A 22-year-old Swede has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison after he was convicted of stealing royal funeral artifacts said to be worth 65 million kronor ($7 million) from a Swedish cathedral last year.

Five months into South Sudan’s fragile peace, 1.5 million people are on the brink of starvation and half the population, more than six million people, are facing extreme hunger, say the United Nations and South Sudan’s government in a report issued Friday.

Mariam Musa gestured with her hand toward her mouth, twisting her face as she told of her main problem: not enough to eat or drink.

The Irish government has published legislation designed to ease the damage if Britain leaves the European Union without a deal — but says it hopes the law will never be needed.

Automakers Daimler and BMW are formally launching their joint venture in services that make it possible to use their cars without necessarily owning one.

South Korean golfer Jenny Shin snatched the lead at the LPGA Thailand with a birdie on the last hole of the second round at Siam Country Club Pattaya on Friday.

A Kenyan court has postponed a ruling on whether to decriminalize same sex relationships.

A French national appeared in court Friday in Myanmar after being arrested two weeks ago for allegedly flying a drone close to the country’s vast parliament complex.

The Russian Interior Ministry says that it has launched a money laundering probe involving the influential leader of Moldova’s Democratic Party, just two days before parliamentary elections in the former Soviet republic.

FIFA has banned Chelsea from signing players until the 2020 offseason transfer window for breaching rules covering young players.