An Ecuador prison riot resulted in 10 dead due to the government’s decision to relocate three crime bosses to a high-security facility. Prison riots have become frequent in Ecuador.
In Afghanistan, 19 people were lashed for running away from home, theft, and adultery. The Taliban announced that they're committed to all Sharia laws.
Taiwan's envoy to APEC had a rare run-in with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday. The official congratulated Xi on his reelection within the Chinese Communist Party.
A deadly earthquake shook Indonesia's main island of Java on Monday, leaving at least 46 people dead. The magnitude 5.6 quake was centered in the Cianjur region.
Turkey carried out airstrikes targeting Kurdish militants in northern Syria and Iraq on Sunday, days after a bombing attack killed six people in Istanbul.
The International Atomic Energy Agency said that "powerful explosions" rocked Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, causing damage to some buildings.
China's National Health Commission on Sunday announced the country's first COVID-19 death in nearly six months as health officials deal with an uptick in cases.
Iran has taken aim at a small Kurdish-majority city in its most recent attempt to fight back against protests that have raged in the country for over two months.
A doctor in the trial of U.K. nurse Lucy Letby, who is accused of murdering seven babies as a neonatal nurse, testified that he had never seen a baby's condition deteriorate so quickly.
Negotiators at the United Nations climate talks said they had struck a potential breakthrough deal on creating a disaster fund that would compensate poor nations.
North Korea has unveiled the daughter of leader Kim Jong Un, who was pictured at a missile launch site with him on Friday. Her name and age were not provided.
Moscow and Tehran have reportedly reached a deal to make Iranian-supplied drones on Russian soil to bolster its war effort in Ukraine, the Washington Post said Saturday.
The U.S. military displayed its own show of force by deploying supersonic bombers in joint drills with South Korea after North Korea launched a ballistic missile capable of hitting the U.S.
An explosion erupted in a gas pipeline Saturday sending a massive fireball into the air outside of St. Petersburg according to local officials and social media reports.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia has sought a 'short truce' following several battlefield defeats but warned 'respite' would help them 'regain strength.'
Judge Loretta Preska has ordered the release of several documents that name individuals connected to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.