The rebels were reported Friday to have captured Perim, an island vital to controlling the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, one of the world’s most important shipping routes.

At the BRICS summit in New Delhi Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host presidents Vladimir Putin, Masoud Pezeshkian and Xi Jinping.

Once shunned over its extremist roots, the Sweden Democrats could enter government for the first time as voters weigh immigration, crime and Sweden's political transformation.

The House is expected to take up a punishing Russian sanctions package next week, though prospects of passage are uncertain despite the overwhelming support the bill received in the Senate. The House Rules Committee has scheduled a meeting on the bill Monday,

Six Nigerian nationals linked to a criminal network accused of swindling American women out of over $6 million through online romance scams will be extradited to the United States on Friday

Tariff uncertainty is creating new challenges for US companies, as shifting trade tensions with Canada and China affect input costs, supply chains, corporate spending and consumer demand.

Brazilian presidential candidate Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro is under formal investigation for alleged corruption, money laundering and currency evasion.

The activists were sentenced to about 5 to 7 years in prison in a case widely seen as a barometer of the city's eroding freedoms as Beijing clamps down on dissent.