The Latin American nation is poised to swing right as nationalist lawyer and political novice Abelardo de la Espriella will succeed the country’s first leftist President, Gustavo Petro.

Confirmed Ebola cases in the outbreak in eastern Congo have reached 1,003, including 254 deaths, officials said, and tracing those who've been in contact with patients remains a major challenge.

While Kyiv’s fortunes have brightened in other ways in the war, Moscow’s forces are raining bombs and drones on “fortress belt” cities like Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.

Former Justice Minister Park Sung-jae was sentenced to 25 years in prison Monday for his role in former President Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law bid.

Asian stocks are mixed Monday, with Japan and South Korea trading higher. Oil prices are edging lower due to optimism over U.S.-Iran negotiations. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 jumped 1.6%, driven

Vice President JD Vance held talks with Iranian officials Sunday in Switzerland, with the days-old peace deal at risk over Israel’s strikes on Lebanon and Iran’s threats to ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

Police discovered 3 tons of cocaine in plastic tubs buried in underground bunkers that were concealed by false floors.

France gritted its teeth Monday for a week of record-busting temperatures, sweltering under a heat wave that combines daytime highs above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) and sleep-robbing sweaty nights.