Police in Vietnam seized more than 400 cats in a major bust of an animal theft ring.

Whenever Ebola comes, some of those stricken choose the road to the nearest hospital.

Asian shares are mixed and oil is trading below $80 a barrel, as markets watch for details on the interim agreement to end the U.S.-Iran war.

Sudan's under-17 women's national soccer team has made its first international appearance since civil war erupted in the country.

An exhibition in Romania’s capital highlights the harsh reality of interrogations by the country's communist-era secret police.

President Donald Trump wraps up talks at the Group of Seven summit, promoting an emerging agreement with Iran to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons.

The interim deal between the U.S. and Iran is supposed to usher in a two-month period that would address the most divisive issue between the longtime adversaries — Tehran’s nuclear program.

Some Argentina fans shelled out tens of thousands of dollars to follow the World Cup defending champions around the U.S. One group made a 20-hour drive to Tuesday’s opening match in Kansas City against Algeria, living on sandwiches, to save money.

Lionel Messi delivered his first World Cup hat trick and matched Miroslav Klose's career scoring record before thousands of Argentina fans packed into Arrowhead Stadium for a match against Algeria on Tuesday night.

The U.S. military has attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing one man and leaving two survivors.

Vozinha gasped and laughed in shock when shown the number of new Instagram followers he had gained after helping tiny Cape Verde hold off powerhouse Spain in his team’s World Cup debut.

The Trump administration is pushing back on complaints from Iran’s national team that it was forced to leave the U.S. immediately after its first World Cup match instead of having a day to recover in a hotel, saying that was the plan for the team all along.

The Senate has tried again to advance a war powers resolution that would force an end to the U.S. military action against Iran.

Brazil’s Supreme Court convicted former lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro on Tuesday for coercion.

President Donald Trump seems to be testing their friendship as he pressures Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to sink the agreement with Iran to end the war.

The White House has informed supporters that President Donald Trump has accomplished his goals in the war with Iran despite the details of an initial agreement remaining unclear.

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres has visited Haiti, where surging gang violence has left more than 1 in 10 people homeless.

Congo's opposition has denounced a bill that could allow President Félix Tshisekedi a third term and called it a power grab.

Some residents of the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh have returned to find their homes have been destroyed or damaged by war.

A cluster of storms along the Gulf Coast of Texas could become the first tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season.

African and Commonwealth nations have called for a swift implementation of a landmark treaty protecting the high seas.

Alongside their flags, jerseys and songs, fans coming the World Cup matches will bring along their yerba mate.

A Russian warship has fired warning shots near a U.K.-registered pleasure yacht in the English Channel.

The Uffizi Gallery has repositioned Sandro Botticelli’s masterpieces “The Birth of Venus” and “Primavera.”.

French street artist JR has transformed Paris' oldest bridge, the Pont Neuf, into an artificial cavern.

Polish prosecutors say a 44-year-old Russian artist who has been critical of President Vladimir Putin was shot and killed at close range near his home in eastern Poland.

The Recording Academy has announced changes for the 2026 Grammy Awards, including five new categories.

Singer Bonnie Tyler is no longer in a coma but remains in intensive care after being hospitalized.

Naomi Campbell has appeared in a London court, seeking to overturn a ban on her being a charity trustee in England and Wales.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier says Europe is worried over tensions in the disputed South China Sea that could endanger freedom of navigation as happened in the Strait of Hormuz.

Japanese technology giant SoftBank Group Corp. is launching a service using OpenAI technology to protect against the looming threat of cyberattacks.

A shadowy figure known as El Money orchestrated arson attacks in London linked to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Iran’s top diplomat says the tentative deal to end the war with the United States would require Israel to withdraw from Lebanon — a condition Israel has already rejected and that could sink the agreement.

Group of Seven leaders are meeting for talks on Russia’s war in Ukraine and U.S. President Donald Trump's tentative deal with Iran.

The International Energy Agency says Southeast Asia’s power sector is too open to risks from its dependence on imports of oil and gas from a limited number of suppliers.

Oil prices sank again, while U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed finish near their all-time highs.

Lionel Messi and Argentina are ready to defend their World Cup title.

Economists and industry analysts say that even after oil starts flowing again from the Middle East, it could take awhile for the Iran war's effects on consumer prices to recede.

Donald Trump and G7 leaders are focusing on the Ukraine war, with the United States President considering reimposing sanctions on Russian oil shipments.

A 6.7 magnitude earthquake has shaken central Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing at least a resident, injuring dozens of people.

South Africa marks the 50th anniversary of the Soweto uprising, a pivotal moment in the fight against apartheid.

Republicans on Capitol Hill say they need more information about the agreement between the United States and Iran announced Sunday by President Donald Trump.

Cuba says its healthcare system is struggling due to a U.S. energy blockade.

Julián Quiñones and Raúl Jiménez may have scored for Mexico, but Merlin the duck stole the show.

Family members say renowned South African jazz musician Abdullah Ibrahim has died at age 91.

Officials in Brazil were inspecting the site of a Sunday's fatal helicopter crash.

A federal immigration judge has granted asylum to a woman orphaned in Iran in the 1970s and adopted by an American war veteran, who immigration officials threatened earlier this year with deportation to the country with which the U.S. is now at war.

Israelis from across the political spectrum are angry about the interim deal between the U.S. and Iran, calling it a disaster for Israel and directing their fury at one man: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The tentative agreement to end the war in Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz would be good news for the global economy.

A rare first-edition copy of Emily Brontë’s novel "Wuthering Heights" is up for auction for the first time in over a century.

