The Israeli military says it is stepping up its humanitarian efforts in southern Syria amid a fierce government offensive that has displaced thousands of people.

Britain’s Met Office weather forecasting service has issued its first thunderstorm alert in the agency’s 164-year history.

Turkey’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex activists say they will go ahead with a pride march despite a ban.

Some 120 firefighters are trying to contain a wildfire that has been declared a 'major incident' as it spreads in the moorlands of northern England.

The opposition alliance in the Maldives has named a backup candidate for the presidential election later this year, in the event the exiled former president is unable to contest due to legal obstacles.

A top Emirati official is acknowledging a 'pause' in the military campaign by a Saudi-led coalition to retake the Yemeni port city of Hodeida from Shiite rebels.

An Afghan official says that at least 110 people have been hospitalized after drinking from a river in the northern Parwan province.

Pakistan’s Christians have welcomed the elevation of Archbishop Joseph Coutts to cardinal.

Holocaust survivor Simone Veil, who became one of France’s most revered politicians, is getting the rare honor of being buried at the Pantheon, where French heroes are interred, one year after her death.

Here’s a look at what’s happening around the majors today: