Russia has committed wide-ranging war crimes in Ukraine such as willful killings and torture, a U.N.-mandated investigative body said on Thursday, in some cases making children watch loved ones being raped and detaining others alongside dead bodies.

Taiwan warned Honduras on Thursday not to be tempted by the “poison” of aid from China.

The leaders of Japan and South Korea promised to turn the page on years of animosity at a meeting on Thursday.

Canada will remove mandatory COVID-19 testing requirements for air travelers arriving from China, Hong Kong and Macao from March 17, the Public Health Agency of Canada said.

Thousands of Greek workers walked off the job and rallied in central Athens in protest at neglected safety standards they say led to the deadliest train crash in the country’s history.

Ten miners reported missing after an explosion caused by accumulated gas in coal mines in central Colombia have been found dead, raising the death toll to 21, authorities said.

As heavy rains soaked into already sodden ground in California, mudslides in the beachfront community of San Clemente forced evacuations of blufftop homes this week and in one case left a swimming pool dangling partway off the cliff edge.

The last thing Lukia Akimu remembers is the surge of floodwater that hit her village near Mount Soche this week when Tropical Cyclone Freddy tore through southern Malawi.

At least one person was killed and two were injured in a blast and fire at a building belonging to Russia’s FSB security service in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, according to officials quoted by Russian news agencies.

Eleven weeks into his third stint as Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu has yet to be received at the White House.

Ukrainian tycoon Kostyantyn Zhevago said his record of investing in his homeland was proof of innocence ahead of Thursday’s extradition hearing in a French Alpine town over accusations of embezzling tens of millions of dollars.

New Zealand’s economy shrank in the last quarter as the central bank’s aggressive interest rate hikes led businesses to invest less and consumers to reduce spending. Official data on Thursday.