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Russia says missiles sank Ukrainian warship in Odessa port strikes
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced Saturday's strike on the Odessa port -that came just one day after the warring sides struck a deal to resume exports blocked by the conflict - as "Russian barbarism".
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Sri Lanka president's office to reopen after crackdown
The colonial-era building was occupied earlier this month by protesters angered by the island nation's unprecedented economic crisis.
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Greece battles fierce wildfires amid heatwave
The country is in the grip of a heatwave that began on Saturday and is expected to last 10 days. Temperatures were set to rise to 42 degrees Celsius (107 degrees Fahrenheit) in some regions.
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WHO declares monkeypox outbreak a global public health emergency
This is the highest alarm the organisation can sound.
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Hope around global food crisis after Russia, Ukraine sign grain export deal
The deal will free up millions of tons of grain blockaded since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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'Panama Papers' whistleblower says Russia 'wants me dead'
Germany's Der Spiegel magazine quoted the whistleblower under his pseudonym John Doe as saying he had evidence of financial wrongdoing by top Russian officials and their allies which helped fund the war in Ukraine.
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Landlord apologises over SA-linked woman who lay dead in UK flat for 2 years
Sheila Seleoane's remains were discovered in her London apartment more than two years after she died.
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Austrian conductor dead after collapse at German opera
Stefan Soltesz died after collapsing while conducting a performance in Munich, the city's opera house said.
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Wrestling boss Vince McMahon retires from WWE amid sexual misconduct allegations
McMahon stepped down from his roles with WWE last month pending the results of an internal investigation after allegations he had an affair with an employee and paid her $3 million to keep the matter secret.
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WHO to say if it will classify monkeypox as a global health emergency
The head of the World Health Organization is on Saturday expected to declare if the agency has decided to classify the outbreak as a global health emergency -- the highest alarm it can sound.
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Amazon forges 'Lord of the Rings' prequel hype at Comic-Con
The enormously ambitious small-screen saga set in the world of J.R.R. Tolkien's books has been in the works since Amazon Prime bought the rights for $250 million almost five years ago.
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Sri Lanka troops demolish main protest camp
Troops and police Special Task Force commandos wielding batons and armed with automatic assault rifles swooped in on protesters blocking the Presidential Secretariat.
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US Capitol riot probe slams Trump inaction, urges accountability
Committee chairman Bennie Thompson, speaking at the televised finale of a series of public hearings, said Trump "recklessly blazed a path of lawlessness and corruption" as he sought to overturn the results of the 2020 US election.
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Biden positive for COVID, symptoms 'very mild'
Biden, who posted a picture of himself working at his desk, tweeted that he was "doing great" -- and apologised for missing a scheduled event in Pennsylvania.
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Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi resigns after coalition implodes
The internationally respected 74-year-old formally handed his resignation to President Sergio Mattarella, whose role it is to now guide the country out of the crisis.
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Turkey says 'optimistic' Russia can agree to grain deal
Turkey's foreign minister said Thursday he was "optimistic" a deal could be reached soon that addressed Russian concerns and allowed Ukrainian grain to flow across the Black Sea.
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New Sri Lanka president sworn in eyeing unity government
Sri Lanka's six-time prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in Thursday as president of the crisis-hit island nation, with plans to form a unity government to manage the turmoil.
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Biden seeks to revive climate agenda as heat waves slam US, Europe
Rocketing summer temperatures have highlighted the growing threat, with 100 million people in the United States currently under excessive heat alerts and devastatingly hot conditions causing misery across Europe.
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WHO to decide on sounding highest alarm on monkeypox
A second meeting of the WHO's emergency committee on the virus will be held to examine the evidence on the worsening situation, with nearly 14,000 cases reported from more than 70 countries.
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Ukraine's Zelenksy moves against 'spies' and acts of 'high treason'
His dismissal of SBU security chief Ivan Bakanov, a childhood friend of President Zelensky, and of prosecutor general Iryna Venediktova, is unprecedented since the start of the invasion.
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Spain's PM estimates more than 500 died from recent heat wave
'During this heatwave, more than 500 people died because of such high temperatures, according to the statistics,' Sanchez said, referring to a public health institute estimate based on excess mortality rates.
