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Kim Jong-un hugged the returning troops and awarded the country's highest medal to nine soldiers killed in action.

Firms with ties to Cuba are getting a larger share of Venezuelan oil exports, as the island's security agents boost President Nicolás Maduro's defenses.

An American firm with experience in special operations spirited Maria Corina Machado, the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, out of the country in a secretive land, sea and air operation.

The U.S. Treasury said that maintaining sanctions against Justice Alexandre de Moraes was no longer in the interests of the United States.

President Trump's secretary of state and national security adviser has long sought to cripple or topple Cuba's government, which has close security and economic ties to Venezuela.

Four Canadian provinces are selling off the American liquor they pulled from shelves in protest over President Trump's tariffs. Some bourbon drinkers are thrilled.

Mujib Mashal, our South Asia bureau chief, takes us to Kandy in Sri Lanka, which suffered the worst of the devastation from last month's cyclone.

Three generations of a family built their homes and lives in Sri Lanka's highland tea country. The biggest storm in decades wiped out their hamlet in a landslide.

Young Bulgarians turned out in protests that helped unseat their government. Whether that will translate into higher turnout in upcoming elections is up to them.

The German foreign ministry's announcement, which Russia denied, was the latest suggestion of growing Russian aggression in Europe.