The British government released new documents revealing that Prime Minister Keir Starmer knew his pick for U.S. ambassador had risky ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. NBC News’ Hala Gorani details what the British government said and new revelations about Peter Mandelson's relationship with Epstein.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected a munitions factory that produces light arms, state-run media reported Thursday, where he test-fired newly developed pistols alongside his daughter Ju Ae.

China passed a law on a "shared" national identity among the country's 55 ethnic ‌minority groups on Thursday, a move critics say will further erode the identity of people who are not majority Han Chinese and risk making anyone challenging that "unity" a separatist punishable by law.

The men were Norwegian citizens of Iraqi origin who were not previously known to police, police prosecutor Christian Hatlo said.

Member countries of the International Energy Agency unanimously agreed Wednesday to release 400 million barrels of oil into the global market – the largest release of emergency oil stocks in history – in a drastic move aimed at shoring up crude supplies and capping a surge in prices caused by the conflict in the Middle East.

A Moscow court has convicted 19 people over the 2024 Crocus City Hall shooting that killed 149 and injured more than 600 people.

Explosions shook Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, from Wednesday night into Thursday morning as Israel unleashed a wave of attacks that it said targeted Hezbollah.

China is signaling it will stay focused on technology and economic growth, even as U.S. tensions with Iran rise. On Thursday, China’s parliament approved a new five-year plan that puts advances