Authorities in France's southwestern Gironde and Landes holiday regions ordered tens of thousands to flee as wildfires threaten homes and campsites.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tightly constructed image is being punctured as a Gen Z-led protest movement uses videos and memes to seize the digital narrative.

A day after the agreement was signed, the president laid out a new requirement: that the Saudis normalize relations with Israel.

Laura Loomer, an ardent ally of President Donald Trump with a reputation for incendiary social media commentary, sat down with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday after a dramatic turnaround on the war that could have political reverberations back in Washington.

Satellite imagery corroborates claims by Kyiv that a drone attack had destroyed a Russian Tupolev Tu-95 strategic bomber which Moscow’s forces use for long-range strikes inside Ukraine. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) had reported that its long-range drones had travelled around 500 miles to strike the airfield overnight July 15-16,

A South African court ordered a halt to impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa over a scandal involving over $580 000 of cash stolen from his farm in 2020. The Western Cape High Court judgment on Friday does not stop the impeachment committee from doing other preparatory work for the pending proceedings.

Switzerland takes note of the announced additional ​U.S. tariffs but rejects allegations underlying the ‌forced labour investigation, the government said on Friday.

Bangladesh’s President Mohammed Shahabuddin has resigned halfway through his term, citing medical reasons. He was appointed during the rule of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. A new