The US Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Todd Blanche as attorney general early Saturday after Republican lawmakers shrugged off Democratic concerns over politicization of the Department of Justice.

Iran yesterday said that a deal with Oman on control of the Strait of Hormuz was close but would not be enough to free up the waterway, and the United Arab Emirates said Iran had hit another ship there.

President Volodymyr Zelensky warned yesterday, during a visit to Belgrade, that Ukraine was facing a winter with basically no working thermal power plants as overnight Russian strikes left four dead, including a child, in the Kyiv region.

Hamas yesterday said it remained ready to proceed with a US-backed Gaza peace plan and urged pressure on Israel, which insists it did not agree to the latest part of the deal.

Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella vowed to restore order and eradicate “narco-terrorists” in a fiery first speech as leader on Friday.

Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella vowed to restore order and eradicate “narco-terrorists” in a fiery first speech as leader on Friday.

Revolutionary Guards say US must accept Iran's conditions

White House gives Cook three weeks to answer mortgage fraud allegations in letter seen by Reuters

Clashes, stress rise during heatwaves, directors say

A wave of social media disinformation is believed to have played a large part in the deadly rush of tens of thousands of men, women and children into Spain's north African territory, after a rumour that the Ceuta border was open spread on social media

Spanish police have been monitoring online rumours and social media about possible fresh arrivals in Ceuta in mid-August, according to local media

US official says Americans would lift blockade of Iranian ports if deal is reached

Exceptionally low water levels on the Danube have exposed parts of the foundations of the ancient Constantine Bridge, giving Bulgarian archaeologists a rare opportunity to document what they describe as one of the Roman Empire’s most impressive engineering achievements.

Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey yesterday signed a joint defence agreement in Makkah, wedding Sunni Muslim US allies alarmed at a regional conflagration that has rained missile fire onto Gulf oil exporters.

A New Mexico state court ordered Meta on Thursday to pay $567 million into a teen mental health fund and change how its platforms function for young users after finding the company is to blame for harming children’s wellbeing.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a breakfast meeting with newly elected NDA Lok Sabha MPs amid the ongoing ruckus in Parliament, urging them to actively participate in the parliamentary debates.

Polling in two districts of disputed Pakistan-administered Kashmir has been postponed because of security concerns, the election commission said yesterday, days before voting was due to take place.

The United States announced new sanctions on Thursday that target Cuban Armed Forces Minister General Alvaro Lopez Miera, seven other individuals and five state-owned entities over their alleged role in foreign arms procurement.

Ukrainian drones hit a warehouse belonging to Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries hundreds of miles from the frontline yesterday, the latest in a series of attacks on its facilities.

With President Donald Trump’s war against Iran now in its sixth month, a mix of threats and diplomacy has underscored the bind he faces in trying to end a conflict he once claimed would last weeks.