Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro has vowed to impose chemical castration on rapists and child abusers in Brazil. This move aims to appeal to women voters, who make up 53% of the electorate. With polls showing …

Islamic Jihad and Hamas have agreed to form an electoral alliance with a former top Fatah official who is close to the United Arab Emirates. That's according to a top Islamic Jihad official who spoke …

South Korea’s spy agency says Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's recent disclosure of a secret transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea was likely intended to gain public …

The U.S. military says it has completed the withdrawal of its troops from Iraq, ending a 12-year mission.

A huge gray shark named Bukangi has become an honorary mascot in South Korea’s biggest port city. Officials in Busan have embraced the attention brought by the shark, which has drawn thousands of …

The head of the company that operates the Eiffel Tower is to step down at the end of the year following a decision to exclude female staff during a visit by a Hindu religious group. The Société …

A Chinese government survey shows the country's factory activity has expanded for the first time since June, signaling a positive shift as officials aim to boost economic growth. China’s National …

Hurricane Polo has made landfall in Baja California with flash flooding and winds described by forecasters as a “life-threatening.” The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says the Category 2 …

Medication prices are soaring in Iran and some treatments have become hard to find, leaving patients and their families scrambling as a U.S. blockade and stepped-up sanctions squeeze the country’s …

Burundi says it will accept migrants deported from the United States, but only those who are not facing criminal charges and have no links to terrorism. Presidential spokesperson Nancy Ninette Mutoni …

The collapse of public housing in Venezuela's La Guaira state after two June earthquakes is linked to decisions made in 2010. Experts say the government rushed to build apartments on unstable soil …

Scientists had warned the government not to build along Venezuela’s coastal strip of La Guaira. The area’s seaside Caribbean communities, not far from Caracas, were near a major fault line and a …

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has built a global profile by standing up to U.S. President Donald Trump. He could end the year with the Nobel Peace Prize and Time magazine’s Person of the Year …

Malaysia has started repatriating Myanmar nationals under a voluntary program. The movement of more than 1,470 people beginning Tuesday comes despite warnings from the United Nations refugee agency …

Morocco's King Mohammed VI names Urban Planning Minister Fatima Zahra Mansouri as the country's prime minister. She becomes the first woman to hold the position in the Muslim country. Mansouri, also …

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has rejected South Korean findings that North Korea likely planted the land mines that injured three South Korean soldiers last week. She …

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney accused the U.S. owner of steelmaker Stelco of betraying Canadian workers after it announced layoffs it attributed in part to U.S. President Donald Trump’s …

Pakistan's defense minister says his government will use “whatever means are available” to defend Saudi Arabia against Iran-backed Houthi rebels. The comments offered one of Pakistan's clearest …

A Russian nuclear-capable strategic bomber has crashed on a training mission in the country’s far east, killing six members of its crew, the Defense Ministry said. The ministry said in a statement …

The U.K.'s counterterror police have released five suspects on bail during an investigation into a suspected bomb plot targeting a U.S.-operated air force base in England. The decision has raised …