In an unprecedented step, European nations said they would boycott the World Cup unless FIFA reverses a controversial deal to sell minority stakes to the marquee soccer tournament.

Escalating Russian strikes have renewed concerns that airspace violations could lead to confrontations with NATO members.

In the face of intense heat and strong winds, a dry field or a parched tree is potential kindling for a new outbreak, with the fire’s spread unpredictable.

The yen soared by the most in more than two years against the dollar after authorities stepped in once again to try and prop up the nation’s sagging currency ahead of the Bank of Japan’s policy decision.

The Trump administration is facing growing demands to explain why wounded US soldiers went more than a week without adequate hospital care after a March drone strike in Kuwait, just days into the US-Israel war on Iran.

An explosion inside a coal mine in southwest Pakistan has killed at least 18 miners and trapped 24 others. Officials believe the conditions are life-threatening as rescuers race to reach them.

The United Kingdom's Supreme Court has said it will hear an appeal against a lower court ​ruling that Britain's decision to ban campaign group ‌Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation was lawful.

Their accounts point to a wider deployment of Colombian mercenaries, who rights groups say were recruited by a state-linked firm in the United Arab Emirates to fight with Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces.