Middle East tensions soared as Iran and its allies readied their response to the assassination of Hamas's political leader, blamed on Israel, spurring fears of…
UK authorities faced growing pressure on August 4 to put an end to England's worst rioting in 13 years after disturbances linked to child murders…
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on August 2 scrapped a plea agreement with 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, just two days after the announcement of…
Here are names of those freed under a major East-West prisoner exchange on August 1, according to a senior Administration official. Three US citizens and…
Hunter Biden, the son of US President Joe Biden, will be sentenced on November 13 after a jury found him guilty of federal gun charges,…
Thousands of Venezuelans marched across the South American country on August 3 over its contested election, as President Nicolas Maduro told supporters some 2,000 people…
Urgent calls for foreign nationals to leave Lebanon grew on August 4 with France warning of "a highly volatile" situation as Iran and its allies…
Opponents of deep sea mining suffered a serious setback on August 2 when they failed to take a first step toward an international moratorium on…
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu called on August 4 for a suspension of protests against a cost of living crisis, saying this would create an opportunity…
Kamala Harris will be confirmed as the Democratic US presidential nominee in an electronic vote starting on August 1 that replaces the fanfare of in-person…
1A Guinean court sentenced ex-dictator Moussa Dadis Camara to 20 years in jail for crimes against humanity on July 31, after a landmark trial over…
Shops and public transport across Venezuela shut down on July 31 as tensions over a fiercely disputed presidential election and rumors of more opposition arrests…
Israel's army confirmed on August 1 that Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif was killed in an air strike last month in the southern Gaza Strip.…
The first batch of long-awaited F-16 jets have arrived in Ukraine, Lithuania's foreign minister and a US official said on July 31, an effort Kyiv…
Signs of a major prisoner exchange between Russia and Belarus on one side and the US, Germany and Slovenia on the other, multiplied on August…
Transport unions in Bolivia started a national strike on July 31 to protest fuel shortages, as diesel supplies shipped from Russia fail to arrive and…
The European Union's landmark law on artificial intelligence came into force on August 1, which Brussels vows will drive innovation while protecting citizens' rights. The…
The US sanctioned two people and four firms on July 31 for facilitating the procurement of weapons on behalf of Yemen's Houthi rebels. The group…
Nigerian police fired tear gas on August 1 to break up several hundred protesters in the northern city of Kano and in the capital Abuja…
A teenager appeared in court on August 1 charged with murdering three girls in a mass stabbing at a Taylor Swift-themed dance party as violent…
The foreign ministers of DR Congo and Rwanda agreed to a ceasefire in eastern Congo, the Angolan presidency said on July 30, following peace talks…
Guinea's opposition rejected on July 31 a draft constitution presented a day earlier by the ruling junta, saying it would allow military leaders to stand…
Thousands of Venezuelans gathered on July 30 in a peaceful show of opposition support a day after 11 people died and dozens were injured in…
Peru's prosecutor's office on July 31 filed homicide charges in Congress against President Dina Boluarte in a case related to her government's deadly 2022 crackdown…
Clashes erupted on July 31 in Guinea's capital Conakry between police and demonstrators protesting the "disappearance" of two pro-democracy activists critical of the ruling junta,…