Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Tuesday that hundreds of thousands of pieces of ammunition have gone missing from two military bases in the South American country.In a brief statement, Petro said that an inspection this month by the army found that hundreds of thousands of bullets, thousands of grenades and…

A Portuguese-flagged container ship came under attack by a drone in the far reaches of the Arabian Sea, corresponding with a claim by Yemen’s Houthi rebels that they assaulted the ship there, authorities said Tuesday.The attack on the MSC Orion, occurring some 375 miles off the coast of Yemen, appeared…

The top U.N. court rejected on Tuesday a request by Nicaragua to order Germany to halt military and other aid to Israel and renew funding to the U.N. aid agency in Gaza.The International Court of Justice said that legal conditions for making such an order weren’t met and ruled against…

An internationally backed court in the Central African Republic issued an international arrest warrant Tuesday for the country’s exiled former President François Bozizé for human rights abuses from 2009 to 2013, a spokesperson said.The Special Criminal Court was set up in the capital, Bangui, to try war crimes and other…

Tunisia’s main opposition coalition said Tuesday it won’t take part in the North African country’s upcoming presidential election unless President Kais Saied’s political opponents are freed and judicial independence is restored.More than 20 political opponents have been charged or imprisoned since Saied consolidated power in 2021 by suspending parliament and…

Two men have been charged with cutting down the popular 150-year-old Sycamore Gap tree that toppled over on Hadrian’s Wall last year in northern England, prosecutors said Tuesday.Daniel Graham, 38, and Adam Carruthers, 31, were charged with causing criminal damage and damaging the wall built in A.D. 122 by Emperor…

Two grandparents and their infant grandchild were killed on a highway east of Toronto when a van being chased by police crashed while going the wrong way, causing a six-vehicle collision, Canadian police said Tuesday.CANADIAN POLICE SAY 9 PEOPLE WILL BE CHARGED AFTER $20 MILLION WORTH OF GOLD WAS STOLEN…

Armed men burst into a hospital in central Mexico on Tuesday and killed a patient who was being treated for a previous gunshot wound, authorities said.Prosecutors in the state of Morelos, just south of Mexico City, said the attack occurred early Tuesday in the city of Cuernavaca, the state’s capital.AMLO…

South African police are investigating alleged signature forgery by Jacob Zuma’s MK Party for national election registration.The MK Party faces legal challenges regarding its eligibility for the May 29 elections.A former party official claimed there was an elaborate scheme to forge signatures, prompting an investigation.South African police were investigating Tuesday…

Chinese coast guard ships fired water cannons at two Philippine patrol vessels Tuesday near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, damaging both in the latest flare-up in an increasingly tense territorial conflict.There were no immediate reports of injuries in the incident off Scarborough Shoal, one of two hotly…