Jens Spahn, a top leader of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s party, resigned his post after announcing having had a baby by surrogate, which is illegal in Germany.

News as it happened one day from the end of the World Cup -- as England fell agonisingly short of reaching the final, they prepared to face France in the third-place playoff match in Miami.

Andy Burnham condemned Margaret Thatcher's legacy and promised public ownership of utilities, housing and transport in his first Labour leader speech.

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi is visiting the U.S. this week. He met with President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday.

Israeli strikes in Gaza City on Saturday killed at least nine Palestinians, including three children, hospital officials said.

A powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the Mexico-Guatemala coast in the Pacific Ocean on Friday, being felt as far as El Salvador.

Hungarian President Tamas Sulyok signed a constitutional amendment ending his presidency, capping Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s rapid effort to dismantle key pillars of the Viktor Orban era.

New UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer met with his Cabinet for the first time on Saturday inside Downing Street. Starmer told his ministers it had been the “honour of his life” to be asked by King Charles III to form a government on Friday following the Labour Party’s election win.