Syria’s Health Ministry says an explosive device has detonated in a Damascus cafe, killing at least nine people and wounding 20 others

There was no immediate claim for the bombing at a cafe close to the Palace of Justice, a major government building.

The blast, near the Syrian capital’s main courthouse, underscored the country’s persistent instability as its leaders try to chart a path out of years of dictatorship and war.

At least nine people were killed and about 20 others were injured after an explosive device detonated inside a crowded café in Damascus, Syria.

Loud explosions shook the Ukrainian capital, where more than 50,000 people sheltered in subway stations after authorities issued air raid warnings, the Kyiv Metro said. Emergency crews were digging through the rubble of collapsed and charred apartment buildings in search of victims.

Russia launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine's capital overnight into Thursday, with ballistic and cruise missiles and drones, killing several people.

Russia has launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine’s capital with missiles and drones that has killed at least 13 people and injured 86. Authorities said residential buildings and

Five people were killed in Kyiv and 34 others were injured, 32 of them requiring hospitalisation, according to mayor Vitali Klitschko. Residential buildings were damaged, the roof of a hotel in the city centre was on fire and the top floors of a high-rise apartment building were engulfed in flames,

Rescue teams are continuing their search after a deadly earthquake in Venezuela. Did Trump's motorcade drive through reflecting pool during renovation project? Stock market investors just got bad news from the Federal Reserve.

Nearly a week after twin earthquakes devastated La Guaira, citizens continue to dig their friends and family out of the rubble by hand without heavy machinery, as government response falters and outrage grows over a nation rich in oil but starved of gasoline.

The command center hums with activity as radios crackle to life, medical staff stop in to say hello and supplies are arranged in orderly piles.

Aid groups are warning that Venezuela's healthcare system is at its breaking point nearly a week after two powerful earthquakes hit the South American country

The sect, the Society of St. Pius X, defied a direct plea from Pope Leo XIV and sought to consecrate four bishops without the Vatican's approval.

The Vatican responded aggressively Thursday to a traditionalist group that consecrated bishops without the pope’s consent, declaring the Society of St.

The Vatican has excommunicated followers of a conservative Catholic splinter sect, the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), a day after it consecrated four new bishops in Geneva against Pope Leo XIV's direct instruction.

Pope Leo XIV excommunicated members of the Society of St. Pius X after they consecrated four bishops against the will of the church Wednesday.

Any Israeli attempt to kill Iran's foreign minister or Parliament speaker would have derailed peace talks, American officials feared.

An Iranian ⁠military ⁠commander warned the United ⁠States and Israel on Thursday against any ​attack on Iran as it prepares for the state ‌funeral of Supreme Leader ‌Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in airstrikes ⁠on ⁠the first day of the war.

According to the report, US officials were particularly concerned that Iranian Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi would be targeted.

Iran’s military warned the United States and Israel on Thursday against any attack as the country prepares for state funeral processions for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, adding another security flashpoint to a crisis already centered on the Strait of Hormuz and indirect U.

Iran unveiled the coffin of former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran on Thursday (July 2), as the country's ruling clerics prepare days of mass funeral rites to signal public devotion to the Islamic Republic.

Negotiations between the United States and Iran have paused as Iran prepares for a funeral for its former supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Around 20 million Iranians are expected to pack the streets of Tehran for the funeral of Ali Khamenei, the country’s former supreme leader, this weekend.

Funeral Arrangements for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei As Iran gets ready to lay to rest the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who lost his life during the initial wave of extensive air strikes by the US and Israel on Tehran,