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Amazon said Wednesday that the technology company will launch its new satellite internet service Amazon Leo in South Africa in 2027, seemingly pushing ahead of Elon Musk's rival Starlink to win business in Africa's most advanced economy.

The war with Iran is delaying an already overdue U.S. foreign policy and national security pivot to Asia, warns retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn.

China's recent test of a long-range ballistic missile did not launch from a submerged submarine but was fired from the ocean's surface near the coast, according to a senior Taiwanese defense intelligence official.

Hong Kong authorities have raided two bookstores and arrested five people on suspicion of selling allegedly seditious publications, local media reported Wednesday, in the latest step targeting independent booksellers.

Victims of this week's flash fire at a Bangkok music ba r that took more than 30 lives included four of the six core members of the band playing when the blaze broke out.

France's National Assembly is set to give final approval Wednesday to a bill allowing adults with incurable illnesses to receive lethal medication, the culmination of years of debate over end-of-life care.

U.S. Central Command said that during the first 17 hours of the blockade, it redirected two commercial vessels.

The Navy has awarded Florida-based TOTE Services a $2.2 billion contract to oversee construction of its newest class of amphibious assault ships.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that he was leaving the United Kingdom in "better shape than I found it" as he fielded questions, criticism and even a bit of praise from lawmakers in the House of Commons for the last time on Wednesday.

Kenya's High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition seeking to legalize the use of cannabis by Rastafarians for religious purposes.