Being a prime minister is tough, with daily schedule packed with meetings and hourslong parliamentary sessions

Brazilian authorities are investigating whether a recent surge in Amazon wildfires was orchestrated

Mauritius is extending a curfew for two more nights and tightening security after unrest sparked by police shooting a woman during protests over water shortages and the cost of living

European Union leaders are voicing strong opposition to a new proposal for the bloc’s long-term budget

The former leader of Northern Ireland’s largest unionist party has been on Thursday to 15 years in prison for the rape and sex abuse of two girls decades ago

A heavy downpour has shut down Istanbul, flooded homes and roads and killed at least three people

Trudy has intensified into a Category 1 hurricane as it approaches the Pacific coast of Mexico

A roof collapse at a private school in Peshawar, Pakistan, has killed at least 34 children and a teacher

Prince Harry and Meghan are making their first joint public appearances in England since stepping back from royal duties six years ago

A new bridge linking China and North Korea has opened after more than a decade of delay It's being touted as a symbol of the neighbors' traditional friendship and it signals deeper ties between the countries

Costa Rica has made fighting drug trafficking a main goal, inspired by El Salvador's hardline approach

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is calling for de-escalation in the Horn of Africa amid renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia

President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador announces a plan to release up to 50% of those imprisoned under a state of emergency

China’s newly opened joint military airfield in Laos is Beijing’s first overseas facility focused on air power

Elementary school teacher Geraldine Achiah died in Cameroon after allegedly being beaten by her husband

Brazil’s Senate has approved a constitutional amendment to reduce the maximum workweek from 44 to 40 hours without cutting salaries

Zimbabwean author Simbarashe Kundizeza denies using AI to write his short story, "The Blue Fighter," which won the $10,000 Caine Prize for African Writing

Catholics across South America are praying for Pope Leo XIV’s recovery from lung cancer surgery as uncertainty grows over his planned visit next month

The Istanbul governor’s office has declared schools closed and placed some public sector workers on leave after heavy rainfalls caused flooding across the city

Mauritius imposed an overnight curfew in its capital and major towns after a police shooting fueled rare civil unrest on the Indian Ocean island