Ukraine's president called on his Russian counterpart to jumpstart 'direct negotiations' to try to hash out a deal to end more than four years of war.

Escalating US pressure on Cuba is pushing the island into a humanitarian and economic catastrophe. That may be by design.

The summit comes as China positions itself as a global power player projecting stability in contrast to the U.S.'s economically damaging war against Iran and erratic tariff policies.

A firestorm of recrimination raged in France on Friday over the feared killing of a missing 11-year-old girl, with the judicial system accused of having failed to act on previous allegations of rape against the suspect in custody.

At least 49 people have died of thirst after a truck broke down in the Sahara Desert in northern Niger. The victims, all Nigeriens, were stranded after the truck broke down more than 80

The UK government has revised its internal oil price forecasts upwards, assessing that crude could stay around $100 a barrel until 2028 even with a US-Iran peace deal because energy flows from the Gulf are now expected to take longer to recover.

Pope Leo XIV is delving into the hotly contested issue of migration by visiting two flashpoints — Spain’s Canary Islands in the Atlantic next week, and Italy’s Lampedusa island in the Mediterranean in early July.

CBS News obtained a brief voice memo from Iranian American journalist Reza Valizadeh, who is being detained in Iran's Evin Prison and is pleading for help for him and other American captives.