A 10-year effort to officially end the Iraq War

Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, after trying for 10 years, is on the cusp of getting Congress to repeal the authorizations that led the US into war against Iraq in the early '90s and again in the early '00s.

US restricts 6 Chinese companies tied to airships and balloons

The US Commerce Department is restricting six Chinese companies tied to the Chinese army's aerospace programs from obtaining US technology without government authorization.

Police arrest three after protest at asylum seeker hotel in England

Police in the northern England town of Knowsley, Merseyside, arrested three people on Friday after violence broke out during a protest outside a hotel used to house asylum seekers.

Hong Kong raids shop suspected of selling cat and dog meat -- 70 years after trade was banned

Authorities in Hong Kong have raided a shop suspected of selling dog and cat meat as food -- more than 70 years after the trade was outlawed.

Toronto mayor steps down after relationship with former staffer

Toronto Mayor John Tory has announced he is stepping down from his post after having a relationship with one of his former employees.

Why Kim Jong Un wants you to meet his daughter

With his young daughter at this side at two splashy military events this week, Kim Jong Un told the world two things -- the Kim family will rule North Korea for another generation and it will have the nuclear weapons to make sure no one can challenge that.

Iran frees dissident Farhad Meysami after photos of his emaciated condition cause outrage

An Iranian doctor and rights activist has been released from Tehran's infamous Evin prison one week after photographs of his severely emaciated condition emerged on social media.

Is the iPhone's 'Made in India' era about to begin?

As Apple looks beyond China to secure crucial supply chains strained by Covid lockdowns and threatened by rising geopolitical tension, India has emerged as an attractive potential alternative to the world's second largest economy.

New Zealand braces for its most intense tropical cyclone since the 1990s

New Zealand is bracing for its most intense tropical cyclone since the 1990s. Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle is heading toward the North Island just two weeks after the area was hit with record flooding.

Spain will offer citizenship to freed political prisoners from Nicaragua

Spain will offer a path to citizenship for 222 Nicaraguan political prisoners who were recently released from prison and many of whom were sent to the United States on Thursday, a spokesman for Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs told CNN.