A top official says Turkey is closely monitoring any attempts to undermine its peace initiative with the PKK following the militant Kurdish group’s announcement that it is ending its decades-long armed conflict with the Turkish state.

The 15-year-old Mirnesa Juzunovic from the small city of Kakanj in Bosnia is believed to be her country's youngest trainer of fighter bulls.

The U.K. government will defend its decision to continue supplying parts for F-35 fighter jets that may be used by Israel in Gaza at the High Court.

Russia launched 10 Shahed and decoy drones at Ukraine in nighttime attacks, the Ukrainian air force said Tuesday.

Nissan says it will cut about 15% of its global work force, or about 20,000 employees, by fiscal 2027.

The Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization has found Russia responsible for shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine with the loss of 298 lives more than a decade ago.

British police say they have arrested a man on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life over a fire at the London house where U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer lived before he was elected to lead the country.

A day after China and the U.S. agreed to a 90-day truce in their tariffs stalemate, China is moving to strengthen its alliances as a counterweight to President Donald Trump's trade war.

President Donald Trump has arrived in Saudi Arabia, the first leg of his three-nation visit to the Middle East this week meant to tackle multiple crises and conflicts across the region.

Kim Kardashian’s childhood friend and then stylist has told a Paris court that she heard the celebrity beg for her life when she was bound with zip ties and held at gunpoint during a 2016 heist in her hotel room during Fashion Week in the French capital.

The head of the global trade watchdog says global free trade is facing a “crisis” as U.S. President Donald Trump disrupts world commerce with his fast-changing tariffs and other policies.

Despite his detention by the International Criminal Court, former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte appeared to have been elected as mayor in his home city by a landslide, according to preliminary results Tuesday.

President Donald Trump has opened his four-day Middle East trip by paying a visit to Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

A Paris court has found actor Gérard Depardieu guilty of having sexually assaulted two women on a 2021 film set.

The 78th Cannes Film Festival is opening with expectations running high for what could be a banner edition.

Gunmen have killed a mayoral candidate from Mexico’s governing party in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz and four others who accompanied her.

Shares have logged modest gains in most world markets as the initial euphoria over the 90-day truce in the trade war between the United States and China fades.

In Senegal’s gold-rich Kedougou region, women and children face serious health risks from mercury exposure used in gold processing.

A federal judge is refusing to block the Internal Revenue Service from sharing immigrants’ tax data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the purpose of identifying and deporting people illegally in the U.S. In a win for the Trump administration, U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich denied a preliminary injunction Monday in a lawsuit filed by nonprofit groups.

Designer Prabal Gurung has always been a storyteller.

For President Donald Trump, accepting a free Air Force One replacement from Qatar is a no-brainer.

President Donald Trump’s agreement with China to temporarily slash tariffs for 90 days offered the world a bit of welcome relief.

President Donald Trump is on his way to the Middle East, where he had intended to focus on pressing wealthy Gulf nations to pour billions in new investment into the United States.

The Trump administration has brought a small group of white South Africans to the United States as refugees in what it says is the start of a larger relocation effort.

Jannik Sinner says it’s “a good thing for us tennis players” that the new pope likes to play the sport.

The Trump administration is welcoming a small group of white South Africans as refugees, saying they face discrimination and violence at home.

The Cannes Film Festival red carpet is perhaps the most rigidly controlled red carpet in the world.

Some conservatives and traditionalist Catholics are cautiously optimistic over the historic election of Pope Leo XIV.

President Donald Trump’s readiness to accept a luxury jet as a gift from the ruling family of Qatar for conversion into a presidential aircraft has revived the conversations around emoluments and the notion of a president otherwise allegedly profiting off of the office.

The Episcopal Church’s migration service is refusing a directive from the U.S. federal government to help resettle white South Africans granted refugee status, citing the church’s longstanding commitment to racial justice and reconciliation.

Edan Alexander was 19 when Hamas militants stormed the Israeli military base where the American-Israeli from New Jersey was a soldier and dragged him into the Gaza Strip.

British police are investigating a fire that damaged the door of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s house in north London.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has described as “unfair” the decision by the Trump administration to suspend imports of Mexican beef cattle for 15 days due to the detection of screwworm in shipments.

