Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis have targeted a cargo ship in the Red Sea which shipping analysts said on Monday had been carrying corn to Iran.It appeared to be the first time the Houthis have targeted an Iran-bound vessel since starting attacks on international shipping in solidarity with Palestinians over the Israel-Hamas…

Police in the Democratic Republic of the Congo fired tear gas on Monday to disperse protesters who burned tires and U.S. and Belgian flags near Western embassies and U.N. offices in the capital Kinshasa, angry about insecurity in eastern Congo.The protesters, seizing on a new tactic by targeting embassies, say…

European Union foreign policy head Josep Borrell on Monday appeared to call for reductions in U.S. military assistance to Israel.Borrell made his case by echoing President Biden’s charges that Jerusalem’s response to the Oct. 7 Hamas attack was “over the top.” “Well, if you believe that too many people are being…

Hungary’s prime minister is grappling with a political crisis following the resignation of the country’s president, who faced backlash for pardoning a man convicted in a child sexual abuse case.Katalin Novák’s resignation was prompted after it was revealed that she pardoned a man convicted of concealing sexual abuse in April…

Burma’s military government on Saturday activated for the first time a decade-old conscription law that makes young men and women subject to at least two years of military service if called up, effective immediately. The announcement of the measure on state television amounts to a major, though tacit, admission that…

Throngs of revelers took to the streets of Germany’s Carnival strongholds on Monday, accompanied by floats that satirized the Ukrainian and Russian presidents, German politicians, former U.S. President Donald Trump and many others.Shrove Monday parades are a traditional high point of Carnival celebrations in Cologne, Duesseldorf, Mainz and other places…

Iran-backed Houthi rebels targeted a commercial cargo ship Monday in the Red Sea whose final destination was an Iranian port, the U.S. military said. The Houthis fired two missiles from Yemen toward the Bab al-Mandeb Strait sometime between 3:30 a.m. and 3:45 a.m. The terrorist fighters targeted the MV Star Iris, a…

Mexican law enforcement agencies said Monday they seized over 20 tons of methamphetamine at the biggest drug lab found during the current administration.The Mexican navy said Monday that the lab was located in Quiriego, a township in a remote part of the northern border state of Sonora.It said the 91,000…

Israel released a video late Monday showing the rescue of two hostages after Israeli forces stormed a heavily guarded apartment in the Gaza Strip.  The video, released on Israel’s official X account, shows Shayetet 13 troops in the first meeting with the rescued hostages before they were whisked away to…

About 10,000 children are still fighting alongside armed groups in Central African Republic more than a decade after civil war broke out, the government said Monday.Marthe Kirima, the minister for family and gender, said in a statement that children are still being recruited as fighters, spies, messengers, cooks and even…