The U.S. government on Thursday issued new sanctions aimed at depriving the Cuban government and military of "access to illicit assets."

Russia has increasingly focused its aerial attacks on small ​Ukrainian power substations, with increased drone capacity allowing it to disrupt Ukraine's grid over the past winter more than ever, data from ‌a London-based research group shows.

Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon killed at least five people Friday, while Hezbollah fired rockets on northern Israel without in inflicting any casualties. The Health Ministry in Lebanon said that an Israeli airstrike on the southern village of Toura near the port city of Tyre killed four people and wounded eight.

North Korea plans to deploy a new heavy artillery system capable of reaching Seoul along its border this year, state media reported Friday.

Miners in Myanmar have discovered a rare ruby of enormous size, considered to be the second-largest by weight ever found in the conflict-battered Southeast Asian nation, state media reported Friday. The ruby,

European equity markets ended lower on Friday, after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened new tariffs on the EU.

The bodies have not yet been recovered because continued eruptions and dangerous conditions prevented rescue teams from reaching the location.

Brazil is on track to record its lowest Amazon deforestation rates since 2012. Despite this major accomplishment, experts warn that forest degradation, driven by wildfires, logging and drought,