The British government faces weeks of uncertainty as embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer prepares for a leadership challenge from the popular mayor of Manchester, Andy Burnham.

French singer and actor Claudine Longet has died at age 84.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that a Russian missile attack on a Kyiv apartment building the previous day killed 24 people, including three children.

Renowned Cuban dancer and choreographer Juan Miguel Mas, has faced significant challenges due to Cuba's economic crisis.

Africa's top public health body has confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo’s remote Ituri province.

India has raised fuel prices by 3 rupees per liter to offset losses from higher global oil prices.

Six passengers from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak have arrived in Australia for a quarantine expected to last at least three weeks.

World shares have retreated and South Korea's Kospi has given up gains after reaching an all-time high and crossing the 8,000 mark for the first time.

Millions of Palestinians are marking the 78th anniversary of the Nakba.

At the Eurovision Song Contest, performers get just three minutes to impress.

U.S. President Donald Trump departed Beijing following a final day meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping have wrapped up their critical talks.

A federal jury in Chicago has awarded $49.5 million to the family of a 24-year-old nonprofit global health worker killed in the 2019 crash of a Boeing 737 Max jet in Ethiopia.

Cuban and U.S. officials say that CIA Director John Ratcliffe has met with Cuban officials including Raul Castro’s grandson during a high-level visit to the island.

A new study has found that the Trump administration's decision last year to dissolve the U.S. Agency for International Development — once a leading global aid donor — was followed by a significant increase in violence in several African countries the agency had supported.

The Trump administration has announced $1.8 billion in additional funding for U.N. humanitarian aid.

Yemen's government and Houthi rebels have agreed to free more than 1,600 detainees in the largest swap of Yemen's 11-year civil war.

A global hunger monitoring group reported that over 40% of Sudan's population faces acute food insecurity through May.

Israel and Lebanon have started a third round of direct talks in Washington.

The Princess of Wales’ visit to Italy highlights the Reggio Approach, an educational model that values a child’s curiosity and potential.

Pope Leo XIV has denounced investments in AI and high-tech weaponry, warning they lead to a “spiral of annihilation.”.

Passengers unaffected by an illness outbreak on a British cruise ship have been allowed to disembark in the French port city of Bordeaux.

A Philippine senator wanted by the International Criminal Court has fled from the Senate, where he sought refuge to evade arrest.

Hungary's government has summoned Russia's ambassador over a massive drone attack near its border with Ukraine.

The World Cup final will feature a star-studded halftime show headlined by Madonna, Shakira and boy band BTS.

Latvian center-right Prime Minister Evika Silina has resigned after losing support from the Progressives Party, her left-leaning coalition partner.

Dust storms, heavy rain, and lightning have damaged homes and killed at least 96 people in northern India.

Tensions are escalating again near the Strait of Hormuz after a ship anchored off the United Arab Emirates was seized and taken toward Iran and another was attacked and sank near the coast of Oman.

Efforts to unseat British Prime Minister Keir Starmer have erupted into open rebellion within his party.

U.S. President Donald Trump has expressed interest in making Venezuela the 51st U.S. state.

BRICS foreign ministers have started a two-day meeting in New Delhi.

The U.S. stock market rose to more records after Cisco Systems joined the parade of companies reporting fatter profits for the start of 2026 than analysts expected.

Vienna's coffeehouses have embraced the Eurovision Song Contest, but tensions over Israel’s participation have surfaced.

Authorities say a massive Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine has demolished an apartment block in Kyiv, killing nine and wounding dozens.

President Donald Trump is in Beijing for key meetings with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

China’s Xi Jinping has warned President Donald Trump that their two countries could clash over Taiwan if the issue is not handled properly.

Eleven people who survived a plane crash about 50 miles off the Florida coast were on a life raft for hours and had no idea anyone was coming to save them when rescue crews from the U.S. military arrived.

Supporters of a bill to aid Ukraine and sanction Russia have reached a critical threshold to force a vote in the House.

The U.S. military says the remains of the second U.S. Army soldier who went missing during military exercises in Morocco have been recovered.

Official figures show that the number of people deported to El Salvador from the United States nearly have doubled in the first months of 2026.

French President Emmanuel Macron has concluded his Africa visit with talks in Ethiopia.

Christie's says a 5.5-carat triangular-cut diamond billed as the largest fancy vivid blue-green diamond known to exist has sold for more than 13.5 million Swiss francs or $17.3 million.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says he quietly visited the United Arab Emirates during the Iran war.

Senate Republicans have again blocked Democratic legislation that would halt President Donald Trump’s war with Iran.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum denies a CNN report that the CIA conducted deadly operations in Mexico.

The Trump administration is suspending a requirement that foreign visitors from countries that have qualified for the World Cup and have bought tickets for the soccer tournament pay as much as $15,000 in bonds to enter the United States.

President Donald Trump's trade war with Beijing has sent U.S.-China trade into a freefall and forced companies on both sides of the Pacific to regroup.

Palestinian authorities say Israeli police have shot and killed a Palestinian man attempting to climb the barrier separating the West Bank from Jerusalem.

An analysis of ancient teeth is giving scientists a rare peek into interactions between human relatives hundreds of thousands of years ago.

French authorities have ordered over 1,700 passengers and crew on a British cruise ship to stay on board due to a gastrointestinal illness outbreak.

Twenty years ago, Guillermo del Toro premiered “Pan’s Labyrinth” at the Cannes Film Festival.

Frida Kahlo returns from the dead in the opera “El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego,” premiering at the Metropolitan Opera this week.

