The kingdom said it intercepted a drone before it entered airspace over Mecca. The Iran-backed Yemeni rebels denied targeting the city in their escalating campaign against the key U.S. ally.

Health officials in Gaza say a building damaged months ago by an Israeli strike has collapsed, killing people from 6 displaced families who had taken shelter inside.

Turkey’s Justice Minister Akin Gurlek launched the crackdown, saying it was part of an initiative to protect children and family values.

A Russian drone strike on a passenger bus in southern Ukraine has killed five people and wounded at least seven. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy calls the attack an “atrocity” and part of

The Kremlin orchestrated a murder-for-hire plot against a prominent Russian dissident in Washington, D.C., this summer, the Department of Justice has said, as it unsealed charges against five people it alleged were part of a “global assassination network” aimed at causing “destruction and mayhem around the world.

The Trump administration has announced that it will impose travel bans on officials it claims are responsible for discrimination against whites and other minority groups in South Africa.

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte made his first public appearance in more than a year on Wednesday at the International Criminal Court, where he’s awaiting trial for alleged crimes against humanity.

The Health and Welfare Ministry statistics released Tuesday show Japan now has 107,677 centenarians, up 7,914 from the previous year and exceeding the 100,000 mark for the first time. Nearly 88% of them are women.