More than 1,800 civilians have been killed since the military took power in Burkina Faso allegedly go after al-Qaeda-linked jihadist groups.

The U.N. Security Council is scheduled to vote Friday on a proposal to secure the Strait of Hormuz after it was significantly watered down in the face of opposition from China and Russia about allowing force to reopen the critical waterway that Iran has largely cut off to global shipping.

French President Emmanuel Macron called for a ceasefire in the Middle East during a visit to Japan on Wednesday. Macron, who held talks with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, said they both believe in international law,

A man convicted of participating in an attack on a classified military ​facility during January's protests in Iran was ‌executed on Thursday, the judiciary's news outlet Mizan said, after his appeal was rejected and the Supreme Court upheld ​his sentence.

The U.S. on Wednesday lifted sanctions on Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez, according to an Office of Foreign Assets Control entry on the Treasury Department website.

Iran was trying to use the North Korean model to get a nuke: create sufficient conventional deterrence so you won’t be challenged in acquiring one (it’s called the Seoul Hostage Problem).

Pope Leo XIV has restored the traditional Holy Thursday foot-washing ritual by washing the feet of 12 priests. This move returns to a practice his predecessor, Pope Francis, had changed by

The president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque was detained by federal immigration agents, drawing accusations from local officials and religious leaders that the arrest was motivated by his