Washington and Tehran are back at the negotiating table after a fragile ceasefire. But experts remain skeptical the two sides are close to a nuclear deal, even as calm oil markets reduce pressure to reach one.

The U.S. is Lebanon's only guarantor for securing an Israeli withdrawal from its territory and bringing an end to the conflict between the two countries.

Venezuelans were deported from Texas to Caracas on June 24. Hours later, while the deportees were in a guarded hotel, powerful twin earthquakes struck.

An explosive went off in an apartment building entrance in Monaco, wounding three people, reportedly including a Ukrainian tycoon with ties to Russia, the chief prosecutor in the exclusive Mediterranean country said Tuesday.

Putin admits Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian oil refineries are causing fuel shortages, as fights erupt at gas stations across multiple regions.

Authorities say 36 students are missing after gunmen raided a school in northeastern Nigeria. The attack, which happened Monday at the Lassa Day Secondary School in the Askira-Uba area of Borno

Anti-immigrant demonstrations were underway in cities across South Africa and thousands of migrants were rushing to leave amid rising anger.

Pope Leo XIV has made his first major appointment of a woman to the Holy See hierarchy. He is promoting Italian Sister Alessandra Smerilli to head the Vatican office responsible for migrants,