There is now a yawning gap between the preliminary deal signed between the United States and Iran less than a month ago and the situation on the ground.

Debates are stirring over Thailand’s safety regulations after a deadly fire at a Bangkok music bar killed more than 30 people and injured over 70.

Hong Kong’s top security official has urged booksellers to ensure their titles do not harm national security.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shook up his wartime government, drawing thousands into the streets across Ukraine to protest the dismissal of his youthful defense minister, Mykhailo Fedorov.

The British government has urged FIFA to investigate Argentina's soccer team after players posed with a banner claiming sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.

An Italian court has convicted the former CEO of Italy's main highway operator and 31 others in the Genoa Morandi bridge collapse in 2018.

U.N. agencies say more than 500 people are feared dead after reports that two boats carrying members of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minority have capsized in the Bay of Bengal.

An activist's hunger strike has become a rallying point for India’s new Cockroach Janta Party, a youth-led movement that emerged in response to exam paper leaks and student suicides.

The United States is expanding its airstrike campaign against Iran by increasingly hitting bridges.

A mass trial of hundreds of alleged MS-13 gang members has wrapped up in El Salvador with prosecutors delivering their closing arguments.

The world has largely viewed the U.S. more favorably than China for years, but those opinions now have flipped in Beijing’s favor.

Authorities say a boat carrying about 60 migrants, including women and children, bound for European shores capsized off the coast of eastern Libya in the latest maritime tragedy off the North African country.

The United States has intensified its strikes targeting Iran, hitting targets further north.

Hundreds of people gather in Beijing’s parks every morning to practice tai chi and other traditional exercises.

Cuba is suffering another nationwide blackout, leaving the entire country without power.

The fence separating Gibraltar from Spain has been dismantled to ease travel for thousands who cross daily.

A China-born U.S. seismologist has been detained in China without trial for nearly two years.

British counterterror police say former politician and reality TV contestant Ann Widdecombe was killed in a targeted attack.

A focal point of the Iran war is increasingly about who controls the Strait of Hormuz — a waterway that for decades was a relatively safe transit route for Middle East oil and natural gas supplies.

A senior European Union official says the EU has coordinated efforts to raise $1 billion in aid pledges for rebuilding Gaza.

The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have launched missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia’s Abha International Airport.

A top European Union official is calling for limits on children using social media.

Ukraine and nine other countries have announced a coalition to protect Europe from ballistic missiles, taking advantage of Kyiv’s experience of fighting Russia.

The European Union and Britain have imposed sanctions on Russian military intelligence officers, hackers and private companies.