Ontario Premier Doug Ford has installed a large sign on Canada's shoreline stating 'Lake Ontario. Now and Always,' responding to U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to rename the shared waterway as Lake America, according to the BBC.
U.S. immigration officials arrested far-right British commentator Milo Yiannopoulos in New Orleans on Thursday and deported him to the United Kingdom on Friday, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Former Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno has been sentenced to five years in prison for bribery, according to Ecuador's National Court of Justice.
Norway’s new King Haakon VIII paid tribute to his late father, Harald V, during his first public speech as monarch, according to Al Jazeera and WRAL.
Anger is growing in Nepal’s Nuwakot district over the government’s response to a flash flood that devastated the area near the Nepal-Tibet border on Wednesday, according to Al Jazeera reporter Barnaby Lo.
Norway's new King Haakon VIII honored his late father in his first public remarks following his ascension to the throne, describing the emotional experience of mourning with the nation. 'My dear father,' he said, according to the BBC.
Israeli attacks across Gaza have killed two people and damaged a hospital supply warehouse, according to Al Jazeera.
In mid-June, 99 Colombian guerrilla fighters laid down their arms in a symbolic gesture of peace, but now face an uncertain future under a new government. According to The Guardian.
King Harald V of Norway, known as 'the whole country’s grandfather,' has died at the age of 89, according to official reports. He is succeeded immediately by his son, now King Haakon VIII.
Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb general convicted of genocide for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, has died at the age of 84 in a UN detention center in The Hague, according to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).
Iran’s leaders have acknowledged the mounting economic damage of six months of war with the United States, according to Al Jazeera.
Ninety-nine ex-guerrilla fighters in Colombia laid down arms in June, but now fear what the new hardline president will do with them, according to The Guardian.
King Harald V of Norway has died at age 89, bringing to an end a 35-year reign. His death was announced on August 28 by the Norwegian Royal House.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has affirmed that oil trade will continue despite U.S. sanctions and military actions. The U.S. has long targeted Venezuela due to its vast oil reserves, which are the largest in the world at over 300 billion barrels, according to Statista.
Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to avoid a direct military confrontation with NATO despite increasingly hostile rhetoric directed at the UK and other allies over their support for Ukraine, according to Western officials.