British Prime Minister Keir Starmer apologized Thursday to victims of Jeffrey Epstein for appointing Peter Mandelson as the U.K.'s ambassador to Washington despite his ties to the disgraced financier.

The last major nuclear arms control treaty between Russia and the United States expires on Thursday, ushering in an era without constraints set by the world’s largest nuclear powers

Boko Haram Islamist militants killed 75 in attacks on two villages in the Nigerian state of Kwara on Tuesday after locals rejected calls to surrender.

The smell of sulfur hits hard in this coastal town that produces petroleum and is home to one of Cuba’s largest thermoelectric plants. Yet, even as the plant cranks back to life, residents remain in the dark,

The U.S. military said it killed two people in a strike on a suspected drug vessel in the Eastern Pacific on Thursday.

Hong Kong’s pro-democracy former media tycoon Jimmy Lai will be sentenced Monday following his conviction in December under a Beijing-imposed national security law.

After hit men targeted the home of a prison manager in June, investigators say, the schemes of a criminal network involving the police unraveled.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, has vowed to unleash a regional war if America launches air strikes. Initially few in the Middle East seemed eager for further conflict. The region’s power-brokers tried to dissuade America from military action.