The rebels were reported Friday to have captured Perim, an island vital to controlling the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, one of the world’s most important shipping routes.

At the BRICS summit in New Delhi Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host presidents Vladimir Putin, Masoud Pezeshkian and Xi Jinping.

Once shunned over its extremist roots, the Sweden Democrats could enter government for the first time as voters weigh immigration, crime and Sweden's political transformation.

A ⁠train derailed ​between Rouen ‌and Caen ‌in ⁠northern ⁠France, injuring around 20 ​people, the ​French transport minister ⁠Philippe Tabarot ⁠said ⁠in a ​post on X ​on ⁠Friday evening. The ⁠train was carrying 180 passengers ⁠and went of the rails near to the town ⁠of Cleon in Normandy,

The activists were sentenced to about 5 to 7 years in prison in a case widely seen as a barometer of the city's eroding freedoms as Beijing clamps down on dissent.

Asian shares are declining while tracking Wall Street losses. Oil prices have gained, with Brent crude trading above $108 a barrel in its highest level since May, as tensions intensified between

Brazilian presidential candidate Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro is under formal investigation for alleged corruption, money laundering and currency evasion.

A huge explosion lit up the sky with orange flashes in southern Lebanon on Thursday, as Israel said it had destroyed a tunnel complex created by the Iran-backed Hezbollah group below the strategic Ali al-Taher ridge.