The United Nations has criticized a new Afghan law on separation in marriage, saying it entrenches discrimination against women and girls.

Trucks carrying intercontinental ballistic missiles rumbled over forest roads, submarines set sail from Arctic and Pacific ports, and crews scrambled into warplanes as Russia and neighboring Belarus held the final stage of their joint nuclear drills.

President Donald Trump on Thursday said past U_S_ presidents have mulled intervening in Cuba for decades, but “it looks like I’ll be the one that does it.”.

Republicans are struggling to find the votes to dismiss legislation that would compel President Donald Trump to withdraw from the war with Iran.

Ukrainian drones have struck another Russian refinery, igniting a fire and producing massive black smoke.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping's recent summits with U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin highlighted different dynamics with each country.

Israel says it has released and deported hundreds of activists who took part in a flotilla attempting to breach Israel's naval blockade of Gaza.

The U.K. government is set to release confidential papers related to the former Prince Andrew’s appointment as trade envoy.

Ukrainian drones have recently caused concern by entering Baltic airspace, leading to tensions with NATO countries.

A hard-line Iranian general linked to notorious attacks at home and abroad is believed to have seized a place near the center of power as negotiations with the United States hang in the balance.

The United Nations’ top court has issued a landmark advisory opinion that says the right to strike is protected by a cornerstone labor treaty.

The oldest bridge in Paris has begun vanishing as JR — the artist known as the “French Banksy” — began inflating a giant “cave” over the Pont Neuf.

Drenched in rain, hundreds of South Koreans have cheered the North Korean visitors during a rare soccer match between the divided countries as Pyongyang-based Naegohyang Women’s FC defeated host Suwon 2-1 against the backdrop of political tensions.

Weapons are now regularly brandished in Tehran in an increasing show of defiance.

Demand is soaring for Israel's battle-tested weapons and military technology, despite widespread condemnation by rights groups and the international community over the country's conduct in wars, particularly in Gaza.

Lithuania's president and prime minister have been taken to safe locations after a suspected drone was detected near the country's border with Belarus.

In New Delhi, some auto-rickshaws are now displaying images of U_S_ President Donald Trump with the slogan “Happy Birthday America!”.

Divers have recovered the last two bodies of four Italians who died deep inside an underwater cave in the Maldives.

A bomb outside a Defense Ministry building in the Syrian capital has killed one soldier and wounded about a dozen other people.

British police plan to ask prosecutors to consider charging 57 people and 20 organizations over the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire in London.

Both the old best and worst case future scenarios in the fight against climate change are being jettisoned by the world’s top scientists as they prepare the next series of huge United Nations reports.

Authorities say a NATO fighter jet shot down a Ukrainian drone over southern Estonia.

Malaysia's government is seeking $251 million in compensation from Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace AS after Norway revoked an export permit.

Israeli forces have intercepted the remaining vessels from an activist flotilla challenging Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza.