Leading financial officials from the world’s richest countries are gathering in a Canadian mountain resort this week for what may prove a contentious meeting in the wake of President Donald …
The world’s supplies of critical minerals are increasingly concentrated in just a few countries - most notably China - and subject to export restrictions that could painfully crimp industry and the …
A woman and a child have died on an attempted illicit overnight sea crossing from France to Britain. It takes the number of deaths this week to at least three on the risky migration route and to at …
The Lebanese and Palestinian presidents have agreed that Palestinian factions won't use Lebanon as a launchpad for any attacks against Israel. The two sides also agreed Wednesday to remove weapons …
Some of Spike Lee’s most deeply felt passions — filmmaking and the New York Knicks — have collided at the Cannes Film Festival. The premiere of “Highest 2 Lowest,” a Brooklyn-set …
An expert mountain guide has put four of his clients on top of Mount Everest less than a week after they left London, one of the fastest ascents on record of the world’s highest peak. Lukas …
A media group in Hong Kong says tax authorities have targeted at least 20 people, including journalists, current or former heads of media organizations and their families, with audits without …
U.K. police say a third suspect has been charged with arson over a series of fires targeting property linked to Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Petro Pochynok has been charged with conspiracy to commit …
Inflation in the U.K. spiked to its highest level for more than a year in April amid higher domestic bills such as energy and water. The Office for National Statistics said Wednesday that its key …
German police have arrested five people on accusations of involvement with a far-right group that calls itself “Last Defense Wave” and allegedly aims to destabilize Germany’s democratic system …
Germany’s economy will stagnate this year as the country faces headwinds from U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs and trade threats. That's according to the government’s panel of independent …
Two of the navigators in a women-only vintage car rally tearing through France are blind. One of them is Tonje Thoresen whose sight was snatched from her five years ago by a brain tumor that also …
Kremlin says Putin visits the Kursk region for the first time since Russia expelled Ukrainian forces.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan for a “Golden Dome” to protect the United States from long-range missiles was at least partly inspired by Israel’s multitiered missile defenses. Israel, …
U.S. President Donald Trump will host South Africa’s leader at the White House for a meeting that might be tense. That's because Trump has accused the country’s government of being racist against …
A pack of veterinarians clamber over hefty metal crates of animals they load one-by-one onto a fleet of semi-trucks. Tigers, monkeys, jaguars, elephants and lions are the latest to flee a wave of …
Japan’s agriculture minister has resigned after making an inappropriate remark about buying rice. Taku Eto said at a party seminar Sunday that he never had to buy rice thanks to his supporters’ …
Pakistan’s prime minister has promoted the country’s powerful army chief, Gen. Asim Munir, to the rank of field marshal, making him only the second military officer in Pakistan’s history to …
MALAL, Pakistan (AP) — Bulls are yoked together by thick wooden frames in a sun-scorched field of rural Pakistan, while behind them, holding onto nothing more than ropes and his honor, is a man on …
A suicide car bomb hits a school bus in restive southwestern Pakistan, killing 4 children and wounding 38, officials say.