Vietnam’s Communist Party has opened a meeting to decide the country's top leadership and policies for the next five years

Russia has sentenced American Charles Zimmerman to five years in prison for illegally transporting weapons, a court said, noting that a rifle was found on his yacht after it docked in the port city of Sochi.

Three separate shark attacks in Sydney in just over 24 hours have left a man and a boy critically injured, police said.

Ukraine nuclear facilities face Russian attack threats as Moscow weighs strikes on power substations to force capitulation, officials say. Zaporizhzhia is a primary target.

Sanae Takaichi, the first woman to be Japan’s prime minister, is hoping to seize on her popularity by calling a parliamentary election next month.

At least six more countries said Sunday the United States has invited them to join U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace,” a new body of world leaders meant to oversee next steps in Gaza that’s showing ambitions for a broader mandate in global affairs.

Police in South Africa say a school bus crash has killed at least 12 children.

Syria and the main Kurdish fighting force struck a wide-ranging deal to bring Kurdish civilian and military authorities under central government control on Sunday (January 18), ending days of fighting in which Syrian troops captured territory including key oil fields.