Authorities have shut down streets, airspace and daily life for the mourning, which began Saturday and will end Thursday as the 86-year-old Khamenei is buried at the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad, his birthplace.

Cuba suffered a nationwide blackout on Monday as it faces an ongoing energy crisis, worsened by an effective US blockade on fuel shipments.

Representatives for Prince Harry and Buckingham Palace offered competing statements Monday on whether the prince would stay in the royal residence.

Hamas announced Monday that it has dissolved its government in Gaza, a mostly symbolic statement that included no mention of disarmament.

The Russian Bear-F plane "repeatedly approached" the HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier, flying "unnecessarily close" and dropping sonar devices, according to the U.K.'s defense ministry.

French President Emmanuel Macron is on a two-day visit to Syria, making him the first European Union leader to visit the country since the fall of the Assad regime.

Nigel Farage is facing mounting scrutiny over undeclared financial gifts including a 5 million pound donation from a Thailand-based cryptocurrency billionaire. The leader of anti-immigration

Ezra Jin Mingri was suddenly released in a diplomatic breakthrough, but eight other Zion Church leaders remain behind bars.