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Firefighters were racing to contain blazes that were moving closer to Madrid and Bordeaux.

U.S. forces did not announce new overnight attacks on southern Iran for the first time in about two weeks, but tensions remained high as the Houthis and Saudi-led forces in Yemen said they had traded strikes.

Led by Gen-Z youth across India, the movement has become perhaps the biggest challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his 12 years in office

Nearly all of the agreement’s 14 points have been violated.

Taiwan is stepping up plans to secure fuel and other vital imports as Chinese government ships practice moves that could one day be used in a blockade.

The accident occurred when a civilian bus collided with another carrying members of the Syrian security forces on a highway in the center of the country.

A blaze sweeping the countryside of southwestern France drew close enough to worry officials in the city of some 270,000 people.

Firefighters were scrambling to contain blazes that were moving toward major cities. Some 200,000 people have evacuated or sheltered at home.

Some of the young demonstrators who forced out the country’s education minister described their deep-seated anger, frustration and desires that drove them into the streets.

The event celebrated press freedom after the first dinner was cancelled by a shooting in April.

Hundreds of thousands of people, including residents as well as vacationers, were forced to evacuate or told to remain indoors.

The youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has called off its protest, hours after the resignation of India's education minister

The CJP protest began with exam paper leaks. It became India's biggest student movement in years - why?

Huge blazes have forced tens of thousands of residents and vacationers in France and Spain to evacuate.

While Mark Carney weighs his next steps, some provincial leaders point to oil, electricity and potash as powerful leverage against U.S. economic pressure.

From the capital, Tehran, to the holy city of Mashhad, the Iran I saw was a nation of many layers: defiant but also weary, despairing but hopeful.

The authorities in Belgium did not name the country that the intern, a woman “of Chinese origin,” is suspected of spying for.

Ukraine's attacks on warehouses of the Russian online retailer Wildberries have hurt small businesses and some consumers.

With Dharmendra Pradhan offering his resignation, the student protest movement achieved a major victory against the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Amazon’s newest Fire TV Stick HD is on sale for $20, down from $35. Here’s what makes this upgraded, ultra-portable streaming device worth buying now.

India’s viral Cockroach Janta Party called off its nationwide protests on Saturday after the country’s education minister resigned and the government agreed to a number of the activist movement’s demands.

Hugging Face said the hack was done at superhuman speed by an AI with little or no human guidance.

WASHINGTON — Unless a federal judge intervenes, President Donald Trump has said the administration will break ground on Sept. 1 for what the Department of the Interior is calling a new “world-class” golf course only a mile from the White House South Lawn.

Ukraine makes a big wartime shake-up after protests, an AI model breaks free, and a box-office smash attracts angry critics.

Former state Senate President Troy Jackson officially became Democrats’ Senate nominee in Maine Saturday, starting a 101-day sprint to Election Day in a nationally watched, must-win race for his party.

Former state Senate President Troy Jackson officially became Democrats’ Senate nominee in Maine Saturday, starting a 101-day sprint to Election Day in a nationally watched, must-win race for his party.

While living in Miami, Colombia’s president-elect represented accused drug traffickers and money launderers. He himself was investigated by U.S. authorities, though never charged.

Young Māori in New Zealand are embracing tā moko, the ritual tattoos that were banned under British colonial rule and became an act of protest in the 1970s.

BANGOR, Maine — Former state Senate President Troy Jackson is on the cusp of becoming Democrats’ Senate nominee in Maine, starting a 101-day sprint to Election Day in a nationally watched, must-win race for his party.

US military says it disabled a tanker that was attempting to evade the American blockade on Iranian ports.

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President Trump gave lengthy speech at the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner, where he insulted his political rivals and touted his accomplishments and relationship with the press.

HOUSTON — A substance investigators found in a van driven by a man fatally shot by ICE earlier this month was not an illegal narcotic, the Harris County District Attorney’s Office said Friday.

The Trump administration has often accused the world's largest research museum of harbouring an anti-American bias.

Prosecutors allege D4vd started abusing the girl when she was 13 and she had threatened to expose him.

LOS ANGELES — Celeste Rivas Hernandez, the teen whom singer D4vd is accused of killing, had an abortion during their relationship, according to text messages prosecutors shared in court Friday.

