The Russian defence ministry said that it launched a "massive strike using long-range precision air, land, and sea-based weapons and attack drones."

In the nation's gravest hour, the country's authoritarian regime has crippled an effective response, say survivors, rescue workers and former officials.

It was the deadliest reported strike in the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. Most of the victims were children. In almost any other conflict, these haunting truths would be seared into national memory.

Police are investigating whether negligence during construction work caused the collapse in the eastern city of Lahore on Tuesday.

Harry Kane has equalled Pelé's World Cup goals record, after his equaliser against Congo DR brought his goal tally to 12. England fell behind in the seventh minute when Brian Cipenga handed Congo DR a shock lead in the decisive round-of-32 knockout clash but Kane drew terms level in the second half.

Nationwide protests on Tuesday marked a "deadline" organizers set for undocumented immigrants to leave the country.

After Trump questioned Italy’s reliability as a wartime ally and claimed Giorgia Meloni had groveled for his attention, European leaders rallied to Meloni’s side, thawing what had been a frosty relationship over her hard-right political roots.

U.S. and Iranian negotiators met separately on Wednesday with Qatari and Pakistani mediators, with “positive progress made,” and they agreed to continue discussions, host Qatar said. The next meeting will be scheduled “at the earliest possible time” after the funeral of Iran’s previous supreme leader,