The State Department is pulling back from commenting on or criticizing elections overseas unless there's a clear and compelling U.S. foreign policy interest in doing so.

The State Department says its destruction of 500 metric tons of emergency food aid that was stored in a warehouse in the Middle East was required because it had expired.

Wednesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that has experienced a handful of powerful quakes within the last five years.

Five immigrants deported by the United States to the small southern African nation of Eswatini under the Trump administration’s secretive third-country program are in prison, where they will be held in solitary confinement for an undetermined time.

Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound more than a decade ago, died in a crash Thursday along the eastern coast of Italy.

Clashes that shook southern Syria this week have killed hundreds of people, including civilians, and drawn in an array of both local and international players, harking back to the dynamics of the country’s nearly 14-year civil war.

Israel has refused to renew visas for the heads of at least three United Nations agencies in Gaza.

President Donald Trump plans to visit Scotland next week.

British media reports say a major data leak has exposed the identities of U.K. spies and special forces.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will gain access to personally identifiable information for all of the nation’s 79 million Medicaid enrollees.

It is the world’s most popular sport and yet there is still debate over what it should actually be called.

The House is expected to approve President Donald Trump’s request to claw back about $9 billion in already appropriated funding for public broadcasting and foreign aid.

Britain has announced plans to lower the voting age from 18 to 16 before the next national election.

Syrian government forces have started withdrawing from the southern province of Sweida following days of vicious clashes with militias from the Druze minority.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine's new government plans to boost domestic arms production to meet half its military’s needs within six months.

An Israeli shell slammed into the compound of the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip, killing three people and wounding 10 others, including the parish priest, according to church officials.

Fresh off securing a plan to receive more U.S. weaponry, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appointed a new prime minister – the key negotiator of his country’s deal with the U.S. to partner on the development of minerals.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has toured a panda breeding facility in the final stages of an extended state visit that has cast China as a fellow champion of a global fair trade system under threat from the United States.

Iraqi officials say a fire engulfed a newly opened shopping center in eastern Iraq, killing more than 60 people in eastern Wasit province.

Yu Zidi of China is only 12 years old and has qualified for the world swimming championships in Singapore.

Wall Street rose to more records following some better-than-expected updates on the economy.

Police are investigating a burglary at a home reportedly owned by Arizona Diamondbacks star Ketel Marte.

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz have signed a treaty that pledges to tighten defense ties.

The Walt Disney Co. is suing a Hong Kong jewelry company it accuses of selling illegal Mickey Mouse jewelry.

Thousands have been forced to forgo an annual pilgrimage to a revered waterfall in central Haiti, now in territory held by gangs, where they would splash among sacred waters and rub their bodies with aromatic leaves.

Cleaning your electronic devices is essential for hygiene and performance.

Prince Harry has followed in his late mother’s footsteps by wearing a flak jacket and walking down a path in an active land mine field in Angola to raise awareness for a charity’s work clearing explosives from old war zones.

President Donald Trump has hosted Bahrain's crown prince and Qatar's prime minister at the White House.

American companies in China are reporting record-low investment plans and declining confidence in profits this year.

The United States has deported five immigrants from Vietnam, Jamaica, Cuba, Yemen and Laos to Eswatini, a small country in southern Africa where the king still holds absolute power.

The program known as PEPFAR is one of the most effective and popular U.S. foreign aid projects in history, and the government says it has saved the lives of over 25 million people around the world with HIV.

A man protesting the participation of an Israel-based team in the Tour de France ran onto the course as the leaders raced for the finish line.

Cambodian authorities have made 1,000 arrests after Prime Minister Hun Manet ordered a crackdown on cybercrime operators.

A key governing partner of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says it is quitting the government, leaving him with a minority in parliament.

Bangladeshi security forces have clashed with supporters of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, leaving at least four dead and scores of people injured.

The Justice Department has fired Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey and a prosecutor in the federal cases against Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jeffrey Epstein.

An $8 billion-dollar class action investors’ lawsuit against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and company leaders begins, with claims stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm.

President Donald Trump's links course at Turnberry has not been taken off the British Open rotation.

Europol has announced details of a major international operation targeting a pro-Russian cybercrime group.

USA Bobsled and Skeleton has entered into a multi-year endorsement deal with American Honda, one that will give the sliding sports federation financial and technical support going into both next winter’s Milan-Cortina Olympics and the 2030 Games in the French Alps.

The current and previous British governments are facing criticism over a secret program that resettled thousands of Afghans in the U.K. after the Taliban's return to power in 2021.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says export controls on advanced chips require companies to adapt.

Police in India’s southern Karnataka state say they have found a Russian woman and her two young daughters living in isolation in a remote forest cave.

And Israeli-backed American organization in Gaza says 20 Palestinians died in a stampede at a food distribution center.

Russia has launched overnight attacks on four Ukrainian cities, injuring at least 15 people and targeting energy infrastructure.

Syrian officials and Druze leaders have announced a new ceasefire after days of violent clashes, but Israel has continued its airstrikes after intervening.

A volcanic eruption in southwestern Iceland has once again forced the evacuation of local residents and tourists at the internationally known Blue Lagoon geothermal spa.

An American aid organization says 20 Palestinians were killed at a distribution site in Gaza.

The United States says it has sent five immigrants to the small African nation of Eswatini in an expansion of the Trump administration’s third-country deportation program.

A Japanese man has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison in China on espionage charges.

