Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has met with President Donald Trump at the White House to discuss her country's future.

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.

The nationwide protests challenging Iran’s theocracy appear increasingly smothered, a week after authorities shut the country off from the world and escalated a bloody crackdown that activists say has killed at least 2,637 people.

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.

Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez vows to continue releasing prisoners detained under former President Nicolás Maduro.

Syria’s military has announced it will open a “humanitarian corridor” for civilians to evacuate from an area in Aleppo province.

Officials say emergency repair crews are working tirelessly to restore power in the Kyiv region of Ukraine.

Ukraine's new defense minister says wide-scale desertions and draft-dodging are major challenges as Russia's invasion continues.

Peace efforts in Sudan have resumed in Cairo, with Egypt and the United Nations urging warring parties to agree to a nationwide humanitarian truce.

The European Union plans to allocate most of a new loan program to Ukraine's military needs over the next two years.

SpaceX's Starlink has dropped fees to help Iranian demonstrators share protest details globally, activists say.

A construction crane has fallen onto a moving passenger train in northeastern Thailand, causing a derailment that killed at least 32 people.

The Japanese and South Korean leaders agreed to deepen cooperation between their countries before they let loose with their own surprise cultural exchange in a surprise jam session drumming to K-pop hits.

Iranian state media has aired at least 97 confessions from protesters since Dec. 28, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency.

Edilson Torres has been buried in his hometown after dying in a Venezuelan prison.

The leaders of Denmark and the country’s territory of Greenland on Tuesday offered a united front against President Donald Trump’s calls for the United States to take over the strategic Arctic island.

Uganda President Yoweri Museveni and his opponents have held their final rallies before the country's next election.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi have agreed to enhance cooperation in economic security, defense and the search for Korean forced laborers' remains.

The United States is accusing Russia of a “dangerous and inexplicable escalation” of the nearly four-year war in Ukraine at a time when the Trump administration is trying to advance negotiations toward peace.

Colombia’s National Liberation Army called for a “national accord” to overcome political conflicts, as it faces the prospects of attacks from the governments of Colombia and the United States.

Yaxzodara Lozada has woken up freezing on a sidewalk outside a Venezuelan prison, hoping her husband, a police officer detained in November, will be released.

A top aide to Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides has resigned after an online video was posted recently in which it was suggested that he and others were using their close ties to the leader to earn favors for would-be investors in exchange for cash.

London's murder rate fell in 2025 to its lowest level in decades, officials said Monday.