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Venezuela’s legislature on Thursday advanced an amnesty bill proposed by acting President Delcy Rodríguez that could lead to the release of hundreds of opposition leaders, journalists and human rights activists detained...

Argentina will give preferential market access to U.S. goods exports as part of a new trade and investment agreement that prohibits barriers to digital trade and enhances cooperation on economic and national security iss...

The U.S. will provide an extra $6 million in humanitarian aid to Cuba, the top State Department aid official said on Thursday, even as Washington has stepped up efforts to block oil supplies to the Caribbean island natio...

Lebanon and Syria signed an agreement Friday to transfer more than 300 Syrians from Lebanese prisons to continue serving their sentences in their home country, a step that will likely help improve strained relations betw...

Oman mediated indirect talks Friday between Iran and the United States over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program, seeking to de-escalate tensions between the nations after Washington bombed Iranian nuclear sites and Te...

More than 50 people were injured in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, and taken to hospitals after police used force during demonstrations outside the official residence of Chief Adviser Dr Yunus. Police used batons, and fired...

Italy has foiled "Russian origin" cyber-attacks targeting the Winter Olympics, says Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani. He said websites linked to the Games, hotels in host town Cortina d'Ampezzo and foreign ministry facili...

Singapore is introducing measures such as mandatory isolation for measles cases, contact tracing and quarantine of some close contacts, after detecting a rise in infections.

A suicide attack at a Shia mosque in Islamabad has killed at least 31 people and wounded dozens more, in one of the worst such incidents to hit Pakistan’s capital.

Norwegian security services said they expect Russia to step up its spying on Norway this year, with a focus on the Arctic, and Moscow may commit acts of sabotage aimed at undermining Oslo's support for Ukraine.

The Iberian peninsula has been placed under severe weather alerts as Storm Leonardo continues to batter parts of Spain and Portugal with torrential rain and strong winds.

Kenya's National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) warned last month that recurrent droughts were increasing competition for scarce resources and raising the risk of violent conflict.

The fighting, unfolding away from urban areas and largely overlooked by international mediators, is drawing in more forces from all sides in the war in eastern Congo, with the potential to further complicate efforts by t...

People in Mozambique were receiving cholera vaccinations following the global resumption of preventive Cholera vaccination programs which were halted for nearly four years due to a vaccine shortage, the World Health Orga...

The capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and ominous threats over Greenland’s sovereignty grab the world’s attention, but the squeeze that Mr Trump has put on Panama is more relevant for the rest of the Americas...

Mexican authorities on Thursday arrested the mayor of the municipality of Tequila, birthplace of the agave spirit, for allegedly extorting major distillers in collusion with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).

Restructuring the Canadian economy to cope with U.S. tariffs, slower population growth and the rise of artificial intelligence will take years, and could be very painful, Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem said on Thur...

Medical NGO says targeted attacks have forced the closure of hospitals, while UN says 280,000 displaced in Jonglei state.

Hundreds of residents displaced by severe flooding in Ksar El Kebir now find temporary refuge in Tangier, where authorities opened the National Summer Camp Center at the Diplomatic Forest to receive families forced to le...

The armed forces are prepared to take action, if necessary, to ensure the safety of voters and protect ballot boxes during the election, with hundreds of thousands of personnel deployed nationwide, said Brig Gen Dewan Md...