Based in Parma, Club dei 27 is so exclusive that it’s given rise to all sorts of myths. But it’s really about venerating the famous opera composer born near the Italian city.

Federal officers in British Columbia seized drugs and chemical precursors that could produce about 96 million opioid doses, the authorities said.

Canadian and U.S. accusations of assassination plots have drawn attention to the Sikh separatist movement, which India calls a source of organized crime.

As the country reels from a flood that has left at least 211 people dead, ordinary citizens have flocked to devastated areas to help clean, donate and rebuild.

While Lebanese are united against Israel’s onslaught, some in southern towns where Hezbollah does not hold sway say they feel caught between Israel’s firepower and Hezbollah’s fighters.

A radio station in Poland fired its on-air talent and brought in A.I.-generated presenters. An outcry over a purported chat with a Nobel laureate quickly ended that experiment.

An angry crowd hurled mud and insults at King Felipe VI on Sunday during his visit to the flood-ravaged town of Paiporta in Valencia.

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The Cia-Cia language has been passed down orally for centuries. Now the tribe’s children are learning to write it in Hangul, the Korean script.

The president of Moldova, Maia Sandu, won re-election on Sunday against a rival candidate she had denounced as “Moscow’s man.”