Saudi Arabia officially became a full member of the BRICS, according to Saudi State TV on Tuesday.

Five people aboard a Japanese coastguard plane have died after their aircraft collided with a massive Japan Airlines passenger plane at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, authorities said.

The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier strike group will be returning home after being deployed to the eastern Mediterranean Sea after the war erupted in the Middle East, the US Navy says.

Japanese authorities told residents on New Year’s Day to evacuate from the west coast after deadly earthquakes prompted the nation’s meteorological agency to issue tsunami warnings for the coastal prefectures of Ishikawa, Niigata, and Toyama.

Ukraine was preparing for an unhappy New Year on Sunday after coming under massive Russian air strikes that killed scores of people. The attacks come as the president of Ukraine struggles to maintain the gigantic Western support needed to stand up against Russia’s military, which invaded his country in February 2022.

A tense calm returned Sunday to Serbia’s capital after thousands of people rallied there in the biggest protest yet against hardline President Aleksandar Vucic, who they accuse of orchestrating fraud in this month’s parliamentary and municipal elections.

Seeking to inflict more death and destruction ahead of the New Year, Russia launched a massive barrage of cruise missiles and drones Friday against Ukraine, killing more than a dozen people, authorities said.

Iran and Russia have reached a deal to conduct trade using their own national currencies, bypassing the U.S. dollar, according to reports from Iran’s state media on Wednesday.

The United Nations agency UNHCR has appealed for the protection of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in Indonesia after a large crowd of students stormed a convention center housing hundreds of Rohingya in the city of Banda Aceh.

On Wednesday, the Biden administration revealed its plan to provide Ukraine with a new weapons package worth $250 million. This announcement comes amid a standoff in Congress over additional funding for Ukraine as Republican lawmakers are insisting on linking any foreign aid to measures for strengthening the border.

A nuclear arms confrontation between Iran and Israel and its allies has come closer after confirmation that Tehran tripled production of nearly weapons-grade uranium, Worthy News established Wednesday.

Wolfgang Schäuble, the Christian Democratic politician who helped lead Europe’s largest economy through the worst financial challenges since World War Two, has died at the age of 81, his family said.

The UK’s Conservative government last week published draft guidelines indicating that schools in England should tell the parents if a child wants to change their gender identity, Politico reports.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has condemned Colorado’s recent decision to remove former U.S. President Donald J. Trump from their ballot before the 2024 presidential elections.

A military standoff in one of the world’s key waterways escalated Wednesday after the United States confirmed it shot down drones and missiles over the southern Red Sea fired from Yemen by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.