South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on South Sudan’s leaders to uphold the 2018 peace agreement as the country moves towards general elections scheduled for December.

The death toll from a passenger ship that capsized and sank in Indonesia's Java Sea has risen to 78, the country's National Search and Rescue Agency said on Wednesday.

A town in Germany's eastern Saxony state has approved a controversial motion to prohibit the installation of brass plaques ‌commemorating victims of Nazi persecution.

A huge gray shark named Bukangi has become an honorary mascot in South Korea’s biggest port city while slowly circling a canal where the animal has been trapped for nearly two weeks.

As former Hurricane Polo weakened over northwestern Mexico on Tuesday evening, the storm’s remnants battered the U.S. Southwest, flooding roadways and forcing residents in small New Mexico towns to evacuate over concerns about a dam failing.

In early September 2026, Egyptian young man named Abbas launched an account on a Chinese social media platform. In his profile, he proudly noted that he had been featured three times in the People's Daily. His first post was the newspaper's latest story about him.

The United States and its allies have officially ended Operation Inherent Resolve against the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.

Rejoining the European Union is one option for Britain's future relationship with Europe, said British Prime Minister Andy Burnham in a BBC interview released on Wednesday.

Israeli security agencies were investigating an incident aboard a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv after the aircraft transmitted an emergency signal and descended sharply before diverting to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily lifted restrictions on the Trump administration’s deportation of immigrants to countries other than their own, while agreeing to hear the case on its merits in December.

The United States and its allies have completed a 12-year military operation against the militant group Islamic State in Iraq, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, as US forces prepare to leave their final bases in the country by the end of the day.

Lula greets voters at campaign event in Salvador, Brazil

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says a specialised multidisciplinary team has been deployed to investigate the deaths of 11 women whose bodies have been found in Ekurhuleni since July, amid concern over a recent spate of killings.

Twin giant pandas Rui Bao and Hui Bao, born in South Korea in July 2023 and currently residing at Everland's Panda Second House, are scheduled to return to China in the third week of December, Everland said Wednesday.

In just over four months, China and the US had an exchange of head-of-state visits. It marks a historic milestone, augurs well for sound relations between the world's two largest countries, and contributes to global peace and progress.