Maine’s Platner faces test as four US states hold midterm primary votes
Four states - Maine, Nevada, South Carolina and North Dakota - are holding primaries ahead of November's midterms.
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Trump nominates Todd Blanche as attorney general, setting up Senate fight
Blanche, who currently serves as acting attorney general, has faced controversy over the Epstein files and January 6.
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Survivors recall Israeli raid that killed 274 in Gaza refugee camp
Two years on, witnesses recount the June 2024 Israeli raid on Nuseirat refugee camp to free four captives.
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Tech giant OpenAI files for US initial public offering
OpenAI did not disclose the size or terms of the offering and said a timeline has not yet been determined.
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UN human rights leader calls for Cuba sanctions to be ‘lifted immediately’
Volker Turk, the UN's high commissioner for human rights, warns that 'children are dying' as result of US oil blockade.
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US confirms it denied entry to Somali referee set to take part in World Cup
Award-winning referee Omar Artan was 'determined to be inadmissible due to vetting concerns' after arriving in Miami.
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Pope Leo makes visit to Spain’s Almudena Cathedral
Crowds in Madrid were delighted to see Pope Leo make a visit to Santa Maria de la Almudena Cathedral with Queen Sofia.
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EU planning to add to $1.5 trillion sanctions hit on Russia
New proposed listings target Russia's 'military industrial complex, human rights violators and propagandists'.
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Italian prosecutors to probe Israeli minister Ben-Gvir over flotilla abuse
Rome is the second in Europe to launch a probe into Israel's treatment of activists detained as they headed to Gaza.
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Could Iran and the US play each other at the World Cup?
Could Iran and the US play each other at the World Cup?
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‘We basically lost’: Tel Aviv residents react after Israel-Iran strikes
Residents in Tel Aviv voiced mixed reactions after a day of missile exchanges between Israel and Iran.
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Gaza cancer patient waits for a chance at life
A school director and novelist in Gaza needs urgent life-saving cancer surgery that she cannot access inside the Strip.
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How significant is Xi Jinping’s visit to North Korea?
Beijing is Pyongyang's main political and economic backer.
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France and Germany scrap fighter jet in hit to European defence cooperation
The termination of the plan comes as Washington increases pressure on Europe to become more militarily independent.
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Will the FIFA World Cup be the economic bonanza US cities were promised?
Cities remain optimistic despite lagging hotel bookings and high ticket prices that might deter foreign travellers.
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CCTV captures moment of deadly strike on Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
CCTV footage captured the moment a missile struck Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, killing two people and injuring 23.
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US congressman demands probe into Israel’s 1967 attack on USS Liberty
Thomas Massie suggests the deadly assault was not an accident and calls on the US government to honour its survivors.
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Floods tear through homes and farmland in China’s Guizhou province
Drone footage shows entire neighbourhoods, roads and farmland submerged by floodwaters in China's southwestern Guizhou.
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China’s Xi Jinping and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un meet in Pyongyang
Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met on Monday at a rare summit in Pyongyang.
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Albanian PM Rama vows to push on with Kushner-linked luxury resort
Albanian Prime Minister Rama vowed to press ahead with a billion-dollar luxury resort project linked to Jared Kushner.
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Southern Philippines hit by 7.8-magnitude earthquake
Offshore quake rocks Mindanao, killing at least 35 and injuring more than 200.
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NATO jets shoot down drone over Latvia, extending Ukraine spillover fears
The drone entered Latvian airspace due to 'Russian electronic warfare', the military says.
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US imposes restrictions on 100 Nicaraguan officials after activist’s death
The death of Indigenous leader Brooklyn Rivera has prompted calls from UN experts for an independent investigation.
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Moment Israeli helicopter fires missile on Gaza City target
Footage shows the moment an Israeli helicopter launched a missile at an unknown target in the Gaza City neighbourhood.
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WHO chief lauds Uganda’s response to Ebola outbreak
Tedros said the country had responded promptly and capably, but called for it to reopen the border with DR Congo.
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