Starmer faces mounting pressure to resign as he meets UK Cabinet in crunch talks
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has lost the first member of his government as he faces pressure to step down following losses in local elections
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Uganda's longtime president sworn in for another term as his son emerges as de facto ruler
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has been in power for 40 years
Shipping industry fears fuel shortages as Iran war squeezes bunker fuel supply
The global maritime industry is facing a looming shortage of the fuel that powers ships as the Iran war chokes off a key shipping lane in the Strait of Hormuz
A South Korean startup captures workers' techniques to develop AI brains for robots
Workers at a five-star hotel fold napkins and wipe silverware with body cameras recording their every move
How Keir Starmer could be replaced as UK prime minister after Labour suffers local election drubbing
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing a potential battle to remain in office after his Labour Party suffered a calamitous set of election results last week
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Bomb rigged to rickshaw explodes in Pakistan bazaar, killing 9 and wounding more than 2 dozen others
Police in Pakistan say nine people have been killed and more than two dozen others wounded when a bomb rigged to a rickshaw exploded in a bazaar
Ukraine officials name Zelenskyy's ex-chief of staff as a suspect in money-laundering probe
Two national agencies fighting corruption in Ukraine have named Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s former chief of staff as an official suspect in a major graft investigation
Prime Minister Keir Starmer loses first member of his government as he faces pressure to step down
Prime Minister Keir Starmer loses first member of his government as he faces pressure to step down
UK junior minister resigns and calls for Starmer to step down
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has lost the first member of his government as he faces pressure to step down following losses in local elections
German authorities arrest 17-year-old suspected of planning extremist-inspired attack
Prosecutors say a 17-year-old boy has been arrested in Hamburg, Germany, on suspicion of planning an attack
Aid group says Libyan-linked vessels fired on a migrant rescue ship in the Mediterranean
Armed vessels linked to the Libyan coast guard opened fire on a humanitarian rescue ship Monday after it rescued about 90 migrants in the Mediterranean
UK sanctions 9 people for alleged Iran-linked 'hostile activity'
The British government has sanctioned nine people and three organizations accused of hostile activities for Iran
Venezuela's acting president defends country's territory and rejects Trump's 51st state remarks
Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez tells journalists that her country has no plans to become the 51st U.S. state after President Donald Trump said he was “seriously considering” the move
New gang violence in Haiti displaces hundreds of people
A new wave of gang violence in Haiti has forced hundreds of people to flee their homes, leaving them scattered along a road near the main airport
Israeli lawmakers set up a special tribunal and allow for death penalty for Hamas-led 2023 attackers
Israeli lawmakers have approved a bill setting up a special tribunal that would try and have the authority to sentence to death Palestinians convicted of taking part in the 2023 Hamas-led attack that triggered the war in Gaza
Uganda's longtime president will be sworn in for another term as his son emerges as de facto ruler
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has been in power for 40 years and will be inaugurated Tuesday for another five-year term
What to know about Trump-Xi summit with trade, Taiwan and Iran on the agenda
Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump are preparing for a summit, with both China and the U.S. emphasizing stable ties
Ramaphosa says he will not resign as South Africa opens an impeachment committee over cash scandal
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced he will not resign despite an impeachment committee being set up to reinvestigate allegations of serious misconduct
Prosecutors cite terrorist intent in bomb attack on headquarters of Dutch ruling party
Prosecutors say a 37-year-old man accused of a bomb attack on the Dutch premier’s party headquarters acted with terrorist intent
South Africa to establish impeachment committee after president's cash scandal is revived
South Africa's Parliament announces plans to establish an impeachment committee to reinvestigate allegations against President Cyril Ramaphosa
Indigenous Amazon groups urge the UN to curb organized crime, not militarize territories
Indigenous organizations from across the Amazon and Latin America have sent a letter to the United Nations warning that organized crime — including illegal mining, drug trafficking and logging — is driving violence and environmental destruction in Indi...
Former Polish justice minister who faces prosecution at home says he's traveled to US
A former Polish justice minister sought in his homeland for alleged abuse of power says he has traveled from Hungary to the U.S. Prosecutors in Poland said on Monday that they’re investigating whether he was assisted in evading liability
Norwegian court to deliver verdict in rape trial of crown princess's son on June 15
A Norwegian court says it will announce its verdict next month in the trial of the eldest son of Norway’s crown princess on charges including rape, following proceedings that cast a shadow over the royal family
Venezuela warns of 'serious' environmental impact from alleged oil spill in Trinidad and Tobago
Venezuela says an oil spill that originated in Trinidad and Tobago has caused serious environmental damage along the coastlines of at least two of its states and in a gulf area near the Caribbean nation
Pakistan protests to Afghanistan over suicide attack that killed 15 officers
Pakistan has summoned a senior Afghan diplomat to protest a suicide attack in its northwest that killed 15 police officers
EU imposes sanctions over helping Russia abduct thousands of Ukrainian children
The European Union has imposed sanctions on 16 officials accused of helping Russia abduct tens of thousands of children from Ukraine
Former Polish justice minister who faces prosecution at home says he's traveled from Hungary to US
A former Polish justice minister sought in his homeland for alleged abuse of power says he has traveled from Hungary to the U.S. Prosecutors in Poland said on Monday that they’re investigating whether he was assisted in evading liability
Russia, Ukraine trade blame for continued fighting as US-brokered ceasefire nears end
Moscow and Kyiv have accused each other of disregarding U.S. President Donald Trump’s request to stop their attacks
France woos Anglophone Africa at a summit in Kenya
France is pitching what it says is a new model of partnership with African countries at a summit that begins Monday in Kenya as it completes a military withdrawal from West African countries that has been widely seen as marking declining influence on t...
International envoy for Bosnia who clashed with Serb leader to step down
German diplomat Christian Schmidt is stepping down as the top international envoy in Bosnia tasked with overseeing peace implementation in the volatile Balkan country