The United States pledged $1 billion in security assistance to Colombia after its new right-wing president took office. Abelardo de la Espriella, a millionaire lawyer with a taste for spectacle, took office Friday for his four-year term after a campaign focused on anger and fears about security.

Iraqi authorities said Saturday that they are investigating an explosion that struck a base belonging to the Popular Mobilization Forces, a coalition of Iran-allied militias, overnight, killing one person and injuring eight.

Two drones have been spotted flying over a German military base in the western part of the country earlier this week, just two days after a drone carrying explosives was found at a key cargo

Lebanese authorities have detained a former senior Syrian military officer who commanded an army division under ousted President Bashar Assad. Officials say they might hand him over to Damascus

Ukrainian President ​Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrived in Serbia ‌on Friday for his first visit to the Balkan country expected to ​focus on economic cooperation and ​bids by both countries to ⁠secure European Union membership.

Victims of a six-month jihadi kidnapping in Nigeria's Kwara State describe starvation, forced births, and burying fellow captives in a forest hideout.

Five school staff members died in the shooting outside Bangkok. The shooter also appeared to have killed his two grandparents.

Seven decades after risking arrest, torture and even death to challenge racist laws, many women say their fight for freedom in South Africa is unfinished as they continue to grapple with high rates of gender-based violence,