The police in Belgium, France, Ireland and the Netherlands say they suspect a fraud network of faking identities and duplicating microchips for hundreds of horses.

The leaders of China, Russia, India, Iran and other nations in the BRICS club gather in New Delhi this weekend, but wars and soaring energy prices divide them.

The Iran-backed militia’s ground offensive has reached the Bab al-Mandab, a Red Sea strait that is a choke point for global trade.

The complex sat below Ali al-Taher ridge, a strategic hilltop that overlooks the region and that has seen intense fighting.

The Iran-backed Houthi militia has seized a strategic Red Sea island, according to two Yemeni government officials, as part of its offensive to control a crucial choke point for global trade.

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In nearly five decades in politics, Ms. Bonino wielded outsize influence on Italian discourse, helping erode the political sway of the Catholic Church.

The demonstration of a potent cyberweapon has exposed China’s vulnerabilities and added to the urgency of A.I. safety talks between Beijing and Washington.

On a ride through the French countryside from Dieppe to Bayeux, cyclists of all levels can explore beaches, cideries and historic towns.

Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho were given lengthy prison sentences under a national security law imposed on the city by Beijing.

The lead prosecutor in Paris said investigators had identified 13 new potential victims of Mr. Epstein, the financier and sex offender, who was a part-time resident of the city.

China sees the BRICS group as a vehicle for challenging American power. India wants to keep the group broad enough to avoid choosing sides.

The Lebanese city of Tyre, one of the oldest metropolises in the world, has been left scarred.

Cutting-edge conservation techniques allowed the famous tapestry to travel to England from France. The exhibition in London is shaping up to be a blockbuster.

Digital spaces that simulate indulgences like shopping and ordering food have taken off worldwide. Experts in human behavior say there are real reasons for their appeal.

The Ukrainian city of Izium still bears the scars of Russian occupation from four years ago. As Moscow’s forces approach, residents are bracing for the worst.

Out searching with a metal detector in his hometown, Kalle Lappinen found a historical treasure buried in an unexpected location.

Houthi militants seized the city of Mokha from Yemeni government forces, two Yemeni officials said on Thursday. The capture gives the Iran-backed militia leverage over a key shipping route.

Peruvian Archaeologists have discovered an ancient mausoleum on the site, Chan Chan, which was once the capital of the Chimu kingdom.

Family members and royal leaders are jockeying for control in the Tooro Kingdom after its former boy king died last month. Elders chose a TV journalist to succeed him, but the royal family has objected.

The Trump administration is taking an increasingly militarized approach to Latin America, and it has pushed governments across the region to work with U.S. forces.

A journalist, he was the first Japanese person to enter space, joining a Soviet crew as part of a spectacular $35 million ratings stunt in 1990.

The Iran-backed militia routed Yemeni government forces in Mokha, putting the group in a stronger position to attack ships in a crucial waterway for global trade.

Britain warned that Russia uses disinformation to divide Ukraine from its international partners.

The June Aster was sailing from Manila to Coron, a popular tourist destination, when a fire broke out aboard the vessel.

The European Union isn’t known for firefighting expertise. But with the continent ablaze, Brussels is playing a growing role.

The authorities in Malaysian Borneo have been trying to seed clouds to counteract the effects of smoke wafting in from neighboring Indonesia.

Sweltering summer temperatures put last month on par with July 2023 for global warmth, scientists said. More records could be broken in the months ahead.

The sanctions on Los Tiguerones imposed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio are an increasingly common U.S. tactic, though they will likely not hurt the gang’s finances.

With its oil-export routes once again under threat, Saudi Arabia is stepping up its military campaign against an old antagonist.

This year is shaping up to be a global experiment in education: Can students embrace tech innovation without losing critical thinking skills?

Over 2,000 flights have been disrupted in the past two days, as an air-traffic control problem has stymied British airports.

Thousands of mourners gathered in Oslo for the funeral of King Harald V on Wednesday. Royal families and heads of state attended the ceremony. Harald, who died in August, was 89.

