Spain's parliament has banned dwarf bullfights, comedy routines in which costumed dwarves chase bulls without killing them. The move was applauded by disability rights activists.
Russia denies the U.S. permission to visit imprisoned journalist Evan Gershkovich after Washington's reported refusal to grant visas to Russian journalists set to attend a U.N. meeting.
A missing yacht carrying three Russians and two Egyptians docked safely in Djibouti on Thursday. The vessel disappeared following an attack off the Yemeni coast.
A video camera that was dropped by a Japanese journalist who was fatally shot while filming a Myanmar street protest has been found 15 years later. He was one of about 10 people killed.
Turkish border guards shot Syrian civilians while using excessive force against asylum seekers and migrants. The Turkish government is being urged to investigate the attack.
Israeli army forces killed an alleged Palestinian attacker in the West Bank on Thursday. A Palestinian attempted to carry out a car-ramming attack while wielding a knife.
A European Union team continued with its investigation of Lebanon's Central Bank chief. On Thursday investigators questioned one of his aides and summoned his brother for a hearing.
India is accusing China of violating border agreements on Thursday. India's defense minister met with the Chinese defense minister for discussions about bilateral relations.
A southern Pakistan passenger train that caught fire overnight killed seven people. One of the people that died jumped out the window of the moving train.
A man who was arrested for last week's German gym attack is also suspected in an earlier killing this month. The gym stabbing wounded four people April 18.
German prosecutors are probing a firearms official and three other members of a gun club due to a shooting at a Jehovah's Witness hall on March 9. The man opened fire killing six people.
Parents lodged a formal complaint against a teacher at Stationers’ Crown Woods Academy in London after he was recorded berating students who might object to LGBTQ lessons.
China has proposed its most expensive Belt and Road Initiative yet with a $58 billion railway system that would connect Pakistan to western China in a move to further reduce Western trade dependence.
As tourist season approaches, people in Croatia are working fast to clear miles worth of oil clumps that mysteriously drifted ashore along the Adriatic coast last year.
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is the latest official to be targeted in a call with Russian pranksters posing to be Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Andrey Medvedev was sentenced to 14 days in prison for disorderly conduct and carrying an air gun in a public place in Norway. Medvedev is a former member of the Wagner group.
NATO claims Ukraine has received 98% of the combat vehicles that were promised by the organization and partner countries. The country has received over 1,550 armored vehicles.
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of Mexico blacked out briefly during a meeting in Yucatan due to COVID-19 issues. He now feels better and may resume duties as soon as this week.
Chinese engineers believe that dust has piled up on the hibernating rover and prevented it from charging is batteries, but they cannot verify any of the information.