RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — More Brazilians declared they are biracial than white last year, the country’s statistics agency said on Friday, citing data from its most recent census.Agency IBGE said in a statement that about 92.1 million people — which is about 45.3% of the country’s population — consider…

With the help of Israel’s specialized canine unit, Oketz, soldiers discovered and raided a tunnel built by Hamas terrorists in the southern part of Gaza City, an IDF spokesperson said on Friday.Video released by the IDF in an X post Friday showed the military’s four-legged unit hard at work.The video…

Former Tourism Secretary Najib Balala of Kenya has been charged alongside two others in a large-scale corruption case.Balala stands accused of defrauding tens of millions of dollars in inflated costs for a hospitality college’s construction.Balala has denied the charges.Kenya’s anti-corruption commission Friday charged the country’s former tourism minister and two…

France completed its withdrawal of troops from Niger on Friday.Niger severed ties with France and other Western-allied nations after its government transitioned from democratic rule to a military junta over the summer.Elected President Mohamed Bazoum has been under indefinite house arrest since his government was overthrown.France on Friday completed the…

Another vessel has been hijacked near the coast of Somalia, a British sea trade monitoring agency said Friday, raising more concerns that Somali pirates are active again, nearly a decade after they caused chaos for international shipping.A dhow trading vessel was seized by heavily armed people near the town of…

Christmas has come early for hundreds of lucky ticket holders in Spain as they are set to share the spoils of the world’s largest lottery, totaling $2.86 billion.Known as “El Gordo,” meaning “the fat one,” fortuitous players with the number 88008 each won 400,000 euros ($440,000) in the top prize…

Authorities in southern Greece have rescued 81 people stranded on a ship south of the mainland, on a route frequently used to take migrants illegally to Italy, local officials said Friday.GREECE TO INVESTIGATE HANDLING OF MASS-CASUALTY MIGRANT BOAT WRECKMunicipal officials in the southern Greek port of Kalamata said the city…

French authorities grounded a flight from the United Arab Emirates to Nicaragua carrying 303 Indian passengers after receiving a tip that it could be carrying victims of human trafficking, prosecutors said Friday.Special investigators are questioning all those aboard and two people are in custody pending further examination, the Paris prosecutor’s…

The Police of the Czech Republic released bodycam footage on Friday showing the moment officers arrested a suspect they say admitted to being “inspired” by the Prague mass shooter and “wanted to buy a gun and also kill.” The development comes as police say they have boosted security at schools and…

The United Nations Security Council voted Friday to approve a United Arab Emirates-sponsored resolution demanding a humanitarian pause in the Israel-Hamas war.A vote on the resolution was previously scheduled for 5 p.m. Monday, but was delayed to try to avoid another veto by the United States. The resolution passed Friday, in…