The United Nations mission head in South Sudan, Nicholas Haysom, stated that the country is currently unprepared to hold its first presidential election next year.
The European Food Safety Authority announced Thursday that it failed to find "critical areas of concern" stemming from usage of weedkilling agent glyphosate.
German lawmakers rejected two cross-party proposals regarding assisted suicide in the country. Both proposals were rejected by margins of dozens of votes.
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy visited the Bulgarian capital where talks centered around military aid and Bulgaria's support for Ukraine's NATO membership after its conflict with Russia.
Tragedy struck in southwest London's Wimbledon district as an SUV crashed into a private elementary school on a narrow road, resulting in the death of an 8-year-old girl.
Former President Mauricio Funes of El Salvador has been sentenced to six years in prison for tax evasion by an El Salvador court. This is the second time that Funes has been sentenced.
A severed human leg that was discovered hanging from a pedestrian bridge in Toluca, has suspicions pointing to the involvement of a violent drug cartel.
A tragic incident unfolded in South Africa as the death toll rose to 17, including three children, following a toxic gas leak attributed to an illegal gold processing operation.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was blasted on social media after he used Taylor Swift's song lyrics in a post trying to lure her to a performance in Canada.
A Tunisian port city experienced a surge in tensions after the arrest of three migrants suspected in the killing of a local man. The incident sparked several retaliatory acts.
China brushed off controversial comments issued by a top diplomat calling on Japan and South Korea to form race-based allegiances and drop ties with the U.S.
A Russian missile strike killed at least four people in Lviv on Thursday as Ukraine continues its counteroffensive against Russian forces. Ukrainian officials vowed a response.
Wagner Group Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is in Russia following his short-lived rebellion against the Kremlin, according to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
Russian fighter jets flew dangerously close to several U.S. drones over Syria and conducted other 'reckless behavior' in a video released by the Air Force.
Several major U.S. tech companies signed up as strategic partners in 2019, but this year's World AI Conference in Shanghai will see just one serving in any partnership role.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said an Israeli Princeton doctoral student who went missing in March was kidnapped in Iraq by an Iran-backed militia.
Tourist Ivan Dimitrov has apologized for vandalizing the ancient Colosseum in Rome, Italy, explaining that he was unaware of how old it was when he carved his name in brick.
The son of a Belarusian opposition candidate who is currently imprisoned has been found guilty and sentenced on Wednesday, facing charges that he and other activists deem to be false.