The last major nuclear arms control treaty between Russia and the United States expires on Thursday, ushering in an era without constraints set by the world’s largest nuclear powers

Boko Haram Islamist militants killed 75 in attacks on two villages in the Nigerian state of Kwara on Tuesday after locals rejected calls to surrender.

The U_S_ has announced an additional $6 million in aid for Cuba as the island’s crisis deepens and tensions escalate between the two countries, with Cuba’s president accusing the U_S_ of an “energy blockade.

The U.S. military said it killed two people in a strike on a suspected drug vessel in the Eastern Pacific on Thursday.

After hit men targeted the home of a prison manager in June, investigators say, the schemes of a criminal network involving the police unraveled.

Oil on Thursday gave back its gains from a day earlier, trading lower for the week, ahead of [nuclear talks in Oman](

An Israeli court has indicted a brother of the chief of Israel’s security service on charges of smuggling tens of thousands of dollars worth of cigarettes into war-ravaged Gaza Strip at a time

Colombian media outlets reported that businessman Alex Saab, an alleged front man for former President Nicolás Maduro, was captured in Venezuela.