Israel's military on Thursday said it conducted strikes that demolished a series of tunnels used by Hezbollah as a base in southern Lebanon.

The Saudis have relied on the East-West pipeline to shift crude oil exports away from Persian Gulf as the U.S. and Iran battle for control over the Strait of Hormuz. Oil prices this week broke above $100 per barrel for the first time in months as fighting has escalated in the Middle East.

Once shunned over its extremist roots, the Sweden Democrats could enter government for the first time as voters weigh immigration, crime and Sweden's political transformation.

North Korea has launched a ballistic missile toward the waters off its east coast. South Korea’s military said it detected the launches of several missiles from North Korea’s eastern costal

At the BRICS summit in New Delhi Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host presidents Vladimir Putin, Masoud Pezeshkian and Xi Jinping.

The activists were sentenced to about 5 to 7 years in prison in a case widely seen as a barometer of the city's eroding freedoms as Beijing clamps down on dissent.

The House is expected to take up a punishing Russian sanctions package next week, though prospects of passage are uncertain despite the overwhelming support the bill received in the Senate. The House Rules Committee has scheduled a meeting on the bill Monday,

Brazil’s top court unsealed several documents late Thursday that show Sen. Bolsonaro is under investigation for receiving 61 million reais ($12 million) from a banker at the center of a corruption scandal to produce an unreleased movie titled “The Dark Horse.