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A Sri Lankan court convicted 15 men on Tuesday over their involvement in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, which killed more than 260 people and wounded about 500.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that President Trump is open to meeting with his Iranian counterpart this week during the annual U.N. General Assembly in New York.

A British man on Tuesday pleaded guilty to a charge of negligence in the fatal fall of his 3-year-old son from a hotel window during a family vacation at a resort in Cyprus.

Iran said it could reopen the Strait of Hormuz to commercial ship traffic within a week if the U.S. lifts its blockade of Iranian ports and eases military pressure against the regime, according to media reports.

Police in South Africa said Monday that they arrested two suspects in connection with one of a series of killings of women in the same area on the outskirts of Johannesburg.

All signs are pointing toward a record-breaking El Nino this year, which experts say may cause severe drought in Asia and other extreme weather across the world, threatening food security for millions of people.

North Korea said Tuesday its latest missile tests involved a new weapons system of "great significance," with photos indicating it launched a missile previously described as hypersonic.

A 29-year-old man armed with a shotgun opened fire on a police officer stationed outside an Ontario synagogue during Yom Kippur, triggering a shootout involving as many as 30 shots, the province's police watchdog said Monday.

Top Democrats are pushing for the Pentagon's watchdog to conduct an investigation into recent issues with artificial intelligence on battlefields in Iran and the Pacific.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Monday that Britain has agreed to provide limited military support to Saudi Arabia to repeal attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.