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France is throwing up a last-minute obstacle to a massive trans-Atlantic trade deal between the 27-country European Union and the five South American nations of the Mercosur bloc that's taken a quarter-century to negotiate.

Iran's top nuclear official ruled out third-party inspections of his country's bombed uranium enrichment facilities, saying the International Atomic Energy Agency has no standard for conducting such assessments.

A JetBlue Airways pilot narrowly avoided a mid-air collision with a U.S. military aircraft off the coast of Venezuela shortly after taking off Friday from the Dutch island of Curacao in the Caribbean.

Heavy combat between Thailand and Cambodia entered a second week on Monday, with Phnom Penh claiming that Thai bombing is hitting deeper into its territory, coming close to shelters for people who had already fled dangerous areas along the border.

European leaders are expected to cement support for Ukraine Monday as it faces Washington's pressure to swiftly accept a U.S.-brokered peace deal.

The new head of the MI6 spy agency is set to warn on Monday of how Russian President Vladimir Putin's determination to export chaos around the world is rewriting the rules of conflict and creating new security challenges.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday proposed tougher national gun laws after a mass shooting on Sydney's Bondi Beach left at least 15 people dead.

Jimmy Lai, the former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken critic of Beijing, was convicted in a landmark national security trial in the city's court on Monday, which could send him to prison for the rest of his life.

Gunmen killed 11 people and wounded dozens more in a shocking assault at a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday, the latest in a string of antisemitic attacks around the world and one that led authorities in major U.S.

Gunmen killed 16 people and wounded dozens more in a shocking assault at a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday, the latest in a string of antisemitic attacks around the world and one that led authorities in major U.S.