Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed the possibility of civil war in his country, which has recently been rattled by protracted mass protests over judicial reforms. "There won't be civil war. I guarantee you that," Netanyahu...

Nearly 300 prisoners of war – both Ukrainian and Russian – faced death or indefinite detention in late September of 2022. It was a fate that looked all the more real as Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the mobilization of some...

Singapore's prime minister Lee Hsien Loong vowed Wednesday to uphold "zero tolerance" toward any wrongdoing by government officials. His comments came after rocked the Southeast Asian nation in recent weeks, that underpins its standing as a...

Iran on Wednesday began a two-day nationwide shutdown because of soaring temperatures, shortly after the Islamic Republic's health ministry warned of a possible increase in cases of heat exhaustion. Government spokesman Ali Bahadori Jahromi...

China on Friday lifted tariffs on Australian barley imports starting Aug. 5, a move that points to and would alleviate supply concerns after Russia to deliver key Ukrainian grains to global markets. These anti-dumping tariffs and countervai...

Niger's coup leaders on Monday closed its airspace after an to reinstate elected President Mohamed Bazoum expired on Sunday night. The military junta calling itself the National Council for the Safeguarding of the Fatherland seized power on...

Russian President is weighing whether to attend his first in-person meeting with Western leaders since his in 2022, a Kremlin source tells NBC News. Putin still hasn't ruled out appearing in person at the G20 meeting of major economies on S...

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Saudi Arabia is once again luring one of soccer's biggest names with a multi-million-dollar contract — this time it's Brazilian superstar Neymar, who to a two-year deal with Saudi pro team Al-Hilal. Neymar and his current team, Paris Sain...

The head of the world's climate science authority says policymakers are at risk of overlooking a multitrillion-dollar time bomb by pushing ahead with fossil fuel production plans, warning that the cost of inaction is growing "every week, ev...

NATO official Stian Jenssen on Wednesday said comments he made the previous day regarding Ukraine ceding land in order to gain membership in the military alliance were a "mistake." Jenssen said during a panel debate in Arendal, Norway, "I t...

Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has vowed to recover the money Malaysians are owed from the 1MDB money laundering scandal, and says he hasn't ruled out the possibility of a lawsuit against Goldman Sachs. "We'll have to reopen this n...

Two former lawmakers, leftist Luisa Gonzalez and business scion Daniel Noboa, will battle for Ecuador's presidency in an October run-off, after coming top in a first round of voting over the weekend. Gonzalez, a protege of former President...

The Pheu Thai Party's Srettha Thavisin will become Thailand's prime minister after clinching parliamentary support in a Tuesday vote. Srettha, a real estate mogul who entered the Thai political landscape mere months ago under the Pheu Thai'...