Palestinians in Gaza watched with hope and impatience Sunday as workers laid the groundwork to reopen the territory's Rafah border crossing with Egypt, its lifeline to the world. Israel says the crossing is scheduled to resume Monday as its ceasefire with Hamas moves ahead.

China executed four people found guilty of causing the deaths of six Chinese citizens and running scam and gambling operations out of Myanmar worth more than $4 billion, authorities said on Monday. The Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court in south China announced the executions in a statement Monday morning,

Iran's supreme leader warned Sunday that any attack by the United States would spark a "regional war" in the Mideast, further escalating tensions as President Donald Trump has threatened to militarily strike the Islamic Republic.

Militant attacks erupted in a resource-rich region where Pakistan is seeking to attract foreign investment in mining and minerals.

From a minister resigning in Slovakia to questions about India’s relationship with Israel, the Epstein files are reverberating globally.

The eldest son of Norway’s crown princess will go on trial this week on multiple charges including rape, a high-profile case that has been an embarrassment to the royal family. Marius Borg

One of the Oscar-nominated screenwriters of the Iranian drama “It Was Just an Accident” has been arrested in Tehran just weeks before the Academy Awards. Representatives for the film on Sunday said that Mehdi Mahmoudian was arrested Saturday.

A Kremlin official says President Trump is "really trying" to end the Ukraine war as Moscow views renewed diplomatic talks with Washington as productive.