President of the Canary Islands Fernando Clavijo has clashed with the national government over the cruise ship's planned arrival.

The criticism of the pontiff's stance on Iran highlighted what Vatican officials have described as an unprecedented low in relations with the United States.

A 13-year-old student admitted carrying out the attack at the public school Instituto Sao Jose in Rio Branco, officials said.

Zelenskyy rebuked Moscow for what he said was its "utter cynicism" in launching the attacks after Russia announced a unilateral ceasefire over two days later this week.

Global shares are mostly higher and oil prices have fallen as hopes rise for progress in ending the war with Iran. South Korea’s Kospi soared nearly 7% to a fresh record as Samsung

Sweden is investigating a tanker that is suspected of being part of the sanctioned Russian “shadow fleet,” according to the Scandinavian country’s civil defense minister. The Swedish Coast Guard said it boarded and detained the Jin Hui on Sunday on suspicion of flying a false flag while transiting Swedish waters.

Imprisoned Nobel Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi was being examined by Iranian government-appointed medical experts Wednesday for the second time since she was hospitalized last week, a move her brother said he hopes would lead to her transfer to a hospital in Tehran.

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da ​Silva plans to discuss tariffs and cooperation ‌in fighting organized crime at a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in ​Washington on Thursday, Brazilian Finance Minister ​Dario Durigan said.