An Australian magistrate says a man who set fire to a Melbourne synagogue door while worshippers were inside was motivated by mental illness rather than antisemitism.

Philippine authorities have detained seven suspects and several more were being sought in a major corruption scandal involving flood control projects.

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A proposed peace plan for Ukraine led by the United States has been met with anguish by many Ukrainians, who fear a post-war amnesty for Russian forces would erase accountability for alleged atrocities.

The killing of a Bedouin couple in Syria’s Homs province has triggered renewed sectarian tensions.

For years, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, along with many climate experts, had high hopes for the U.N. climate talks that just finished in Brazil.

Fifty of the 303 schoolchildren abducted from a Catholic school in Nigeria’s Niger state have escaped and are now with their families.

Poorer nations at the Group of 20 summit in South Africa have urged world leaders to address climate action and debt issues affecting the developing world.

An Israeli airstrike has struck Beirut for the first time since June.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says Japan has “crossed a red line” with comments by the country’s new leader suggesting a potential military intervention over Taiwan.