The doors to Samoa's Parliament House were intentionally locked on Monday morning when Fiame Naomi Mata'afa went to be sworn in as the first female prime minister. Ms. Mata'afa's party held its own swearing-in under a tent erected right outside.

Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the World Health Organization, warned of vaccine nationalism and inequity in an address to international leaders on Monday.

Charles Michel, president of the European Council, called the forced grounding of a Ryanair passenger flight by a Belarus fighter jet an 'international scandal.'

Mount Nyiragongo in the Democratic Republic of Congo erupted on Saturday for the first time in nearly two decades. Lava engulfed a major highway in Goma, home to nearly two million, as residents were evacuated.

The Italian rock band spoke with reporters Saturday night after winning the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest with its song 'Zitti E Buoni.' It was the first in-person global cultural event to be held since the pandemic hit.

Standing next to the leader of South Korea at the White House on Friday, President Biden said he was 'deeply concerned' about the nuclear threat from North Korea and said he wouldn't repeat the mistakes of past administrations.

President Biden awarded Col. Ralph Puckett Jr., a 93-year-old Korean War hero, the Medal of Honor on Friday. The ceremony was done in conjunction with a visit by the president of South Korea.

Celebrations broke out in Gaza after Israel and Hamas agreed to a cease-fire on Thursday. The truce comes after more than 10 days of fighting that has taken hundreds of lives.

At a special meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, Secretary General António Guterres called for a halt to the fighting between Israel and Hamas. He cited more than 200 Palestinian deaths, including 60 children, since the conflict started.

Bombings in Gaza eased overnight amid expectations that a cease-fire could be coming.