Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi completed his first official visit to Iran since taking office in May, with both nations signing multiple agreements to deepen economic, security, and strategic cooperation.

The World Bank estimates earthquakes in Venezuela in late June caused $19.6 billion in physical damage, with nearly half affecting residential buildings and significant impact on infrastructure and non-residential structures.

A fire in Lima, Peru killed 10 members of the same family, including five children, early Wednesday. Police are investigating whether arsonists deliberately set the blaze at the home in the La Victoria district.

A year after a Bangladesh Air Force jet crashed into a Dhaka school, killing 36 people, families demand the government release investigation findings and implement recommended survivor compensation.

Canada’s dairy supply management system faces scrutiny as the US threatens 50% tariffs on $20 billion in Canadian goods, citing the policy as unfair to American farmers seeking market access.

Armed gangs killed at least 20 people in attacks on villages in Nigeria’s Zamfara State, part of escalating violence across the country’s northwest and central regions.

Five Thai paramilitary soldiers were killed and six civilians injured in a Wednesday evening attack on a security checkpoint in southern Narathiwat province, with assailants stealing weapons before fleeing.

An opposition leader in a Tunisian prison fainted during an intense heatwave, according to a witness account from another political prisoner’s daughter, raising concerns about detention conditions.

Top US and Russian diplomats met in Manila to discuss the Ukraine war, with Russia reaffirming openness to diplomatic settlement while maintaining demands for territorial concessions.