The Ukrainian air force says Russian forces have launched an overnight drone and missile attack on Ukraine.

The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda are set to sign a peace deal facilitated by the U.S. to help end the decadeslong deadly fighting in eastern Congo.

Iran's top diplomat says new nuclear talks with the U.S. are unlikely soon, citing complications from recent American military strikes.

Thailand has started banning the sale of cannabis to those without a prescription, three years after becoming the first country in Asia to decriminalize the plant.

U.S. President Donald Trump says the U.S. has signed an agreement with China on trade and expects to soon have a deal with India.

Global shares are mostly higher as the week winds down with the Israel-Iran ceasefire still in place and news that China and the U.S. have made progress on a trade deal.

Police have detained six Americans in South Korea for allegedly trying to send 1,600 plastic bottles filled with rice, U.S. dollars bills and Bibles toward North Korea by sea.

Ever since Ecuador’s most notorious gang leader vanished from his prison cell in January 2024, the mystery of his whereabouts has been the buzz of the nation.

Brazil’s Supreme Court agreed on Thursday on details of a decision to hold social media companies liable for what their users post, clearing the way for it go into effect within weeks.

Lalo Schifrin, the composer who wrote the endlessly catchy theme for “Mission: Impossible” and more than 100 other arrangements for film and television, has died.

Suspended Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco has been found guilty of sexually abusing a child.

Guatemala and Honduras have signed agreements with the U.S. to accept asylum-seekers from other countries.

Nearly every Windows user has had a run-in with the infamous “Blue Screen of Death” at some point in their computing life.

The big question following U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran’s nuclear program is: What remains of it.

Anna Lucia Amorim’s life was turned upside by breast cancer and the 63-year-old from Rio de Janeiro state fell into a deep depression, sometimes struggling to get out of bed.

The deep penetrating bombs that the U.S. dropped into two Iranian nuclear facilities were designed specifically for those sites and were the result of more than 15 years of intelligence and weapons design work.

Details of the wedding in Venice between Amazon multi-billionaire Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez are sketchy, but there are some numbers that can be shared.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has responded sharply to U.S. government sanctions to block transfers from three Mexican financial institutions, saying Washington hasn’t shown evidence of its allegations of money laundering.

Palestinian hospital officials say an Israeli airstrike has hit a street in central Gaza, killing 18 people.

Protests erupt in Togo's capital Lomé as President Faure Gnassingbé faces criticism over constitutional changes that could extend his rule indefinitely.

President Donald Trump’s call for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial to be thrown out has plunged the American leader into one of Israel’s most heated debates, unnerving many in its political class just days after they unanimously praised his strikes on Iran.

In the 50-plus years of James Bond, the wait between films has never gone longer than six years.

The Vatican Museums has unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms.

Pentagon leaders have laid out new details about military tactics and explosives to bolster their argument that U.S. attacks had destroyed key Iranian nuclear facilities.

A large wildfire has broken out south of Athens, forcing evacuations and road closures near the ancient Temple of Poseidon.

Ukrainian forces claim to have stopped Russia’s advance into the northern Sumy region, stabilizing the front line near the border.

Sixteen people have died in Kenya following nationwide protests on Wednesday against police brutality and poor governance.

The European Union is reassessing its ties with China strained relations with the United States.

Issey Miyake’s menswear line has returned to Paris Fashion Week with a dazzling show at the Cartier Foundation.

There have been many memorable moments in the 80-year history of the United Nations at its headquarters in New York and at its far-flung global operations.

A double-decker bus carrying high school students has plunged into a river in southern England.

Former CEO of Barclays Bank Jes Staley has lost his legal challenge against a U.K. financial regulator's decision to ban him from senior financial roles.

The Senate parliamentarian has advised that a Medicaid provider tax overhaul central to President Donald Trump’s tax cut and spending bill does not adhere to the chamber’s procedural rules, delivering a crucial blow as Republicans rush to finish the package this week.

