Facing threats from Russia and China, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is breaking with World War II-era limits on security.

Yulia Svyrydenko resigned as prime minister of Ukraine, as President Volodymyr Zelensky ordered a shift in the war-torn country's political strategy.

Former Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the ruler of Qatar from 1995 until abdicating in favor of his son in 2013, has died, the emir's office said. He was 74. Hamad died Sunday morning, Qatar's Amiri Diwan said in a statement.

At least 27 people have been killed in a fire at a pub in Bangkok, Thailand's prime minister and other officials said on Monday, in one of the deadliest such incidents in the tourism hub in recent years.

The European Union has imposed sanctions on Russian military intelligence officers, hackers, and private companies. The EU accused them of links to a yearslong cyber espionage campaign aimed

For half a century, workers in northern China have been using a technique called "straw checkerboards" to combat desertification.

After the release of a new report, the European Commission is considering changing the rules across the 27-nation bloc.

Syria's newly elected parliament held its first session since the ouster of former President Bashar Assad on Sunday, hoping to restart the legislative process in the country after years of conflict and autocratic rule.