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Colombian presidential candidate has surgery after assassination attempt

Miguel Uribe Turbay is the son of a journalist who was kidnapped and killed in 1991 during one of the country's most violent periods.

U.S. soldier dies during training incident in Hungary, Army says

Sgt. Aaron Cox of Mabank, Texas, died Thursday near Camp Croft, Hungary.

Coco Gauff beats Aryna Sabalenka to win first French Open women's title

Coco Gauff is the first American to win the French Open since Serena Williams in 2015.

3 dead, 21 injured in Russian drone and missile attacks on Kharkiv

Ukraine says that a large Russian drone-and-missile attack has targeted the city of Kharkiv, killing at least three people and injuring 21.

Wagner Group says it is leaving Mali, but Africa Corps will remain

Wagner is a group of entities that operate as a private military company.

Salvage crew headed to site of cargo ship fire off Alaska coast

The Coast Guard has said it received a distress alert Tuesday about a fire aboard the Morning Midas.

Body of Thai hostage kidnapped into Gaza is retrieved, Israel says

Nattapong Pinta worked in agriculture before he was kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7, 2023.

Afghanistan's foremost OB-GYN says the country is in a maternal health crisis

Dr. Najmussama Shefajo's clinic was flooded with new patients after the Taliban banned women from nursing and midwife training courses back in December.

Cocaine smuggling ring used shipwreck to refuel "narco boats," police say

The ring is suspected of using 11 speedboats to pick up drugs from larger "mother ships" in different points and then bring them to the Canary Islands, police said.

Netanyahu acknowledges Israel arming gangs in Gaza to help fight Hamas

Israel's leader says arming "clans in Gaza" to help fight Hamas will save lives. Opposition leaders say the weapons "will eventually be turned against" Israelis.

U.S. man arrested, put in psychiatric hospital, reportedly leaves Russia

Joseph Tater, a U.S. national arrested in 2024 and accused of assaulting a police officer, has left Russia after being admitted for psychiatric treatment, Russia's state media say.

Men convicted of supplying bomb that killed journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia

Two men have been convicted in Malta of supplying the explosives that killed journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in the Mediterranean island state in 2017.

"Narco subs" trafficking cocaine targeted in latest U.S. sanction

Four Guyanese nationals and two Colombians were sanctioned for trafficking cocaine through "narco subs," airstrips and various individuals, U.S. officials said.

U.S. sanctions 4 International Criminal Court judges

The judges are being sanctioned over arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and for U.S. personnel in Afghanistan.