The U.N. Security Council in an emergency meeting Thursday discussed Iran's deadly protests.

Troops from European countries, including France and Germany, are arriving in Greenland to boost security.

An ailing astronaut is back on Earth.

Russian authorities have ordered a British diplomat to leave the country, accusing the official of spying.

In China, the names of things are often either ornately poetic or stunningly direct.

Widespread delays have plagued voting in Uganda’s presidential election.

A construction crane has collapsed onto an elevated road near Bangkok, a day after another construction accident in northeastern Thailand killed 32 people.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado says she presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump.

Japan and the Philippines have signed a defense pact that will allow the tax-free provision of ammunition, fuel, food and other necessities when their forces stage joint training to boost deterrence against China’s growing aggression in the region and to bolster their preparation for natural disasters.

U.S. and Iranian officials faced each other at the U.N. Security Council, where America’s envoy renewed threats against the Islamic Republic despite President Donald Trump’s efforts to lower the temperature between the two adversaries.

An astronaut in need of medical care is on the way back to Earth.

A new Congressional Budget Office analysis says renaming the Department of Defense the Department of War could cost taxpayers up to $125 million.

Canada was one of the first Western countries to recognize communist China, establishing ties in 1970 under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.

Iran's top judge has hinted that trials and executions are ahead as activists say the death toll from Iran's protests has risen to at least 2,586.

Hong Kong officials want to expand oversight of building maintenance and enhancing fire safety measures.

Iranian officials signaled that fast trials and executions lay ahead for suspects detained in nationwide protests, while the Islamic Republic promised retaliation if the U.S. or Israel intervened in the domestic unrest.

The Ugandan opposition leader known as Bobi Wine has been campaigning for president in a flak jacket and helmet as soldiers filled the streets of the capital, Kampala.

Beirut’s Commodore Hotel, once a hub for foreign journalists during Lebanon’s civil war, has closed amid the country’s economic crisis.

Judicial officials in Lebanon says that the corruption case of former central bank governor Riad Salameh is being transferred to the country’s highest criminal court.

Strong winds have caused at least four deaths in Gaza as walls collapsed onto tents in the coastal territory.

Russia has launched another major drone and missile attack on Ukraine that targeted the country's power grid in freezing temperatures.

Organizers of Australia’s largest free literary festival have canceled the weeklong event after most writers withdrew over the removal of an Australian Palestinian writer.

A Hong Kong court moved closer to sentencing prominent democracy advocate Jimmy Lai, who was convicted under a national security law and could face up to life imprisonment.

Activists say the death toll from the protests in Iran has surpassed 2,500 people.