A procession in the city of Tabriz was the first in a string of events after Ebrahim Raisi’s death in a helicopter crash. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has announced five days of mourning.

As Moscow’s forces retake land from which they were ousted at the end of 2022, the Ukrainian military has adopted a strategy of fighting while slowly falling back to more heavily fortified positions.

After setting a very high bar for his party in the election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi often appears on the defensive as the voting nears its end.

Strong wind caused the stage to collapse during an event for a mayoral election attended by a presidential candidate, officials said. Dozens of people were injured.

China said the sea and air drills were meant as a “stern warning” to its opponents after Taiwan’s new president asserted the island’s sovereignty in defiance of Beijing.

Not on its own, in all likelihood. But it reflects a growing, global exasperation with Israel that might eventually lend momentum to a two-state solution.

Russia has deployed advanced tech to interfere with Elon Musk’s satellite internet service, Ukrainian officials said, leading to more outages on the northern front battle line.

We’re covering a stumbling U.S. aid effort in Gaza and the latest Chinese military drills around Taiwan.

The Pentagon predicted that a stream of humanitarian aid would be arriving in Gaza via the floating pier, but little relief has reached the besieged strip, officials acknowledged this week.

Pope Francis attributed a second miracle to Carlo Acutis, one of the last steps toward canonization.