R&B singer Chris Brown avoided prison on Monday when a London judge gave him an eight-month sentence, suspended for 12 months, for attacking a man with a tequila bottle at a Mayfair nightclub in February 2023. The BBC and The Guardian r
Poland did not allow a Slovak government plane to fly through its airspace to Moscow: according to the flight map, the aircraft went around Polish territory. The plane, carrying Slovakia's foreign minister, flew to the Russian capital on Su
A jack-up drilling rig operated by Borr Drilling sank off the coast of Gabon on Oct. 24, leaving five people missing, according to the company and Gabonese authorities. Of the 115 people aboard the Prospector 5, 110 have been accounted for,
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has returned to her country after nearly a year abroad, Fox News, Al Jazeera and The Independent reported. She announced her arrival on social media on Sunday, writing, “I’m here. With you a
A Supreme Court judge in the Australian state of Victoria has rejected a prisoner’s attempt to overturn a ban on Vegemite behind bars, the BBC and The Independent reported. The ruling, issued Monday, leaves the long-standing prohibition in
High-level delegations from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey arrived in Tehran on Monday to try to head off a return to fighting between Iran and Israel and the United States, according to the Associated Press, which cited two regional off
About 300 members of China's Communist Party Central Committee began a four-day closed-door meeting in Beijing on Monday. State media said the session would pave the way for a “tightening of discipline” in the ruling party, as President Xi
Brazil’s incumbent president, Jair Bolsonaro, has refused to accept the result of the presidential runoff, which his rival Lula won. Bolsonaro said his team would demand that the election be annulled, the BBC reported.“The election results
Jordanian security forces arrested three men on Monday over an attack on a Greek Orthodox church that killed nine people and wounded more than two dozen, ABC News reported. The Public Security Directorate said the suspects were taken in aft
Thousands of people gathered in Prague on Sunday to protest a Czech government plan that would change how public radio and television are paid for. According to ABC News, the crowd was too large for Old Town Square and spilled into nearby s
Storm Boelo has swept across Western Europe: wind gusts in Scotland reached 135 km/h, and more than 82,000 households in the United Kingdom were left without electricity. At least another 70,000 homes are without power in France and Germany
Gadi Eisenkot, the leading challenger to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is making his Moroccan family background a centerpiece of his campaign ahead of Tuesday's election in Israel, according to DW. The push is aimed at towns on the cou