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

Thousands of police deployed across South Africa as deadly anti-immigration protests spread across multiple cities, with looting and clashes reported.

U.S. and Iran negotiators are on the ground in Doha for talks, though a direct meeting remains uncertain. Discussions revolve around frozen assets and reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

President Trump is traveling Wednesday to North Dakota in what marks his first trip aboard the new Air Force One, which was gifted to the U.S. by the Qatari government last year.

At least six people were killed and many others injured on Wednesday in a fire at an apartment block on the outskirts of the Belgian city of Antwerp, police said. The blaze was caused by a technical failure on the ground floor of the building,

Britain's police watchdog said on Wednesday it was investigating two officers over their handling of a student who was handcuffed as ​he lay dying from stab wounds after his killer falsely ‌alleged a racist attack.

Syria's first Parliament in the post-Assad era has taken shape with a list of 70 legislators picked by interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa. The head of Syria’s electoral committee says the

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 28 political prisoners, part of his efforts to improve relations with the West.