Residents of the last two towns near Madrid to be fully evacuated because of a massive wildfire were allowed to return home late Wednesday, the interior ministry said in a statement.

Five people have died after powerful gusts of wind in Brazil brought chaos to Rio de Janeiro and parts of Sao Paulo state, cutting power and bringing public transport to a standstill.

The death toll from a powerful earthquake that struck Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture has risen to 17, while six people remain in cardiac arrest, local media reported Thursday.

Strong winds fueled multiple forest fires across Türkiye's southwestern provinces of Mugla and Antalya on Wednesday, forcing the evacuation of a state hospital and the closure of major highways.

A series of explosions were heard in the Ukrainian capital on early Thursday amid a ballistic missile threat, the Ukrainian air force said.

The Chinese embassy in Japan on Wednesday issued an advisory urging Chinese citizens in the country to remain vigilant against earthquake risks following a series of strong earthquakes in southwestern Japan.

US forces on Wednesday conducted strikes against Iran, the US Central Command said on social media.

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday held his first in-person meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu since the US-Israeli military strikes on Iran in late February, sparking concerns over deeper US involvement amid escalating strains.

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday reiterated that US forces will hit Iran "hard" in retaliation for Iran's latest attacks.

The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday kept the target range for the federal funds rate unchanged at 3.5 to 3.75 percent, as widely expected by the market.

Australian wine exports declined in the year ended June 2026 as global wine consumption fell, industry data showed on Wednesday. The fall mirrors broader global trends as consumers increasingly moderate alcohol intake, face cost-of-living pressures and switch to alternative beverages, according to

The Indian government has stated that investigators have so far found no defects in the fuel control switch locking mechanism aboard Air India Flight AI-171, which crashed last year.The information was presented by Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol on Monday in the upper house of

Russia's Security Service (FSB) said Wednesday that Telegram founder Pavel Durov has been charged with assisting terrorist activities under a criminal statute.According to the FSB, Telegram's operators failed to remove channels, chats and bots actively used by Ukraine's special services to plan

China expressed its condolences for the lives lost and extended sympathies to the bereaved families and those injured in the earthquake that recently hit Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday.