Hezbollah has rejected the latest ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Lebanese government and demanded a complete Israeli withdrawal.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is back on Capitol Hill to testify before the House Ways and Means Committee on the department’s priorities, one day after he refused to say whether President Donald Trump and his family would still get immunity from IRS audits after the administration abandoned plans for a $1.776 billion compensation fund that would have benefited the president’s allies.

Acclaimed Iranian-French cartoonist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi has died at 56.

Dozens of artists at this year’s Venice Biennale are threatening legal action if their names aren't removed from a visitor voting ballot.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has held talks with Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodriguez.

A British lawmaker is suing Elon Musk’s company xAI for invasion of privacy.

Iran is heading to the World Cup amid tensions with the main host nation, creating a unique situation in tournament history.

At least nine people have been killed in Israeli overnight strikes in Gaza, according to local hospitals.

A fire at an unregistered nursing home in western Sri Lanka has killed 12 residents and injured eight others.

Lebanese Americans are both grieving and taking action to support loved ones in their homeland who have been affected by the war between Israel and Hezbollah militants.

João Victor Gonçalves, from one of Rio de Janeiro's poorest favelas, has achieved a dream by playing soccer internationally.

Supporters of opposition political figures and state security forces fought in armed clashes that erupted in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu ahead of a planned anti-government demonstration.

A Sherpa guide was found crawling to base camp on Mount Everest a week after he went missing.

New Zealand's government plans to express concern to Beijing after four lawmakers were banned from visiting China for a year.

Chinese authorities are intensifying efforts to erase the memory of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.

A massive black cloud rising above the St. Petersburg skyline from a Ukrainian drone strike set a gloomy tone for the opening of President Vladimir Putin’s annual showcase of Russia’s economic achievements.

President Donald Trump insists he's comfortable with the current holding pattern in the Iran war.

Most U.S. stocks are rising as oil prices ease, but slumps for influential AI winners are weighing on Wall Street.

The U.S. military has attacked another boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two men.

There were no treatments or vaccines to protect people during the recent hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship.

Thousands of students, teachers and activists have clashed with police in Chile's capital during a massive march against President José Antonio Kast’s education cuts and austerity measures.

Spanish hotel chain Meliá has joined a growing list of companies with a long-standing presence in Cuba that are withdrawing or limiting their operations on the island after the U.S. announced new sanctions while upholding an oil embargo.

The House for the first time has approved a war powers resolution that would halt the U.S. military action against Iran.

The killing this month of a 14-year-old girl in central Argentina has shocked the country, triggering a groundswell of outrage and growing demands for government action against gender-based violence.

Congo is still hoping to play its World Cup warmup against Chile after the mayor of the Spanish city of La Linea de la Concepcion denied authorization for the match because of health concerns related to the Ebola crisis.

A judge in Amsterdam has rejected an appeal by a Jewish organization to block two performances by rapper Ye, finding the concerts are not a threat to public order.

Portugal and Austria have defeated Germany for seats on the powerful but deeply divided U.N. Security Council in a hotly contested race after intense campaigning.

Poland and Lithuania confirm they are in talks about their role in NATO's nuclear deterrence efforts, which are centered on U.S. nuclear weapons in Europe.

The filmmaker Wim Wenders has pulled his 1975 movie “The Wrong Move” due to a nude scene featuring a then-13-year-old Nastassja Kinski.

Colombian lawyer and presidential candidate, Abelardo de la Espriella, has thanked U.S. President Donald Trump for endorsing his campaign.

The World Health Organization chief says Congo's Ebola outbreak had a head start but that testing is improving, even as violence plagues the region.

Kenyan detectives have been granted 21 days to hold nine students suspected of planning an arson attack at a school in central Kenya.

A massive coastal development project linked to Jared Kushner is facing resistance in Albania.

The National Hurricane Center says the first tropical storm of the Pacific season has formed.

Prolonged disruption of energy supplies from the Middle East that lasts into next year would deal a severe blow to the global economy.

The House approved a war powers resolution that would halt the U.S. military action against Iran, defying President Donald Trump as a handful of Republicans joined with Democrats to seek to end the war.

Britain's King George III is getting a makeover as America approaches its 250th birthday.

A performance artist in Hong Kong has tried to display a red thread to commemorate the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing.

A rare albino buffalo named after U.S. President Donald Trump for his distinctive blond tuft is drawing crowds at a Bangladesh zoo.

President Donald Trump acknowledged criticizing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “crazy” in a phone call that involved expletives.

Britain’s interior minister accused activists of hijacking a teenager's murder to stir up violence after police were attacked at a protest.

Ukrainian long-range drones have struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg, setting it ablaze, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Three Australian appeals court judges have reserved their decision on whether an activist can prosecute King Charles III for alleged genocide of Australia’s Indigenous people.

Raúl Castro has turned 95, a landmark birthday for a man still helping lead one of the last communist countries in the world.

Indonesia's former head of the National Nutrition Agency has been arrested on corruption charges related to a multibillion-dollar free-meals program.

A fire has swept through a building in New Delhi, killing at least 21 people and injuring several others.

Kuwait says Iranian drones have heavily damaged a passenger terminal at its main, killing one person, wounding dozens and briefly closing the airfield.

President Donald Trump is in a hurry to rebuild the tariff wall the Supreme Court tore down less than four months ago.

The Solomon Islands' new leader says the country will review its secretive security treaty with China.

Oil prices rose following the latest threats to the U.S.-Iran ceasefire, and U.S. stocks retreated from their records.

