Rescinding the designation could help enable Syria’s reintegration into the global economy as it recovers from a nearly 14-year civil war.

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a seven-year prison term for former President Yoon Suk Yeol for obstructing justice by blocking investigators from detaining him in the wake of his failed martial law bid in 2024.

Asian shares climbed on Thursday as semiconductors got a respite from heavy selling, though ​gains were capped by a surge in oil prices as a resumption of hostilities in the Gulf reignited ‌inflation fears and hammered bonds.

President Donald Trump and his South Korean counterpart Lee Jae Myung agreed to deepen their partnership on military shipbuilding and continue working-level talks on the issue.

The contest to lead Britain’s Labour Party officially kicks off on Thursday. The victor will replace Sir Keir Starmer as prime minister, since Labour has a large majority in the House of Commons. Candidates have a week to drum up nominations from 20% of Labour members of Parliament and from at least three of the party’s affiliated trade unions (or two unions plus one of Labour’s “socialist societies”).

The day after a court decided the far-right leader Marine Le Pen could run for office again, cheers and boos met her campaign kickoff in a rural stronghold.

A landslide caused by monsoon rains killed at least five children as it swept through an Islamic school at a camp for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh’s southeastern Cox’s Bazar district, a fire official said.

The doctor allegedly killed 12 women and three men between 2021 and 2024. He allegedly set fire to some of the victims' apartments to cover up the killings.