Biden says Hamas is sufficiently depleted. Israel leaders disagree, casting doubts over cease-fire

President Joe Biden has called for a quick ceasefire and end to the fighting between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, saying the militant group is no longer capable of launching an attack on Israel like the one on Oct. 7

US call for a cease-fire in Gaza puts Netanyahu at a legacy-shaping crossroads

The cease-fire proposal announced by President Joe Biden has placed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a crossroads

South Korea plans to nullify peace deal to punish North Korea over trash-carrying balloon launches

South Korea says it’ll suspend a rapprochement deal with North Korea to punish it over its launches of trash-carrying balloons

A guide to what's next for South Africa and the key figures in unprecedented coalition talks

South Africa’s election has decided little, other than the African National Congress that liberated the country from apartheid in 1994 has lost its 30-year majority

Official results confirm no party won a majority in South Africa's election as unprecedented coalition talks begin

Official results confirm no party won a majority in South Africa's election as unprecedented coalition talks begin

Condemnations mount over Israeli proposal to label UN aid agency a terrorist group

Qatar and Saudi Arabia have condemned an Israeli parliamentary bill that seeks to label UNRWA, the main provider of aid for Palestinians in Gaza, a terrorist group

South Africa's ANC calls demands for President Ramaphosa to step down for coalition talks a 'no-go'

A top official says South Africa’s African National Congress party will not consider any demands from possible coalition partners that President Cyril Ramaphosa step down as a condition for negotiations

Ukraine's Zelenskyy says he's 'disappointed' some world leaders have not yet committed to attend upcoming peace summit

Ukraine's Zelenskyy says he's 'disappointed' some world leaders have not yet committed to attend upcoming peace summit

Chinese official accuses US of causing friction with support for Taiwan, Philippines

China’s defense minister has acknowledged the importance of newly renewed military-to-military communications with the United States as tensions escalate in the Asia-Pacific, while at the same time accusing Washington of causing the friction...

Voters in Iceland are picking the new president of the rugged island near the Arctic Circle

Voters in Iceland are choosing a president and selecting from a field of 12 people including a former prime minister

Hungary's Orbán stages 'peace march' in show of strength ahead of EU elections

A crowd of tens of thousands has gathered in Hungary’s capital in a show of strength behind Prime Minister Viktor Orbán

Hostage families call for a cease-fire deal pushed by Biden. Israel says conditions must be met

Families of Israeli hostages held by Hamas have called for all parties to immediately accept a proposal detailed U.S. President Joe Biden to end the nearly 8-month-long war

South Africa's ruling ANC on the brink of losing majority in landmark election result

South Africa’s ruling African National Congress is on the brink of losing its parliamentary majority for the first time after an election that has brought a stunning drop in support for the party that led its country out of apartheid under...

Tens of billions of dollars in gold flows illegally out of Africa each year, a new report says

A new report has found that billions of dollars in gold is smuggled out of Africa each year and most of it ends up in the United Arab Emirates, where it is refined and sold to customers around the world

Tens of billions of dollars in gold flows illegally out of Africa each year, a new report says

A new report has found that billions of dollars in gold is smuggled out of Africa each year and most of it ends up in the United Arab Emirates, where it is refined and sold to customers around the world

Russia will build Central Asia's first nuclear power plant in an agreement with Uzbekistan

Russia and Uzbekistan have signed an accord for Moscow to build a small nuclear power plant in the Central Asian country

South Africa's surprise election challenger is evoking the past anti-apartheid struggle

Former South African President Jacob Zuma is the wild card in Wednesday’s election for Africa’s most advanced country

South Africa's main opposition party rallies support as it concludes election campaign

South Africa’s main opposition party Democratic Alliance has made its final call to South Africans to help it unseat the ruling African National Congress

Vietnam’s top security official To Lam confirmed as president

Vietnam’s National Assembly has confirmed the country’s top security official, To Lam, as its new president

Dominicans await results of general elections with eyes on crisis in neighboring Haiti

Voters in the Dominican Republic have cast ballots in general elections likely to reinforce the government’s crackdown on its shared border with crisis-stricken Haiti

Putin concludes a trip to China by emphasizing its strategic and personal ties to Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin is concluding a two-day visit to China by emphasizing the countries' strategic ties as well as his own personal relationship with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as they seek to present an alternative to U.S. global...