Police in Pakistan said on January 13 that they busted an organ-trafficking ring when a missing 14-year-old boy was found in an underground lab after having one of his kidneys removed.
A Russian newspaper says Kremlin political advisers are laying the groundwork for Russian President Vladimir Putin to run for reelection next year amid speculation about his political intentions.
A dozen people were taken to the hospital and several homes were evacuated due to an ammonia leak in the Serbian industrial town of Pancevo, authorities said.
Turkmenistan's former president, Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, who handed his post to his son Serdar Berdymukhammedov last year and currently leads the upper chamber of the parliament, plans to reform the parliament structure, apparently aiming to become the paramount leader of the country.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on January 13 called for closer cooperation between the European Union and the African Union to respond to crises in the world, including Russia's invasion of Ukraine, climate change, and food shortages.