Japan issued a stern rebuke to Moscow after the Russian president visited a chain of islands at the center of a territorial dispute between neighbors.

Clashes between Iran-backed Houthi rebels and government forces in Yemen raged overnight Thursday as renewed violence continues to spread and feed growing fears that the country's civil war could reignite and create a new front in the Middle East war.

Hopes of finding more survivors from the powerful earthquake that rocked Colombia early this week were fading on Thursday as rescue workers narrowed ​their searches, while families in the worst-hit areas waited for news of missing relatives.

Putin threatened to seize European vessels from the Russian Black Sea to the Pacific as Ukraine's drone attack crippled Novorossiysk grain terminals.

Zambians have begun casting their votes in a presidential election that will test whether President Hakainde Hichilema’s economic reforms were enough to overcome widespread frustration over the cost of living.

For 30 minutes, the internet in parts of Taiwan crawled. The slowdown Thursday for people in the capital, Taipei, and six other cities and localities was part of the last phase of the island's annual Han Kuang exercises,

The International Energy Agency said global oil demand is set to fall further than previously expected this year. Deadly attacks on vessels in the Gulf of Oman and the Red Sea have pushed worries over supply disruptions up another notch.

Police said the blast at Europe’s biggest port happened late Thursday morning and that a crime scene has been set up to try to establish what caused it.