The European Union wants to set up a U.N.-backed specialized court to investigate possible war crimes committed by Russia in Ukraine

A Taliban official says that at least 10 students were killed when a bomb blast hit a religious school in northern Afghanistan

The European Union’s executive branch has recommended that billions of euros in EU funds be withheld from Hungary over its failure to implement solid rule-of-law reforms, a move highlighting lingering divergences between the European partners

Germany’s parliament is expected to approve a resolution labeling as genocide Ukraine’s 1930s “Holodomor” — a famine believed to have killed more than 3 million Ukrainians under the repressive rule of Soviet leader Josef Stalin

A court in Tokyo says Japan’s lack of law to protect the rights of same-sex couples to marry and become families violates the constitution

European Commission recommends freezing billions in EU funds for Hungary over rule of law concerns

Inflation in the 19 countries that use the euro currency eased to 10% this month as fuel and utilities drifted down from painful highs

A suicide bomber has killed a police officers and three civilians from the same family near Quetta, Pakistan, in an attack on workers involved in a polio inoculation drive

An organization of 34 democratic countries says democracy is being degraded around the world because people are losing faith in the legitimacy of elections and the imposition of restrictions on freedom of expression among range of issues

The baguette is being inscribed on the U.N.’s list of intangible heritage.

A court in western Germany convicted a 39-year-old man of murder Wednesday in the shooting deaths of two police officers who had stopped him and an accomplice on suspicion of poaching

Taliban official says at least 10 students killed in a bombing at a religious school in northern Afghanistan

Inflation in 19 European countries using euro currency eases to 10% from a year earlier, in first drop since mid-2021

State media say former Chinese President Jiang Zemin has died at age 96

Russian and Chinese strategic bombers have flown a joint patrol over the western Pacific in a show of increasingly close defense ties between the two countries

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he recently told U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration to bring the prosecution of the WikiLeaks founder to a close

Chinese state TV reports former President Jiang Zemin, who led Communist Party after 1989 crackdown, has died at age 96

Hong Kong’s security minister has warned that the city’s protests against China’s anti-virus restrictions are a “rudiment of another color revolution” and urged residents not to participate in activities that might hurt national s…

State media say former Chinese President Jiang Zemin has died at age 96

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he recently told U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration to bring the prosecution of the WikiLeaks founder to a close

India’s oldest and largest conglomerate, Tata Sons, will merge its Air India with Vistara, a carrier it jointly runs with Singapore Airlines, in a major step toward revamping the country’s debt-laden national carrier