Israel has launched airstrikes on central and western Iran in response to missile fire from the Islamic Republic.

Israel and Iran have traded fire in retaliatory strikes that threaten to drag the wider Middle East back into a regional war.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Pyongyang in his first visit in seven years, a trip likely meant to reassert China’s unique influence over North Korea in return for providing economic and political benefits.

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake has caused destruction in the southern Philippines and set off a 3-foot tsunami.

Iran has fired missiles at Israel, marking the first such attack in two months since a ceasefire.

Christian Eriksen is conscious and undergoing further tests in the hospital after collapsing on the field again while playing for Denmark’s national team in a scary scene that had echoes of his cardiac arrest at the European Championship five years ago.

Iran’s soccer team has arrived in Mexico for training ahead of the World Cup, before three group matches in the United States later this month.

Britain’s deputy prime minister said Sunday that he told U.S. Vice President JD Vance he was wrong to blame immigration for the death of a university student who was handcuffed as he lay dying from a stab wound.

The Nigerian army said Sunday it freed 360 people abducted by Boko Haram in southern Borno, in the northeastern part of the country.

Israel says Iran has launched missiles at it in the first such bombardment since a fragile ceasefire took effect in early April, complicating mediation efforts for a deal to end the war.

The leaders of the U.K., Ukraine, France and Germany discussed the “urgent need” to ramp up production of weapons to combat Russia’s powerful hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missiles in a meeting in London on Sunday.

A Palestinian man with Israeli citizenship has opened fire in central Israel.

Pope Leo XIV has challenged Europe to acknowledge Christianity’s contributions to its cultural identity.

Peru's presidential runoff election remains undecided as authorities tally votes for the country's ninth leader in a decade.

Health workers inside the epicenter of Congo's outbreak say they are working with little pay or rest.

Armenians are voting in a parliamentary election as the government seeks to loosen ties with Moscow and increase cooperation with the West.

The ruling party of Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti appears to have won most votes in an early parliamentary election.

Raúl Castro has made his first public appearance since he was indicted last month by the U.S. for his alleged role in the 1996 downing of two civilian aircraft.

King Charles III, Queen Camilla and other senior British royals were among guests attending the wedding of Charles' nephew, Peter Phillips.

Colombia’s presidential runoff between Iván Cepeda, an ally of President Gustavo Petro, and lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella, who has been endorsed by U.S. President Donald Trump, could have major implications for the Amazon rainforest, fossil fuel development and Indigenous communities.

Iran’s World Cup soccer team is traveling from Turkey to their training base in Mexico.

Bernadette Chirac, the steel-willed former first lady of France, has died.

Pope Leo XIV acknowledges that he's competing with another VIP in Madrid this weekend.

Iran has fired ballistic missiles and drones toward Bahrain and Kuwait.

Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon on Saturday killed nine people, including three Lebanese military members, according to the Lebanese army and state media.

Residents of St. Petersburg have been told to stay indoors after a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack targeted the city.

Palestinian officials say Israeli troops have killed a 7-month-old Palestinian baby in the occupied West Bank as violence surges there.

Ugandan authorities have tightened border controls with Congo to prevent Ebola's spread.

Pope Leo XIV’s weeklong visit to Spain will bring him to a once-staunchly Catholic country that has long been in the throes of waning religious practice.

Pope Leo XIV is urging Spaniards to stop “fanning the flames of polarization” as he arrived in Spain.

Armenia's parliamentary elections Sunday will focus on its geopolitical future as Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan seeks closer ties with the EU and the U.S. That is despite Armenia's longstanding relations with Russia that are favored by most of the country's opposition parties.

The Cockroach Janata Party, a satirical online movement, has taken its first steps into real-world politics.

The U.S. military says it shot down four Iranian drones that were launched toward the Strait of Hormuz on Friday and then struck some of the Islamic Republic’s coastal surveillance radar sites in response.

Members of the Iranian World Cup soccer team have been granted U.S. visas, clearing them to enter the country ahead of their first two matches near Los Angeles this month.

Carlos Alberto Solari, the Argentine singer-songwriter known as “the Indio” who led Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota, one of the most popular and influential Argentine rock groups of the 1970s-1990s, has died outside the capital of Buenos Aires.

The U.S. military is waiting for clarity from the Pentagon following President Donald Trump’s back-and-forth on troop levels in Europe.

Actor Anthony Head, known for his roles in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Ted Lasso,” has died at 72.

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have briefly taken shelter during a repair to fix a new leak.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected a proposal by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for a face-to-face meeting, saying he sees “no point” in it.

A Sherpa guide who survived a week on Mount Everest's slopes is recovering in a Nepal hospital.

Rights lawyers have filed a case against Equatorial Guinea before Africa’s top human rights body.

A staff member says a resident killed in a fire at an unregistered nursing home in western Sri Lanka had been chained and another was untied and saved.

Lebanon’s president and prime minister are criticizing Iran for rejecting the latest ceasefire deal between the Lebanese government and Israel.

A Ukrainian maritime drone has exploded at a Black Sea port in Romania, with three others self-detonating outside the port, according to Romanian authorities.

Far from its European homeland, Bosnia and Herzegovina has zealous fans in the American Midwest as it prepares for its second World Cup.

In Congo, the battle against the rare Bundibugyo type of Ebola has been complicated by skepticism, attacks on health workers and misinformation.

Montenegro is on track to join the European Union by 2028, according to EU leaders and the country's president.

