U.S. Central Command says it has disabled a St. Kitts-flagged ship after it ignored warnings and tried to leave the region following a visit to an Iranian port.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog says he's giving opposition candidate Gadi Eisenkot the first opportunity to form a governing coalition following elections on Oct. 27.

Prosecutors in Paraguay charged the South American nation’s recently deposed president with two crimes linked to the collapse of a major bank, that has jeopardized the savings of hundreds of thousands of account holders, and unleashed the nation’s biggest political crisis in a decade.

A Polish man who authorities say harbors far-right views drove into a busy central square in Krakow and opened fire, killing six people and injuring 15 others before police shot and wounded him.

Pope Leo XIV has urged an estimated 40,000 people in Uruguay to build bridges of fraternity and faith.

Houthi rebels say airstrikes have hit homes in a village near Yemen's capital, Sanaa, killing at least 27 people and wounding dozens.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has lifted its self-imposed limit on the range of its ballistic missiles, hinting at potential developments for longer-range capabilities.

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani says his personal data has been leaked on the dark web, exposing him to threats and intimidation.

Drone and missile explosions wounded at least nine people across Ukraine Saturday, as Kyiv and Moscow prepared for new talks next week with the United States.

President Donald Trump has suggested ending military aid to Israel.

Fictional spymaster George Smiley is back in "The Taper Man," a new thriller set in the world of John le Carré and written by his son, Nick Harkaway.

Democrats are set to take control of Congress and are focusing on reining in President Donald Trump's immigration policies.

The U.S. midterm rout of President Donald Trump's stewardship doesn't mean the world trusts America again.

From Hungary to Brazil, voters have ousted nationalist leaders or blocked far-right challengers.

Russell Brand's convictions this week for rape and sexual assault have renewed scrutiny on the BBC and other media employers that may have looked the other way.

A Pakistani astronaut will board China’s Shenzhou 24 spacecraft as the first foreign national on Beijing’s space station.

For people across South Asia, especially in northern India, Diwali celebrations coincide with the return of hazardous winter air, raising concerns about how to celebrate safely.

One of Haiti’s most powerful gangs says it has reached out to a state agency responsible for dismantling armed gangs in a push for “peace, stability and national reconciliation.”.

Beijing has confirmed for the first time that it is discussing a historic meeting between Chinese leader Xi Jinping, U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

President Donald Trump says the U.S. military has carried out new limited strikes on Iran, targeting air defense systems.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will make his first international trip since the midterm elections that dealt the Republicans a severe blow.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Pena has formed in the Pacific Ocean.

Oscar-winning Chilean filmmaker Sebastián Lelio has died in Santiago, Chile, at 52.

New Zealand's election has ended without a clear winner, with the conservative government close to a slim majority.

Pope Leo XIV introduces María Montserrat Alvarado as the Vatican’s new communications chief, highlighting her experience and creativity.

Pope Leo XIV says that he was “proud to be an American and to exercise the right” to vote in U.S. midterm elections that gave control of Congress to the Democrats in a repudiation of U.S. President Donald Trump and his policies.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul have pledged more support for Puerto Rico as it remains mired in multiple crises.

Protesters have broken into a Microsoft data center construction site in Amsterdam.

Paraguay’s ousted president, Santiago Peña, was placed under house arrest on suspicion of breach of trust as prosecutors investigate the collapse of Ueno Bank.

Thomas Markle, the 82-year-old father of Prince Harry’s wife Meghan, has been arrested by federal agents in Florida and charged with possessing child sexual abuse material in California.

The Toronto Blue Jays say a series of anti-Muslim videos posted by Anthony Santander on the right-fielder’s social media account do not represent the team’s values and beliefs.

Japan has announced an emergency cybersecurity package that includes AI and cyber rescue teams.

Iran-backed Houthi rebels say airstrikes have hit a market in southwestern Yemen, killing at least 30 people.

