The United States on Thursday issued sanctions against Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, the country's military and Castro family members.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting Thursday with heads of foreign media news agencies on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to engage with him directly to end the war.

Hungary agreed to drop its opposition to opening the formal access talks but is still opposed to the fast-track membership process that Ukraine says it needs as protection from Russia.

The SAVE America Act, a far-reaching Republican election overhaul that President Trump said should be his congressional allies' top priority, has failed in the Senate.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced a new AI strategy that will guide Canada's next five years of legislation and infrastructure investment. While the new "AI for All" plan is slightly more focused on the impact the technology will have on normal people than President Donald Trump's similar framework for the US,

The Somalian military and opposition militias opposed to extending the president of the country's term skirmished Thursday in its capital.

Labour mayor Andy Burnham signalled on Thursday he would run in any leadership race against Prime Minister Keir Starmer, saying that if ​he won a local election later this month he would ‌seek to join any challenge against the British leader.