A senior State Department official told reporters in a background briefing that it was a "reciprocal" action because Brazil has not approved President Donald Trump's nominee as ambassador to Brasilia.

Hundreds gathered Tuesday in Gaza City to mourn more than 100 people killed in 2023 in one of the deadliest Israeli military strikes of the war.

Russia and Ukraine traded blame after a drone slammed into a beach in the Black Sea resort town of Gelendzhik. Russian officials said seven people were killed.

GM said the deal will focus on domestic sales of Buick and Cadillac models in China and exporting Chevrolet products built in China for non-U.S. markets.

Spain reports 72 deaths as the Ceuta migrant crisis deepens, with intelligence officials saying Morocco allowed border controls to gradually relax.

Japan’s government is portraying its accelerating military buildup not only as ​a way to protect the country but as a route to greater prosperity, arguing in ‌its latest defence white paper that arms production can support economic growth.

Asian stock markets jumped on Wednesday as strong earnings and a resurgence ​of demand for tech lifted Wall Street to record peaks, while hopes for progress on opening the ‌Strait of Hormuz dragged on oil prices and bond yields.

Millions of Shiite Muslims observed the annual Arbaeen pilgrimage Tuesday in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala, under the shadow of ongoing regional tensions and fears of another round of escalation in the U.