Draped in burnt-orange robes, two dozen Buddhist monks arrived in Washington, DC, on Tuesday on a 2,300-mile “Walk for Peace”, a self-described spiritual journey across nine states that has been cheered on by crowds of thousands.

A close ally of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was placed under house arrest Tuesday, detained just hours after his release from prison along with other dissidents jailed under ousted leader Nicolas Maduro.

A drone strike blamed on Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces killed two children and injured 12 others yesterday in the southern Kordofan city of El-Rahad, a medical source told AFP.

A Colombian senator was rescued from kidnappers Tuesday as the country’s president reported an attempt on his own life in the run-up to elections that observers have warned could be marred by violence.

A newly uncovered FBI interview raised new questions about US President Donald Trump’s assertion he knew nothing about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes, while Trump’s commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, faced a barrage of questions from lawmakers on Tuesday about his own ties to the financier.

Nato yesterday said it had launched a new mission to bolster security in the Arctic, in a move to assuage US President Donald Trump after he backed off claims on Greenland.

Germany on Tuesday issued an advisory against all non-essential travel to Cuba, where US pressure has created an oil crisis.

Ten people including the shooter are dead after an assailant opened fire at a high school in western Canada on Tuesday in one of the country’s deadliest mass casualty events in recent history.

A Russian drone crashed into a house in eastern Ukraine, killing three small children and their father, officials said yesterday, in a strike President Volodymyr Zelensky said undermined diplomacy as Washington presses for a peace deal.

Qatar’s Emir and US President Donald Trump discussed de-escalation and security in the Gulf region in a call, the royal court said yesterday, after Washington threatened military action against Iran.

The monks began their walk in Texas more than three months ago, at times braving frigid winter temperatures, sometimes with bare feet, to raise "awareness of peace, loving kindness, and compassion across America and the world."

A suspected shooter was also found dead from what ⁠appears to be a self‑inflicted injury

Cataracts are on the rise as populations get older, with age being the main risk factor

US immigration agencies faced heavy criticism in Congress for defending Donald Trump's mass deportation drive

A White House official on Monday reiterated US President Donald Trump’s opposition toward Israel annexing the West Bank.

Nuclear talks with the United States allowed Tehran to gauge Washington’s seriousness and showed enough consensus to continue on the diplomatic track, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson said yesterday.

China insisted yesterday that Tokyo must first show “concrete actions” after Japan’s newly elected Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said she was “open to various dialogues” with Beijing, effectively rejecting her overtures.

Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell refused Monday to answer questions from US lawmakers but her attorney said she was prepared to speak if granted clemency by US President Donald Trump.

Israeli forces killed four people, including a child, in southern Lebanon on Monday evening, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported, citing the health ministry, in two separate strikes that the Israeli military said targeted members of the Shia Muslim armed group Hezbollah.

Anti-graft watchdog Transparency International (TI) yesterday warned of worsening corruption in democracies worldwide and said the United States had slid to the lowest-ever score on its 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index.