The Iranian-backed militia has launched attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea and against Israel.

Russia has assembled a fleet of hundreds of vessels to covertly ship its oil. With so many ships at sea, the idea of using some to cause havoc may be proving irresistible to the Kremlin.

Brutally persecuted for years by the military in Myanmar, the Rohingya ethnic minority has now become the target of one of the junta’s most formidable rivals in the country’s civil war.

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The country, which has one of Europe’s highest smoking rates, is also resisting a wider push for outdoor bans.

The passenger plane was landing when it went off the runway in Muan, in the country’s southwest. The flight came from Bangkok and was carrying 181 people.

With the war now over, the Taliban are welcoming foreign travelers, even as governments advise their citizens to stay away.

The congregation in Nairobi, Kenya, has been forced to move to 10 different locations over 10 years, and yet it has survived as a sanctuary in an increasingly hostile environment.

After two impeachments of leaders in two weeks, the country is deep into a political crisis.

A Jeju Air passenger jet carrying 181 people from Bangkok sped off the runway and burst into flames. Two crew were rescued in what was the country’s worst air disaster in decades.