Russian President Vladimir Putin says Western countries are being more affected by sanctions imposed on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine than Russia is.
Samoa signed a bilateral agreement with China on Saturday, promising "greater collaboration" as Beijing's foreign minister continues a tour of the South Pacific that has sparked concern among Western allies.
Remaining 17 passengers reportedly saved by passing tugboats
Bodies from a Rio de Janeiro police raid that left more than 20 alleged drug traffickers dead show signs of torture and summary execution, a senior lawyer said on Thursday, the latest incident of suspected police brutality to shock the South American nation.
The National Rifle Association is the central and fiercest promoter of gun rights in America, and is again holding its annual convention days after a mass school shooting.
The United States on Friday imposed fresh sanctions over North Korea's missile launches, including on two Russian banks, after Russia and China blocked action by the UN Security Council.
Enea Bastianini will hope to crown the return of spectators to his home Italian MotoGP on Sunday with victory and potentially go past defending champion and series leader Fabio Quartararo in the standings.
The leftist leaders of Cuba, Venezuela and Bolivia railed against the United States Friday in Havana, days ahead of the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, whose invitation list has overshadowed the agenda.
An independent inquiry into an alleged toxic culture within Australian football has referred three separate complaints to police, with two further claims being probed in house.
China and Russia on Thursday vetoed a US-led bid at the United Nations to toughen sanctions on North Korea over its missile launches, laying bare divisions that Western envoys fear would be exploited by Pyongyang.
Back in Colombia, Luis Diaz's family are dreaming of Champions League glory. His club, Liverpool, face Real Madrid in the final on Saturday May 28. As the country's first indigenous football star, his rise to the top is an inspiration to those following in his barefoot footsteps on the dirt pitches of Barrancas.
Moscow-backed separatist forces in eastern Ukraine say they have captured Lyman, a strategic town between the city of Severodonetsk and Kramatorsk
"We put a cross for every day spent here alive," says Nadia Ryjkova, 76, in a dark underground shelter in the northeastern Ukrainian village of Kutuzivka, where she lives with about 50 people.
Standing in the middle of a stretch of land surrounded by dunes and pine forest, Juan Romero examines the cracked ground then stares at the dusty horizon.
Iranian police fired tear gas and warning shots to disperse protesters in the southwestern city of Abadan where a tower block collapse killed 28 people, local media reported on Saturday.
Russian forces are closing in on several urban centres in east Ukraine, including the strategically located Severodonetsk and Lysychansk
‘It definitely goes down smooth,’ one drinker says
A distraught Texas grandmother of a girl killed in the massacre in Uvalde pleaded Thursday for urgent action by US authorities to prevent future school shootings, as the country plunges again into the roiling debate over guns.
Moscow is pressing its offensive to capture key points of the Donbas region with more bombing of residential areas
As of Thursday, 3.3 million people had had ’fever’, while only 69 died, Pyongyang claims
Court directs government to ensure sex worker who is victim of sexual assault gets all facilities available to other survivors
