Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been sentenced to life in prison for his brief imposition of martial law to suppress the opposition.

President Donald Trump has announced at the inaugural Board of Peace meeting that nine members have agreed to pledge $7 billion toward a Gaza relief package.

A delegation of U.S. senators is returning from a trip to Ukraine.

Pope Leo XIV has opened the church’s penitential Lenten season by presiding over Ash Wednesday.

José María Balcázar has become Peru's new interim president, replacing another interim leader who was removed over corruption allegations just four months into his term.

Members of the United Nations Security Council are calling for the Gaza ceasefire deal to become permanent and blasting Israeli efforts to expand control in the West Bank as a threat to prospects of a two-state solution.

British police forces are working together to assess potential crimes revealed in documents from the U.S. Justice Department’s investigation into the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The Cuban foreign minister is visiting Moscow as the island faces blackouts and severe fuel shortages worsened by a U.

Paris prosecutors have opened two new investigations tied to Jeffrey Epstein, and they call on possible victims in France to come forward.

The latest U.S.-brokered talks between envoys from Moscow and Kyiv over Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine have ended with no sign of a breakthrough.

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte says she will seek the presidency in the 2028 elections.

Britain’s House of Lords is facing scrutiny as an indirect result of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government will not repatriate from Syria a group of 34 women and children with alleged ties to the militant Islamic State group.

People are celebrating the Lunar New Year with prayers, fireworks and street festivals for the Year of the Horse.

Israeli prosecutors say on Monday they plan to charge a settler in the killing of a Palestinian activist during a confrontation that was caught on video.

Iran's top diplomat has held talks with the U.N. nuclear watchdog in Geneva before a second round of negotiations between the U.S. and Iran.

Marco Rubio is backing Viktor Orbán ahead of Hungary’s April election during a visit to Budapest.

Israel is beginning a land registration process in the occupied West Bank that critics say can shift large areas into state control.

A month after Iran launched a crackdown on nationwide protests, widespread arrests are roiling the country.

Rio de Janeiro has kicked off Carnival celebrations as the mayor hands the city key to King Momo for a playful five-day reign.

Envoys from Russia and Ukraine are to meet for a new round of U.S.-brokered talks in Geneva next week as both sides keep fighting and trading long-range strikes.

Dubai has replaced the longtime head of DP World after emails linked him to Jeffrey Epstein.

A new AP-NORC poll finds that Trump's recent push to seize control of Greenland is divisive even within his own party.

Britain’s High Court has ruled that the government’s decision to outlawed the protest group Palestine Action as a terrorist organization was unlawful.