Kauli Vaast of Tahiti and Team USA's Caroline Marks both won gold on Monday, capping off a dramatic few days of competition that even included a brief appearance by a whale.
As the war drags on with Russia, Ukrainians are desperate for symbols of hope and normalcy. At the Paris Olympics, Ukrainian athletes are doing their part: winning gold to help buoy the country.
This follows the weeks of protests over job quotas that saw clashes between protestors and ruling party supporters, and several instances of police brutality. The death toll from the crackdown ran into hundreds, and precipitated calls for Hasina’s resignation.
The U.S. and other governments issued Lebanon travel advisories and some airlines stopped flying there, in anticipation of an escalation of fighting after assassinations in Iran and Beirut.
Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting are guaranteed to leave Paris with medals. But fallout continues, as does drama between Olympic officials and the Russian-led association that disqualified them last year.
Vice President Harris is expected to announce her running mate in the next few days. Her pick could help secure the presidential race. And, here's why the U.K. is rioting.
At least 95 people, including at least 14 police officers, died in clashes in the capital on Sunday. Broadband internet and mobile data services were cut off for about three hours on Monday.
Over the past week, hundreds of protesters were arrested, dozens of officers were injured and multiple buildings were damaged, including a mosque and a hotel known to have housed asylum seekers, following the killing of three girls at a dance class.
The protests began in July as students demanded an end to a quota system that reserved 30% of government jobs for families of veterans who fought in Bangladesh’s war of independence against Pakistan.
A young political dissident in Europe made his name in the news media as a defiant critic of the Chinese Communist Party. His former housemate and alleged victim says he's a grifter.
Thailand has taken some steps toward democracy. But a flurry of court challenges has raised the specter of another crisis — with the lèse-majesté law on royal defamation front and center.
Pablo González, a journalist from Spain who had been based in Poland, was freed in the largest prisoner swap since the Soviet era, confirming suspicions that he may have been a Russian operative.
The attack took place Friday night near a hotel in a popular beachfront destination in Mogadishu. Nearly all of the people killed and injured were civilians, police said.
