The U.S. government on Thursday issued new sanctions aimed at depriving the Cuban government and military of "access to illicit assets."

Miners in Myanmar have discovered a rare ruby of enormous size, considered to be the second-largest by weight ever found in the conflict-battered Southeast Asian nation, state media reported Friday. The ruby,

Twenty hikers were on the slopes when disaster struck, North Halmahera police chief Erlichson Pasaribu told reporters at a volcano monitoring station in Mamuya village. Nine were from Singapore and the rest were Indonesian,

Judges ruled that an impeachment hearing should be held over a case involving money stolen from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s farm six years ago.

Iran is ramping up trade with China via rail in a bid to blunt the impact of a US blockade of its ports and adapt to pressure designed to strangle its economy.

Brazil is on track to record its lowest Amazon deforestation rates since 2012. Despite this major accomplishment, experts warn that forest degradation, driven by wildfires, logging and drought,

Pope Leo XIV has prayed for political leaders to end "fratricidal hatred" in the world. He spent Friday, the anniversary of his election, in Pompeii, marking a feast day important to him. Leo

At least five people were killed and another 38 injured on Thursday after a fire broke out at a shopping mall in the Mexican city of Los Mochis, state authorities reported.