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An anti-terrorism court in southwestern Pakistan has sentenced two human rights activists to life in prison over the 2024 death of a paramilitary soldier during a rally in the port city of Gwadar
Qatar’s energy minister says an explosion killed at least 13 people at a key gas export terminal
Keir Starmer was elected Britain’s prime minister in 2024 to be a safe pair of hands who would end years of political chaos under the Conservatives
Jeffrey Donaldson, former leader of Northern Ireland’s largest unionist party, has been convicted of rape and sex abuse charges involving two girls
Keir Starmer was elected Britain’s prime minister in 2024 to be a safe pair of hands who would end years of political chaos under the Conservatives
A fire has torn through a commercial building in Lucknow, India, killing at least 14 people, mostly students
France is facing a grueling heat wave with temperatures soaring above 40 degrees Celsius, or 104 Fahrenheit
U.S. Vice President JD Vance says talks with Iranian officials in Switzerland have laid a “good foundation for a successful final deal” to end the war involving the U.S. and Israel
Francisco Guterres, former president of East Timor and a key figure in its independence movement, has died at 71
Taiwan has launched a five-day set of military drills aimed at boosting combat readiness against potential Chinese attacks
The German government says it intends to take a 40% stake in defense contractor KNDS, whose products include Leopard and Leclerc tanks, as it tries to strengthen European production along with NATO ally France
A German journalist detained in Syria has been released
Pope Leo XIV says wars are being sustained more easily than people are fed
A Russian drone strike on Sumy in northeastern Ukraine has killed three members of one family, including a 13-year-old boy
Vice President JD Vance said peace talks with Iran had created a “good foundation for a successful final deal” to end the war that began at the end of February
A Libyan warlord has been convicted of human rights violations at a detention facility in the country's west
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has conceded that he has lost the support of his party members in Parliament and will step down as soon as his Labour Party chooses a successor, possibly as soon as next month
France is enduring another punishing heat wave, with temperatures soaring above 40 degrees Celsius
A former South Korean justice minister has been sentenced to 25 years in prison
Australia and Canada have signed a $1.75 billion export agreement to build an Australian-designed long-range radar system in Canada
Authorities say confirmed cases of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo have reached 1,003, including 254 deaths
Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, a key figure in the Cuban Revolution and former vice president, has died at 94
Simon Boyd’s firm makes prefabricated steel structures on the south coast of England and ships them to customers as far away as Ghana and Barbados
An explosion that tore through Qatar’s Ras Laffan industrial area has hurt at least 54 people and left 18 others missing
China has announced sanctions on 10 American defense companies
Expectations are growing that U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer will announce his resignation soon and possibly on Monday
Police in the Philippines say that two people opened fire in a high school in the central city of Tacloban, killing three students and wounding another five
The war in Iran has helped reshape the global electric vehicle market, giving Chinese automakers an opening across the developing world as fuel prices surge
China has announced sanctions on 10 American defense companies
Police say 3 tons of cocaine found on a property on Sydney’s outskirts is Australia’s largest ever seizure of the drug
