- — Pope Leo XIV calls for aid to Palestinians, end to Israel war in Gaza
- Newly inaugurated Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday made an appeal to end hostility in Gaza and called for humanitarian aid to enter the war-torn territory with reports suggesting a worsening outlook.
- — Japanese Farm Minister Taki Eto resigns after saying he never had to buy rice
- Japanese Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, or Farms Taki Eto resigned Wednesday after his comments over the price of rice led to a national backlash.
- — Russian missile strike kills 6 Ukraine national guardsmen, injures 10
- Six Ukrainian troops were killed and at least 10 injured in a Russian missile strike as they practised at a firing range in the eastern Sumy region.
- — U.N. says desperately needed food, medicines yet to reach people of Gaza
- The United Nations said no aid has reached people in Gaza in dire need of food, water and medical supplies, including baby food, despite dozens of trucks crossing from Israel into the strip after Israel ended its 11-week
- — U.N. says desperately needed food aid, medicines, yet to reach people of Gaza
- The United Nations said no aid has reached people in Gaza in dire need of food, water and medical supplies, including baby food, despite dozens of trucks crossing from Israel into the strip after Israel ended its 11-week
- — North Korean human rights a global issue, speakers tell U.N. General Assembly
- Activists, officials and defectors highlighted human rights violations in North Korea at a high-level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday, with many directly tying Pyongyang's systemic abuses to its gr
- — Britain, EU issue sweeping sanctions targeting Russia's shadow fleet of oil tankers
- Britain and the European Union have imposed sweeping sanctions targeting Russia, particularly its shadow fleet of oil tankers, over its war in Ukraine.
- — EU lifts sanctions on Syria in support of war-torn country's recovery
- The European Union has announced it is lifting sanctions on Syria to support the civil war-torn country's economic recovery.
- — Motorcycle-riding gunmen kill 2 aides to Mexico City's mayor
- Two men on a motorcycle shot and killed Ximena Guzman and Jose Munoz at the Chabacano Metro station in Mexico City Monday morning before fleeing.
- — Nicolás Maduro’s Venezuela functions as international criminal organization, report finds
- Nicolás Maduro's regime has transformed Venezuela into an international criminal organization, using state institutions for internal repression, looting national resources and collaboration with organized crime networks.
- — WHO member states adopt historic agreement to collaborate on pandemic prevention
- The World Health Organization announced Tuesday it has officially adopted the first-ever "Pandemic Agreement," just as the United States said it is leaving the organization.
- — Study warns of 'catastrophic' sea-level rise even if Paris Climate goals are met
- Climate-induced sea level rise will see hundreds of millions of people forced to flee inland from coastal communities, even if the rise in the global temperature stays within the Paris Climate Agreement target.
- — Honda to cut back on EV investment due to dissatisfaction in the market
- The Honda Motor Company announced Tuesday it will cut back on its previous investment plan for electric vehicle technology in response to its disappointment in the growth of the EV market.
- — At least six people injured in Russian strikes on central, northern and eastern Ukraine
- Russian strikes against targets across central and eastern Ukraine overnight injured at least six people, five of them passengers on a bus hit in the southern city of Kherson.
- — South Korea to hold trade talks with the U.S. this week over tariff concerns
- South Korea sent a delegation to Washington to hold a second round of technical discussions this week over the Trump administration's proposed "reciprocal" tariffs, Seoul's Trade Ministry said Tuesday.
- — Police arrest third suspect linked to fire set at PM Keir Starmer's London property
- Authorities in Britain have arrested a third suspect in connection with a fire set at a home owned by Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
- — Lithuania accuses Belarus of large-scale smuggling scheme in ICJ case
- Lithuania on Monday filed a case against Belarus in the International Court of Justice, accusing its southern neighbor of facilitating a large-scale smuggling scheme.
- — Britain, Canada, France warn Israel of sanctions over renewed fighting in Gaza
- Britain, Canada and France on Monday warned Israel that they will pursue "concrete actions" if it does not end renewed military operations in Gaza and lift restrictions on humanitarian aid.
- — Against backdrop of housing affordability problem, Spain orders Airbnb to block thousands of listings
- Spain announced Monday it has ordered Airbnb to block tens of thousands of illegal listings from its platform.
- — Russia adds Amnesty International to 'undesirable' list
- The Russian government announced Monday that the nonprofit Amnesty International is no longer welcome within its borders.
- — Top Asian private equity fund chief hit with foreign travel ban: reports
- South Korean prosecutors have reportedly banned MBK Partners Chairman Michael Byungju Kim from leaving the country as part of an investigation into the so-called Home Plus bond scandal.
- — Hamas leader's body found as peace talks with Israel pick back up
- Israel reported Sunday it found the body of Hamas' de facto leader, Muhammad Sinwar, in a tunnel in Khan Younis after he was killed in a series of airstrikes last week.
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