JOHANNESBURG -- South African courts have convicted a pastor for plotting to overthrow government officials and kill thousands of Black citizens. Harry Johannes Knoesen (61), a leader in the National Christian Resistance Movement was found guilty Monday of...

PHNOM PENH (Cambodia) -- The long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen's ruling Party easily topped the field in local elections as expected, according to an initial tabulation by the National Election Committee Monday. The official final results from Sunday's...

JAKARTA (Indonesia) -- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese emphasized the importance of strengthening economic ties with Indonesian neighbors on Monday. This was Albanese's first overseas trip since his inauguration just two weeks ago. Albanese...

LONDON -- Conservative lawmakers will vote Monday night on whether to remove Prime Minister Boris Johnson from office. His reputation has been damaged by revelations that Johnson and his staff had held parties that violated the COVID-19 lockdown rules that...

PRISTINA (Kosovo) -- Police said that hundreds of veterans of the Kosovo War clashed Monday with officers at a demonstration demanding higher pensions. At least three people were injured. Members of the War Veterans Organization of the Kosovo Liberation Arm...

BELGRADE (Serbia) -- Russia and Serbia have confirmed Monday that Russia will not be visiting the Balkan country as planned. Moscow accused the West of blocking the visit. This announcement was made after reports that Serbia's neighbours -- Bulgaria,...

TAPACHULA (Mexico) -- Several thousand migrants began walking in the rain in southern Mexico Monday morning, tired of waiting for their situation to improve in a region that has little work, and far from reaching their ultimate goal of reaching America. Their...

BERLIN -- Nations should keep their eyes open and continue to work together on global warming, despite all the obstacles currently in the way, including the war in Ukraine and the coronavirus pandemic. Patricia Espinosa is ending her second term as the head...

TEL AVIV (Israel) -- Israel's ruling coalition prepares for a major test. A vote is scheduled Monday on the legal status and rights of Jewish settlers in the West Bank. If the vote is not passed, the fragile union could fall apart. For decades, emergency...

LONDON -- Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party lawmakers will hold a no confidence vote Monday. This is the latest challenge to end the controversial leader's political career. Graham Brady, a Conservative MP, announced Monday's...

NEW DELHI -- India is under major diplomatic pressure from Muslim-majority nations after top officials of the Hindu nationalist party made disparaging references to Islam, the Prophet Muhammad and other Arab countries. This has led to accusations of blasphemy...

JERUSALEM -- This is not a bomb, a gun, or a missile. Israel's latest threat is the Palestinian flag. Nationalists have been furious over recent weeks' waving of the black, red, green, and white flags by Palestinians in Israel as well as in Israeli-annexed...

DUBAI (United Arab Emirates) -- International port operator DP World announced Monday that it had sold a stake at Jebel Ali Port and other assets to one Canada's largest pension funds. This move will allow the Canadian group to expand its reach into...

CHITTAGONG (Bangladesh) -- Authorities in Bangladesh are still trying to determine the cause of a fire that claimed the lives of at least 49 people. Nine firefighters were also killed in the incident. More than 100 others were injured. Local media and officials...

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER (France) -- D-Day veterans walk on Normandy beaches and other World War II locations with mixed emotions. Joy to see the French show gratitude and kindness towards those who arrived on June 6, 1944. They are saddened to think about their...

LONDON -- The UK's ruling Conservatives will hold Monday's no-confidence vote. This could see Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister of Britain, thrown out of power. It comes after months and months of growing discontent over a divisive politician who...

KYIV, Ukraine -- Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West not to send longer-range missile systems to Ukraine. His forces claimed that they had destroyed Western military supplies during their first airstrikes against Ukraine's capital in over...

COLOMBO (Sri Lanka) -- Ranil Wickremesinghe, the prime minister of Sri Lanka, has been in office for almost three weeks. He was given a difficult mandate to rescue the country that is struggling from an economic crisis. Five-time prime minister has inherited...

SEOUL, South Korea - The U.S. military launched eight missiles into the ocean Monday as a show force that matched a North Korean missile display one day earlier. This extended a provocation streak in weapons demonstrations. The South Korean Joint Chiefs of...

MOSCOW -- Kazakhstani voters voted Sunday for proposed constitutional amendments. This is an attempt to discredit the legacy of Nursultan Nazarbayev (ex-Soviet republic leader) who ruled the country for over three decades. The President Kassym Jomart Tokayev...

MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's president claimed that the leftist candidate in Colombia's presidential race is facing "a dirty war” by "conservatives." This prompted the Colombian government Friday to tell President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to remain...

HELSINKI -- NATO launched a nearly two-week-long U.S.-led naval exercise in the Baltic Sea on Sunday. More than 7,000 sailors and airmen from 16 countries participated, including two nations that are aspiring to join NATO, Finland and Sweden. In response...

ISLAMABAD -- An American-based nongovernmental organization dedicated to promoting Muslim-Jewish relationships on Friday asked Pakistan's state-run TV to hire back one its anchors. The anchor was fired after visiting Israel with an interfaith group last...

BRUSSELS -- NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met with Finland's Prime Minister and spoke to Turkey's President as he tries to overcome Turkish resistance towards Sweden and Finland joining the alliance. Stoltenberg visited Washington this...