Southern France under heatwave warning with temperatures set to rise Monday

A woman cools off in Bordeaux on August 8, 2025, as a heatwave spreads across the south of France. PHILIPPE LOPEZ / AFP The heatwave that began Friday, the second to hit... Read more »

UN plastic pollution treaty talks floundering

People protest with placards as delegates arrive prior to a session of the second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution at the European headquarters of... Read more »

Thousands march against the plan to build a massive bridge linking Sicily to Italy’s mainland

Protesters hold a banner reading ‘No bridge’ during the ‘We Want Water, Not War’ march to demonstrate against the construction of the Strait of Messina Bridge, that would connect Sicily to the... Read more »

Thousands protest in Tel Aviv against the Israeli government’s move to expand the war in Gaza

Demonstrators attend a protest demanding the immediate release of the hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas, and the end of the war, in Tel Aviv,... Read more »

London police arrest over 150 backing pro-Palestine group

Police officers arrest a demonstrator during a protest in support of the Palestinian people, in Parliament Square, in London, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) ALBERTO PEZZALI / AP Police in London... Read more »

Zelensky says Kyiv won’t give up land as US-Russia summit confirmed

US President Donald Trump (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin arrive for a meeting in Helsinki on July 16, 2018. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP Ukraine won’t give up land to Russia, President... Read more »

Trump demands $1 billion from UCLA over last year’s pro-Palestinian protests

Pro-Palestinian supporters hold up a sign and flag inside an encampment on the UCLA campus Friday, April 26, 2024, in Los Angeles. DAMIAN DOVARGANES / AP President Donald Trump demanded a massive... Read more »

Trump says he will meet with Putin in Alaska on August 15

President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands at the beginning of a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018. PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS / AP... Read more »

US tacitly supports Israel’s plan to take control of Gaza Strip

Destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip are pictured from a position along Israel’s southern border with the besieged Palestinian territory on August 5, 2025. JACK GUEZ / AFP For US President Donald... Read more »

US partners seek relief as Trump tariffs upend global trade

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One at Lehigh Valley International Airport in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on August 3, 2025. JULIA DEMAREE NIKHINSON / AP President Donald Trump’s steeper... Read more »