The U.S. stock market had its worst day since October as a sell-off in big technology companies weighed down the broader market.

Australian officials say they confiscated more than 100,000 illegal live cockroaches from a breeder in May in the country's largest-ever seizure of exotic invertebrates.

Popping a cold beer — or two or three — while watching sports at home, at a bar or during a live game is an age-old tradition.

Pope Leo XIV will visit two flashpoints of migration from Africa to Europe over less than a month starting on June 11.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping will travel to North Korea next week in what will be his first visit in years.

The Justice Department says an American journalist has pleaded guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called for face-to-face negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The House has passed a bill to aid Ukraine and sanction key segments of the Russian economy.

Ewan McGregor says “Trainspotting” remains a defining moment in his career.

The U.N. nuclear watchdog has been unable to inspect nuclear facilities in Iran affected by the war last June, according to a confidential report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog.

Hezbollah has rejected the latest ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Lebanese government and demanded a complete Israeli withdrawal.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is back on Capitol Hill to testify before the House Ways and Means Committee on the department’s priorities, one day after he refused to say whether President Donald Trump and his family would still get immunity from IRS audits after the administration abandoned plans for a $1.776 billion compensation fund that would have benefited the president’s allies.

Acclaimed Iranian French cartoonist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi has died at 56.

Dozens of artists at this year’s Venice Biennale are threatening legal action if their names aren't removed from a visitor voting ballot.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has held talks with Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodriguez.

A British lawmaker is suing Elon Musk’s company xAI for invasion of privacy.

Iran is heading to the World Cup amid tensions with the main host nation, creating a unique situation in tournament history.

At least 10 people have been killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza in a day, according to hospitals.

A fire at an unregistered nursing home in western Sri Lanka has killed 12 residents and injured eight others.

Lebanese Americans are both grieving and taking action to support loved ones in their homeland who have been affected by the war between Israel and Hezbollah.

João Victor Gonçalves, from one of Rio de Janeiro's poorest favelas, has achieved a dream by playing soccer internationally.

Somalia's opposition supporters and security forces have clashed in Mogadishu for a second day ahead of a planned anti-government demonstration.

A Sherpa guide was found crawling to base camp on Mount Everest a week after he went missing.

Beijing has banned four New Zealand lawmakers from traveling to China for a year, demanding an apology for their visit to Taiwan.

Chinese authorities are intensifying efforts to erase the memory of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.

President Vladimir Putin says Russia will strengthen its air defenses to counter recent Ukrainian drone attacks.

President Donald Trump insists he's comfortable with the current holding pattern in the Iran war.

Wall Street rallied after falling oil prices and yields in the bond market eased the pressure on U.S. stocks.

The U.S. military has attacked another boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two men.

There were no treatments or vaccines to protect people during the recent hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship.

Spanish hotel chain Meliá has joined a growing list of companies with a long-standing presence in Cuba that are withdrawing or limiting their operations on the island after the U.S. announced new sanctions while upholding an oil embargo.

The House for the first time has approved a war powers resolution that would halt the U.S. military action against Iran.

The killing this month of a 14-year-old girl in central Argentina has shocked the country, triggering a groundswell of outrage and growing demands for government action against gender-based violence.

Congo is still hoping to play its World Cup warmup against Chile after the mayor of the Spanish city of La Linea de la Concepcion denied authorization for the match because of health concerns related to the Ebola crisis.

A judge in Amsterdam has rejected an appeal by a Jewish organization to block two performances by rapper Ye, finding the concerts are not a threat to public order.

Portugal and Austria have defeated Germany for seats on the powerful but deeply divided U.N. Security Council in a hotly contested race after intense campaigning.

The filmmaker Wim Wenders has pulled his 1975 movie “The Wrong Move” due to a nude scene featuring a then-13-year-old Nastassja Kinski.

Colombian lawyer and presidential candidate, Abelardo de la Espriella, has thanked U.S. President Donald Trump for endorsing his campaign.

The World Health Organization says Congo's Ebola outbreak had a head start, but testing is improving.

A massive coastal development project linked to Jared Kushner is facing resistance in Albania.

The National Hurricane Center says the first tropical storm of the Pacific season has formed.

Immigrant detainees across at least 33 states allege in court documents that the government is failing to provide them with adequate medical care.

Prolonged disruption of energy supplies from the Middle East that lasts into next year would deal a severe blow to the global economy.

The House approved a war powers resolution that would halt the U.S. military action against Iran, defying President Donald Trump as a handful of Republicans joined with Democrats to seek to end the war.

A performance artist in Hong Kong has tried to display a red thread to commemorate the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing.

A rare albino buffalo named after U.S. President Donald Trump for his distinctive blond tuft is drawing crowds at a Bangladesh zoo.

President Donald Trump acknowledged criticizing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “crazy” in a phone call that involved expletives.

Britain’s interior minister accused activists of hijacking a teenager's murder to stir up violence after police were attacked at a protest.

Ukrainian long-range drones have struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg, setting it ablaze, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Raúl Castro has turned 95, a landmark birthday for a man still helping lead one of the last communist countries in the world.

Indonesia's former head of the National Nutrition Agency has been arrested on corruption charges related to a multi-billion-dollar free-meals program.

A fire has swept through a building in New Delhi, killing at least 21 people and injuring several others.

Kuwait says Iranian drones have heavily damaged a passenger terminal at its main, killing one person, wounding dozens and briefly closing the airfield.