Oil prices slipped more than 1% on Friday from multi-month highs, though they are set for their most substantial gains in years, as the risk premium surged due to a potential U.S. attack on Iran that could disrupt supplies.

European Union approved new sanctions targeting Iranian officials and designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist group over protest suppression and Russia support.

The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics are just one week away and United Nations and Games organizers are urging a 7-week global Olympic truce, calling for a pause in wars worldwide.

Two people are dead from a shooting in the Cree First Nation community of Mistissini in northern Quebec, Canada, officials said, adding that it is not considered an active shooter situation. Two men in their 30s who live in the Mistissini community were found fatally shot in a car overnight,

Uganda’s army chief accused U.S. Embassy officials of helping opposition leader Bobi Wine as he went into hiding, in an escalation of political tensions that have alarmed Ugandans days after a disputed presidential election.

Niger's military leader has accused the presidents of France, Benin, and Ivory Coast of supporting armed groups that attacked an Air Force base in the capital.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday (January 29) that he wanted to build a "sophisticated relationship" with Beijing to bolster security and the economy,

Burkina Faso’s military junta has dissolved all the political parties in the country and scrapped the laws governing them.