Two weeks after twin magnitude-7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes struck near Caracas, rescuers are still pulling survivors from the rubble — and officials warn the final toll could climb far higher.
One of the largest barrages of the war exposed cracks in Ukraine's Patriot-dependent air defenses as a global shortage of interceptors — worsened by the Middle East conflict — begins to bite.
Two roadside bombs tore through central Damascus near the hotel where the French president had stayed, as Emmanuel Macron — the first Western leader in Syria since Assad's fall — met the country's new president.
WatchThe president touched down in Ankara as allies openly feuded over America's strikes on Iran and a new 5% defense-spending demand, with Russia's overnight assault on Kyiv hanging over the talks.
The Philippine vice president became the first in the country's history to stand trial in the Senate, facing charges of corruption and death threats against President Marcos.
The Reform UK leader triggered a snap contest in Clacton-on-Sea as he faces scrutiny over a multimillion-pound gift from a cryptocurrency billionaire.
French President Emmanuel Macron plans to travel to Damascus with a business delegation to meet President Ahmad al-Sharaa, a striking sign of Syria's rehabilitation two years after the ouster of Bashar Assad.
One of the world's biggest oil exporters is now moving to buy gasoline from abroad as relentless drone strikes cripple refining capacity, dry up pumps and spark hours-long lines even in Moscow.
A Thuringian court overturned a ban on the far-right party's congress just hours before it opened, as tens of thousands flooded the city trying to shut it down.
WatchPresident Trump confirmed a White House meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is coming within weeks, even as advisers grumble that 'Bibi was wrong about everything' on Iran.
A bulk carrier was attacked off Hodeidah and government forces reported 16 troops killed, raising fears the Houthis are resuming a shipping war they had paused since October.
Iran began a days-long farewell for its slain supreme leader, killed in this year's war, with red banners and calls for retaliation against the United States and Israel.
WatchEleven days after two powerful earthquakes flattened swaths of Venezuela's coast, rescuers are still pulling survivors and bodies from the rubble — and a forensic pathologist says the official toll may be barely a third of the real number.
After the traditionalist society consecrated four new bishops in Switzerland against Pope Leo XIV's wishes, Rome ruled the ordaining bishops automatically excommunicated and warned that its priests and faithful now risk the same.
Moscow says its forces have taken one of the last Ukrainian bastions guarding the road to Kramatorsk and Sloviansk. Kyiv rejects the claim, and independent verification of the front line is not possible.
With the powerful Central Military Commission reduced to just two members, Xi Jinping elevated new commanders in a move analysts read as a drive to lock in the army's loyalty.
The roof of a tuition center under construction gave way during class in Pakistan, burying young students and reigniting anger over the country's lax building safety.
Asaad al-Shaibani's trip to Lebanon opened a cautious channel after President Trump floated the idea of Syrian forces confronting the Iran-backed group.
Accepting the Liberty Medal virtually from the Vatican, the first American pope invoked the Declaration of Independence before visiting the Mediterranean island at the heart of Europe's migration crisis.
Moscow hurled nearly 570 missiles and drones — including hypersonic Zircon and Iskander ballistic missiles — at residential districts, forcing tens of thousands into subway shelters.
WatchMillions poured into Tehran as the coffin of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed in the February airstrikes that opened the war, went on public display. Washington and Tehran agreed to freeze negotiations for a week of mourning.
With a third of the world's fertilizer shipments stalled by the war in Iran, nitrogen prices have jumped 80 percent since February — and economists warn the real hit to American grocery bills is still to come.
Days after Pope Leo XIV pleaded with the traditionalist group to 'please turn back,' the SSPX ordained four bishops without papal approval — triggering automatic excommunication and a formal declaration of schism.
The International Maritime Organization opened two new sea lanes to free tankers and cargo ships trapped since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran in February.
A barrage of ballistic missiles and attack drones tore through civilian neighborhoods in the southern Ukrainian city, reigniting fears over the nearby Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
A vigilante movement has ordered all undocumented immigrants out of the country by month's end. At least five Mozambicans have been killed, and more than 3,000 Malawians are sheltering in an open field outside Durban.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a framework for Israeli forces to vacate two areas of their buffer zone, yet Hezbollah and Iran say Israel is breaching last week's memorandum by refusing a full withdrawal.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the agreement after four days of talks in Washington, though Hezbollah was not a party and the truce hinges on the group laying down its arms.
The $850 million campus in Jackson Park was dedicated with former presidents Clinton, Bush and Biden on hand, opening to the public on Juneteenth.
U.S. officials blamed Iran's Revolutionary Guard for a drone that struck a Singapore-flagged vessel off Oman, forcing a pause in efforts to evacuate stranded seafarers.