Top US commander visits aircraft carrier, Gaza talks in Egypt and other Mideast news
The top U.S. military commander in the Middle East has visited the long-deployed USS Lincoln in the Arabian Sea
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BBC asks a US court for help in getting testimony from the Trump family in defamation suit
The BBC has asked a U.S. court for help getting documents and testimony from U.S. President Donald Trump's family in connection to his $10-billion defamation lawsuit against the broadcaster
Brazil's Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro kick off their presidential campaigns
Brazil's presidential candidates have kicked off their campaigns ahead of a tight October election
Kushner has a rare meeting with Hamas' leader on the Gaza road map. A meeting with Netanyahu is next
U.S. negotiator Jared Kushner has held a rare meeting with the Hamas chief in Egypt in a push to make progress on the stalled Gaza ceasefire
Colombian president asks Trump to suspend tariffs to help earthquake recovery
Colombia's President Abelardo de la Espriella has asked U.S. President Donald Trump to suspend tariffs to help Colombia recover from a devastating earthquake
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Thieves steal 4 Renaissance artworks in Sicilian museum heist
The thieves bypassed alarm and security systems at the MuMe museum.
Thieves steal 4 Renaissance artworks in a Sicilian museum heist during an Italian holiday
Thieves have stolen four works attributed to Sicilian Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina from a regional museum in the city of Messina in Sicily
Ben Franklin chose America. Son William chose the crown. This civil war is a microcosm of revolution
Benjamin Franklin's son William was buried in London following his death in 1813, more than three decades after he was forced to leave America
Israel's Ben Gvir advocates killing '30 to 40' people in Gaza nightly while speaking to ex-hostage
An extremist official in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet has advocated for killing “30 to 40” people in Gaza each night
Firefighters battle massive Belgian wildfire, forcing hundreds to evacuate
Firefighters are battling a massive wildfire in eastern Belgium that has burned over 27 square kilometers
Bus crash in Hungary kills 12 people, injures at least 10 others
Police say a passenger bus traveling on a highway in Hungary early Sunday went off the road and into a ditch where it overturned, killing 12 and injuring others
A bus crash in Hungary kills 12 people, injures at least 10 others
Police say a passenger bus traveling on a highway in Hungary early Sunday went off the road and into a ditch where it overturned, killing 12 and injuring others
Ukraine launches one of its largest aerial attacks of the war, killing at least 6 people in Russia
Ukraine has launched hundreds of drones across Russia, marking one of Kyiv’s largest aerial attacks of the war
US top Middle East commander visits deployed aircraft carrier, and other Mideast news
Adm. Brad Cooper, the top U.S. military commander in the Middle East, has visited the USS Lincoln in the Arabian Sea
Firefighters battle a massive Belgian wildfire, forcing hundreds to evacuate
Firefighters are battling a massive wildfire in eastern Belgium that has burned over 27 square kilometers
Avocado pickers in Mexico welcome restart of exports to US, but security fears remain
Authorities have lifted a U.S. security alert that halted avocado exports from Michoacán, Mexico's main avocado-producing state
Athens cleans its all-marble Olympic stadium for the first time in over a century
Athens’ iconic Panathenaic Stadium is undergoing its first systematic cleaning in more than a century
Rescuers dig through rubble and landslides after Indonesia quake kills 47
Rescue teams are searching through rubble and landslide debris, a day after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off Flores island in eastern Indonesia
Ukraine ramps up long-range strikes, attacks Russia's Samara industrial site
Kyiv is trying to make Russians feel the consequences of the invasion.
Bonnie Tyler fans line streets of Welsh village as her coffin is brought home
The Grammy-nominated Welsh pop star died last month in a hospital in Portugal.
22 more bodies recovered in Zimbabwe ferry disaster, bringing death toll to 68, police say
Police say 18 children are among the nearly 70 people killed this week when an overloaded ferry capsized on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe
Iran says Qatar is holding pilots, Israeli strikes kill 11 in Lebanon, and other Middle East news
Iran says Qatar is holding three of its pilots who went missing in March
Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon kill 11 people in another test to truce
Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon have killed at least 11 people, marking the deadliest attacks since a truce with Hezbollah began in June
Iran says Qatar is holding pilots, Israeli strikes kill 9 in Lebanon, and other Middle East news
Iran says Qatar is holding three of its pilots who went missing in March
Liechtenstein changes its rules to allow women to inherit the Alpine principality's throne
Liechtenstein’s royal house says the tiny country’s rules of succession will be changed so that a woman could in the future inherit the principality’s throne
Bonnie Tyler fans line the streets of a Welsh village as her coffin is brought home
Fans have gathered in a Welsh village to bid farewell to singer Bonnie Tyler
UK's leader calls for reflection after the death of former Cambridge professor accused of plagiarism
Britain's prime minister has called for reflection after the sudden death of Jason Arday, a Black professor at Cambridge University who faced plagiarism accusations
Europe's tallest statue of the Virgin Mary is inaugurated in a small Polish village
An enormous statue of the Virgin Mary that is believed to be Europe’s tallest has been inaugurated in a small Polish village
Ukraine attacks Russia's Samara industrial site as Kyiv ramps up long-range strikes
A large-scale Ukrainian attack strikes industrial infrastructure in Russia’s southwestern Samara region
Taliban leaders mark 5 years in power in Afghanistan as UN official warns of crisis
Taliban rulers have celebrated the fifth anniversary of their return to power in Afghanistan