U.S. crude oil prices fell about 6% Wednesday on a report Iran would restore traffic through the Strait of Hormuz as part of a framework deal with the U.S.

The search is continuing for two others still missing from the group that became trapped when heavy rain triggered flash flooding that blocked the exit.

Distrust and violence flare in the Democratic Republic of Congo as false claims spread that the outbreak — and the disease itself — is a hoax.

Police raided the headquarters of Spain's ruling Socialist Party in Madrid Wednesday, adding pressure on Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to resign.

The Israeli Defense Force said Wednesday that it has killed Mohammed Odeh, a senior commander in Hamas' military, during a strike in northern Gaza.

The South African government and advocacy groups for the country's Afrikaner white minority on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration's position that there's a humanitarian emergency affecting white people in South Africa.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged U.S. President Donald Trump to help Ukraine with air defence systems and interceptors as Russia threatens new strikes, saying that ballistic missiles remain Moscow's "last major advantage on the battlefield".

A suspected former member of a German left-wing militant group who was once considered one of Europe’s most wanted women has been sentenced to 13 years behind bars for crimes she committed while a fugitive.