Bus and oil tanker collide in Indonesia, killing at least 16 people
A passenger bus has collided with a fuel tanker truck on Indonesia's Sumatra island, killing at least 16 people and injuring four others
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Pope Leo XIV comforts 13 priests from southern Lebanon with surprise video call
Pope Leo XIV has surprised 13 priests from southern Lebanon with a video call from Rome
Poland warns Russia is moving from low-cost recruits to professional sabotage cells
Poland's internal security service has warned that Russia is shifting from using individual recruits to ‘professional’ networks to carry out a campaign of sabotage across Europe
Australian court rejects convicted murderer's appeal of deportation to small island nation
An Iranian man who murdered his wife has lost his landmark court bid to prevent Australia from sending him to live on a tiny Pacific island
Police say Australian women with alleged IS ties face charges on return from Syria
Police say a number of Australian women with alleged ties to Islamic State group militants face charges if they return from Syria
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Protest groups block access to Russian pavilion at Venice Biennale
Members of punk group Pussy Riot and Ukraine's FEMEN organization have staged a protest at the Russian pavilion at the Venice Biennale
China is stepping up its Iran war diplomacy ahead of Trump's summit with Xi
China’s diplomatic role in the Iran war has come into sharper focus after talks between Chinese and Iranian foreign ministers on Wednesday, days before U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping
Pope Leo XIV comforts 13 priests from southern Lebanon with a surprise video call from Rome
Pope Leo XIV has surprised 13 priests from southern Lebanon with a video call from Rome
Pope will inaugurate Barcelona's Sagrada Familia tower and meet with migrants in June trip to Spain
Pope Leo XIV will inaugurate the central tower of Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia basilica during his visit to Spain next month
The Venice Biennale previews in chaos as war follows art into the world's oldest exhibition
The Venice Biennale has begun previewing its 61st edition, just days after the contemporary art show's jury resigned over the participation of Israel and Russia
Russia snubs Ukraine’s unilateral ceasefire, firing dozens of drones
Russia has fired dozens of drones at Ukraine, ignoring a unilateral ceasefire announced by Kyiv
A solar-powered charging station in central Cuba brings life to a darkened island
A free, solar-powered charging station, or “solinera” as it’s known, has opened in Cuba’s central region
Foreign visitors return to Jewish pilgrimage in Tunisia under tight security
The annual Jewish pilgrimage to the El-Ghriba Synagogue in Tunisia has seen a modest return of international visitors
Burkina Faso junta secretly detained journalist and others, advocacy group says
Reporters Without Borders says Burkina Faso's authorities secretly detained and abused a prominent journalist and dozens of others in a makeshift facility
Amputee football players in Rwanda find healing and a sense of community
Amputee football offers a sense of community and healing in Rwanda, a country that went through its darkest time in 1994 during its genocide
Fire at a shopping center in Iran kills 8 people and injures dozens
Tehran's emergency service department says a fire in a shopping center near the Iranian capital has killed eight people and injured 40
Local elections could hasten the exit of Britain's embattled prime minister
British voters are casting ballots in elections that could hasten the end of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s troubled term
New weapons charges filed against suspect in deadly shooting at Bondi Beach
An Australian man accused of killing 15 people in a shooting targeting a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach faces 19 more charges
South Korea's Kospi soars nearly 7% to fresh records as Samsung Electronics stock jumps nearly 13%.
South Korea's Kospi soars nearly 7% to fresh records as Samsung Electronics stock jumps nearly 13%.
New weapons charges filed against suspect in deadly shooting at Bondi Beach Hanukkah festival
An Australian man accused of killing 15 people in a shooting targeting a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach faces 19 more charges
Italy's Meloni denounces deepfake photo as a political attack
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has denounced the circulation of a deepfake photo of her posing in bed, wearing lingerie
France reckons with Nazi-looted art in new Paris museum gallery
One of the top art museums in Paris has opened a new gallery dedicated to orphaned masterpieces plundered by the Nazis
Explosion at coal mine in Colombia kills 9 miners and injures 6
Officials in Colombia say that an explosion in a coal mine in a central area of the country has killed nine miners and injured six others
A gold-fueled mining rush scars Brazil’s Amazon, spiking deforestation and mercury risks
Gold prices have surged in recent years, sparking a mining rush in the Amazon that accelerates deforestation and mercury contamination
Boko Haram militants kill 23 soldiers in an attack on a military post, Chad says
Boko Haram militants have killed 23 soldiers in an attack on a military post in the Lake Chad region, Chad’s armed forces say
German car-ramming suspect's motive remains unclear. Officials say he had psychiatric treatment
German investigators say the suspect in a car-ramming in the city of Leipzig that left two people dead doesn’t appear to have had any political or religious motive but had spent time recently at a psychiatric hospital
Thailand scraps 2001 maritime territory deal with Cambodia after years of deadlock
Thailand’s government has ended a 2001 agreement with Cambodia meant to resolve overlapping maritime claims
Zambia blasts the US over a $2 billion health deal in exchange for critical minerals
Zambia accuses the U.S. of linking a $2 billion health assistance deal to access to its rich mineral resources
Zelenskyy slams Russia's ‘utter cynicism’ as strikes kill 5 before brief truce
Ukrainian authorities say Russian drone and missile strikes targeting Ukraine’s power grid have killed at least five people and wounded 39
Romanian PM fights for survival as no-confidence motion is debated in Parliament
Romanian Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan is facing a vote in Parliament on a no-confidence motion