When a truck driver unexpectedly collapsed and died in a remote village, frontline medical staff scrambled to safely isolate his body, triggering a standoff.

The Metropolitan Police are investigating Nigel Farage’s right-wing populist party after footage appeared to show party officials arranging secret contributions from a foreign donor.

Royal families and heads of state, including President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, attended the funeral of King Harald V in Oslo.

Spain’s intelligence service had alerted Morocco about social media calls for a border exodus into Ceuta, which led to more than 100 deaths and a political crisis in Spain.

Officials said they had not determined the cause of the explosion. Years of fighting have left Syria littered with weapons and ordnance left over from the civil war.

Luis Cruz dashed into a busy street in Puebla, Mexico, to pull a girl out of the path of an approaching S.U.V. Footage of the rescue has made him a local sensation.

The fierce retaliation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to the new restrictions is a reflection of his tough re-election fight, analysts say.

U.S. military officials in the past two weeks have sunk six large fishing vessels accused of providing fuel to fast boats carrying drugs from South America.

The Puy du Fou is one of France’s most visited theme parks. Its founder says it gives the French a “founding narrative,” but critics say it peddles “far-right propaganda.”

Britain once followed in France’s slipstream when it came to pressuring Israel. Under new leadership, it is spearheading opposition to Israeli settlements, risking American anger.

The Iranian government is taking an increasingly aggressive approach as it confronts a growing economic threat and worries that its grip on the Strait of Hormuz is slipping, analysts say.

Singapore’s prime minister, Lawrence Wong, got the bump as part of a longstanding policy to pay high salaries to public servants in order to attract top talent and prevent corruption.

Germany’s far right won a state election but fell short of a majority. Its path to power depends on a small populist group that defies traditional labels.

The contest is shaping up to be a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It is considered the most consequential in Israel’s history.

An unexpected request from President Volodymyr Zelensky offered a stark reminder that the cost of the war will rise, challenging Europe.

Canada is seeking a deal to dodge further economic pain at the hands of the Trump administration on midnight Tuesday. But at what cost?

Meena Geltink and Minal Tijssen were adopted from India by families in the Netherlands and grew up less than 100 miles apart.

Meena Geltink and Minal Tijssen were born in India and grew up with different adoptive families in the Netherlands. Decades after becoming friends, a DNA test has revealed that the two are also biological sisters.

In a picturesque village, the mayor closed a road, setting off a storm with residents and the owners of a castle that once belonged to his family.

Intensifying restrictions have hit every part of the territory’s dealings, spurring worries about whether the Palestinian Authority can remain solvent.

In Chocó, a remote region, “pain, hunger and homelessness await” survivors of last week’s earthquake, the governor said. Shakira visited to help draw awareness.

Beijing wants to portray today’s China as carrying forward Zhu Rongji’s era of growth, but for many Chinese, the optimism of that time has since faded.

The boy shot and killed a schoolmate at a junior high school before fatally turning the gun on himself, the mayor of Zamboanga City said.

They made a risky bid to reunite after three years of separation, illness and deprivation — the kind of ordeal suffered by many thousands of families torn apart by the war in eastern Ukraine.

Venezuela and Japan both experienced major quakes this summer. Their responses differed, and not just because of money.

With a second term, Hakainde Hichilema must navigate relations with the Trump administration, which has sought greater access to the copper-rich nation’s natural resources.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has refused to pull back the country’s military until Hamas fully disarms. But the Trump administration is under pressure to show progress.

Scrutiny over the gifts and support provided by George Cottrell to Mr. Farage, the Reform U.K. leader, will continue even after he won last week’s special election in Clacton.

Ukrainian drone teams have a powerful new tool: near real-time information on troop movements and locations.

The spotlight on the country’s only antiwar party has brought a spark to what had looked like another dull, tightly controlled election campaign.

Rescuers found a 29-year-old man in serious condition on the volcano’s eastern slope on Sunday. He was later pronounced dead at a hospital in Catania.

The armed group, based in Yemen and backed by Iran, said it had launched missiles near the vital maritime trade route, in a conflict that shows no sign of abating.

