Iran launches missiles at Jordan
Missile alert sirens have sounded in Jordan’s port city of Aqaba as attacks across the Middle East overshadowed diplomatic efforts in Pakistan to salvage an interim ceasefire deal that has collapsed
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Lebanon's prime minister calls for Israeli military withdrawal
Lebanon's prime minister has visited a southern village as a Lebanese-Israeli agreement brokered by Washington appears to have started following a monthslong war
Toxic gas slows efforts to rescue 13 workers trapped in India hydropower tunnel
Authorities say 13 workers are trapped inside a collapsed hydropower tunnel in India
Ukraine overhauls its military top brass for the fight against Russia
Ukraine is continuing its fight against Russia with new military leadership
2,000 volunteers join a painstaking effort to restore massive prehistoric skeleton
More than 2,000 volunteers are helping Polish scientists restore a Mastodonsaurus skeleton
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Record fish kill reported in Sint Maarten as crews struggle to remove carcasses
Thousands of dead fish have blanketed a canal in Sint Maarten
Two of Puerto Rico's top government officials to step down as corruption allegations persist
Puerto Rico’s governor says that her embattled chief of staff, Francisco Domenech, and deputy chief of staff, Itza García, are stepping down next month as they deny corruption allegations
Ukraine's Zelenskyy fires military chief after protests and names a replacement
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi as commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces
Lawyer in sensitive Vatican abuse case issues scathing critique of church's secretive legal system
The lawyer for five women who say they were sexually, psychologically and spiritually abused by a once-famous Jesuit priest has penned a scathing denunciation of the Vatican’s secretive legal system
French lawmakers adopt a sweeping social media ban for children under 15
French lawmakers have adopted a bill banning children under 15 from using social media, making France the first country in the European Union to approve a blanket ban on platforms as concerns grow worldwide over the harmful effects of digital content o...
Moldova's parliament elects investor Vasile Tofan as prime minister to push EU membership bid
Moldova's pro-Western parliament has elected investor Vasile Tofan as prime minister
A tech innovator and an old guard general are the focus of Ukraine's political crisis
One is a tech-savvy entrepreneur with no military experience who became Ukraine’s youngest defense minister six months ago, leading it to successes in defending against Russia’s 4-year-old invasion
UN says nearly 150 migrants are dead or missing off West Africa in separate incidents
The United Nations refugee agency says it is “extremely saddened” after nearly 150 people died or went missing off Mauritania last week
Two very different men are at the heart of Ukraine's political crisis
One is a tech-savvy entrepreneur with no military experience who became Ukraine’s youngest defense minister six months ago, leading it to successes in defending against Russia’s 4-year-old invasion
2 firefighters killed battling a blaze near Bordeaux airport, flights delayed
Two firefighters have died in a fire in southwest France
Guyana says capsized ferry had 179 people aboard as survivor describes a chaotic sinking
Guyana's prime minister says a ferry that capsized over the weekend had as many as 179 people aboard, far more than listed on its manifest
Hungarian prosecutors raid Orbán party's data center in embezzlement probe
Prosecutors in Hungary have raided offices housing data servers used by former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's Fidesz party
U.N. says over 100 migrants are dead or missing off West Africa in separate incidents
The United Nations refugee agency says it is “extremely saddened” after over 100 people died or went missing off Mauritania last week
Turkish deposed opposition leader plans to create a new party to take on Erdogan
The deposed leader of Turkey's main opposition has announced plans to form a new political party to challenge President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Suspect in German shooting that killed 6 is found dead in his prison cell
Authorities say that the suspect in a shooting in northern Germany last month that left six people dead has been found dead in his prison cell
Turkish opposition's deposed leader plans a new party to take on Erdogan after court-ordered ouster
The deposed leader of Turkey's main opposition has announced plans to form a new political party to challenge President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
German railway to ban consuming alcohol at all its stations, with some exemptions
Germany’s national railway operator says it is banning alcohol consumption at all stations on the network in an effort to improve security and cleanliness for employees and passengers
International criminal groups use technology to expand in, beyond Asia: UN report
A U.N. report says Southeast Asia-based criminal groups are using increasingly integrated networks and technology to build a rapidly growing illicit economy with tentacles that reach far beyond Asia, costing victims more than $88 billion a year alone i...
Conflicts and energy shocks threaten progress against hunger, UN agency head warns
Conflicts and disruptions to global energy markets could push millions more people into hunger by driving up fuel, fertilizer and food costs
India tunnel disaster at a Himalayan hydropower project leaves 10 dead and 17 missing
At least 10 people have been killed and 17 others remain missing after a disaster inside an under-construction tunnel linked to a hydroelectric project in India’s northeastern state of Sikkim, near the border with China
India’s youth-led Cockroach movement vows to continue protest after police crackdown
Supporters of India’s youth-led Cockroach movement are still camped at their protest site in New Delhi, a day after police used tear gas and batons to disperse thousands of them marching toward Parliament
Bus bursts into flames after crash in southern Vietnam, killing 7
Seven people were killed and five injured after an overnight passenger bus burst into flames following a crash in southern Vietnam early Monday, authorities said
UK leader Burnham gathers his Cabinet after sweeping away Starmer supporters
New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham is gathering his Cabinet after removing allies of predecessor Keir Starmer from the government
Descendant of Nazi opponent tries to remove far-right party's wreath at Hitler plot memorial event
A descendant of an executed opponent of the Nazis tried to remove a wreath from the far-right Alternative for Germany party at an event in Berlin marking the 82nd anniversary of the failed attempt to kill Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler
Rescue crews in Afghanistan search for missing, dead in rubble left by flash flooding
Rescue crews in Afghanistan are searching for survivors and bodies among the rubble of buildings destroyed by devastating flash floods that authorities say have killed nearly two dozen people and left more than 100 people missing