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An explosion and the stampede that followed at a high school in the Central African Republic have killed at least 29 students and injured more than 250.

The first astronauts in more than 40 years from India, Poland and Hungary have arrived at the International Space Station, ferried there by SpaceX on a private flight.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says his country has delivered a "slap to America’s face” with its strike on an American base in Qatar and warned against any further U.S. attacks on Iran.

Oprah Winfrey is among the celebrities who has arrived in Venice for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez's star-studded weekend wedding.

Cambodia’s powerful former leader Hun Sen and Thailand’s prime minister have made separate visits to border areas.

Torrential storms in France caused two deaths, flooded Paris streets and created a leak in parliament’s roof that interrupted a prime minister’s speech.

The families of hostages held in Gaza have faced a 20-month-long nightmare.

Officials in Myanmar have destroyed nearly $300 million worth of illegal drugs with massive drug-burning ceremonies taking place in cities like Yangon, Mandalay, and Taunggyi.

Vietnam has lifted the death penalty for eight crimes in legal reforms that may spare the life of a real estate tycoon imprisoned in the country’s largest financial fraud case.

British oil giant Shell is denying reports that it is in talks to buy rival BP.

Greenland is covered in ice and snow, and its locals retreat indoors for most of the year.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has signed a controversial labor reform into law, delivering a significant increase in worker protections.

U.S. stocks ran up to the edge of another record.

European Union leaders are calling for greater efforts to help meet Ukraine’s pressing military needs.

A leaked intelligence memo contradicting President Donald Trump's assessment of U.S. strikes on Iran is the latest conflict with a part of the federal government he views with deep suspicion.

Sydney’s harbor becomes a humpback highway in winter as the whales migrate from feeding grounds in Antarctica to breeding areas off Australia’s coast.

Authorities in Ecuador have recaptured fugitive drug trafficker José Adolfo Macías, also known as “Fito,” more than a year after his prison escape.

Denis Villeneuve is going from “Dune” to Bond.

People across the country are still learning about Zohran Mamdani, who stunned the political world and is poised to become the Democratic nominee for NYC mayor after sweeping past Andrew Cuomo.

President Donald Trump is harshly criticizing CNN and The New York Times for reporting on an initial defense assessment of the U.S. bombing of Iran nuclear sites.

NATO’s summit in the Netherlands has been described as “transformational” and “historic.”.

Former Arizona newscaster Kari Lake, picked by President Donald Trump to manage Voice of America and the agency overseeing it, told a congressional committee that they were rotten to the core and should be scrapped.

A new chapter in U.S.-Iran relations is about to be written, whether for the better or the even worse.

Many Iranians are still reeling from the 12-day war with Israel and a sudden, U.S.-brokered ceasefire.

The bombing has quieted in Iran’s 12-day conflict with Israel, but the battle over the future of Tehran is likely to soon begin.

Zohran Mamdani had been a state lawmaker unknown even to most New Yorkers before announcing his run for mayor.

Getty Images has dropped copyright infringement allegations from its lawsuit against artificial intelligence company Stability AI.

New legislation in Congress would block Chinese artificial intelligence systems from federal agencies.

Music lovers will flock to southwestern England this week for the Glastonbury music festival.

The United Nations will mark its 80th anniversary this month but there’s little to celebrate.

One of Armenia’s top religious leaders was arrested on terrorism charges and accused of plotting to overthrow the government, the second arrest in a week of a prominent political opponent.

The Gaza Health Ministry says hundreds of premature babies are at risk of death from starvation across the war-battered Gaza Strip.

President Donald Trump is insisting that U.S. strikes delivered a crushing blow to Iran’s nuclear program.

Pope Leo XIV has affirmed that priests must be celibate.

Thailand’s government is further restricting cannabis with a ban on sales of the plant to those without prescriptions.

A sunken 18th-century boat has been discovered by chance near the majestic stone walls of Croatia’s medieval city of Dubrovnik.

The fast-changing war between Israel and Iran, which the U.S. recently inserted itself in by targeting Iran’s nuclear sites, has caused a mix of emotions among many in the Iranian diaspora in America.

