The United Nations says at least 250 people including Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi nationals are either feared dead or missing after a boat capsized in the Andaman Sea recently.

Young Hungarians have played a crucial role in ending Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's 16-year rule.

Visitors to the Vatican have criticized U.S. President Donald Trump for his harsh remarks about Pope Leo XIV.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has recently been taking a firmer stance with the U.S., defying pressures where other countries have caved.

The most popular last names in the U.S. might be unchanged from the previous decade, but Asian surnames were the fastest-growing at the start of 2020s.

The trial of seven health care professionals accused of negligence in the death of Diego Maradona has resumed in Argentina.

Two U.S. families have gone to Italy's highest court to challenge a law limiting citizenship claims to Italian descendants removed by more than two generations.

Spain's government has finalized a migrant amnesty measure that paves the way for potentially hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants to apply for legal status in the country.

A Parisian art enthusiast has won a Pablo Picasso painting with a $117 raffle ticket.

Lebanon and Israel have held direct diplomatic talks for the first time in decades.

Ukraine and Germany say they are starting work on plans for the joint production of advanced drones and other battle-tested defense systems.

An assailant has opened fire at a high school in southeastern Turkey before killing himself.

A humanoid robot called X2 Ultra from China's leading humanoid robot manufacturer AGIBOT has been impressing visitors in Hong Kong.

A newborn baby struggles in a tent along Beirut’s waterfront.

A new study says that 2025 saw the highest number of deaths from antisemitic attacks in over 30 years around the world.

Péter Magyar has called on Hungary’s president to convene parliament to form a new government quickly.

President Donald Trump says the U.S. military has begun a blockade of Iranian ports and coastal areas, and Iran responded with threats on ports in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.

In Havana, a special underwater bus has become essential as Cuba faces its worst energy crisis in decades.

Votes have been cast in Benin where the country is choosing a successor to President Patrice Talon, who is stepping down after a decade in power.

Haitians are struggling with rising oil prices due to the conflict in Iran.

U_S_ Central Command says it will begin a blockade of all Iranian ports at 10 a_m_ EDT Monday, or 5:30 p_m_ in Iran, to be “enforced impartially against vessels of all nations."

President Donald Trump said the U.S. Navy will swiftly begin a blockade of ships entering or leaving the Strait of Hormuz after U.S.-Iran ceasefire talks in Pakistan ended without an agreement.

Hungarian voters have ousted long-serving Prime Minister Viktor Orbán after 16 years in power, rejecting the authoritarian policies and global far-right movement that he embodied in favor of a pro-European challenger in a bombshell election result with global repercussions.

President Barack Obama in 2011 declared it was time to leave behind the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and “pivot” to Asia to counter China's rise.