Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva urged his government to speed up actions in the Amazon to combat organized crime that has contributed to destruction of the world’s largest tropical rainforest.

European Union leaders ended a discussion on who should take the bloc’s top jobs for the next five years without agreement on Monday, aiming instead for a decision at a summit next week.

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on Monday called for a warning label to be added to social media apps as a reminder that those platforms have caused harm to young people, especially adolescents.

Four high-profile cases involving key political players in Thailand are scheduled to go before the courts, in the latest legal wrangling that could see Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy plunged into a new period of uncertainty.

Anti-government protesters took to the streets of Jerusalem on Monday, clashing with police near the house of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and calling for new elections.

Venezuela’s opposition coalition said that four activists from two of its political parties have been detained in recent days, as tensions rise ahead of a July presidential contest.

Britain’s approval of arms export licences to Israel dropped sharply after the start of the war in Gaza, with the value of permits granted for the sale of military equipment to its ally falling by more than 95% to a 13-year low.

A freight train smashed into the rear of a stationary passenger train in India’s West Bengal state, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens, police said, in an accident that railway authorities blamed on driver error.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved the six-member war cabinet, an Israeli official said, in a widely expected move following the departure from government of centrist former general Benny Gantz.

Australia and China will take steps to improve military communication to avoid incidents, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said after meeting Premier Li Qiang, in the first visit to the country by a Chinese premier in seven years.

A recovery in Chinese overseas travel from the COVID-19 pandemic is fading as rising costs and difficulties in securing visas cement a preference for local and short-haul destinations.

The loudspeakers deployed by South Korea to wage psychological warfare against North Korea faced audits and legal battles claiming they are too quiet, raising questions over how far into the reclusive North their propaganda messages can blast.