The U.S. military has tens of thousands of personnel in Germany, more than in any other foreign country but Japan. Their significance extends well beyond Europe.

Eswatini remains the only African nation without tariff-free access to China's market due to its ties with Taiwan.

The U.S. accuses Sinaloa Gov. Ruben Rocha Moya of working with cartels to distribute "massive quantities" of narcotics to the United States.

Iran is being accused of intensifying its crackdown on dissent with executions, mass arrests and one of the internet longest shutdowns to stifle protests against the regime.

Israeli authorities said they were taking two high-profile activists who led an aid flotilla bound for Gaza, and who were captured by Israel in international waters of the Mediterranean Sea, to Israel for questioning.

The U.S.-based organizers of an international human rights conference said they canceled it days before it was due to open because China pressured the African host country to exclude Taiwanese activists.

Keir Starmer said he would always defend the right to protest, but that there may be instances where some marches​ should be banned.

Cuba rejects fresh sanctions ​levied on Friday ‌by U.S. President Donald Trump, the island's foreign minister ​said, calling them "unilateral ​coercive measures" that aim ⁠to impose "collective punishment ​against the Cuban people.