The international jury of the Venice Biennale resigned Thursday amid tensions over Russia's participation and the panel's decision to bar prizes for countries accused of crimes against humanity.

The trip comes nearly four months after U.S. forces seized Rodríguez's predecessor, Nicolás Maduro​, and his wife in a daring special forces raid.

The long-awaited trade deal between the South American bloc Mercosur and the European Union is finally on, at least provisionally. The initiative creates a trans-Atlantic market estimated at

Israeli forces intercepted and boarded the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters off Greece on Thursday, preventing it from delivering aid to Gaza and drawing international condemnation. The Israeli military,

Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to be moved to house arrest, state media reported on Thursday, more than five years after the military ousted the civilian government she led and jailed the Nobel laureate.

Syria was once a battleground, enduring 14 years of civil war. But now the country offers relative peace in a region wracked by turmoil. Syrian leaders aim to leverage their neutrality to

Lithuania’s president said his country should join a US-led naval mission in the Strait of Hormuz in a show of solidarity with Washington.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is seeking details of a short-term ceasefire Russia proposed to U.S. President Donald Trump.