Swiss court rejects Islamic scholar Ramadan’s rape conviction appeal

Swiss leading Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan arrives at Geneva’s courthouse on May 29, 2024, for the final day of his appeal trial over charges of rape and sexual coercion. FABRICE COFFRINI /... Read more »

Floods affect 1.2 million, displace nearly 250,000 in eastern Pakistan

Residents wade through a flooded area of Kartarpur, a town in Punjab province, on August 28, 2025. ARIF ALI / AFP Rescuers in boats raced to reach stranded families in Pakistan’s populous... Read more »

CDC chief refuses to step down, accuses RFK Jr. of ‘weaponizing public health’

Susan Monarez, US President Donald Trump’s nominee to be director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, testifies before a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol... Read more »

Macron gives ‘full support’ to embattled PM Bayrou ahead of risky confidence vote

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou leaves the weekly cabinet meeting at the French Presidential Palace in Paris, August 27, 2025. ABDUL SABOOR / REUTERS President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday, August 27, gave... Read more »

Denmark apologizes for Greenland forced contraception campaign

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (right) and Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen (left) at Marienborg, Lyngby-Taarbaek, Denmark, April 27, 2025. MADS CLAUS RASMUSSEN / VIA REUTERS Denmark’s prime minister on Wednesday, August... Read more »

Jair Bolsonaro placed under heightened police surveillance in Brazil ahead of his trial

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro at his home while under house arrest, in Brasilia, Brazil, August 14, 2025. ADRIANO MACHADO / REUTERS A Brazilian judge on Tuesday, August 26, declared far-right ex-president... Read more »

France returns colonial-era human remains to Madagascar

France’s Minister of Culture Rachida Dati (left) flanked by her Madagascar counterpart Volamiranty Donna Mara sign an agreement during a ceremony for the restitution of three Sakalava skulls to Madagascar, at the... Read more »

Australia expels Iranian ambassador over antisemitic arson attacks

Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong looks on, during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, August 26, 2025. LUKAS COCH / VIA REUTERS Australia expelled Iran’s ambassador on Tuesday,... Read more »

Trump moves to oust Fed governor over mortgage fraud allegations

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook attends the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s 2025 Jackson Hole economic symposium, “Labor Markets in Transition: Demographics, Productivity, and Macroeconomic Policy” in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, August... Read more »

Venus Williams, 45, loses her first round; The buzz around Carlos Alcaraz’s new cut

Venus Williams reacts against Karolina Muchova during the first round of the US Open, on August 25, 2025, in New York City. ISHIKA SAMANT / AFP Venus Williams battled bravely before bowing... Read more »