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The U.S. Navy said Tuesday it intercepted a shipment of assault rifles last week bound for Yemen that it believes came from Iran.

More than four months after a national state of emergency was declared in Pakistan, up to 4 million children are still living near contaminated and stagnant flood waters, risking their survival and wellbeing, UNICEF warned, on January 9.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Russian leader Vladimir Putin that negotiations to halt Russia’s invasion of Ukraine should be supported by a unilateral cease-fire.

One of the longest serving Palestinian prisoners in Israel went free Thursday after completing a 40-year sentence for kidnapping and killing an Israeli soldier.

Negotiations to return to the international agreement that limited Iran's nuclear program is not a current priority for the United States, the U.S. State Department said Wednesday.

Russian forces carried out aerial attacks on multiple areas in Ukraine overnight, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Russia could be boosting its use of Iranian-made drones.

Police in New York City on Monday arrested a man on charges of attempted murder in an attack with a machete on officers near Times Square on New Year's Eve.

Germany has warned Iranians living in the country who have been critical of the Iranian government to be careful about traveling to Iran.

Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with what Ukrainian officials said Monday were waves of drones, with targets including the capital, Kyiv.

"Lord, I love you," are reported to be the last words Pope Emeritus Benedict uttered shortly before his death, according to a report on The Vatican News website.