Spain nominated Labour Minister Yolanda Diaz to head the United Nations labour agency, potentially ‌making her the first woman to lead the organisation, as it faces a financial crisis over U.S. non-payments.

Judges at the International Criminal Court terminated proceedings against the former leader of an armed ​group in Darfur on Thursday after prosecutors withdrew the charges ‌against Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain.

Ebola has now killed more than 1,000 people in the Democratic Republic ‌of Congo, official figures show, as medics struggle to contain an outbreak amid militant violence, attacks on clinics and widespread shortages.

A deal between the United States and Saudi Arabia allowing the kingdom to build nuclear reactors using American technology and to enrich ​uranium has fuelled fears in Israel of the start of an arms race ‌in the Middle East.

OpenAI said ‌that an autonomous agent powered by its advanced AI models went rogue during a security test and triggered a hack that compromised the infrastructure of AI startup Hugging Face last week.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States ​is still willing to negotiate an end to the Iran crisis but Tehran is not serious about talks, as the widening conflict disrupted two of the world’s most critical ‌energy chokepoints.

A teenage boy has been charged with murder after he allegedly killed his mother with a knife and stabbed his little sister, who managed to flee to get help.

The United States’ war in Iran has cost $37.5 billion so far, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday, an increase of nearly $8 billion since ​the last public estimate.

Australia has raised its concerns with China over its nuclear-capable missile test in the South Pacific, noting many of the region’s nations also shared the same view.

A 60-year-old man attacked two Greek-American tourists with a ​knife in the Acropolis ‌area, near the archaeological site which hosts Greece’s famed ancient monuments, before being ​arrested by police.

The Papua New Guinea Government has announced the closure of the Taipei Economic Office in Port Moresby, reaffirming its commitment to the One China policy.

Global ​hunger declined for a third consecutive year in 2025, with improvements recorded across every continent, although mounting risks from climate ‌shocks and trade disruption could threaten further progress, a United Nations report said.