King Charles III's coronation: 3 crowns, 2 carriages and a shorter route

The coronation of King Charles III is expected to be a shorter, less extravagant ceremony than the three-hour service that installed Elizabeth II 70 years ago. Here are the plans.

French Alps tragedy: 4 killed in avalanche

The avalanche rolled down the Armancette glacier in Contamines-Montjoie, in the Haute-Savoie region.

Several missing after fiery building collapse in France

More than 100 firefighters worked against a ticking clock to extinguish flames deep within the rubble of the five-story building.

Paul Cattermole, S Club 7 member, dies at 46

His death comes just two months after S Club 7 announced a reunion tour for their 25th anniversary.

China sanctions Reagan library, others over Taiwan president’s US trip

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California was the site of the rare high-level, bipartisan meeting Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy hosted Wednesday for talks with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen.

2 killed in West Bank shooting after Israel strikes Lebanon, Gaza

An alleged Palestinian shooting attack near an Israeli settlement killed two women in their 20s and seriously wounded a 45-year-old, Israeli medics said.

Israel launches strikes in Gaza Strip as Netanyahu vows to extract 'heavy price'

The Israeli military has struck targets in the Gaza Strip, pushing the region toward a wider conflagration after a day of rocket fire along the country’s northern and southern borders.

US review on chaotic military withdrawal from Afghanistan largely blames Trump administration

The White House on Thursday publicly released a 12-page summary of the results of the so-called “hotwash” of U.S. policies around the ending of the nation’s longest war, taking little responsibility for its own actions.

New species of poisonous birds discovered in New Guinea jungle by Danish researchers

"The locals aren’t fond of spicy food and steer clear of these birds, because, according to them, their meat burns in the mouth like chili," Knud Jønsson, a researcher explained.

Man kills 4 children with hatchet at Brazilian daycare center

A man with a hatchet jumped over a wall and invaded a daycare center Wednesday in Brazil, killing four children and wounding at least five others, authorities said.

Veteran Spanish actress claims surrogate baby is her granddaughter

Actress Ana Obregón says the baby is the daughter of her son, who died of cancer in 2020. Obregón claims that her son preserved samples of sperm before he began medical treatment and that the samples were stored.