Peru will join the U.S.-led Shield of the Americas security coalition, President Keiko Fujimori said after meeting Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

"We're lucky that we have law enforcement that are really working around the clock to identify threats early," Hoffman said. They vow to continue that work today, tomorrow and 15

A Hong Kong court is set to sentence Friday three activists who for years organized vigils in remembrance of China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, in a case that is widely seen as a barometer of the city's freedoms as Beijing clamps down on dissent.

The cause of the fire is not known, but the neighborhood where the fire started is densely populated and most houses are made out of wood, according to local neighborhood administrator Moïse Lubala.

Several ⁠people have ​been killed ‌and several ‌others ⁠injured in ⁠a bus crash in ​the Alpine ​village of Susch ⁠in eastern ⁠Switzerland, ⁠police said ​on Thursday. Emergency response ​teams ⁠were dispatched ⁠to the site of the accident ⁠involving a travel coach,

Oil landed just short of $109 a barrel late Thursday afternoon, some $8 higher over yesterday as markets see the intractability of the US-Israel war with Iran — given Donald Trump’s inability to extract his country and Iran’s unwillingness to cede the Strait of Hormuz — as auguring poorly for energy prices going forward.

Brazil’s Supreme Court canceled a second consecutive session of deliberations on Thursday, a rare step that highlights its deep institutional and political crisis. Suspicions of graft,

Algeria announced Thursday that it’s severing diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates, in a Foreign Ministry statement reported by state media. The media reports gave no single or specific reason for the decision but said the statement cited alleged “provocative and hostile actions” by the Gulf state and “regrettable and unjustified behavior.