President Donald Trump sent the U.S. stock market on a jagged round trip after saying he had “talked about the concept of firing” the head of the Federal Reserve.

In Uganda, politics often intertwines with spiritual beliefs, as many politicians secretly consult traditional healers or witch doctors for perceived advantages.

President Donald Trump’s ultimatum to Russia to accept a peace deal in Ukraine within 50 days or face bruising sanctions has given the Kremlin extra time to pursue its summer offensive.

The U.N. Security Council has authorized continued reporting on attacks on ships in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who have defied its previous demands to immediately halt all such attacks.

The United Kingdom, France and Germany have agreed to restore tough U.N. sanctions on Iran by the end of August if there has been no concrete progress on a nuclear deal.

President Donald Trump says he plans to place tariffs of over 10% on smaller countries, including nations in Africa and the Caribbean.

Cuba’s Labor Minister Marta Elena Feitó Cabrera has resigned after controversial comments she made about poverty in the island nation.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving to detain far more people than before, tapping a legal authority to jail anyone who entered the country illegally.

Global views of China and its leader Xi Jinping have improved, while opinions of the U.S. and Donald Trump have declined.

President Donald Trump is downplaying the possibility of sending Ukraine long-range weapons as Kyiv awaits an injection of U.S. weaponry that it hopes will help it beat back an intensifying Russian air offensive.

Prince Harry is visiting the African nation of Angola with a land mine clearing charity, repeating a famous trip his mother made in 1997.

Seventeen immigration court judges have been fired in recent days.

The United Nations’ special rapporteur for Gaza and the West Bank has called for global action to stop what she describes as “genocide” in Gaza.

France’s prime minister has proposed cutting two public holidays to save money in next year’s budget.

Mike Waltz, President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday for his confirmation hearing.

A federal judge has barred the Trump administration from using its ban on travelers from some countries to keep 80 already-vetted refugees from entering the United States.

Ukraine’s prime minister has announced his resignation.

The U.N. reports that child malnutrition in Gaza has doubled since Israel restricted food entry in March.

President Donald Trump and Sen. David McCormick of Pennsylvania have jointly announced tens of billions of dollars of energy and technology investments in the state of Pennsylvania.

Brazil’s chief prosecutor has called for a guilty verdict in the trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro, accused of leading a coup plot that sought to overturn the 2022 election result.

An mosaic panel on travertine slabs depicting an erotic theme from the Roman era has been returned to the archaeological park of Pompeii after being stolen by a Nazi German captain during World War II.

Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom, but it's not on the island of Great Britain.

Fauja Singh, known as the Turbaned Torpedo and believed to be the world’s oldest marathon runner, has died at 114 after being hit by a car in India.

Thousands of Afghans, including many who worked with British forces, have been secretly resettled in the U.K. after a leak of data on their identities raised fears that the Taliban could target them.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed gratitude for U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to send more weapons to Ukraine, particularly Patriot air defense missile systems.

U.K. Treasury chief Rachel Reeves has announced plans to cut regulations for banks and finance firms to boost the economy.

The first astronauts in more than 40 years from India, Poland and Hungary are back on Earth.

India's aviation regulator has ordered airlines to inspect fuel control switches on certain Boeing models.

Syria's defense minister has announced a ceasefire just hours after government forces entered a key city in the volatile Sweida province.

The European Union is seeking updates and more action from Israel on implementing a new deal to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza.

An Israeli ultra-Orthodox party has announced plans to leave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government.

Tesla has opened its first showroom in India, marking the electric vehicle maker’s long-anticipated debut in the world’s third-biggest automotive market.

A music festival in Utsjoki, Finland, brings Sámi culture to the spotlight under the midnight sun.

Josep Lluís Iriberri is a Jesuit priest who designed a pilgrim path for St. Ignatius in northern Spain more than a decade ago.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he raised concerns with Chinese President Xi Jinping about a Chinese naval live-fire exercise near Australia.

Bangladesh was at the precipice of charting a new beginning last year after its former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was removed from power in a student-led uprising.

Most U.S. stocks fell after an update on inflation hurt Wall Street’s hopes for lower interest rates.

Two men who cut down England’s beloved Sycamore Gap tree have been sentenced to over four years in prison.

Mike Waltz told lawmakers Tuesday at his confirmation hearing to be U_S_ ambassador to the United Nations that he plans to make the world body “great again.”.

Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang says the technology giant has won approval from the Trump administration to sell its advanced H20 computer chips used for artificial intelligence to China.

Japan has warned of escalating military threats from China in a new defense report.

U.N. health officials have estimated that more than 14 million children did not receive a single vaccine last year.

President Donald Trump has endorsed a plan for European allies to buy U.S. military equipment for Ukraine.

Temporary protections allowing nearly 12,000 Afghans to work in the U.S. and avoid deportation are expiring.

Senate Democrats say President Donald Trump's policies are weakening America’s ability to compete with China.

HBO has started production on the “Harry Potter” TV series adaption.

A man from Australia has been charged with “malicious mischief” for allegedly smashing a glass case holding the Stone of Destiny.

A British aristocrat and her boyfriend have been convicted of killing their newborn daughter.

Clashes between Syrian government forces and Druze armed groups have escalated, drawing Israeli intervention and raising fears of a breakdown in the country’s fragile postwar order.

Police say all four people aboard a a small plane that crashed shortly after taking off from London Southend Airport are dead.