Massive fireballs have lit up the sky over the Gulf as Iranian attacks on oil tankers flout President Donald Trump's claim the US has won its war with Tehran.
Swiss police say a man is believed to have boarded a bus before dousing himself in flammable material, causing a fire that killed six people.
The US will begin releases from its strategic petroleum reserve next week in a bid to reduce oil prices.
A bus fire in Switzerland has killed at least six people with police investigating whether it was started by a person inside.
A 35-year-old woman has been charged with attempted murder and 10 counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm after shots were fired at Rihanna's LA home.
The Israeli army says it has killed three armed men near Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says prisoner swaps and a possible leaders' summit could be discussed during the next Russia-Ukraine peace talks.
Explosions have rung out across the Mideast as Iran launched strikes and shook energy supplies, even after the US and Israel's most fierce attacks of the war.
Ukraine claims to be retaking territory and Russia insists it's "advancing rather successfully", while US-brokered peace talks remain on hold.
Human Rights Watch says drones operated by Haitian security forces and private contractors have killed more than a thousand people and injured hundreds more.
Jacinda Ardern has defended her government's pandemic record, saying they got "more than most" right on New Zealand's COVID-19 handling.
Rihanna has been left shaken and a woman has been charged with attempted murder after the singer's mansion was peppered with shots from a semi-automatic rifle.
Jeffrey Epstein's secluded ranch in New Mexico is being searched after previously sealed FBI files revealed more details about the disgraced financier's crimes.
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have spoken on the phone about the wars in Iran and Ukraine.
President Donald Trump warns that US attacks could rise sharply if Iran blocks tanker traffic, while Tehran vows that no oil will move if attacks continue.
An Indonesian court has sentenced three Australian men over the fatal shooting of another Australian in Bali.
Flash flooding has killed at least 42 people in Kenya's capital after wild weather swept away vehicles and disrupted flights at a major airport.
A civil trial brought by three men injured in Provisional IRA bombings decades ago against former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams is set to begin in London.
The Trump administration's war on "narcoterrorists" continues with another strike on a small alleged drug-smuggling vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
A total of seven US military service members have now died during operations in Iran.
Mojtaba Khamenei, the hardline cleric son of Iran's slain supreme leader, has been named his successor as the US-Israel war with Iran sends oil prices surging.
Six Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, in the first bloodshed since Israel and the US launched a war with Iran.
A woman who was abused by paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein told the FBI how she massaged Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor before he gave her a massage back.
China's top diplomat says dialogue with the US is vital for global stability as leaders Xi Jinping and Donald Trump prepare to meet.
Malaysia is being urged to extend the search for a flight carrying 227 passengers that disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing 12 years ago.
France is on the brink of granting New Caledonia new powers in a nod to the Pacific nation's growing desires for independence.
Negotiating with Iran could be a moot point if the country's potential leaders are killed and the Iranian military is destroyed, US President Donald Trump says.
Kharkiv's mayor says a Russian ballistic missile has struck a five-storey residential building, killing at least 10 people.
Flash flooding has killed at least 23 people in Kenya's capital as wild weather swept away vehicles and disrupted flights at a major airport.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is demanding a global response to Russia's "savage strikes" after a fresh barrage on Ukraine killed at least seven people.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has weighed in on the push to remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the royal line of succession.
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