Iran is warning Donald Trump to stop his threats or talks will stop, as two more tankers are hit in the Strait of Hormuz and Iranians mourn their slain leader.
Prince Harry, Elton John and other celebrities will soon find out the result of their High Court case against the Daily Mail's publisher.
Almost 18,000 people are still homeless more than a week after twin earthquakes struck Venezuela's capital and nearby coastal regions.
Prince Harry has reportedly been told he cannot stay at Buckingham Palace this week after he failed to accept an invitation in time, a royal source says.
The body that has governed the Gaza Strip for nearly two decades has been dissolved, Hamas says as it makes way for a technocratic government.
After speaking with the leaders of Ukraine and Russia, Donald Trump says a resolution to the war is "closer than people realise".
Search-and-rescue operations in Venezuela are winding down, 11 days after twin earthquakes devastated the country, with the focus now on clearing debris.
Mourners have lined the streets of Tehran for the funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed at the start of the war launched by the US and Israel.
Medics say an Israeli strike has killed two people in Gaza while a lawyer for a prominent hospital director says he is in acute danger in Israeli detention.
Ukraine is renewing its calls for more air defence systems after Russia launched another deadly wave of drones and missiles at Kyiv, killing at least 12 people.
American Pope Leo XIV has spent the Fourth of July praying for migrants at the epicentre of Europe's migration debate on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa.
President Donald Trump has told Americans "we will always be the best" in a partisan and patriotic speech marking the 250th anniversary of US independence.
Tens of thousands of people remain missing after the devastating twin quakes that hit Venezuela 10 days ago, as the death toll nudges a grim new toll.
Mourners have descended on Tehran for a funeral for Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in an attack four months ago.
Ahead of next week's NATO summit, Donald Trump has spoken with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskiy, offering to help broker a solution to the Ukraine war.
The UK MP now widely regarded as prime-minister-in-waiting, Andy Burnham, says he wants voting reform to be part of Labour's policy agenda.
St Petersburg's governor says the Russian city of six million has come under a large-scale drone attack, with an oil terminal struck.
Ukraine is calling for more air defences from allies as its capital mourns the destruction from a massive Russian bombardment that killed at least 30 people.
Clinical testing of two antiviral therapy approaches against Ebola is beginning in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organisation says.
Venezuela's earthquake response was panned as slow and disorganised, but leader Delcy Rodriguez insists authorities acted quickly and are doing all they can.
All oil tankers moving through the Strait of Hormuz must use Iran's approved routes or face a "forceful response", Tehran's military says.
A breakaway right-wing Catholic group that ordained bishops without Pope Leo's approval are in schism with the church and excommunicated, the Vatican says.
The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 1406 including 438 deaths, according to the latest data.
At least 59 people have been killed since the start of the wet season in Ivory Coast, the government says.
Russia has pounded Ukraine's capital with hundreds of drones and missiles, killing 20 people, in what it says is revenge for strikes on Moscow's oil sector.
The death toll from the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela has risen to 2295 with tens of thousands reported missing.
US President Donald Trump claims peace talks with Iran are going "very well", despite Iranian officials refusing to meet with US envoys.
The US Supreme Court has upheld birthright citizenship, rejecting Donald Trump's order that children born to parents in the US illegally are not citizens.
The UN is facing a funding crisis as it struggles to provide aid, schooling, healthcare, social services and shelter to millions of Palestinian refugees.
Ukraine is bracing for a possible new Russian attack from the north, while its forces press on with long-range strikes on targets linked Moscow's oil industry.
The prospects for a lasting peace between the US and Iran are in doubt after Iran said it wouldn't meet with US envoys who flew to the region for negotiations.
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