DUBAI – Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has ordered an investigation into the death in custody of a defendant in the northern city of Lahijan, state media reported on Thursday.

The U.N. World Health Organization says it’s reached an agreement with Israel for limited pauses in fighting in Gaza to allow for polio vaccinations for hundreds of thousands of children

South Korea’s Constitutional Court has ordered the government to back its climate goals with more concrete plans for action through 2049

ZURICH  – A tax on the super-rich pitched by the youth wing of one of Switzerland’s main political parties is “extremely dangerous” for the country, a top Swiss banker said on Wednesday, pointing to widespread concern it had sparked among clients.

The leaders of Germany and the United Kingdom have announced plans to draw up a treaty meant to deepen the two nations’ trade, defense and other relations

As the far-right Alternative for Germany gains more power in eastern Germany, companies there find it increasingly hard to attract the skilled foreign workers they desperately need

TEGUCIGALPA – Honduran President Xiomara Castro accused Washington of interfering in local politics on Wednesday and ordered her foreign minister to “denounce” a bilateral extradition treaty after comments from the U.S. ambassador drew government criticism.

The Colombian airlines Avianca and Latam Colombia say they will operate most of their flights Tuesday and resume full schedules Wednesday, after warning earlier Monday that they would have to cancel dozens of flights due to shortages of jet fuel

ARBAAT, Sudan – Emergency responders were scrambling on Tuesday to find out how many people remain missing after waters burst through a dam in eastern Sudan, resulting in the worst in a series of floods that have devastated a country already torn by 500 days of war.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Tuesday that a total of 21 Oropouche virus disease cases among U.S. travelers returning from Cuba have been reported as of Aug. 16.