At least 13 children, mostly newborns, have died after a fire broke out at the gynecology ward of the largest hospital in Pakistan’s capital, police told CNN.

It is believed to be one of the largest mass kidnappings in Haiti in recent years, and one gang leader is threatening to kill the hostages if authorities kill any gang members as they try to secure the community nestled in the hills above Port-au-Prince.

Oil fell Wednesday, as investors continue to assess the U.S. pivot toward economic sanctions rather than military strikes to add pressure on Iran.

U.S. Southern Command forces killed four people Tuesday in its latest strike targeting an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Caribbean.

Gao Zhen, who is based in the U.S., was arrested while visiting family in China in August 2024 and charged over works that authorities deemed insulting to revolutionary figures.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe was in Moscow on Tuesday, people familiar with the matter said, for a rare visit by a U.S. spy agency chief as Russia slogs through its fifth year of war in Ukraine. U.S. officials had not announced Ratcliffe’s trip,

Tanzania's ⁠vice president has ⁠resigned less than a year into the ​job and President Samia Suluhu Hassan has accepted the ‌resignation, a government spokesperson ‌said, without citing a reason. Emmanuel John Nchimbi ⁠will leave ⁠office on September 4,

The world largely moved on from the Rohingya crisis. But the exodus has not stopped, aid is shrinking and a generation of refugees is growing up with little prospect of going home.