The affordability crisis is revving up again. The war in Iran and Trump’s tariffs are pushing prices up and raising fears of renewed inflation.

The event, attended by prominent members of the Ukrainian defence industry, was hit by ballistic missiles in the middle of the day.

While he continues to seek control of the exhibits inside the Smithsonian Institution’s museums, President Donald Trump is trying a new tactic in the front yard.

The group discuss disastrous gigs, putting political action into music and the meaning of "queer pop".

Protests have continued over Zelensky's decision to dismiss Mykhailo Fedorov, and some commentators believe he has been damaged politically.

Two senior U.S. officials tell NBC News that military commanders are allowing some Iranian missiles and attack drones to get through air defenses amid an effort to preserve the Pentagon’s shrinking supply of missiles to shoot them down. NBC News’ Courtney Kube reports.

Palestinians say villagers came under attack by settlers, while the Israeli military says a Palestinian stole a weapon and opened fire on hikers.

The Trump administration admitted that it terminated nearly 300 federal research grants “solely because” the projects were connected to states that voted against Trump in 2024

The International Criminal Court voted to remove the global tribunal's chief prosecutor on Friday, nearly two years after sexual misconduct allegations against him first emerged, the court's oversight body announced.

Karim Khan denies allegations of engaging in an improper sexual relationship with a junior ICC staff member and seeking to stop her pursuing her complaint.

The outage affected gamers' ability to launch games, apps or network features on their PlayStation.

Member nations voted to remove chief prosecutor Karim Khan on Friday and the Trump administration is vowing to do whatever it can to dismantle the court.

Local authorities said that the matter is being investigated and that the officers involved have been placed on administrative leave.

The US president says fines against Google, as well as Apple, Meta and Amazon, should be "entirely reversed."

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Arkady Dvorkovich, a former Russian deputy prime minister, now faces an EU travel ban and asset freeze.

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The government is under intense pressure to tackle a slew of armed groups, many of whom attack civilians.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tightly constructed image is being punctured as a Gen Z-led protest movement uses videos and memes to seize the digital narrative.

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At least 12 babies have been trafficked from Indonesia to Singapore, but what will happen to them remains unclear.

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Imposed citing forced labour concerns, the levies replace a temporary global duty brought in after the US Supreme Court struck down tariffs in February.

A new mobile UN peacekeeping base in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has allowed local authorities to continue responding to the fast-moving Ebola outbreak there after violence disrupted the work of medics at a treatment centre set up to contain the spread.

When conflict erupts, disasters strike or political crises unfold, courts are among the few institutions expected to keep functioning – ensuring the essential rule of law is maintained.

The world needs more critical minerals than ever before for electric vehicles, wind turbines, solar panels, batteries and smartphones.

As fighting intensifies in the Middle East, the United Nations on Friday warned against further escalation in the US-Iran war and the risks to global shipping amid the fight over control of the Strait of Hormuz.&nbsp;

In El Obeid, women and girls now face an impossible choice over something as basic as a bucket of water: risk a drone strike by collecting it in daylight, or risk rape by waiting until dark.&nbsp;

Ramaphosa has faced scrutiny following the theft of large sums of cash from his private farm in 2020.

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Oil surged to $100 per barrel after Iran-backed Houthi rebels attacked two Saudi tankers in the Red Sea. And, President Trump overnight replaced expiring tariffs with a slew of new ones.

The U.S. continued airstrikes in Iran while Tehran launched retaliatory attacks on U.S. targets in the Gulf, as President Trump said he was close to deciding whether to launch "a massive attack."

NPR's A Martínez asks former U.S. deputy national security adviser Jon Finer what the blockade of the Red Sea by Houthi rebels means for the global economy.

Australia and the European Union were among U.S. trade partners who criticized the tariffs.

Latin America’s deep-seated inequalities prevailed over the grimly equalizing force of the Venezuela earthquakes, and set even the dead apart.

Here’s what happened when some teenage girls dared to compete in the dangerous sport of “kok-boru.”

Why is a Zulu-language drama taking the world by storm? The Polygamist mixes sex and scandal with a sharp portrait of modern South Africa.

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