Former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has been sentenced to five years in prison for money laundering and self-enrichment, according to his attorneys.

Libertarian President-elect Javier Milei of Argentina invited Elon Musk to "talk" after the billionaire CEO of X, formerly Twitter, shared a video interview of his.

Rescuers are scouring Mount Marapi in Indonesia for a missing climber after a volcanic eruption over the weekend killed at least 22 climbers.

A 39-year-old German man has been arrested in Portugal for allegedly forming an armed group named "Paladin" in early 2021 to oppose COVID-19 measures.

The United States Air Force has identified the eight pilots and passengers of the Air Force CV-22 Osprey that crashed off the coast of Japan on Nov. 29.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that "wars develop in phases," before admitting about Ukraine in an interview, "We should also be prepared for bad news."

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un gave a speech at a national conference honoring mothers this week, celebrating the maternal role in forming young communists.

Israel has assembled five large pumps that would flood Hamas tunnels beneath Gaza with seawater, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing U.S. officials familiar with the plan.

Niger's termination of two security agreements with western allies and a subsequent pivot to Russia leaves the Sahel without any EU or US partnerships, as Islamic militancy is on the rise in the region.

An American woman from Boston, Massachusetts, was killed in a shark attack Monday while paddleboarding with a male relative off the coast of the Bahamas, police said.