Russia’s main Kremlin party, United Russia, was dominating the country’s first wartime parliamentary election, according to early returns released Monday from a tightly controlled election virtually devoid of opposition to President Vladimir Putin’s policies.

The president vacillated but decided on Sunday not to join Saudi Arabia, for now, in joint strikes against the Houthis in Yemen. But he also needs the kingdom’s cooperation in his war against Iran.

Seven opposition groups in Ethiopia have announced the formation of an alliance to remove the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, according to an announcement made on Sunday.

South African police have arrested three people over the death of a woman whose body was found east ​of Johannesburg last week, after a spate of femicides reignited ‌public anger over violence against women.

China expelled two former top generals from the Communist Party, accusing them of political disloyalty and taking massive bribes as President Xi Jinping presses ahead with a sweeping purge of the armed forces.

Amnesty International has accused M23 rebels in eastern Congo of abuses and unlawful killings of miners while trafficking minerals to Rwanda, in what it said could amount to war crimes

Pope Leo XIV opens a four-day visit to France this weekend that is expected to touch on church teaching about the value of all human life

The British military says an “unknown projectile” struck a tanker as it entered the Strait of Hormuz. Two crew members sustained minor injuries in Monday’s attack as the ship headed to