Rescue personnel are working to free those trapped in collapsed buildings after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Kumamoto on Tuesday.

More than 250,000 people across the two countries have been forced to evacuate, and the European Commission has said that Europe’s firefighting capacity is struggling to keep pace with what is proving to be an intense wildfire year.

The Israeli military bombed a mosque in northern Gaza, saying that Hamas was storing weapons inside. Palestinian sources call it "false."

A Norwegian teenager was convicted in a London court on Wednesday of traveling to Britain to carry out a contract killing on behalf of an international crime gang linked to Iran.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said President Donald Trump had agreed to move ahead with production licenses for Patriot air defense interceptors during a Washington visit that delivered diplomatic wins for Kyiv just after it warned the war was entering a new phase with a large Russian mobilization.

Former President Barack Obama endorsed Iowa Democrat Josh Turek for US Senate in a basketball court cameo, boosting his bid for an open GOP-held seat.

A group of Lebanese lawyers filed a complaint with the country's top prosecutor on Wednesday requesting an investigation into banker ​Antoun Sehnaoui over a dinner he allegedly co-hosted in Washington that ‌was attended by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

U.S. and Saudi strikes against Iran-allied factions in Iraq have put the Iraqi government in a delicate position