North Korea said Saturday it had successfully tested a new torpedo system that uses artificial intelligence to detect and guide itself toward targets. The test is the latest in a string of weapons demonstrations that point to growing attent
US President Donald Trump signed an order on Friday suspending the application of a new, sweeping package of sanctions against the Russian economy. He told Congress that this serves the national interests of the United States, AP reports.Th
A Mexican judge has sentenced three men to 158 years and nine months in prison each for the 2024 murders of Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and their American friend Carter Rhoad, according to The Guardian, the BBC and Al Jazee
The Church of St John the Evangelist in the Portuguese city of Évora is considered one of the most beautiful churches in Portugal, so it is hardly surprising that it was declared a national monument as early as 1910. Paradoxically, it is be
Brazil's government said Friday that deforestation in the Amazon has dropped to its lowest level since satellite records began in 1988. Official data showed 3,335 square kilometers (1,300 square miles) of forest were lost from August 2025 t
Raccoons are spreading through Japanese cities, and the damage to agriculture is growing. According to the Osaka prefectural government, the animals have been seen not only in the mountains but also in urban areas, above all in the centre o
No commercial goods have entered the Gaza Strip for two days, Israeli authorities said Thursday, according to ABC News. The halt cuts off fruit, winter clothing and other items that private merchants bring in, just as people in the territor
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked EU leaders at a Brussels summit on Friday for nearly $80 billion (€70 billion) in additional financial support next year, as his public dispute with U.S. President Donald Trump deepens. Accordin
Thousands of people filled a major thoroughfare in central New Delhi on Friday, waving Indian flags and demanding that the country's election chief resign, NPR reported. The rally is the latest sign of public anger aimed at Prime Minister N
Pope Leo XIV held a phone call with Vladimir Putin and asked him to declare a ceasefire in the occupied Ukrainian city of Oleshky. According to the Vatican, it is needed to deliver food and medical aid and carry out a voluntary and safe eva
Sally Rooney's novels will no longer be sold in the U.K. in any format, her publisher Faber announced this week, according to NPR. The company said British law now prevents it from passing her U.K. earnings on to her, after the Irish author
Masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian olive pickers in several places across the occupied West Bank on Friday, burning cars and trees and injuring farmers as well as Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine, according to the Guardia