Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said the United States is exchanging messages with Iran through mediators, including Pakistan and Qatar, according to Iranian media reports, citing his remarks in an interview with Austrian broadcaster ORF.

A total of 68,138 foreign nationals have been processed in South Africa between June 14 and July 24, with the majority repatriated to their home countries, a government official said on Sunday.

A town hall meeting was held Thursday for the six candidates for the next UN secretary-general, allowing them to reach a global audience.

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Friday slammed the U.S. threat to use U.S.-controlled Iranian assets to cover future maritime damages as "an incendiary precedent."

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham entered 10 Downing Street on Monday promising to break with four decades of centralized politics and economic orthodoxy, but his first Cabinet suggests the changes will be pursued within tight fiscal and political constraints.

British Labour Party leader Andy Burnham officially became Britain's prime minister on Monday after King Charles III invited him to form a government.

The creation of the world's first intergovernmental international organization to cope with opportunities and challenges posed by thinking machines was announced at a major AI governance conference in Shanghai on Friday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday announced the creation of the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization (WAICO) and called for joint efforts to build a just and equitable system for global AI governance.

At least 16 Nigerien soldiers were killed and 23 others injured in a terrorist attack targeting a detachment of the country's Defense and Security Forces in the Tera area in western Niger, the Nigerien Press Agency reported on Sunday.

President Xi Jinping on Friday reiterated China's firm support for the United Nations when meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who is in Shanghai for the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance.

Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said on Saturday that the U.S. violation of a recently signed peace memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Iran once again proved that U.S. President Donald Trump's signature is worthless and invalid, according to Iranian media.

U.S. forces intercepted three commercial vessels attempting to breach the U.S. naval blockade against Iran, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said Thursday.

The growing influence of money in politics is threatening equal participation and weakening democratic accountability across Africa, Open Society Foundations (OSF) President Binaifer Nowrojee has warned.

One woman was killed and four Cameroonian soldiers were injured in a recent Boko Haram attack on an army outpost in Cameroon's Far North region, security and local sources said Tuesday.

Fresh U.S. airstrikes and Iranian retaliation have plunged Washington and Tehran back into open conflict less than a month after they signed a 14-point memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at ending the war and paving the way for broader negotiations.

Nine European nations and Ukraine have formally established a "purely defensive" Anti-Ballistic Missile Coalition in an ambitious bid to reshape continental security.

Global oil demand is forecast to grow by 800,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 2026 year-on-year, said a report released on Monday by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah announced the elevation of bilateral relations to a China-Namibia community with a shared future for the new era during their talks held Friday in Beijing.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, and Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), on Saturday exchanged congratulations over the 65th anniversary of the signing of the China-DPRK Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance.

Dozens of pupils and teachers kidnapped about two months ago by terrorists in Nigeria's southwestern state of Oyo were rescued during a joint operation by security forces, a senior government official said Friday.