President Donald Trump says Stephen Miller is replacing Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff, mere days after Republicans lost control of Congress in the midterm elections.

Siân Heder's follow-up to the best picture-winning “CODA” chronicles the disability rights pioneer Judy Heumann.

President Donald Trump has discussed efforts to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East during a call with Qatar’s emir.

Japan has protested to Moscow after Russia placed four subsidiaries of Japan Tobacco under temporary Russian management.

The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult linked to the deaths of hundreds of people has been sentenced to 200 years in prison for the murders of 191 people.

European officials say more bomb threats were made against flights, following a series of hoaxes that have caused flight diversions this week.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his government is seeking specific security guarantees from Western allies for postwar support.

A bus veered off a road in eastern France, struck trees and landed in a ditch, killing a 7-year-old girl and an 18-year-old boy.

A 90-year-old Holocaust survivor has died almost a year after she was wounded during the massacre of 15 people at a Sydney Hanukkah celebration.

Authorities in Turkey have arrested a former minister and deputy chair of President Erdogan’s ruling party.

The Turkish energy minister has laid out plans for his country to wean itself away from coal and other fossil fuels as it prepares to host the COP31 climate change summit.

Malaysia's attorney general has temporarily blocked former Prime Minister Najib Razak's transfer from prison to house arrest.

South Korean filmmaker Lee Chang-dong's latest film, “Possible Love,” is now streaming on Netflix.

Three weeks after lung cancer surgery, Pope Leo XIV has opened a three-nation tour of Latin America by declaring he felt better than he looked and crediting God, good doctors and his healthy lifestyle with his quick recovery.

Macao pro-democracy former lawmaker Au Kam San has been sentenced to 12½ years in prison in the Chinese city’s first national security case.

Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled persecution in Myanmar face new challenges in Malaysia, a Muslim-majority country that does not legally recognize refugees.

AI stocks bounced back and recovered some of their sell-off from earlier in the week.

Federal prosecutors have charged a son of Ecuador’s former president, a former member of Ecuador’s legislature and three other Ecuadorians with trafficking tons of cocaine to the United States and Europe in part by hiding it in containers carrying tuna.

A new study suggests people were using cannabis for psychoactive purposes at least 2,800 years ago.

The Trump administration has escalated its economic campaign against Cuba.

A coalition of environmental and human rights advocacy groups has filed complaints with European authorities against JBS, the world's largest meatpacker, over alleged money laundering linked to illegal Amazon deforestation.

President Donald Trump's plan to import Russian diesel is facing setbacks.

A Mexican judge is accused of accepting a $2 million bribe in exchange for releasing a suspected Canadian drug trafficker from custody.

Court documents reveal President Donald Trump's administration held secret talks with Iran about deporting Iranians during the ongoing war.

Arabs around the world are celebrating Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed's win of a U.S. Senate seat and delighting in his introduction of Arabic words and phrases to the American political lexicon.

Paraguayan President Santiago Peña is under criminal investigation following the collapse of a major digital bank, as the South American leader prepares to defend himself before the Senate against possible removal from office on Friday.

Russell Brand has been convicted of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others.

The new Met Gala exhibit will examine ordinary items and materials like jeans, puffer jackets and plastic and how fashion designers transform them.

President Donald Trump seems more concerned with his Washington beautification projects than his party’s midterm election wipeout.

The U.K. government says a British doctor with Ebola has been evacuated from Congo to London.

Flights across Europe were diverted or made emergency landings after being targeted by bomb threats on Thursday.

Cyprus's president says natural gas deposits off the country's coast offer the European Union a chance to boost energy security by diversifying supply.

An assailant has attacked and killed a security officer near the Sri Lankan Embassy in Amman, Jordan, in what authorities describe as a terrorist act.

Russia and Ukraine traded airstrikes as talks wrapped up in Brussels on Ukraine’s postwar reconstruction and security guarantees.

