The French authorities banned gatherings in some cities on Thursday and over the coming days, in an attempt to avoid a repeat of the riots that rocked the country last weekend. Pr

Britain's Barclays Bank announced plans to shed 5% of its global workforce as it accelerates its adoption of tech, including Artificial Intelligence.

Steve Witkoff hailed the Russian leader as a “humanitarian” during talks in St. Petersburg on Wednesday, while the Kremlin said it is ready to resume trilateral peace talks with the U.S. and Ukraine.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday that President Vladimir Putin hasn’t yet named a negotiating team for prospective trilateral talks between Russia, Ukraine and the U.S.

Two women from Austria and Switzerland have been freed in Niger after spending more than a year and half in captivity, officials and local media reported Thursday

Iran's state television reports that seven oil tankers have been damaged in the Strait of Hormuz. This happened overnight Thursday, possibly marking the largest single-day incident since the Iran

Myanmar’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has spoken with her son, Kim Aris, for the first time in over five years.

At least two people were killed in an attack on an airport in eastern Saudi Arabia, and it's unclear who initiated the attack.