Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has maintained his innocence on conspiracy charges in an appeal hearing in Paris.

Turkish officials say that gunmen attacked police outside a building housing the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance says he is in Hungary to support Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's reelection bid.

A couple living in Iran's capital have grown used to the sound of daily airstrikes five weeks into the war.

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council says it has accepted a two-week ceasefire in the war.

Vietnam has unanimously elected Communist Party leader To Lam as president, consolidating his control over both party and state.

U.S. President Donald Trump pulls back on his threats to launch devastating strikes on Iran, swerving to deescalate the war less than two hours before the deadline he set for Tehran to capitulate.

Australia’s most decorated living veteran, Ben Roberts-Smith, faces war crime charges on allegations that he killed five unarmed Afghans while serving in Afghanistan from 2009 to 2012.

President Donald Trump is suspending his threatened attack against Iran less than two hours before the deadline the president set for Tehran.

Bangladesh is conducting emergency measles-rubella vaccinations while trying to contain an ongoing outbreak that has killed more than 100 children.

A black banner hangs over the border crossing and portraits of Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stare down, promising vengeance against the United States and Israel.

Ukrainian officials say a Russian drone attack on Odesa has killed two women and a toddler.

U.S. President Donald Trump repeated his threat to hit Iran’s critical infrastructure hard if the country’s government doesn’t reopen the Strait of Hormuz by his Monday deadline.

U.S. President Donald Trump has issued an expletive-filled threat to escalate strikes on Iran if it doesn’t open the Strait of Hormuz by his Tuesday deadline.

A campaign is underway to protect England's choral music tradition, which has thrived for nearly 500 years.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has praised police after the arrest of alleged organized crime boss Roberto Mazzarella.

The Trump administration has revoked the green cards or U.S. visas of at least four Iranian nationals connected to the current or former Iranian government, including two who have been detained by immigration authorities and are to be deported.

Authorities in Bangladesh say five people have died in a fire that broke out at a factory manufacturing gas lighters near Bangladesh’s capital.

Myanmar’s parliament has elected Min Aung Hlaing as the country’s new president.

Two U.S. military planes were shot down in separate incidents on Friday, escalating tensions in the ongoing conflict.

One crew member has been recued after an American aircraft was shot down in Iran.

U.S. futures were trading modestly lower following surprisingly strong jobs data from the federal government.

The Cuban government says it will release 2,010 prisoners in a move that comes while the Trump administration puts extreme pressure on the island’s government with a suffocating oil blockade.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has accused China of “bullying” by detaining or holding up dozens of Panama-flagged ships.