Israel's military on Thursday said it conducted strikes that demolished a series of tunnels used by Hezbollah as a base in southern Lebanon.

The Saudis have relied on the East-West pipeline to shift crude oil exports away from Persian Gulf as the U.S. and Iran battle for control over the Strait of Hormuz. Oil prices this week broke above $100 per barrel for the first time in months as fighting has escalated in the Middle East.

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.

North Korea has launched a ballistic missile toward the waters off its east coast. South Korea’s military said it detected the launches of several missiles from North Korea’s eastern costal

Every presidential administration since 2001 has chosen “to protect the Saudis,” Terry Strada told those gathered in New York.

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

Brazilian ⁠President Luiz Inacio ​Lula da Silva maintained ‌the numerical lead ‌over ⁠Senator ⁠Flavio Bolsonaro in a potential runoff ​of the October election, a Datafolha ​poll showed on Friday. Lula ⁠is seen ⁠with 46% ⁠of the ​vote in a potential ​runoff,

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.