NATO pivots to highlight Chinese 'challenges' for 1st time

While Russia’s war against Ukraine has dominated discussions at the NATO summit, China earned a place Wednesday among the Western alliance’s most worrying security concerns.

People more unhappy, stressed out than ever worldwide, poll finds

A new poll reflects that stress and worry for people reached a higher rate in 2021 compared to the emotions most felt at the start of the pandemic.

Video shows Russian missile attack on Ukrainian mall

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the attack “one of the most daring terrorist attacks in European history.”

Finland, Sweden closer to joining NATO after Turkey drops opposition, leader says

After urgent top-level talks, alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said “we now have an agreement that paves the way for Finland and Sweden to join NATO.”

Former Nazi camp guard, 101, sentenced to 5 years in prison by German court

A 101-year-old man has been convicted in Germany of 3,518 counts of accessory to murder for serving at a Nazi concentration camp during World War II.

Officials: Russian missile strike hits crowded Ukrainian shopping mall

Scores of civilians were feared killed or wounded in a Russian missile strike Monday on a crowded shopping mall in Ukraine's central city of Kremenchuk, Ukrainian officials said.

WNBA star Brittney Griner gets July 1 start date for trial

The Phoenix Mercury star could face 10 years in prison if convicted on charges of large-scale transportation of drugs.

Monkeypox not a global emergency 'at this stage,' WHO panel says

An emergency committee said many aspects of the outbreak are “unusual” and acknowledged that monkeypox has been neglected for years.

Biden: G-7 countries to ban Russian gold imports

A new ban on Russian gold is the latest in a series of sanctions that the seven leading economies hope will further isolate Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.

Stampede kills at least 20 at Moroccan-Spanish enclave border fence

Moroccan authorities said the individuals died as a result of a “stampede” of people who attempted Friday to climb the iron fence.