A mayoral candidate was shot dead in Mexico’s southwestern state of Guerrero Thursday as Mexicans prepared for local and national votes in which they were likely to elect the nation’s first female president amid massive killings.

Fourteen pro-democracy activists were convicted in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case to date, raising concerns that the territory is losing its autonomy to mainland China faster than expected.

The foreign ministers of the NATO military alliance gathered in Prague on Thursday for a two-day meeting amid concerns that Western attempts to halt Russia’s aggression in Ukraine are undermined by Hungary’s perceived pro-Russian stance.

Iran says it is mobilizing regional forces to attack Israel and its allies as it seeks to continue the policies of the Islamic Republic’s president and foreign minister, who recently died in a helicopter crash.

There is uncertainty over whether outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will become the next secretary general of the NATO military alliance, with Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia opposing the move.

Former Dutch intelligence chief and political outsider Dick Schoof was appointed as prime minister Tuesday for a coalition cabinet dominated by the anti-Islam Party for Freedom (PVV).

The World Health Organization (WHO) has admitted that it has been unable to roll out its controversial pandemic-related treaty that critics say would increase the organization’s powers in case of another international health crisis.

European diplomats suggest that U.S. President Joe Biden appears “unwilling” to pressure Iran over revelations that it has expanded its stockpile of enriched uranium to nearly weapons-grade levels.

Continuing the destruction of the Armenian Christian heritage in Azerbaijan, Muslim Azerbaijani authorities have destroyed the 19th century St. John the Baptist Church in the town of Shushi and are building a mosque in the village of Karintak where the church once was, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.

Taiwan’s embattled President Lai Ching-te has offered “cooperation” and “goodwill” towards China after Beijing held threatening war games nearly encircling the democratically ruled island nation.

An Italian anti-fascist activist, who allegedly participated in attacks against suspected “neo-Nazis,” was released from a high-security prison in Hungary’s capital and placed under house arrest, Italian sources told Worthy News.

Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has released a desperate video urging world leaders to attend a “peace summit” next month in Switzerland. He spoke after a deadly Russian attack on a supermarket in Kharkiv on Saturday killed at least 14 people and injured scores more.

Rescue efforts continued Sunday as the death toll of Papua New Guinea’s massive landslide in a remote village rose to 670, U.N. officials said.

Much of India plunged into mourning Sunday with authorities confirming that seven newborn babies lost their lives after their New Delhi neonatal clinic was engulfed in flames.

Survivors of arguably the worst aircraft turbulence in recent years are recovering in a Bangkok hospital, with some facing life-changing realities.