Six Bulgarian nationals have been sentenced in a London court to up to nearly 11 years in prison for spying for Russia.

A power outage has disrupted multiple lines on the London Underground network.

Witnesses and independent media reports say that an airstrike by Myanmar’s military on a village in the country’s central Sagaing region has hit a school.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order meant to try to lower drug costs for American consumers.

The Eurovision party is officially underway.

South Korean conductor Myung-whun Chung has been named the new musical director of the famed Milan opera house, Teatro alla Scala, the first Asian to hold the position.

Sharing online was second nature for Kim Kardashian, an extension of her fame.

A dilapidated industrial site in the Czech Republic where German businessman Oskar Schindler saved 1,200 Jews during the World War II is coming back to life.

Food security experts say the Gaza Strip is at critical risk of famine if Israel doesn’t lift its blockade and stop its military campaign.

Pope Leo XIV has called for the release of imprisoned journalists and affirmed the “precious gift of free speech and the press.”.

Democratic Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego is wading into one of Washington’s most contentious and intractable political problems.

U.S. and Chinese officials say they have reached a deal to roll back most of their recent tariffs and call a 90 day pause so they can keep talking to resolve their trade disputes.

Ukraine's air force says Russia launched more than 100 Shahed and decoy drones at Ukraine in nighttime attacks.

Poland's foreign minister says he's ordering the closure of Russia’s Consulate in the southern city of Krakow.

Hamas has freed an Israeli-American soldier who was held hostage in Gaza for more than 19 months.

The PKK Kurdish militant group says it will disband and end its armed struggle as part of a new peace initiative with Turkey, ending four decades of armed conflict.

Hamas says it has released an American-Israeli hostage held in Gaza.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says India has only “paused its military action” and will “retaliate on its own terms” if there is any future terror attack on the country.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to the Middle East this week as scheduled won’t include a trip to Israel to discuss the war in Gaza or talks with Iran about its nuclear program.

Human Rights Watch says at least 100 civilians in Burkina Faso were killed by government forces near the town of Solenzo in the western Boucle du Mouhoun region in an attack in March.

The durability of the America's appeal for international students is facing a test under the Trump administration, which has ramped up scrutiny of student visas and moved to deport foreign students for involvement in pro-Palestinian activism.

In a way, the requiem of a now dismantled agency that promoted U.S. security through development and humanitarian work abroad can be told through its people.

U.S. stocks rallied after China and the United States announced a 90-day truce in their trade war.

Even though he is detained in The Hague, former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is among the candidates vying for some 18,000 national and local seats in Monday’s midterm elections.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has pledged to cut immigration numbers and make it harder to settle in the U.K. He is confronting an issue that has bedeviled successive governments and fueled the rise of a new anti-immigrant party that could threaten the country’s political establishment.

A group of 49 white South Africans has departed their homeland for the United States on a private charter plane having been offered refugee status by the Trump administration.

People in Kashmir say they are relieved but uneasy after India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire.

Tens of thousands of faithful Catholics gathered in St. Peter’s Square to watch Pope Leo XIV deliver the first Sunday blessing of his pontificate exactly at noon.

A global trade war is offering Puerto Rico hope as the island attempts to strengthen its fragile economy.

News that the global Catholic church would get its first-ever U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholics across the ideological spectrum in Pope Leo XIV’s homeland, raising the question of whether he might be able to ease some of the deep divisions within its ranks.

The United States is pulling back from its role in spreading democratic ideals abroad under President Donald Trump.

Players swiping their way through more than 18,700 levels of Candy Crush Saga might be surprised to learn they’re solving puzzles enhanced by unsuspected ally: artificial intelligence.

Pope Leo XIV has called for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza with the release of hostages and delivery of humanitarian aid.

Hospital patients are among the most vulnerable as Palestinians across Gaza struggle to feed themselves.

Iran and the United States have held a fourth round of talks over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.

The lead U.S. negotiator in trade talks with China cheered “a great deal of productivity” in resolving differences between the world’s two leading economic powers, after officials wrapped two days of bargaining in Switzerland following President Donald Trump imposing steep tariffs and Beijing retaliating.

