the war’s deadliest missile strikes.
The White House had been working toward an Israel-Saudi deal, with Washington as a third-party peace broker. The unprecedented attack on Israel could upend that effort.
The Temple Mount or al-Aqsa Mosque compound lies at the heart of the struggle between Israelis and Palestinians over Jerusalem. Israeli forces raided the site during Ramadan.
Israeli air force strikes killed about 200 people and injured 1,600, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. Hamas said it has taken “senior officers” hostage.
Police in New York City, London and others are increasing patrols for Jewish communities after footage showed some people celebrating Hamas’s attack on Israel.
Hezbollah and Israel traded fire on the northern border, adding a dangerous new element to the multi-pronged attack as fighting continues in Israel’s south.
The Biden administration has tried to keep vexing Middle East conflicts at arm’s length. But the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has reasserted itself, and U.S. hopes for a Saudi-Israel normalization are fading too.
At least 260 bodies have been recovered from the site of a trance music festival in Israel, one of the first targets for Hamas militants as they launched their surprise attack Saturday.
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