Brazil may be politically divided but people across the spectrum all love the country's instant payment system.

Meta Platforms is introducing an "incognito" mode for WhatsApp to allow private conversations with its AI chatbot.

Nickolay Mladenov, who is overseeing the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in Gaza, says the truce hinges on Hamas’ disarmament hinges on Hamas' disarmament.

Malaysia’s maritime agency says Iranian-linked tankers are exploiting “jurisdictional gaps” to conduct ship-to-ship transfers of sanctioned oil near its waters.

A burst of gunfire rang out in the Philippine Senate, sparking chaos in the building where authorities had tried to arrest a senator wanted by the International Criminal Court in connection with a deadly government crackdown on drugs.

U.S. President Donald Trump has arrived in Beijing for his highly anticipated summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a restless moment for a world worried about war, trade and artificial intelligence.

The Lebanese Health Ministry says that Israeli airstrikes have struck seven vehicles in Lebanon, killing 12 people.

The operator of the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak has told The Associated Press that it expects to know by the end of the week if the vessel will keep to its schedule for the coming months.

Russia has launched a massive daytime drone attack on Ukraine, firing at least 800 drones across 20 regions of the country.

Japanese automaker Nissan says it reduced losses for the fiscal year through March.

Britain’s Princess Catherine is making her first overseas trip since announcing her cancer is in remission.

King Charles III has outlined the British government's legislative plans as Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces pressure to stay in power.

The packaging on some snacks in Japan is turning a somber black-and-white, as the war in Iran disrupts the supply of an ingredient in colored ink.

A rebound for technology stocks led Wall Street to records, even though the majority of U.S. stocks fell following another discouraging update on inflation.

President Donald Trump's visit to Beijing is drawing attention for the spectacle China might present.

American presidents have navigated a verbal tightrope for nearly 50 years regarding official U.S. policy toward Taiwan and China.

The welcoming ceremony for U_S_ President Donald Trump as he arrived in Beijing for a summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping has included a military honor guard, a military band and hundreds of Chinese youths waving flags and chanting, “Warm welcome!”.

When Jake Rosmarin boarded the MV Hondius, he gleefully posted on social media that the ship would be home for 35 days as he and more than 100 other passengers and crew were to travel across the South Atlantic.

Tens of thousands of Argentines were flooding the streets of major cities nationwide to protest funding cuts by libertarian President Javier Milei to the public university system — a near-universal point of pride in this crisis-prone country.

A hormonal condition affecting 1 in 8 women around the world just got a new name in hopes of improving care.

A report has found that sexual violence was systematic, widespread and integral to Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks that sparked Israel's war with Hamas.

The 79th Cannes Film Festival has kicked off.

President Donald Trump's plan to put weapons in space, called the “Golden Dome for America” missile defense program, is estimated to cost much more than he originally said.

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has welcomed the test launch of a new intercontinental ballistic missile as a key part of efforts to modernize the country’s nuclear forces.

Prominent U.S. executives from Big Tech and Wall Street to agriculture and aerospace will join President Donald Trump on his trip to China this week.

Nigeria's military has denied a rights group's claim that an airstrike killed 100 civilians in a market over the weekend.

Prosecutors have filed criminal charges against the operator of the ship that crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in March 2024 leading to the deaths of six construction workers.

Barcelona star Lamine Yamal waved a Palestinian flag during an open top bus parade as the team celebrated winning the Spanish title.

Greece’s defense minister has confirmed that a military sea drone discovered on a Greek island last week is Ukrainian built.

The 85-year-old French widow of a U.S. military veteran shares her experience in U.S. immigration detention.

Colombia's Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta wetland is facing an environmental crisis due to an invasive plant native to Asia.

Ukrainian drone pilots turned a military exercise in Sweden into a critical warning for NATO.

President Donald Trump has departed for Beijing to meet with China's President Xi Jinping.

Calls for mutual respect dominated the Africa Forward Summit as French President Emmanuel Macron announced new investments.

A Philippine senator says he will fight any attempt to send him to the International Criminal Court to be prosecuted for an alleged crime against humanity and adds he never condoned extrajudicial killings when he led the country’s police force.

A doctor says a French woman being treated for hantavirus after being infected on a cruise ship is critically ill and being treated with an artificial lung.

Amazon is rapidly opening store-sized delivery hubs in dozens of U.S. and foreign cities to fulfill customers’ most urgent product needs in 30 minutes or less.

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is fighting for his political survival after a disastrous set of results in local elections for his Labour Party last week.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has faced tough questions from Republican and Democratic lawmakers about the Trump administration’s end game for the Iran war, the rising cost of the conflict and its impact on diminishing U.S. weapons stockpiles.

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer insists he has no intention of resigning despite growing calls within his Labour Party for him to step down.

Kuwait has accused Iran of launching a failed attack earlier this month on an island where China is helping build a port in the Gulf Arab nation.

Two national agencies fighting corruption in Ukraine have named Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s former chief of staff as an official suspect in a major graft investigation.

Police in Pakistan say nine people have been killed and more than two dozen others wounded when a bomb rigged to a rickshaw exploded in a bazaar.

The 79th Cannes Film Festival is underway with politics, artificial intelligence and the shifting priorities of Hollywood taking center stage at the global film gathering.

A sudden halt for technology stocks put the brakes on Wall Street's record-setting run.

The Eurovision Song Contest has kicked off, with 10 countries securing spots in the final after the first semifinal.

President Donald Trump is downplaying differences with President Xi Jinping over the U.S. conflict in Iran as he heads to Beijing for a high-stakes summit with the Chinese leader.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has been in power for 40 years.