A Seoul court on Friday sentenced former first lady Kim Keon Hee to seven years in prison for taking expensive gifts in return for job appointments and business favors.

An Iranian national who is wanted by the U.S. for mass hacking attacks that caused $3.4 billion in damage was arrested in Montenegro, police there say.

Shiite Muslims have marked Ashoura, a significant day on their calendar, with large gatherings in Iran, Iraq, Lebanon and other parts of the world. The annual commemoration remembers

Health authorities across Europe were on high alert on Friday as a killer heatwave progressed across the continent, prompting alcohol ​bans in France and cracking road surfaces open in Germany.

Attendance for this summer’s World Cup has already surpassed the record high of 3,587,538 set by the 1994 World Cup, which was hosted in the United States, according to FIFA.

A Saudi doctor has been convicted of charges including murder over the car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg in 2024 that left six people dead

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw tests of new weapons as part of a plan to bolster inter-Korean border firepower, state-run media reported Friday.

NATO's deputy commander told The Associated Press that he wants a summit in Turkey to spur member countries to spend more on defense, reaffirm support for Ukraine and underline the unity of the alliance.