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.

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

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,

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,

Asian shares are declining while tracking Wall Street losses. Oil prices have gained, with Brent crude trading above $108 a barrel in its highest level since May, as tensions intensified between

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.