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We used to be losers, now we're Grand Slam champions, Zverev tells his faithful team

Nigeria's military rescues 360 hostages in Borno state

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, June 7 - Nigeria's security forces have freed 360 men, women and children from a mountain hideout where they were being held by kidnappers in Borno state in its northeast, after an intelligence-led operation, the military said on Sunday.

Ukrainian mothers' fight to free children from Russians depicted in new opera

KYIV, June 7 - An opera by a Ukrainian composer that premiered in Kyiv this week tells the story of two mothers and a grandmother who risked their lives to travel 3,000 miles (4,800 km) to occupied Crimea to rescue children abducted by Russian forces.

Pope Leo tells 1.2 million crowd in Madrid that God stands with the poor

Around 1.2 million people lined Madrid's main thoroughfare Paseo de la Castellana toward Cibeles Square as Pope Leo presided over an open-air Mass that was expected to be the largest event during his week-long visit to Spain.

More than a million line Madrid streets to see Pope Leo

Around 1.2 million people lined Madrid's main thoroughfare Paseo de la Castellana toward Cibeles Square as Pope Leo made his way to an open-air Mass that was expected to be the largest event during his week-long visit to Spain.

Dubai luxury hotels woo staycationers as tourists flee

The war, triggered by US-Israeli strikes on Iran, shattered the Gulf’s image as a haven of stability.

British actor Patrick Godfrey, who played Leonardo da Vinci in Ever After, dies at 93

He had a distinguished career spanning Shakespearean theatre, acclaimed film and television roles, and voice work in popular video games.

Cuba's Raul Castro, wanted by US, appears at event in Havana

HAVANA, June 5 - Cuba's former leader Raul Castro appeared at an Interior Ministry celebration in Havana, showed state television on Friday, in the elder statesman's first public appearance since his indictment on murder charges last month in the United States.

Palestinian baby killed by Israeli gunfire in occupied West Bank, health ministry says

June 5 - A seven-month-old Palestinian baby was killed and his parents were wounded by Israeli gunfire in the Tel Rumeida area south of the West Bank city of Hebron on Friday evening, the Palestinian health ministry said.

Russia's Rosatom says Ukrainian drone hit engineers demining areas around Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

June 5 - Russia's nuclear energy corporation Rosatom said on Friday that a Ukrainian drone had deliberately struck engineers demining an area around the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, injuring at least three people.

US official tells Putin: 'Good Hello' from your friend President Trump

ST PETERSBURG, June 5 - Rodney Mims Cook Jr., chairman of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, conveyed a \"good hello\" to Russian President Vladimir Putin from U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday and praised the beauty of the northern Russian city of St Petersburg.

Russia plans to launch its smaller version of Starlink next year

ST PETERSBURG, Russia, June 5 - Russia plans to launch its own, smaller version of Elon Musk's Starlink satellite broadband system next year, Alexei Shelobkov, CEO of Iks Holding, the company developing the service, said on Friday.

Finland says four people suspected in subsea cable breach

HELSINKI, June 5 - Finnish police investigating last year's damage to two subsea telecommunication cables in the Baltic Sea said on Friday that four people are suspected of a crime, and that prosecutors will decide on any charges.

US forces board sanctioned tanker in Indian Ocean, Pentagon says

WASHINGTON, June 5 - U.S. forces conducted an interdiction of the sanctioned stateless oil tanker Davina overnight in the Indian Ocean, the U.S. military's Indo-Pacific Command said on Friday.

Singapore to ease restrictions on operating new hotels, hostels in heritage precincts at Boat Quay, Beach Road

Proposals for new short-term accommodation uses in the areas were generally not allowed to avoid "over-proliferation", says the Urban Redevelopment Authority.

US orders new trial of paramedics found guilty in 2019 death of Elijah McClain

His death did not immediately attract attention but became a clarion call of the Black Lives Matter movement.

German far-right party takes aim at domestic security services

BERLIN, June 4 - The man Germany's far-right AfD hopes will become the party's first state premier took aim at the domestic intelligence service, which he accused on Thursday of being \"politically directed\" by the ruling conservatives to spy on political opponents.

Indian police arrest hotel owner after deadly fire

US tells Europe, Canada to boost NATO air and naval forces

This comes as Washington shrinks the pool of US military capabilities available to NATO in a crisis.

Hilton, Becerra lead in tight primary race for California governor

June 3 - Republican television commentator Steve Hilton and Democratic former cabinet secretary Xavier Becerra held onto early leads in the open primary race for California governor on Wednesday, positioning them to potentially advance to the November 3 general election.