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Iran's president says moving capital from Tehran 'unavoidable' due to mounting water crisis

Iran's president said relocating the nation's capital from Tehran is likely unavoidable due to a severe water crisis resulting from overpopulation and a dwindling supply.

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Ex-French President Sarkozy to publish prison memoir as appeal looms

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will publish a book about his recent time behind bars, titled "Diary of a Prisoner," on Dec. 10, his publisher Fayard announced Friday. The house is part of the media group controlled by conservative billionaire Vincent Bollore.

France will investigate Musk's Grok chatbot after Holocaust denial claims

France's government is taking action against billionaire Elon Musk 's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok after it generated French-language posts that questioned the use of gas chambers at Auschwitz, officials said.

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WHO declares end of Indonesia's poliovirus outbreak following yearslong vaccination campaign

The World Health Organization has declared Indonesia's polio outbreak officially over, following nearly three years of intensive response efforts, officials said Friday.

Iran rejects U.N. atomic agency's resolution and threatens more reprisal actions

Iran's foreign ministry called a resolution by the U.N. atomic watchdog's board of governors "anti-Iranian" and threatened unspecified retaliatory actions, state media reported on Friday.