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.

A Seoul court says an independent counsel has demanded a death sentence for former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol.

Judicial officials in Lebanon says that the corruption case of former central bank governor Riad Salameh is being transferred to the country’s highest criminal court.

Strong winds have caused at least four deaths in Gaza as walls collapsed onto tents in the coastal territory.

Russia has launched another major drone and missile attack on Ukraine that targeted the country's power grid in freezing temperatures.

Organizers of Australia’s largest free literary festival have canceled the weeklong event after most writers withdrew over the removal of an Australian Palestinian writer.

A Hong Kong court moved closer to sentencing prominent democracy advocate Jimmy Lai, who was convicted under a national security law and could face up to life imprisonment.

Activists say the death toll from the protests in Iran has surpassed 2,500 people.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has returned to court to appeal an embezzlement conviction that risks affecting her 2027 presidential ambitions.

A bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation is headed to Copenhagen later this week to show unity with Denmark amid tensions over Greenland.

U.S. President Donald Trump says Iran wants to negotiate with the U.S. after his threat to strike the country over its crackdown on protesters.

Myanmar heard accusations that it is responsible for genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority at the top court of the United Nations, as long-awaited hearings began on Monday.

Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the Ugandan president’s military son, is not on the ballot in Thursday's presidential election.

A Hong Kong court is hearing arguments about the sentencing of democracy advocate Jimmy Lai.

First responders started entering a contested neighborhood in Syria's Aleppo after deadly clashes between government and Kurdish-led forces.

Israel’s official state photos from last year portend to show history in the making.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s ragtag revolutionary saga “One Battle After Another” and Chloe Zhao's Shakespeare drama “Hamnet” took top honors at Sunday’s 83rd Golden Globes, where the up-for-sale Warner Bros.

Myanmar has begun a second round of voting in its first general election since the military takeover five years ago.

Venezuelan detainee Diógenes Angulo has been released from prison after a year and five months.

The U.S. has launched another round of strikes against the Islamic State group in Syria.

Iran has disconnected its internet and phone lines to cut off its 85 million people from the rest of the world.