The US military has launched a sixth consecutive night of strikes against Iran, targeting sites near the Strait of Hormuz as the strategic waterway remains shut and diplomatic efforts falter.
Smoke from Canada's raging wildfires has pushed air quality to hazardous levels across the Midwest and Northeast, with health experts urging residents to limit outdoor exposure.
A devastating fire at an orphanage near the Algerian capital has killed at least 11 people and wounded 19, as the country grapples with a heatwave and nearly 1,000 fires in a single week.
An Iranian doctor reports that US military strikes damaged a children's cancer hospital, as residents across southern and western Iran assess the destruction left by days of attacks.
Ukraine's Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has stepped down as part of President Volodymyr Zelensky's cabinet reshuffle, following major advances in drone warfare and military reform during Russia's full-scale invasion.
Two fires that scorched more than 2,000 hectares of the historic Fontainebleau forest near Paris have been contained, but firefighters warn the battle is far from over.
American forces have used explosive surface drones in combat for the first time, targeting an Iranian midget submarine and naval maintenance facility at Bandar Abbas.
The World Health Organization warns the true scale of DR Congo's Ebola outbreak may be far greater than reported, as unpaid healthcare workers threaten to strike and the virus spreads to Uganda.
An ICE agent fatally shot a 26-year-old Colombian national authorized to work in the US during an immigration operation in Biddeford, Maine, prompting protests and a federal investigation.
The US is reinstating a naval blockade of Iranian ports and imposing a 20% charge on all cargo transiting the Strait of Hormuz, drawing pushback from Iran, the UN shipping regulator, and political critics at home.
Qatar's late Father Emir Sheikh Hamad is being remembered for launching Al Jazeera in 1996, a move that transformed journalism across the Arab world and beyond.
Qatar's Father Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, who passed away on Sunday, is being remembered as the only Arab leader to physically break Israel's blockade on Gaza and a steadfast ally of the Palestinian people.