The leaders of France and the U.K. will gather dozens of countries — but not the United States — on Friday to push forward plans to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil route choked off by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel says that while Cuba does not want military aggression from the United States, his country is prepared to fight back.

Pope Leo XIV is marking the halfway point in his four-nation tour of Africa with a day focused on encouraging Cameroon’s young people

Human Rights Watch says China is increasing pressure on 12 million Catholics amid a decade-long campaign to align religion with party ideology.

Australia’s most decorated living veteran has been granted bail 10 days after he was charged with committing war crimes in Afghanistan. The judge ruled Friday that Ben Roberts-Smith had

The Iran war's global energy shock is causing some nations in Africa and Asia to boost nuclear power generation and spurring atomic energy plans in non-nuclear countries on both continents. Asia, where most of the Middle Eastern oil and natural gas was headed,

Asian stocks are lower even after Wall Street set another record, as investors watched for signs of U.S.-Iran talks and an extension of the ceasefire expiring next week. Oil prices fell Friday,

A helicopter flying between palm oil plantations on Borneo Island has crashed, killing the eight people on board.