King Harald V of Norway, Europe’s oldest monarch, died Friday at the age of 89. His son, the newly-proclaimed King Haakon VIII, has inherited the Norwegian throne. Here's what to know about the new monarch,

President Donald Trump said the United States has joined a pact with Venezuela that will give U.S. control of over 65 billion barrels of oil.

Ukraine's top presidential adviser said on Friday that technical talks on Russia's war would likely take place in the ​near future but added that he did not expect ‌any swift agreement.

Sustained gunfire ​and ‌explosions ‌rang ⁠out across ⁠several areas of ​Niger's ​capital, Niamey, ⁠early ⁠on ⁠Saturday, according to ​a ​Reuters ⁠witness. (Reporting ⁠by Niger Newsroom; Writing ⁠by Bate Felix and Maxwell ⁠Akalaare Adombila;

Immigration officials have arrested British far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos in New Orleans. The Department of Homeland Security says he was detained at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport on Thursday.

Lenín Moreno is the third former Ecuadorian president to be sentenced for corruption, though he was tried for crimes committed before reaching the presidency.

Canada’s public broadcaster is making an exception to its policy of not labeling specific attacks as terrorism for the 9/11 attacks after coming under fire over a memo restating it

The group’s news release says the event is a collaboration among more than 200 Hindu American organizations and is built around the ancient Sanskrit phrase “Vasudhaiva Kutumba