Millions across Spain and Portugal watch the start of the countries' first total solar eclipse in over a century.
Morocco has beefed up security along its border with Spain as calls have resurfaced on social media for mass crossings into the Spanish city of Ceuta, raising concerns of another surge, similar to …
Pakistani security forces have clashed with militants in the country’s insurgency-hit southwestern province of Balochistan, killing 10 insurgents. Also on Wednesday, a botched car bomb detonated …
The U.S. military is on track to pull all its forces out of Iraq by the end of September, marking the end of a presence that started in 2003. Washington and Baghdad agreed in 2024 to wind down …
A drone strike has ignited a fire at a power plant in western Libya, knocking the facility out of service. The state-run General Electricity Company reports the attack burned down a power substation …
Heavy monsoon rains have triggered a landslide in Mumbai, killing at least seven people and injuring four others. The landslide struck early Wednesday in the suburb of Ghatkopar, collapsing onto …
The death toll from a ferry capsizing on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe has risen to 44, police say. The ferry, operated by a government agency, capsized Tuesday while carrying at least 114 adult passengers …
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukrainian anti-ship missiles and drones have blitzed a major Russian naval base on the Black Sea coast in a unique nighttime operation. The attack targeted the …
WHO says Congo’s Ebola outbreak is on track to eclipse the deadliest one in history that killed over 11,000 people.
More than 200 gold statuettes of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart have disappeared from Salzburg, officials said Wednesday. The Mozarteum Foundation unveiled 320 statuettes on July 15 to honor Mozart's 270th …
Chinese automakers are increasingly shifting from exporting vehicles to Africa to assembling them there as they target the continent’s fast growing population, rising middle class and expanding …
The Thai government has pledged to tighten gun controls and crack down on illegal firearms after two deadly shootings near Bangkok intensified calls for tougher enforcement. A student opened fire at …
Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened retaliation against Western seizures of Russian commercial vessels, calling them "piracy." Speaking from a Russian warship in the Pacific, Putin …
Germany’s government plans to give its intelligence services broader powers in response to a rising threat from powers such as Russia and extremists. The Cabinet on Wednesday approved draft …
The death toll after an overloaded ferry capsized on a lake in Zimbabwe has risen to 44, police say.
South Africa is asking several African governments to reimburse it for repatriating over 80,000 immigrants. The Home Affairs department says the country spent nearly $18 million on the process. …
Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, who led country into WTO and helped ignite economic boom, has died at 98.
Erblin Ademi has long lost hope that his father, who went missing nearly 30 years ago, could still be alive. But there is now a chance his father's remains might be found in recently discovered mass …
Hiroshi Okuda, the former chief executive of Toyota, who led the Japanese automaker’s stellar rise in global markets, has died. The company said Wednesday that he was 93, but did not immediately …
Hungary's Parliament has elected András Baka as president as the new government dismantles structures left by former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Lawmakers from the governing Tisza party elected …