A South Korean court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison Friday in the first verdict from eight criminal trials over the martial law debacle that forced him out of office and other allegations.

More than 4.7 million social media accounts belonging to Australians under the age of 16 have been removed since the nation's new social media youth ban went into effect last month, Canberra announced Friday.

Faced with new global challenges, the leaders of China and Canada pledged Friday to improve relations between their two nations after years of acrimony. Xi Jinping told visiting Prime Minister Mark Carney that he is willing to continue working to improve ties,

The Trump administration said Wednesday the Gaza peace plan is moving into the next phase, which it said "begins the full demilitarization and reconstruction of Gaza." "Today, on behalf of President Trump,

Nearly 300 South Korean firefighters were deployed on Friday (January 16) to fight a major fire in a deprived area of the upmarket Gangnam district of southern Seoul, a fire official said. Devastated residents watched their homes burn as the fire tore through a densely packed hillside area known as Guryong Village.

The U.S. Court of Appeals vacated a previous order on Jan. 15 that secured Khalil’s release from detention and temporarily blocked his deportation.

Vote counting was underway Friday in Uganda’s tense presidential election, which was held a day earlier amid an internet shutdown, voting delays and complaints by an opposition leader who said some of his polling agents had been detained by the authorities.

Bushra Mahnoor remembers the shame she felt when she had her period as a teen and did not have the supplies she needed. Today she leads a campaign to lower prices for pads in Pakistan.