With the Iran war now at a costly standoff and crises from Ukraine to Gaza still unresolved, President Donald Trump's ambitious foreign policy agenda appears stuck as he heads into November's midterm elections.

An 18-year-old with a sword attacked a school Friday in central Sweden, killing one person and seriously injuring two others, a police chief said. Police Chief Tommy Alriksson told a news conference that the 18-year-old perpetrator at the school in the central town of Fagersta had been arrested.

The probe of Guo Degang highlights China’s stricter controls and censorship of the entertainment and arts industries, where performers and artists have to navigate an environment where “red lines” are often unclear and shifting.

Somali pirates have hijacked an oil tanker off Yemen, marking a resurgence in piracy. A Somali maritime security official says six armed pirates seized the Eritrean-flagged M.T. Sibu 1 on

"The ‌petition seeks action against the prime minister, law minister, information minister" and other government ⁠officials, said ⁠Naeem Panjutha, a legal advisor for the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, adding it ​also calls for Khan's treatment at the private hospital ordered by the court.

Years after Hong Kong’s annual vigil for the Tiananmen Square crackdown ended, former organizer Tang Ngok-kwan still discreetly visits former memorial sites in the city

The Central African Republic is one of more than 30 countries the U.S. government has convinced to accept third-country deportees arrested as part of President Trump's large-scale crackdown on illegal immigration.

Beijing declined to criticize N. Korea after Pyongyang launched more than 10 ballistic missiles shortly after China's foreign minister left Seoul.