Fifty-five people were killed and dozens more injured when gunpowder stored for mining purposes detonated in a rebel-held village in Myanmar.

Colombians are casting ballots on Sunday in the first round of the South American nation’s presidential election, choosing between candidates with radically diverging visions for the future of peace in a country haunted by decades of armed conflict.

Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed on Monday as investors monitored lingering uncertainty around U.S.-Iran negotiations.

The U.S. military said it carried out another strike on a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the Pacific Ocean, killing three in the fourth attack this week and putting the total death toll at 205.

Caught between China's rapid military rise and growing ​doubts about the U.S. focus on a region it has long dominated, Indo-Pacific nations are racing to arm themselves, and each other.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will be forced to publish hundreds of private exchanges between disgraced former ambassador Peter Mandelson and members of his government on Monday, disclosures which are likely to put his beleaguered premiership in further danger.

Israeli forces have shot and killed a Palestinian man at a barrier separating the West Bank from Jerusalem, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. The man, 26 years old, was shot in the

Ukraine has stepped up its attacks on Russia’s oil and gas facilities in recent months, arguing the energy sector both funds and directly fuels Moscow’s more than 4-year-old invasion.