Tough-on-crime outsider Aberaldo de la Espriella took the lead in Colombia's presidential race on Sunday night, setting up a runoff with Iván Cepeda, an ally of outgoing President Gustavo Petro.

This is the first time Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has made this accusation, which may constitute a war crime.

Rescue workers in Laos are searching for an alternative way into a flooded cave where two people have been trapped for nearly two weeks. Heavy rain has made the main entry impassable. Five of

Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed on Monday as investors monitored lingering uncertainty around U.S.-Iran negotiations.

An explosion and fire occurred at a defense company in South Korea on Monday, killing five people and injuring two others, officials said.

Fifty-five people were killed and dozens more injured when gunpowder stored for mining purposes detonated in a rebel-held village in Myanmar.

Ukraine’s attacks on Russian oil refineries set a record in May, threatening to further hurt processing that’s at a 16-year low and risking domestic fuel shortages just as summer holiday demand picks up.

It’s a slogan that’s long encapsulated the unique ability of Hugo Chávez’s fiercely nationalistic revolution to stay in power in Venezuela for 27 years: “United, we will win!” The young, the old, ruling party leaders and propagandists alike shout it at official events,