Militants who attacked a Pakistan oil plant near the Afghan border killed six troops and guards on Tuesday. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the large-scale attack.
Climate activists showered themselves with mud to protest the use of fossil fuels and to highlight the negative impacts of climate change in Rome, Italy.
Local officials said a Turkish strike in northern Iraq killed three Yazidi militiamen and wounded three others. The militia group, YBS, said none of its fighters were killed in the strike.
At least seven people were arrested in Spain for racially taunting Real Madrid Black soccer player Vinícius Júnior, who arrived in the country five years ago.
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has taken his legal battle to a court in the capital, Islamabad on Tuesday, where he was granted protection from arrest.
A roof collapse at a primary school in Phichit province of northern Thailand has led to the deaths of seven people, including four children, and the hospitalization of 18 people.
The U.N. cultural agency has approved a new addition to its world heritage registrar with hundreds of records documenting people who were enslaved in the French colonial empire.
An aid package for Italian flood victims has been approved by the country's government. The government approved a package worth more than $2.2 billion.
Wrestlers and other supporters held a candlelight march in New Delhi Tuesday to call for the arrest and resignation of the president of the Wrestling Federation of India.
The new labels will include information on calorie content and additional health risk warnings, such as potential cancers and risk to pregnancy from consumption.
A deadly dormitory fire in Guyana that killed at least 19 students was deliberately set according to investigators. Several others were injured in the fire.
An investigator from Russia’s Federal Security Service asked a Moscow court to keep detained American journalist Evan Gershkovich behind bars until Aug. 30.
The Superhumans Center in Lviv aims to become Ukraine’s first venue for reconstruction surgeries by adding prosthetics and offering rehabilitation to those injured.
Hari Budha Magar, a double amputee who climbed Mount Everest, has dedicated his life to helping people with disabilities. He reached the mountain's peak last week.
Israel's top military official warned Iran that Jerusalem, along with its allies, have the ability to strike Tehran's nuclear program as the security threat in the region remains high.
Kami Rita, a Nepal Sherpa guide who set a record for most climbs of Mount Everest last week, has beat his record again with his 28th climb of the world’s highest peak.
Crime Prevention Research Center founder John Lott bet 12 gun control academics that homicides would go up in Brazil after the election of left-wing President Lula.
Polish Consul General Adrian Kubicki warned against an 'artificial peace deal' amid concerns Russia is buying time to bolster its military efforts in Ukraine.