At the Emergency Hospital, dozens crowded around a thick book to check the names of the victims killed in an airstrike on a rehabilitation center. The UN says over a hundred people were killed.

Costa Rica has formally severed diplomatic relations with Cuba, marking a sharp escalation in regional tensions. Ecuador did so earlier in March.

Iran steps up attacks on Gulf energy infrastructure following an Israeli strike on its South Pars gas field, with Qatar's key Ras Laffan Industrial City suffering "extensive damage". CNBC's Dan Murphy reports from Dubai.

Macao’s lawmakers on Thursday unanimously passed a law that could allow closed-door court proceedings if the authorities deemed public hearings would harm national security.

Pope Leo XIV is signaling strong endorsement of one of Pope Francis’ most controversial policies on marriage and divorce

Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei took power after his father Ali Khamenei was killed in an Israeli strike, but Israeli intelligence says he lacks real control over the regime.

China, which has not ruled out the use of force against the Beijing-claimed island democracy, prefers to achieve unification without it, U.S. intelligence agencies said.

A Chinese province has intensified a crackdown on fentanyl precursor trafficking, an issue that strained U.S.-China relations and prompted tariffs on imports from China. State media reported