South Korean prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for former President Yoon Suk Yeol, who is standing trial on charges of leading an insurrection. During a 17-hour closing hearing on Tuesday, prosecutors argued that Yoon’s alleged actions posed a grave threat to the constitutional order and warranted the maximum punishment allowed under South Korean law.

Ukraine's chief of defense estimated Wednesday that 200,000 soldiers have gone absent without official leave during an address to parliament.

Voting began Thursday in Uganda’s presidential election despite a days-long internet shutdown that has been criticized as an anti-democratic gesture in a country where the president has held office since 1986.

France announced a ban on 10 British anti-migrant activists who have traveled onto French soil. They are from the Raise the Colours movement.

President Emmanuel Macron convened an emergency defence cabinet in Paris on Thursday to discuss U.S. President Donald's Trump's stated intent to acquire Greenland and the forceful crackdown on nationwide protests in Iran.

Unlike other travel bans, which for some countries only affect certain visa types, this appeared to be a total pause on visa processing for the countries included. When President

Tent shelters housing displaced Palestinian families are set up along the shore in Gaza City on Jan. 13, 2026. Tent shelters housing displaced Palestinian families are set up along the shore in Gaza City on Jan.

Multiple Venezuelan migrants and asylum-seekers said that the country is still far too dangerous and unstable for them to return.