The far-right lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella was sworn in as president of Colombia Friday amid tight security at a ceremony at a university in Cali.

American intelligence assessments indicate Russia could be increasingly willing to authorize provocative actions on NATO territory, with a goal of testing the alliance, U.S. officials told CBS News.

A shooting at a school north of Bangkok left five teachers dead and more than 30 people injured on Friday after a teen gunman opened fire before turning the weapon on himself, in one of the country’s deadliest such incidents in recent years.

Chief among President Trump’s reasons for launching the war in Iran was preventing it from building a nuclear weapon. More than five months in, officials and experts say, the conflict may have slowed Iran’s nuclear program but not stopped it.

Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has dwindled to 33 vessels from Monday to Thursday this week, data showed, ​versus 50 in the week-ago period, as markets watched talks ‌between Iran and Oman for signs of progress in reopening the key waterway.

Norway's soccer federation wants Gianni Infantino to step down immediately, piling more pressure on FIFA's embattled president Friday. Infantino is facing a revolt after his failed plan to sell stakes in the World Cup.

Officials from Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a new defense pact Friday, setting new stakes for conflict in the Middle East.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his counterpart Sergey Lavrov met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday, as Russia and Ukraine discuss U.S.