Iran Frees American Dena Karari After 18 Months in a Rare Goodwill Gesture Amid the War
The 53-year-old Californian, barred from leaving Iran since 2024 and recovering from a heart attack, is heading home as U.S.-Iran fighting enters its sixth day.
The 53-year-old Californian, barred from leaving Iran since 2024 and recovering from a heart attack, is heading home as U.S.-Iran fighting enters its sixth day.

The New Zealand actor, knighted for his craft and beloved for roles from Dr. Alan Grant to 'Peaky Blinders,' died Monday in Sydney. His agent confirmed the cause after what the family called a wave of media falsehoods.
Enzo Fernandez equalized from 20 yards and Lautaro Martinez headed home in stoppage time to send Lionel Messi's side to a second straight final, where it will meet reigning European champion Spain on Sunday.

Kyiv said its Sargan-3000 naval drone destroyed the patrol ship Izumrud as it sat docked at Gelendzhik, striking deep inside waters Moscow considered safe harbor.

Flames tore through the packed Rong Beer Na Ladprao bar just before midnight; investigators are examining a ceiling air-conditioner short circuit and combustible acoustic panels around the stage.
Clashes between security forces and supporters of a banned rights movement left seven civilians and two officers dead in Poonch, deepening a monthslong revolt over prices and political representation.

Russian long-range strikes and swarms of short-range drones killed at least 293 civilians and wounded nearly 2,000, surpassing a grim record set only a month earlier.
Days of torrential rain from Tropical Storm Maysak triggered a dam failure that inundated the Guangxi capital, killing at least 39 people and forcing about 130,000 residents to flee as rescuers deployed drones and thousands of boats.

Nearly 7,600 troops, hundreds of European soldiers and dozens of aircraft filed down the Champs-Elysees in a display Paris cast as proof of 'Europe's strategic awakening' — Macron's final military parade as president.
The Union Cabinet approved seven major projects on Wednesday — led by a vastly expanded semiconductor push and a Rs 62,500 crore mobile-phone manufacturing scheme — in a sweeping bid to make India a global electronics hub.

European foreign ministers approved a Dutch-French initiative barring purchases of gold from Sudan and blocking exports of the mercury and cyanide used to mine it, targeting a revenue stream that has fueled more than two years of war.
The world No. 1 recovered from a first-set stumble to defeat Zverev 6-7 (7), 7-6 (2), 6-3, 6-4, claiming his fifth Grand Slam title and a second straight Wimbledon championship.

The Bafana Bafana and Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder was found dead at a Cape Town home on Saturday. Police have opened an inquest, and no cause of death has been released.
A new State of Child Health report finds children's health declining or stalled across every measure, with Britain now the worst-performing G7 nation for MMR vaccination.
Tax advisers report a surge in wealthy clients preparing to leave the UK amid speculation that a Burnham government with Ed Miliband as chancellor could raise capital-gains taxes or impose an exit levy.

The State Department launched a whole-of-government effort to 'systematically disable' the court, widening sanctions to its prosecutor, judges and a United Nations investigator.
Mikel Oyarzabal's first-half penalty and a second-half strike from Pedro Porro carried Spain into the 2026 final, where it will meet the winner of England and Argentina.
Jordan says it shot down four Iranian missiles over its airspace while U.S. Central Command hammered more than 300 targets across a week, and Trump warned that '1,000 missiles are locked and loaded.'

Meeting in Paris, ten countries pledged a shared ballistic-missile defense drawing on Ukraine's battlefield experience, as Moscow denounced 'a coalition of warmongers.'
The Pentagon's blockade of every Iranian port and oil terminal went into force at 4 p.m. Eastern, with any non-compliant vessel now liable to interception, diversion or seizure by force.

The Greater Manchester mayor secured a decisive majority of Labour MPs to succeed Keir Starmer, who resigned last month amid mounting discontent within the party.

Months after U.S. forces seized Nicolás Maduro, the secretary of state is said to control Venezuela's finances, oil and cabinet appointments — directing its acting president by text message.

The boat, packed with 32 Indian tourists and four crew, overturned less than half a kilometer from shore shortly after leaving an island near the popular resort destination.

The first stage of a Long March 10B booster touched down on a floating platform after lofting a satellite, a milestone that until now only SpaceX had achieved.

For the first time, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition says it will not comply with a court ruling, prompting all of Israel's living former chief justices to warn of the end of the rule of law.

Days of heavy rain triggered flooding and landslides in Accra and Abidjan, submerging homes and roads and forcing the rescue of hundreds of stranded residents.
WatchTehran said it had shut the world's most important oil chokepoint after firing on a ship, while Washington insisted the waterway remained open and hammered roughly 140 Iranian military targets.

The World Health Organization is battling a Bundibugyo-strain Ebola outbreak that has killed hundreds in the Democratic Republic of Congo, now complicated by a separate Marburg case across the border in Uganda.

Four of soccer's heavyweights survived a dramatic knockout round on U.S. soil, setting up a blockbuster final four in Dallas and Atlanta ahead of the July 19 final in New Jersey.

Most of the dead were found in the restrooms of the Na Ladprao bar after an apparent electrical fault sparked an explosion and thick smoke, with one exit blocked by a shelf.