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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – A woman was killed and nearly 1,700 tourists were evacuated due to a large fire at a hotel in the ​Dominican beach resort of Bayahibe, local authorities said on Friday.

Iran sought to assert control over the Strait of Hormuz by saying that ships need its permission and mandatory insurance in order to cross, even as the U.S. said that 20 ships had quietly sailed through overnight via a route along Oman’s coast.

President Donald Trump left no ambiguity as to how he felt about the Obama administration’s 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.

The Russian central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 14.25% on Friday, a smaller move than the 50 bps that analysts had expected, citing risks stemming from soft budget policy and a decline in fuel production.

GENEVA — The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that 75 health-care workers have been infected with the dangerous Ebola virus during the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. Seventeen of them have died, Marie-Roseline Belizaire, the WHO's representative in Bunia, told reporters in Geneva on Friday. She said it was not clear in all cases whether they had been ...

The U.S.-Iran interim peace deal took effect and shipping started returning to the Strait of Hormuz as the United States declared an end to its blockade and a complex negotiating period over Tehran’s nuclear program began in earnest.

Russia attacked Kyiv with missiles, local authorities said on Thursday, as they urged residents to take shelter hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump ​and European leaders.

Iran would be allowed to start oil exports immediately under an interim deal with the U.S. and gain access to a $300 billion economic development program following negotiations for a permanent peace that’s meant to address Tehran’s nuclear activities, according to a draft of their agreement.

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France – G7 leaders on Tuesday pledged to step up efforts to address high debt burdens among developing countries, including middle-income countries not currently eligible for a debt relief initiative launched by the broader Group of 20 large economies during the COVID-19 pandemic.

European officials are wary of committing naval ships that could be placed in danger because US President Donald Trump wants to open up the Strait of Hormuz as quickly as possible.

The U.S. and Iran are preparing to formally sign their interim peace deal in Switzerland on Friday, with both sides claiming victory and oil traders and shippers unsure over how quickly the Strait of Hormuz will be reopened.

BRUSSELS – Ukraine opened the first phase of membership talks with the European Union on Monday, a key step in Kyiv’s efforts to anchor itself in Western political structures as ​it fights Russia’s invasion.

The United States is spending almost $25,000 every month to store contraceptives in Belgium that were originally bought for use in poorer nations but are now mainly unusable, according to a report from officials reviewed by Reuters. 

President Donald Trump joined global leaders on Monday at the Group of Seven summit at a French lakeside resort, where he touted his preliminary deal to end the Iran war and said he would now seek to end the fighting in Ukraine and Lebanon.

President Xi Jinping is shifting tactics in his campaign to pressure Taiwan, ramping up diplomatic isolation of the island while dialing down provocative displays of military aggression. Taiwan recorded a daily average of five Chinese war planes crossing the Taiwan Strait’s buffer line with China through May this year — half the number logged in same period of 2025. In March, Beijing didn’t ...

LONDON – Britain’s banks recorded the sharpest increase in losses to certain types of fraud since the COVID-era boom in technology-enabled scams, renewing calls for government action against platforms such as Meta where many ​cases originate.