Dozens of people adopted abroad fastened ceramic nametags recently on a cobblestone wall at a park on a former U.S. military base in Paju, South Korea.

South Korea’s ruling liberal party has won a majority of races in local elections but lost the crucial Seoul mayoral contest.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the U.S. is still in discussions with several countries to resettle more than 1,000 Afghans who assisted America’s war effort.

The Trump administration has placed sanctions on Iran’s largest digital asset exchange, Nobitex, and three others.

Bangladesh's Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman has won a hotly contested race to be the next president of the 193-member United Nations General Assembly.

The fatal stabbing of a British teenage who was handcuffed despite telling offices that he was wounded has sparked a debate about policing and race.

Peru is grappling with a surge in extortion and violence, especially in areas like Trujillo.

General Mills is selling its Häagen-Dazs ice cream shops in China to a group of investors that includes a Chinese tea brand.

Bleak Week is a film festival celebrating “cinema of despair.”.

The British government is sticking to its net-zero goal despite global conflicts affecting energy supplies.

Israel's weapons exports reached a record high of over $19 billion last year, marking a 30% increase from 2024, according to Israel's Defense Ministry.

Cambodia has filed for compulsory conciliation under a U.N. maritime law agreement to resolve a sea border dispute with Thailand.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will face more questions about the Trump administration’s fragile or stalling diplomatic efforts around the world in back-to-back hearings on Capitol Hill for the first time since the Iran war began.

The U.S. military says Iran fired missiles at Kuwait and Bahrain that failed or were shot down, and that the U.S. launched strikes on an Iranian facility in response.

Fatima Yousufi and Mona Amini escaped the Taliban and found refuge in Australia with dreams of playing international soccer.

Israeli drone strikes on southern Lebanon have killed eight people, including two children and their father.

A bear has injured four people in a Japanese residential area in the latest case of attacks by the animals in the region.

Volunteers for the U.N. food agency are providing crucial support In the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo by cooking.

The European Union has agreed on a major overhaul of its migration policy, aiming to increase deportations and establish detention centers abroad.

Kenya’s president has defended the establishment by the U.S. of its own Ebola quarantine facility.

Thousands of people in New Zealand have attended one of the world’s best-known steampunk festivals.

Russian forces launched a massive aerial attack on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, and officials say at least 22 civilians were killed and 138 were wounded.

Archaeologists are digging beneath Notre Dame cathedral to explore as far back as Roman Paris from 2,000 years ago.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he's optimistic about the potential for a resumption in nuclear talks with Iran despite a shaky ceasefire in the war that's looking increasingly in doubt.

The U.S. stock market inched to more records as winners of the artificial-intelligence boom kept driving higher.

Five American cruise ship passengers exposed to hantavirus are leaving a Nebraska quarantine facility.

The State Department plans to slash the number of U.S. embassies and consulates in Africa that can process visas for foreigners seeking to come to the United States.

Archaeologists have unearthed ancient artifacts in Egypt including Pharaonic funerary furniture and a marble head of Greek goddess Aphrodite.

British authorities have blocked a Turkish American streamer Hasan Piker and political commentator Cenk Uygur from entering the U.K. The Home Office said Monday that their electronic travel authorizations were canceled over concerns that their presence might not be conducive to the public good.

A divided panel of federal appeal court judges has ruled that a Trump administration policy illegally banned transgender troops from military service.

Pro-Trump lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella has taken the lead in Colombia’s presidential race after the first round of elections over the weekend.

More than a dozen rescue and charity groups are using excavation machinery to recover bodies following a massive blast from stored mining explosives in northeastern Myanmar.

An international arbitration panel has rejected Rwanda's multimillion-dollar claim linked to a controversial refugee resettlement deal.

Nvidia has unveiled powerful new chips to bring advanced artificial intelligence to Windows laptops and desktops.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces more embarrassment with the release of files about former U.K. ambassador to Washington Peter Mandelson.

Congo has confirmed at least 282 Ebola cases in its growing outbreak.

U.S. President Donald Trump says Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to dial back fighting after he talked with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and communicated with the Lebanon-militant group through mediators.

Hundreds of youths in the Kenyan town of Nanyuki have demonstrated against an Ebola quarantine center at Laikipia Air Base.

The French Navy, with UK support, has intercepted another Russia-linked oil tanker under international sanctions.

Venezuela's ruling party is facing internal divisions after 27 years of unity.

A Philippine senator says he will surrender after a court ordered his arrest on a charge of plunder.

Rescue workers in Laos are searching for an alternative way into a flooded cave where two people have been trapped for nearly two weeks.

Traveling to Spain in June and France in September, Pope Leo XIV will find traditionally Catholic but now staunchly secular countries with an abundance of historic churches but few people in the pews.

Oil prices rose following the latest fighting to threaten the U.S.-Iran ceasefire, but Wall Street isn’t very worried, and U.S. stocks ticked to more records.

The United States says it has bombed radar and drone sites in Iran after Tehran shot down an American drone over the weekend.

Ethiopians voted Monday in an election marked by insecurity, with the ruling Prosperity Party expected to secure a majority.

The world is getting more uptight about lending money to President Donald Trump’s government.

Police allege an Australian woman charged with joining the Islamic State group expressed views supporting terrorist acts and killing of non-believers, attempted to indoctrinate her children and recruited others to join her in Syria.

Malaysia has started enforcing rules to prevent children under 16 from having social media accounts.

Renowned Indigenous leader Brooklyn River, who spent years fighting for the rights of his community and was imprisoned by the government in September 2023, has died.