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At least 148 people die after boat catches fire in Congo, media reports say

At least 148 people were found dead in Democratic Republic of Congo after a motorized wooden boat caught fire and capsized, media reports citing local officials said on Friday.

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U.S. strike on a fuel port in Yemen kills at least 58, Houthi media says

U.S. strikes on a fuel port in Yemen killed at least 58 people, Houthi-run Al Masirah TV said, in one of the deadliest U.S. attacks on the Iran-backed militants.

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Israeli strikes hit dozens of targets in Gaza as ceasefire efforts stall

Israeli airstrikes hit around 40 targets across the Gaza Strip over the past day, the military said on Friday, hours after Hamas rejected an Israeli ceasefire offer that it said fell short of its demand to agree a full end to the war.

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Four dead in Italian cable car accident near Naples

ROME — Four people have died and one is seriously injured after a cable car crashed to the ground near Naples in southern Italy on Thursday, mountain rescue services and firefighters said.

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U.S. judge finds Google holds illegal online ad tech monopolies

Alphabet’s Google illegally dominated two markets for online advertising technology, a federal judge said on Thursday, dealing another blow to the tech titan.

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Rubio and Witkoff touch down in Paris to hear Ukraine plead its case

Ukrainian officials flew to Paris where Europeans were assembling to plead Kyiv’s case to Marco Rubio and President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff.

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NAACP sues US Education Department over DEI school funding cuts

The NAACP sued the U.S.

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Germany warns its towns against letting Russia war memorials for its own propaganda

Germany warned against Russian efforts to “instrumentalize” events marking the 80th anniversary of WW2 after the Russian ambassador attended a local event.

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Trump emerging as ‘third candidate’ in Australian election

President Donald Trump is looming large in the final weeks of Australia’s general election campaign.

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French prisons targeted in drug-related ‘terrorist attack,’ minister says

France’s justice minister said Tuesday that gun and arson attacks on at least six prisons around the country were acts of terrorism.

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Peruvian ex-President jailed for money laundering as Brazil grants diplomatic asylum to his wife

A Peruvian court on Tuesday sentenced ex-President Ollanta Humala to 15 years in prison for receiving illicit campaign funds from a Brazilian construction firm.

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Death toll in Dominican Republic disaster nears 250 as nightclub faces lawsuits

Authorities have begun investigations to determine the causes of the collapse and the forensic investigation will take about three months.

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Andrew Tate faces U.K. trial over physical and sexual abuse allegations

Andrew Tate faces a U.K. trial for alleged physical and sexual abuse, in an alleged coercive control case lawyers say is the first of its kind

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Australia puts Indonesia on notice about prospect of Russian air base

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has asked Indonesia about a report that Russia has asked to base aircraft in Indonesian Papua.

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Iran’s foreign minister to head to Russia before second round of U.S. talks begins

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will visit Russia this week ahead of a planned second round of talks between Tehran and Washington aimed at resolving Iran’s decades-long nuclear stand-off with the West.

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Tariffs on imported semiconductor chips coming soon, Trump says

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said he would be announcing the tariff rate on imported semiconductors over the next week, adding that there would be flexibility with some companies in the sector.

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Israeli forces have completed encirclement of Gaza’s Rafah, military says

Israeli forces have completed the encirclement of Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah, the military said on Saturday.

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Palestinians struggle to find water as clean sources become increasingly scarce in Gaza

Hundreds of thousands of Gaza City residents have lost their main source of clean water after supplies from Israel’s water utility were cut by the Israeli army.

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U.S. and Russia move toward normalizing relations and easing diplomatic work

The United States and Russia both said on Thursday that they had made progress toward normalizing the work of their diplomatic missions.

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Over 100 people died after heavy rain hit India, Nepal

More than 100 people have died since Wednesday after unseasonably heavy rain lashed parts of India and Nepal

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U.K.’s LGBTQ workers still feel pressured to ‘be less gay,’ report says

LGBTQ professionals in Britain still feel pressured to downplay their identity at work, with some changing their appearance, voice or behavior to avoid discrimination or to be taken seriously, a new report found.

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Global pharma shares plunge as Trump doubles down on tariff threat

Global drugmakers’ stocks dropped across the board on Wednesday after U.S.

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Germany’s Merz agrees coalition deal with center-left, shutting out a resurgent far-right

German conservatives under Friedrich Merz agreed a coalition deal with the center-left SPD, aiming to revive growth just as a trade war threatens recession.

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Trump plans to fine migrants $998 a day for failing to leave after deportation order

The fines stem from a 1996 law that was enforced for the first time in 2018, during President Donald Trump’s first term in office.

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Iconic sportswoman and activist Billie Jean King honored with Hollywood star

Iconic tennis player and former world number one Billie Jean King received the 2,807th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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