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Iranian state television has issued an on-screen alert saying that "no delegation from Iran has visited Islamabad ... so far" as speculation about possible talks with the United States grows ...

Pope Leo XIV is heading to Equatorial Guinea for the final leg of his four-nation African journey. The former Spanish colony on Africa's western coast is run by Africa's longest-serving president, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.

South Korea police are seeking to arrest music mogul Bang Si-Hyuk, chairman of the agency behind K-pop supergroup BTS, as they expand an investment fraud investigation.

Japan has endorsed scrapping a ban on lethal weapons exports, a major change of its postwar pacifist policy as the country seeks to build up its arms industry and deepen cooperation with defense partners.

Record growth in solar, especially in China and India, was a driving factor for clean energy sources surpassing the world's strong demand for electricity in 2025.

The Justice Department has filed a complaint against Washington, D.C., and its water authority for a massive sewage leak into the Potomac River.

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is out of President Donald Trump's Cabinet after multiple allegations of abusing her position, including an affair with a subordinate and drinking on the job.

A key border crossing between Iraq and Syria has reopened for the first time in over a decade. The crossing -- known as Rabia in Iraq and Yarubiyah in Syria -- was closed after the Syrian civil war began in 2011.

The Justice Department has subpoenaed several witnesses to testify before a federal grand jury in Washington as part of its investigation into former CIA Director John Brennan.

Former Google executives have denied the company's involvement in a corruption case tied to Indonesia's Education Ministry.