NATO’s annual summit this week focused heavily on Article 5, the alliance’s collective defense guarantee.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has formally approved plans to establish a new international court to prosecute senior Russian officials for the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

President Donald Trump is suggesting that a commitment by NATO members to spend more on defense could help prevent future Russian aggression against its neighbors.

The U.K. says it will buy 12 U.S.-made F-35A fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear bombs and join NATO’s shared airborne nuclear mission.

At least eight people have died during protests in Kenya against police brutality and bad governnance.

President Donald Trump is insisting U.S. strikes delivered a crushing blow to Iran’s nuclear program.

The fragile ceasefire between Israel and Iran appeared to be holding on Wednesday while U.S. President Donald Trump said that U.S. and Iranian officials will talk next week.

NATO leaders have agreed on a massive hike in defense spending after pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump and expressed their “ironclad commitment” to come to each other’s aid if attacked.

India, Poland and Hungary are back in human spaceflight.

Israel and Iran seemed to honor the fragile ceasefire between them for a second day, and U.S. President Donald Trump asserted that American and Iranian officials will talk next week, giving rise to cautious hope for longer-term peace.

U.S. stocks hung near their all-time high as financial markets caught a breath following two big days bolstered by hopes that the Israel-Iran war will not disrupt the global flow of crude oil.

Israel is reporting one of its deadliest days in Gaza in months as its military says seven soldiers have been killed in a bomb attack.

Last week, Ukrainian drone hunters searching through the debris of Russia's nightly assault on their cities found a drone that was different to the rest.

Brazil's Supreme Court had a historic moment on Tuesday when it heard a confrontation between an army colonel and general, both disgraced for their involvement in an alleged coup plot to keep former President Jair Bolsonaro in office.

Hackers backing Iran have targeted U.S. banks, defense contractors and oil industry companies following American strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.

U.S. President Donald Trump has wrapped his participation in the annual NATO summit, a gathering far chummier than the tense meetings of his first term.

Defense tech hackathons are attracting engineering students, tech industry workers and hobbyists to solve military challenges.

One of Switzerland's glaciologists says his teams are noticing a strange phenomenon in the Alpine country's glaciers.

Koreans divided by the Korean War continue to face heartbreaking separations and unresolved pain.

A longtime friend of Tehran, Beijing jumped into verbal action when Israel attacked Iran nearly two weeks ago.

The birds scattered in every direction as the first drumbeat thundered across the plaza outside Paris’s Centre Pompidou, heralding the start of Pharrell Williams’ latest Louis Vuitton spectacle.

Global efforts to protect children against diseases including measles, polio and tuberculosis have stalled since 2010, leaving millions vulnerable to deadly infections.

This week’s whipsaw chain of events involving Iran, Israel and the United States that culminated in a surprise ceasefire has raised many questions about how the Trump administration will approach the Middle East going forward.

In a 48-hour whirlwind, President Donald Trump went from elated to indignant to triumphant as the fragile Israel-Iran ceasefire agreement came together, teetered toward collapse and ultimately coalesced.

A federal appeals court in New York has ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of a man who was deported to El Salvador roughly 30 minutes after the court suspended an order to remove him from the U.S. Tuesday's ruling in Jordin Alexander Melgar-Salmeron’s case marks at least the fourth time this year that President Donald Trump’s administration has been ordered to facilitate the return of somebody mistakenly deported.

A new U.S. intelligence report suggests that Iran’s nuclear program has been set back only a few months after U.S. strikes, not “completely and totally obliterated” as President Donald Trump has said.

Dozens of Colombian waste pickers have inundated one of Bogota’s most iconic squares with about 15 tons of recyclable goods.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu likes to remind people that in the disorienting first days after Hamas’ Oct_ 7, 2023, attack, he predicted Israel would “change the Middle East.”.

The Trump administration has authorized providing $30 million to a U.S.- and Israeli-backed group distributing food in Gaza.