India says its strikes into Pakistan-controlled Kashmir and Pakistan on Wednesday killed more than 100 militants.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has challenged Russia’s President Vladimir Putin to meet him personally in Turkey on Thursday.

Hamas says the last living American hostage in Gaza will be released as part of efforts to establish a ceasefire, reopen crossings into the Israeli-blockaded territory and resume aid delivery.

Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil giant Aramco posted first-quarter profits of $26 billion, down 4.6% from the prior year.

As firefighters in Suriname battled to save buildings in the historic city center of Paramaribo in April, volunteers were scanning documents from the Neveh Shalom Synagogue in an effort to preserve the history of the thousands of Jews who have called the city home since the 1700s.

The new pope, Leo XIV, is scheduled to deliver his first such prayer on Sunday from the loggia where he first appeared in public after being elected three days ago.

Voting has ended in Albania’s parliamentary election after a boisterous campaign dominated by the country’s uphill effort to join the European Union and Prime Minister Edi Rama’s bid for a fourth term.

A passenger bus has skidded off a cliff in Sri Lanka’s tea-growing hill country, killing 21 people and injuring 35 others.

Perhaps as much as ever, all eyes in the movie world will be on the 78th Cannes Film Festival when it gets underway Tuesday in the South of France.

Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli has left the Nicaraguan embassy in Panama City where he had sought refuge more than a year ago after the courts upheld a prison sentence against him for money laundering and headed to Colombia where he has received political asylum.

Koyo Kouoh, the curator of the 2026 Venice Art Biennale, has died at age 58, her home institution in South Africa said in an Instagram post.

The Trump administration is bringing a small number of white South Africans to the United States as refugees next week in what it says is the start of a larger relocation effort.

Health officials say Israeli airstrikes overnight and into Saturday have killed at least 23 Palestinians in Gaza.

Saudi Arabia wants U.S. help developing its own civil nuclear program, and the Trump administration says it’s “very excited” at the prospect.

Pope Leo XIV has laid out the vision of his papacy and has identified artificial intelligence as one of the most critical matters facing humanity.

Sudanese authorities say a suspected drone attack has killed at least 20 prisoners in the southern region of Kordofan.

Two months ago, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Ukraine was ready to accept a U.S. proposal for a 30-day cease-fire, provided Russia did the same.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed restarting direct talks with Ukraine in Istanbul on May 15, “without preconditions,” an offer that came in response to Ukraine and its allies urging Moscow to commit to an unconditional 30-day ceasefire.

The election of Pope Leo XIV, who is the first U.S. pope and has Creole roots, is raising more awareness about the complexity of the Creole identity.

South Korea’s embattled conservative party has canceled then reinstated the presidential candidacy of Kim Moon Soo within hours, after a failed attempt to replace him with former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo.

India has accused Pakistan of repeatedly violating the ceasefire agreed earlier on Saturday in the disputed territory of Kashmir.

India and Pakistan have agreed to a ceasefire after U.S.-led talks to end the most serious military confrontation between the nuclear-armed rivals in decades but accused each other of violating the deal just hours later.

Pope Leo XIV, now the successor of St. Peter, leads the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church in a sacred role that few others will ever hold.

The military services are scrambling to nail down details and put together new guidance to start removing transgender troops from the force.

The new pope, Leo XIV, has something in common with many of his peers in the Catholic hierarchy.

The Trump administration will welcome more than two dozen white South Africans to the United States as refugees next week.

Margot Friedländer, a German Jew who survived the Theresienstadt concentration camp and became a high-profile witness to Nazi persecution in her final years, has died.

Ahmed Hassanein remembers the days of learning how to play football in his half-brother’s small kitchen in California.

Protesters have gathered in the Slovak capital to to demonstrate against populist Prime Minister Robert Fico’s latest trip to Russia.

Before high-level U.S. and Chinese officials hold talks in Switzerland this weekend to discuss high tariffs, Washington and Beijing have been in a rhetorical duel over which side reached out first.

Pope Leo XIV in 2012 made comments critical of what he called the “homosexual lifestyle” and the role of mass media in promoting acceptance of same-sex relationships that conflicted with Catholic doctrine.