Crackdowns in Persian Gulf countries have chilled speech and limited the open-source evidence available to investigators tracking the conflict.

Human Rights Watch says China is increasing pressure on 12 million Catholics amid a decade-long campaign to align religion with party ideology.

As Bulgaria heads to the polls, former president and pro-Russia Rumen Radev leads the race buoyed by support from older, rural voters who see him as a savior to end years of turmoil and corruption. However his opponents are warning he could fill the void left by Hungary's Viktor Orban,

Members of Iran's Jewish community commemorated Iran's late supreme leader on Thursday. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in an airstrike on his residence on Feb. 28, the day the United States and Israel started a war against Iran.

The Tiny Balkan nation of Kosovo says it wants to commit dozens of its security troops to an international force for Gaza because its appreciates what NATO-led peacekeepers have done for its own secur

Europeans are diverging over how to conduct a mission to secure sea lanes in the Strait of Hormuz, as French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer convene a meeting of leaders later Friday to discuss the issue.

U Win Myint is a close ally of Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi, the country’s civilian leader. Both were forced from power by the military in a 2021 coup and imprisoned.

Starmer says he was unaware that the Foreign Office had overruled the recommendation of security officials in early 2025 not to give Peter Mandelson the job.