Leaders of the BRICS nations were meeting in New Delhi on Saturday for a summit focused on trade, investment and global conflicts, as the bloc seeks a bigger role in shaping the global agenda for emerging and developing countries.

A lightning advance by Houthi rebels threatens a crucial Red Sea shipping route. Drone attacks blamed on Iraqi militias have forced the closure of a major pipeline, and Iran is still disrupting the Strait of Hormuz.

Israel's military on Thursday said it conducted strikes that demolished a series of tunnels used by Hezbollah as a base in southern Lebanon.

Once shunned over its extremist roots, the Sweden Democrats could enter government for the first time as voters weigh immigration, crime and Sweden's political transformation.

The funeral is underway in western Uganda for a traditional monarch who ascended the throne of the Tooro Kingdom as an infant in 1995 and died last month at 34.

North Korea fired multiple short ballistic missiles toward waters off its east coast Saturday, a day after the US, South Korea and Japan wrapped up joint military exercises that Pyongyang had condemned as a threat to its security.

Every presidential administration since 2001 has chosen “to protect the Saudis,” Terry Strada told those gathered in New York.

The House is expected to take up a punishing Russian sanctions package next week, though prospects of passage are uncertain despite the overwhelming support the bill received in the Senate. The House Rules Committee has scheduled a meeting on the bill Monday,