The World Health Organization says the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak started in February, months before it was officially declared in May.

A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake has struck western Colombia, killing at least 111 people and damaging hundreds of buildings.

U.S. President Donald Trump is scoffing at Iran's demands that the U.S. pay for devastation caused by five months of war.

Soccer powerbrokers in Europe, North America and Asia believe FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s recent plan to sell an interest in the World Cup was a “fundamental breach of trust” with the institutions that the sport’s global governing body serves.

Turkey’s parliament has approved a conditional pardon for thousands of Kurdish militants.

Authorities in Russia's Tatarstan region say a Ukrainian drone strike on the petroleum hub of Nizhnekamsk killed 13 people and wounded 78 others in one of the deadliest attacks of the 4-year-old war.

Tropical Storm Dolphin has dumped heavy rain in eastern China, causing flooding after making landfall as a typhoon.

Indonesia has intensified efforts to combat wildfires that have burned more than 107,000 264,000 acres across the country during an unusually dry season.

Ukraine's drone forces could strike seven times more targets in Crimea if Western funding came faster, according to the commander leading Ukraine's drone war.

The U.K. and France are bracing for the fifth heat wave of the season, adding to an intense stretch of hot weather that has repeatedly sent temperatures soaring across Europe since May.

Israel’s prime minister is rejecting President Donald Trump’s announced deal for Gaza and says Israeli forces won’t withdraw from the Palestinian territory until Hamas disarms.

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan says a new defense agreement between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey is not aimed at Iran or any other country.

Keith Hallegua and Elias Josephai are among the last Jews in Kochi, India, a community with roots dating back centuries.

Farmers in Kenya's Kimana area that neighbors Amboseli National Park are disputing claims that 16 elephants died of cyanide poisoning saying the toxin is not present in the pesticides they use.

A student shot several people at a high school outside Bangkok, killing at least five and wounding several others.

Mexican authorities have arrested the former governor of the southern state Guerrero for his alleged involvement in the disappearance of 43 students in 2014.

Amanda Knox is defending a show she is performing at the Edinburgh Fringe festival in Scotland over the coming days.

Ugandan authorities have gained parliamentary approval to deploy troops to Gaza as part of an international force.

Nigeria's president says security forces have rescued at least 300 people abducted in the country's north.

Iran says it is in the final stage of drafting an agreement on the Strait of Hormuz waterway with Oman.

The United States has asked the Philippine government to extradite a Filipino church leader to face trial on charges including child sex trafficking and fraud.

North Korea has launched a short-range ballistic missile toward the sea, according to its neighbors.

The Israeli military says two soldiers have died in an explosion in southern Lebanon.

The leader of Myanmar's military-backed government has arrived in Thailand on an official visit.