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Taiwan fired 36 HIMARS rockets into the Taiwan Strait in the first-ever live drill — completing a shoot-and-scoot exercise that put China's coast within range.

Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass at Barcelona's Sagrada Família on Gaudí's 100th death anniversary and inaugurated its 564-foot Tower of Jesus Christ, now the world's tallest church.

Record temperatures of 40°C in Portugal and 35°C in the UK are straining infrastructure and power grids as a historic heat dome grips Western Europe.

President Trump declared a ceasefire between Iran and Israel late Sunday, ending 101 days of escalating strikes and drawing cautious praise from Gulf allies.

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck southern Philippines on Monday, killing at least 35 and sending a 3-foot tsunami into coastal villages in Mindanao as rescue teams struggle to reach cut-off communities.

Iranian drones struck Kuwait's international airport Sunday, suspending all commercial flights as Iran expanded missile attacks in the sharpest Gulf escalation yet.

Pope Leo XIV's seven-day apostolic visit to Spain is the Catholic Church's biggest European moment in years. Here is what it means — and why it matters now.

Polls opened across Peru's 196,000 voting stations Sunday as Keiko Fujimori and Roberto Sánchez faced off in the most consequential presidential runoff in years.

US forces shot down Iranian attack drones over the Strait of Hormuz Friday as both governments accused the other of ceasefire violations, sending oil prices above $94 a barrel.