North Korean leader Kim Jong Un opened the ruling Workers' Party's Ninth Congress, state-run media reported Friday, hailing major achievements over the past five years.

India joined a U.S.-led initiative to strengthen technology cooperation among strategic allies in a move Friday that underscores the nations' warming ties after a brief strain over New Delhi’s unabated purchase of discounted Russian oil.

More than 1,000 Kenyans and other Africans have been deployed by Russia to fight in Ukraine after being recruited by "rogue" agencies.

At the inaugural meeting of his new organization, President Trump also endorsed a divisive foreign leader and heard an attack on his former prosecutor, Jack Smith.

Venezuela acting president on Thursday signed into law an amnesty bill that could lead to the release of politicians, activists, lawyers and many others, effectively acknowledging that the government has held hundreds of people in prison for political motivations.

South Korea's Kospi touched a record high for the second straight day on Friday, powered by a rally among insurance stocks and defense players.

A paramilitary group in Sudan’s civil war “acted with genocidal intent” in a monthslong siege of El Fasher, according to human rights experts.

The Canadian province of Alberta will hold a referendum on restricting immigration and reducing newcomers’ access to public services as it grapples with falling crude prices and a growing budget shortfall.