President Trump said a cease-fire agreed in June would lead to limits on Iran’s nuclear program and finish the conflict, but the countries appear far apart.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham messaged briefly with a person impersonating Susie Wiles, a British government official said.

China is exporting more than A.I. models. It wants its data to influence the world’s chatbots, raising fears that Beijing’s narratives will spread with the technology.

President Trump wants to curtail military exercises with South Korea, saying they were hostile to North Korea. But under Mr. Kim, the North has become increasingly belligerent toward the South.

Japan avoided a major disaster after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit last month. Our reporter River Akira Davis visited Kumamoto, a prefecture near the epicenter, to see how it built quake-proof buildings and infrastructure.

President Trump on Sunday instructed the Pentagon to reduce its joint military exercises with South Korea, a key U.S. ally in Asia. He also touted his good relationship with Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader.

Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei’s appointment of hard-line loyalists to top jobs suggests he is prepared to keep the country on a war footing and to quash domestic dissent.

Grifols, a Spanish company, said “unfounded attention” on its blood plasma business in Canada had led it to temporarily end collections at 17 clinics.

The National Transportation Safety Board said it had found a bird’s remains and feathers on a broken engine.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan has been a public critic of Mr. Putin, who has denounced her country’s sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine war.

President Vladimir Putin of Russia visited the Kuril Islands on Thursday for the first time since they were seized from Japan at the end of World War II.

Emergency services said they were working at the scene of a derailment near Lewes, in East Sussex, on Thursday. Eighteen other people were less badly hurt.

Decrees restricting women’s rights to study, work, travel and act independently now threaten to damage Afghanistan permanently, experts say.

The military’s failure to keep extremists away from two Palestinian families trapped in their West Bank homes made clear the chaos gripping the Israeli-occupied territory.

Electric motorcycle sales are surging in Pakistan, as wartime prices accelerate the pivot away from fossil fuels in the developing world.

The global weather disrupter appears to be taking a toll, and its peak could still be months away.

A U.S. oil company says it could be on the verge of a major discovery in Greenland. The proposal comes at a tricky time for the Arctic island, and locals are lining up against it.

Ash spewing from Mount Etna on Sicily caused the cancellation of more than 700 flights during the peak of Italy’s summer tourism season.

With forecasters issuing a warning for very high temperatures, this summer is on track to be one of the hottest yet.

Topos Azteca, a Mexican volunteer rescue group that works worldwide and helped after the Sept. 11 attacks, arrived in Colombia after searching for survivors in Venezuela.

Etna erupts often, but it usually doesn’t release this much ash, an expert said. Tens of thousands of travelers’ plans have been disrupted in the past week.

A group of Israeli settlers has trapped two Palestinian families in the West Bank since Sunday, highlighting the Israeli army’s struggle to contain settler violence.

Our reporter, Apoorva Mandavilli, goes inside a mosquito factory in Brazil, where scientists are producing millions of mosquitoes to fight deadly tropical diseases in a warming world.

The city of Belém in northern Brazil was overwhelmed by an outbreak of dengue two years ago. An all-out municipal effort has reduced cases and may offer lessons to American cities.

A court found Christopher Alan Saunders, the former bishop of Broome, guilty of sexually abusing two men, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported.

The distance between life and death is razor thin at one medical clinic in Rwampara, the heart of the epidemic ravaging the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Tributes to the former premier recalled his spirited style and his efforts to integrate China into global commerce, in contrast with the rigidity of the Xi era.

The deadly strikes are part of a long-running maritime battle with Ukraine and echo battles over other key shipping routes around the world.

The chief minister of Andhra Pradesh has 25,000 workers building his dream capital with waterways, bike lanes and a “Quantum Valley” tech hub.

Amid relentless war in the Middle East, the Iran-backed militants seem poised to renew their conflict with Yemen’s Saudi-backed government.

Nigel Farage, the right-wing populist leader, forced a by-election in his parliamentary seat of Clacton after he came under pressure over his financial declarations.