Conservative outsider Abelardo de la Espriella, a millionaire political neophyte, will be Colombia's next president after electoral authorities on Wednesday declared him the winner of Sunday's runoff election.

The Israeli military has surrounded an underground base in Lebanon in which dozens of Hezbollah militants are trapped, Israeli officials said.

South Korea captain Son Heung-min is starting from the bench for his team's decisive Group A clash against South Africa at the FIFA World Cup on Wednesday.

Italy on Wednesday pushed back against remarks by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte that hundreds of U.S. aircraft had taken off from American bases in Italy to ​support military operations against Iran,

A independent U.N. commission said Tuesday that the Israeli military had deliberately targeted children in Gaza, amounting to genocide, and in the West Bank, amounting to war crimes. The commission of inquiry,

The leader of a secretive South Korean church was arrested on suspicion of election influence Wednesday as authorities widened an investigation into allegations that he illegally recruited thousands of followers into the conservative People Power Party.

A U.S. airstrike launched last week in northwest Syria killed a senior Islamic State leader, U.S. military officials announced Wednesday.

Massive power outages and record drownings have put extra strain on France during a record-breaking heat wave that's gripping much of Europe.