Tensions rose Monday after Venezuela’s incumbent President Nicolas Maduro, 61, was declared the winner with just over half of the overall vote against Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia.

Fiber optic networks have been sabotaged in six areas in France just days after high-speed train travel was impacted by attacks around the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, police confirmed Monday.

Organizers of the Paris Olympics have apologized to Christians who were offended by a scene in the Friday opening ceremony, where drag queens portrayed artist Leonardo da Vinci’s famous mural, The Last Supper. The depiction was seen by critics as a direct affront to over 2 billion Christians worldwide.

In what is seen as another warning to the United States and its allies, at least three Russian warships have arrived in Cuban waters, Moscow’s second such maritime voyage in as many months.

Ukrainian athletes are participating in the Summer Olympics while leaving behind a nation in turmoil.

Ethiopia plunged into mourning Saturday as diggers continued their search for bodies of victims of a mudslide that reportedly killed hundreds of people.

Jordan’s King Abdullah II has dissolved the Middle East nation’s lower house of parliament ahead of new legislative elections scheduled for September at a time of growing concerns that neighboring Israel’s war against Hamas will turn into a broader regional armed conflict.

French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said Friday that the “intelligence services are mobilized” after authorities said train services in France, including the international Eurostar service, were disrupted in a “coordinated sabotage effort.”

Russian and Chinese fighter jets tested American weaknesses and nearly violated U.S. airspace as the visibly frail U.S. President Joe Biden announced he was passing the torch of power to the next generation.

Tehran has condemned a decision by the German government to ban an Iran-linked Islamic group over “extremism” and to close one of Germany’s oldest mosques.