A man who is wanted in Colombia and Ecuador for the assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in Quito in 2023 was arrested in Mexico and transferred to Colombia, authorities said Wednesday.

Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to temporarily suspend fighting during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, both countries announced days after dozens were killed at a Kabul drug rehabilitation hospital.

Costa Rica on Wednesday closed its embassy in Havana and told Cuba's Communist government to pull its diplomats from Costa Rica.

A Chinese province has intensified a crackdown on fentanyl precursor trafficking, an issue that strained U.S.-China relations and prompted tariffs on imports from China. State media reported

Asia is expected to import a record volume of fuel oil from Russia in March ​after the U.S. eased sanctions, shipping data showed as of Thursday, ahead of expected tighter supplies from next ‌month caused by the U.

Samsung Electronics Co. plans to spend more than 110 trillion won ($73.3 billion) on capital expenditure and research in 2026, reflecting expansions in memory chip capacity as well as exploration into fields such as AI.

Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei took power after his father Ali Khamenei was killed in an Israeli strike, but Israeli intelligence says he lacks real control over the regime.

China, which has not ruled out the use of force against the Beijing-claimed island democracy, prefers to achieve unification without it, U.S. intelligence agencies said.