Despite no immediate evidence that they were connected, the detentions of two vocal commentators on Myanmar triggered alarm in the business and research communities.

Frustrated residents and tourists have been sharing videos of interminable lines at gas stations, while local authorities in Crimea have turned to rationing their limited supplies

The European Union has agreed to start membership talks with Ukraine next week. Ambassadors from the 27 EU nations decided that an intergovernmental conference to officially launch negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova will be held in in Luxembourg on Monday.

U.K. Defense Secretary John Healey resigned over a Cabinet dispute with PM Starmer on military spending weeks before the NATO summit in Ankara.

Hockney was a globally celebrated painter who helped lead the Pop art movement in the 1960s, spent time in California, and defiantly refused to give up smoking.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has arrived in Europe for the upcoming G-7 summit, where he is expected to be a more muted criticism of U.S. President Donald Trump at a crucial time for talks to potentially renew a free trade agreement between the two countries and Mexico.

Venezuela's interim government on Friday decried a new spill allegedly originating in Trinidad and Tobago, and authorities are investigating.

As he finished a seven-day visit, Pope Leo articulated a fuller position on migration, including the "right" of nations to protect their borders, that his critics often ignore.