Iranian authorities have seemingly succeeded, for the time being, in quelling nationwide anti-government protests after a brutal crackdown left more than 2,000 protesters dead.
A South Korean court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison Friday in the first verdict from eight criminal trials over the martial law debacle that forced him out of office and other allegations.
Torrential rains and flooding have killed more than 100 people in South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, and authorities warned Friday that more severe weather was expected across several countries in southern Africa.
A fire on Friday in one of Seoul's last-remaining shanty towns burned makeshift houses and forced about 260 residents to flee, but no casualties were reported.
Federal authorities blocked two South African containers with flight simulators destined for the Chinese military, the Justice Department said Thursday.
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado presented President Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday during a meeting to discuss her country's future following President Nicolas Maduro's ouster.
The Pentagon said Thursday it will revamp Stars and Stripes as part of a plan to modernize the operations of a military newspaper first published during the Civil War and in continuous print since World War II.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu joined the chorus of voices from the Arab world on Wednesday urging U.S. President Trump to hold off on U.S. military action in Iran, according to new reporting.
Renaming the Department of Defense as the Department of War could cost as much as $125 million, depending on the scope of the effort, according to a report from the Congressional Budget Office.
Uganda's presidential election was plagued by widespread delays Thursday in addition to a days-long internet shutdown that has been criticized as an anti-democratic tactic in a country where the president has held office since 1986.