Boris Nadezhdin, who criticized Moscow’s military action in Ukraine and unsuccessfully tried to run against President Vladimir Putin in the 2024 election, was convicted of displaying “extremist symbols” — an action that will keep him out of this year’s parliamentary race.

Andy Burnham has been officially declared leader of Britain’s governing Labour Party, clearing his final hurdle to taking office as prime minister next week.

A school bus accident in Uganda has killed at least 20 children and one adult.

Israel's parliament has dissolved after passing a series of controversial bills in marathon sessions in its last few days.

A landslide Friday on the outskirts of Chongqing, China, has killed at least eight people and left 34 missing.

Israel has again occupied much of southern Lebanon, 26 years after ending its 18-year occupation.

In Bangladesh, a simple pair of reading glasses is transforming the lives of garment workers like Ruma Aktar.

The United States and Iran have exchanged strikes aimed at infrastructure and military targets as their battle over the Strait of Hormuz intensifies.

Andy Burnham is about to become Britain’s 59th prime minister, following the sudden downfall of Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Japan’s parliament has enacted a historic revision to the 19th-century Imperial House Law by insisting only paternal-lineage males can become emperor.

U.S. aviation safety investigators have taken over the investigation into what caused a window to dislodge on a Ryanair flight from Greece to Germany on July 10.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has convened leaders from over 60 countries to take part in the Trump administration’s latest effort to quell what it calls “left-wing” political terrorism.

The United States is expanding its airstrike campaign against Iran by increasingly hitting bridges.

A mass trial of hundreds of alleged MS-13 gang members has wrapped up in El Salvador with prosecutors delivering their closing arguments.

The world has largely viewed the U.S. more favorably than China for years, but those opinions now have flipped in Beijing’s favor.

Authorities say a boat carrying about 60 migrants, including women and children, bound for European shores capsized off the coast of eastern Libya in the latest maritime tragedy off the North African country.

Amazon says that the technology company will launch its new satellite internet service Amazon Leo in South Africa in 2027.

Lithuania's president says intelligence suggests Russia is planning attacks on critical infrastructure in the Baltic states or Poland.

Cuba is suffering another nationwide blackout, leaving the entire country without power.

The fence separating Gibraltar from Spain has been dismantled to ease travel for thousands who cross daily.

A China-born U.S. seismologist has been detained in China without trial for nearly two years.

British counterterror police say former politician and reality TV contestant Ann Widdecombe was killed in a targeted attack.

A U.S.-Russian space crew has arrived at the International Space Station for an eight-month mission.

Hundreds of firefighters are battling two blazes in the Fontainebleau forest south of Paris.