AMSTERDAM -- Tuesday's Dutch court will examine evidence. Prosecutors are expected to present sentencing demands in the case of Peter R. de Vries and two other suspects in the shooting death of the crime reporter. The attack almost one year ago triggered...

COLOMBO (Sri Lanka) -- The Prime Minister of Sri Lanka said Tuesday that the United Nations had organized a worldwide appeal to aid the island nation's food and agriculture sectors in the face of severe shortages resulting from its worst economic crisis...

GAMERIMURA (India) -- Saturday marked the beginning of celebrations in Assam, India's northeastern region. These festivities were meant to welcome a prosperous harvest season and good health. The celebrations were marked by Gamerimura village residents...

CANBERRA (Australia) -- Australia's central banks raised its benchmark interest rate Tuesday for the second time in five consecutive weeks. They also changed the cash rate from 0.35% to 0.85%. The Reserve Bank of Australia raised the rate by 25% at its...

SEOUL, South Korea -- U.S. Secretary of State Wendy Sherman warned Tuesday of a strong response to North Korea's first nuclear test explosion in almost five years. Sherman was traveling to Seoul to meet with Japanese and South Korean allies to discuss...

KYIV, Ukraine -- Dozens Ukrainian fighters who were killed at the Azovstal Steelworks have been returned home to Ukraine by Russian occupiers. The fortress-like plant is located in Mariupol's destroyed city. It was where they last stand and became a...

SINGAPORE -- Singapore Prime Minster Lee Hsien Loong promoted his finance minister as his deputy in a succession plan. However, the timing of the handover remains unclear. His office announced Tuesday that Lawrence Wong (49), would be acting prime minister...

SANTO DOMINGO (Dominican Republic) -- A close friend shot and killed the Dominican Republic's minister for the environment and natural resource -- the son of a former President -- on Monday, according to a statement from the presidential office. Authorities...

NICOSIA (Cyprus) -- Cyprus will file a complaint to the United Nations about Turkey's financial assistance agreement with breakaway Turkish Cypriots. This demonstrates Ankara's "complete control" of them, the president the ethnically split island...

KYIV, Ukraine -- The president of Ukraine has stated that Russian troops are planning to capture Zaporizhzhia in the country's southeast. This would allow the Russian military closer to the center. Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated Monday at a press conference...

MEXICO CITY -- According to electoral authorities, the party of Mexico President Andres Manual Lopez Obrador won four of six governorships by ballot in local elections. National Regeneration Movement, also known as Morena, won with its allied parties in Tamaulipas...

JOHANNESBURG -- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa faces a criminal investigation following revelations that he failed report the $4 million cash theft from his farm in northern Limpopo. Arthur Fraser, the former head of intelligence in the country,...

BEIJING -- China on Monday defended its military pilots, saying that they were acting properly and protecting its sovereignty. This follows recent complaints from Australia and Canada about Chinese planes engaging in dangerous maneuvers with their aircraft...

LONDON and ABUJA (Nigeria) -- Gunmen attacked a church in southwest Nigeria Sunday, killing dozens of people including children and women, officials stated. Bloodshed took place at St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo state. It is more than 200 miles southwest...

MOSCOW -- The Russian foreign ministry summoned U.S. media to a meeting Monday to warn them that visas and accreditations could be revoked if the United States doesn't reverse restrictions on Russian journalists. Maria Zakharova, a ministry spokeswoman,...

BEIRUT -- Monday's invitation by the Lebanese government to a U.S. diplomat to mediate between Israel and Lebanon over their maritime border dispute to return to Beirut as soon possible in order to reach an agreement amid increasing tensions at the border....

RIO DE JANEIRO -- A British journalist, and an Indigenous affairs specialist, are missing from a remote area of Brazil's Amazon region. According to a local Indigenous association, the area has seen violent conflicts between poachers, fishers, and government...

BAGHDAD -- Monday's sentence by an Iraqi court for a British citizen to 15 years imprisonment was handed down after he was convicted of trying to smuggle artifacts from Iraq. This case has been attracting international attention. Retired geologist Jim...

SARAJEVO (Bosnia-Herzegovina) -- Two prominent Bosnian officials were sanctioned Monday by the United States. They were accused of threatening peace, stability, and prosperity in Bosnia, which has not fully recovered from the brutal inter-ethnic conflict...

DUBAI (United Arab Emirates) -- Monday's death toll from the collapse of a building located in southwest Iran was at least 41. This is two weeks after the tragedy. Ehsun Abbaspour (the governor of Abadan) gave the figure based upon an official report,...

MOSCOW -- The Kazakhstani nation of Central Asia voted in favor of proposed constitutional amendments widely considered to be an attempt to discredit the legacy of Nursultan Nazarbayev (the ex-Soviet republic's leader for over three decades). According...

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER (France) -- The United States will continue to provide "significant" support for Ukraine because of the legacy of D-Day soldiers. Their victory over the Nazis led to a new order in the world and a better peace, Army Gen. Mark Milley of...

OWO, Nigeria -- Gunmen opened fire on worshippers inside and out at a Catholic Church in Southwestern Nigeria in a coordinated attack, witnesses and authorities said Monday. While Nigerian security forces are yet to identify the attackers of Sunday's...

VIENNA -- Monday's call by the head of UN nuclear watchdog, Iran, was made after a standoff over Iran's atomic program and threats from Western countries to censure Tehran for its non-cooperation. "We must admit that we haven't been able to...