Iran’s top diplomat has spoken with Persian Gulf leaders amid regional tensions over potential U.S. military actions.

Authorities say that bomb threats have targeted more than a dozen flights in Europe, leading to a slew of emergency landings and military escorts in some cases.

Mass protests have drawn huge crowds across France, including Paris, demanding higher wages and supporting the student protest movement.

Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has told The Associated Press that she remains committed to returning to Bangladesh from exile in India in December.

The Bank of England is raising interest rates for the first time in more than three years in an effort to tackle an inflation shock stoked by the Iran war.

Pope Leo XIV is embarking on the longest and farthest trip of his pontificate three weeks after lung cancer surgery.

President Donald Trump faces a tough decision on his unpopular war against Iran after the Republican Party's midterm losses.

A veteran Arab lawmaker in Israel says his bloc is willing to break with decades of precedent and join forces with Jewish-led parties in a shared bid to end Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s long rule.

China's state media say a former member of one of China’s top decision-making bodies has been formally charged with accepting bribes a week after Communist Party leaders confirmed his expulsion from the party.

A brutal sell-off swept through Wall Street, led by stocks tied to the buildout of AI data centers.

The Australian government has designated a seabed storage site off its northern coast where a Japanese company plans to store hundreds of millions of tons of carbon dioxide using a technology that has divided climate scientists.

Turkey is spotlighting its renewable energy efforts as it hosts the upcoming U.N. climate summit.

Farmers and community elders in coastal Kenya fear a proposed mining project could threaten their livelihoods and a sacred forest where their ancestors are buried.

JetBlue has raised its checked baggage fees for the second time this year.

A Hong Kong court has sentenced activist Joshua Wong to 10 more years in prison under a national security law imposed by Beijing.

LIV Golf's future is in doubt after a Financial Times report that its main investor is dropping plans for LIV 2.0.

Edmund Richardson's biography of Alexander the Great "Alexander: God, King, Man" was won the prestigious Baillie Gifford Prize for nonfiction.

Herbert Blomstedt, a renowned conductor who led the San Francisco Symphony from 1985 to 1995, has died at the age of 99.

Supporters of Palestine Action were arrested outside the U.K. Supreme Court as justices heard the group’s challenge to its designation as a terrorist organization.

Iran’s leaders say U.S. President Donald Trump shouldn’t ignore the stinging setback in the U.S. midterm elections.

Vice President JD Vance publicly broke from President Donald Trump’s defense of the Iran war in the wake of the Republican Party’s deep losses in the midterm elections.

Leaders in Europe and elsewhere have expressed relief that U.S. midterm election results could signal a shift away from President Donald Trump's "America first" policies.

British Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has asked regulators to scrutinize Sky's proposed takeover of ITV’s media and entertainment arm.

Democrats have won control of Congress in a widespread repudiation of President Donald Trump and the Republican Party.

The midterm election blowout has set up a new era in Washington.

In Martin McDonagh’s “Wild Horse Nine,” John Malkovich’s Chris is an itinerant CIA officer weary from his travels.

Iranian officials celebrated the rejection of the Republican Party and President Donald Trump by voters in the U.S. midterm elections.

A U.S. cruise ship that suspended its operations in Cambodia has left with only crew aboard, according to Cambodian officials.

French authorities say a cyberattack on several blood banks tried to raise temperatures to dangerous levels but was stopped before causing damage.

Rory McIlroy has played down safety concerns about competing at the Abu Dhabi Championship this week amid tensions in the Middle East that have impacted the sports calendar in the region.

Russian attacks on critical infrastructure have caused power and water outages in Kyiv and surrounding areas that lasted hours.

The pressure on the International Ice Hockey Federation has grown after two major sponsors of the men’s world championship said they would review their involvement if Russia takes part.

Thailand says China must make a formal extradition request if it wants two Uyghur men returned, in response to growing concerns about their fate if they are sent back.