One person has died and several were injured as flooding rains lash the Australian east coast even though it avoided its first tropical cyclone in 51 years.

Officials say Russia has launched heavy aerial attacks on Ukraine for a second night.

South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has been released from prison a day after a Seoul court canceled his arrest to allow him to stand trial for rebellion without being physically detained.

The Vatican says Pope Francis is responding well to therapy for double pneumonia and has shown a “gradual, slight improvement” in recent days.

Trump administration freezes on U.S. foreign aid have led many United Nations organizations to cut staff, budgets and services in places as diverse as Afghanistan, Sudan, Ukraine and even the United States.

In 2015, then-President Barack Obama committed the United States to achieving newly adopted U.N. global goals by 2030.

Religious leaders, scholars and diplomats have gathered at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana for a conference on Ukraine studies with a theme of hope.

President Donald Trump says he is “strongly considering” levying new sanctions and tariffs on Russia for its war against Ukraine.

Romanian far-right populist Calin Georgescu has filed his candidacy in a rerun of last year's presidential election that was annulled by a top court after his surprise first-round win.

Friday marks three weeks since Pope Francis was hospitalized for bronchitis, which then led to double pneumonia.

European Union leaders are trumpeting their endorsement of a plan to free up hundreds of billions of euros to inject into their defense budgets.

Some 90,000 Palestinians have prayed at the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City under tight security by Israeli forces.

The United Nations migration agency says four migrant boats have capsized in waters off Yemen and Djibouti, leaving two people dead and 186 missing.

A war monitor says two days of clashes between Syrian security forces and gunmen loyal to former President Bashar Assad have left more than 200 people dead.

Ukrainian officials said Russia had targeted energy facilities with dozens of missiles and drones in a nighttime attack.

Pope Francis has hit the three-week mark in his hospitalization for double pneumonia.

Along with fulminating against the United States, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi reasserted China’s South China Sea claims, blasted Japan for its past aggression and covered a wide range of other issues during his annual meeting with journalists.

South Korea's military says it has suspended the training flights of air force aircraft and all live-fire drills after two fighter jets accidentally bombed a civilian area.

A judge has barred the Trump administration from immediately moving to shut down a small federal agency that supports investment in African countries.

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has promised to help Puerto Rico in her first visit to the U.S. territory as it struggles to rebuild from catastrophic hurricanes amid chronic power outages.

The U.S. decision to stop sharing military intelligence with Ukraine hobbles its ability to strike and defend against the Russian army.

Gunmen have ambushed a Syrian police patrol in a coastal town leaving at least 13 security members dead and many wounded, a war monitor said.

FBI Director Kash Patel says the bureau will work to “zero out” the population of Americans detained or held hostage in foreign countries.

Tens of millions of Pakistanis tune into homegrown soap operas every night, but they are also a hit in India.