Several explosions were heard in Saudi Arabia's capital of Riyadh on Thursday, including a large blast at the city’s international airport, a witness told The Associated Press, a day after the kingdom said an attack on the airport killed one person and wounded others.

Saudi Arabia said three people were killed and dozens injured in Houthi attacks on its airports this week, as the conflict between the kingdom and the Iran-backed rebels continues to escalate. A Sudanese man was killed and seven other people were injured in an attack on King Khalid International Airport in the capital Riyadh on Wednesday,

Yemen's Houthis on Thursday claimed a fresh attack on a key airport in Saudi Arabia and warned that all oil facilities in the country are targets for the Iran-aligned militia. Houthi military

A Lufthansa spokesperson told Reuters ​the German group's airlines would suspend flights to Riyadh through October 16 due to "current developments ​in the Middle East". Air In

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The mayor of a Parisian suburb was seen stepping between protesting students and riot police as protests over education funding continue in France.

Students in northeastern Paris gathered Thursday to protest outside a high school, with police responding using tear gas

U.S. officials brought new torture charges against deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.

Prosecutors in New York brought new charges against former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores over the alleged torture of Americans who were held in Venezuelan government custody in recent years.

The wife of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was set to be back in court Thursday, where her lawyers will urge a judge to free her from jail and put her under house arrest because she has he

U.S. officials brought new torture charges against ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores.

On the third anniversary of Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, and the first of his mayoralty, Mamdani issued a statement that, while initially acknowledging the “horrific war crimes” of the incursion — in which Hamas murdered roughly 1,

Israel's bombardment and ground operations in Gaza have killed more than 74,000 people, including at least 1,400 in the year since a ceasefire

Israelis are gathering at intersections, bomb shelters, and the site of a music festival that Hamas-led militants overran on Oct. 7, 2023

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani marked the third anniversary of the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attack with a statement on X, prompting mixed online reactions. In the post, Zohran Mamdani called

Fears of a pneumonic plague outbreak follow an Irkutsk lab employee's death last week. But the World Health Organization (WHO) says the risk is low.

The State Department is pushing Moscow for details about the potential leak of pneumonic plague in Siberia.

General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday (October 7) that the organization had asked Russia for more information about the cause of death of an employee at a plague research institute in Siberia.

Trump said he has a phone call scheduled with Russian President Putin.

Last-minute negotiations staved off a full closure of the office that handles Britain’s relations with Palestinians in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza.

Israel says Britain's Consulate in east Jerusalem has stopped functioning in that capacity and that 20 staffers will leave the country.

The dispute began last month when the United Kingdom banned trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. The United Nations and much of the international community consider all settlements illegal.

The consulate, first established in 1838, was set to be closed by the Israeli government in retaliation for UK sanctions.