The sibling owners of a Santo Domingo nightclub will stand trial for involuntary manslaughter after a roof collapse killed 236 people.

Ukraine has officially started European Union membership negotiations, a long process that requires political reforms while facing a Russian invasion.

Britain plans to ban people under 16 from using social media apps like Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube to protect them from harmful content.

Two men were convicted of a plot last year to set fire to two houses and a car linked to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Congolese authorities report a large daily increase in Ebola cases as the virus without a approved medicine or vaccine spreads rapidly.

Starbucks’ South Korean operation said Monday it will close all of its stores nationwide early on June 22 for mandatory history and social sensitivity training.

World leaders are gathering in a French spa town for a Group of Seven summit.

An initial agreement between the United States and Iran to extend their shaky ceasefire is inching toward a formal signing.

Hong Kong has launched a public consultation for its first five-year plan in a politically symbolic step that brings it closer to mainland China’s development approach.

A prominent Cambodian opposition politician has appealed his conviction on incitement charges to the Supreme Court.

Iranian American demonstrators amassed outside Iran’s first World Cup match, waving the pre-revolutionary lion-and-sun flags banned inside the stadium and calling for change in Tehran.

As World Cup teams establish training bases across the United States, communities far from the tournament’s host cities are embracing the international spotlight.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Britain will ban children under 16 from using social media apps like Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube from early next year.

President Donald Trump has started his visit to the G7 summit by hailing an agreement aimed at ending the U.S. conflict with Iran.

A Russian bombardment of Ukraine's biggest cities has set ablaze part of an Eastern Orthodox landmark and killed 11 people.

U.S. President Donald Trump is in France this week for a G7 summit.

Stock markets rallied worldwide, and oil prices eased after the United States and Iran reached a tentative deal to get the global flow of crude going again.

Iran captain Mehdi Taremi says his team is having a challenging World Cup experience amid the multifold disruptions caused by the tensions created by their nation’s war with the co-host U.S. The Iranians arrived in the Los Angeles area on Sunday from their training base in Tijuana, Mexico.

Pakistan announced that the U.S. and Iran reached an agreement to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz.

The Congolese Ministry of Health reports that confirmed Ebola cases in Congo have increased to 782, with 181 deaths.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says countries must learn the lesson of diversification after AI giant Anthropic said it has taken its latest artificial intelligence models, known as Fable 5 and Mythos 5, offline to comply with a directive from the Trump administration to prevent their use by foreign nationals.

The tanker disabled by the American military while trying to run the U.S. blockade of Iran had dismissed nearly 60 verbal warnings as well as other shows of force before being fired upon.

The Somali referee who was denied entry to the United States for the World Cup will still be paid his full tournament fee.

Two helicopters have collided over Rio de Janeiro, crashing in the city’s western zone and killing all six aboard.

Roberto Vannacci, a former Italian army general, is shaking up Italy's political scene with his new party, Futuro Nazionale.

Gaza’s Health Ministry says the Palestinian death toll from the Israel-Hamas war has surpassed 73,000.

The United States and Iran have reached an initial agreement to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin each spoke by phone with U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday, marking Trump's 80th birthday and ahead of this week’s G7 summit.

Britain’s armed forces have boarded and detained a sanctioned tanker, the Smyrtos, in the English Channel.

Swiss voters have rejected a proposal to cap the country's population at 10 million.

Riot police fired tear gas and water cannons in clashes with stone-throwing youths during a protest on Sunday in Geneva against the G7 group of wealthy nations.

China's absence from G7 summits seems increasingly odd given its global economic influence.

Tens of thousands of people marched in Rome in rival demonstrations over migration.

Thousands of demonstrators have gathered in Belfast to denounce anti-immigrant rioters.

President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron will meet over dinner at the Palace of Versailles after the upcoming G7 summit of leading industrialized nations in France.

Momentum for a deal to end the Iran war is growing.

China says it firmly opposes the U.S. adding several prominent Chinese businesses to its list of military-linked companies.

A Ukrainian drone attack has killed one person and injured three in Russia’s Krasnodar region, according to local officials.

The United States and Iran appear close to a deal to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz.

The Lebanese army has withdrawn its troops from a base in a southern village after Israeli forces advanced nearby.

When U.S. President Gerald Ford and leaders of the five other leading democracies gathered at a 14th-century castle outside Paris on Nov. 15, 1975, they planted the seed for what subsequently became the Group of Seven nations.

A woman has been critically injured by a shark off a popular Sydney beach.

President Donald Trump says a “swift and lethal kinetic” U.S. strike has killed Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, whom he called “the infamous leader” of the Tren de Aragua gang.

Global consumers want more protein in every bite, but the dairy industry is struggling to give it to them.

Helen Mirren, one of the world’s most acclaimed actors, has joined a select group of people recognized by King Charles III for their “major contribution” to British life.

A group of U.S. Democratic lawmakers have promised Puerto Ricans that they would try to speed up the island’s sluggish recovery from destructive hurricanes and earthquakes, a process that relies heavily on federal funds.

Late substitute Cyle Larin scored in the 78th minute and co-host Canada earned its first-ever point in a World Cup by rallying for a 1-1 draw against Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Taiwan’s Beijing-friendly opposition leader says her party is committed to defense of the self-ruled island that China views as its own but that peace is possible by taking permanent secession off the table.

New UFO files have been released by the Trump administration that include several vivid descriptions of mysterious sightings in the sky.

Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey will not play in his team's World Cup opener Wednesday after Canada denied his visa application while he awaits trial in London on multiple charges of rape.