The South Korean internet as erupted in celebration as a 2-year-old wolf that escaped from a zoo in South Korea was safely captured Friday after a nine-day search that drew national attention.

Myanmar's former President Win Myint has been freed as part of a broad prisoner amnesty by newly inaugurated President Min Aung Hlaing.

France and the U.K. have welcomed the announcement by Iran and the U.S. that the Strait of Hormuz is open.

A looming jet fuel shortage in Europe and Asia could compound the Iran war's impact on world travel if a fragile agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz collapses and Persian Gulf oil shipments stay blocked.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel says that while Cuba does not want military aggression from the United States, his country is prepared to fight should it happen.

The House has passed legislation that would extend temporary protections for Haitian immigrants living in the United States.

The head of the International Energy Agency has warned that Europe has about six weeks of jet fuel left.

A South African opposition party leader, Julius Malema, has been sentenced to five years in prison for breaking firearm laws.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is receiving the prestigious International Four Freedoms Award.

A Kazakh court has convicted 19 Kazakh activists after a protest against Beijing’s crackdown in China’s far-western Xinjiang region last year, in what advocates call an extraordinary move by the Kazakh government to silence dissident at the behest of Beijing.

Pope Leo XIV has condemned the “handful of tyrants” exploiting Earth through war and greed.

Russia has launched a massive aerial attack on Ukraine, targeting civilian areas with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles.

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni's relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump appears strained.

The World Health Organization says vaccination programs across Africa have saved more than 50 million lives over the past five decades, but progress is slowing in some countries.

Pope Leo XIV is again emphasizing the need for peace and dialogue despite criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump.

Paramedic groups say the Israeli military has killed four Lebanese rescue workers and wounded six others in three consecutive, targeted strikes.

A student has opened fire on two classrooms at a middle school in Turkey, killing nine people and wounding 13 others.

Pope Leo XIV has arrived in the central African nation of Cameroon on the second leg of his Africa tour.

Two U.S. families have gone to Italy's highest court to challenge a law limiting citizenship claims to Italian descendants removed by more than two generations.

Spain's government has finalized a migrant amnesty measure that paves the way for potentially hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants to apply for legal status in the country.

A Parisian art enthusiast has won a Pablo Picasso painting with a $117 raffle ticket.

Lebanon and Israel have held direct diplomatic talks for the first time in decades.

Ukraine and Germany say they are starting work on plans for the joint production of advanced drones and other battle-tested defense systems.

An assailant has opened fire at a high school in southeastern Turkey before killing himself.