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With no affordable housing, poor residents of Johannesburg find makeshift solutions.

A family searches for a man missing in the fire.

U.K. Replaces Defense Secretary Ben Wallace With Grant Shapps

Johannesburg is in the middle of a major political crisis.

A Thousand Tiny Quakes: Documenting Russian Bombings in New Detail

Decades After Dictatorship, Chile Mounts Search for Hundreds Who Vanished

Nigeria Arrests Dozens Over Same-Sex Wedding

Outbreak of Legionnaires’ Disease in Poland Kills 16

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As Ukraine’s counteroffensive pushes south, Tokmak is a strategic target.

Ukraine’s drone strikes against Russia are a message for its own people, U.S. officials say.

Vatican Tries to Clarify Pope Francis’ Remarks on Russia

Preyed On by Gangs: Gun Violence Surges Within Israel’s Arab Communities

A resident of Kupiansk dies in Russian shelling, Ukraine says.

Putin Won’t Attend Wagner Chief’s Funeral, Kremlin Says

U.K. Air Travel Will Be Disrupted for ‘Some Days’ After Traffic Control Glitch

New data shows ‘widespread learning loss’ among Ukraine’s children.

Imran Khan’s 3-Year Sentence Is Suspended by Pakistan Appeals Court

A Forced Kiss, and a Reckoning With Sexism in Spain

NATO Neighbors Demand Belarus Expel Wagner Fighters

Poland and other Eastern European NATO members demand that Belarus expel Wagner forces.

Spanish Prosecutors Open Inquiry Into Soccer Official Who Kissed Player

A Russian missile strike on an oil refinery kills three, Ukrainian officials say.

Russia Charges Former U.S. Consulate Employee for Collecting Information About Ukraine War

Robotyne’s recapture could boost Ukraine after weeks of grinding fighting.

Investigators said genetic testing showed the dead match the names on the flight log.

Ukraine is still grappling with the battlefield Prigozhin left behind.

Investigators said genetic testing showed the dead match the names on the flight log.

A Former French President Gives a Voice to Obstinate Russian Sympathies

Western Banks Help Fund Blacklisted Oligarch’s Charity

Russia Says Ukraine Fired Drones at Three Regions

Three U.S. Marines Die in Air Crash in Australia

Incumbent Claims Victory in Zimbabwe Election Amid Fraud Accusations

U.S. Knew Saudis Were Killing African Migrants

Labeled Climate Culprits, European Farmers Rebel Over New Standards

The Wildfires Are Still Burning, but the Economic Toll Is Becoming Clearer

Spanish Soccer Federation Says It Will Sue Over Player’s Account of Kiss

Russia says Ukraine targeted Crimea with dozens of drones overnight.

How Heavy Is Frank the Meerkat? London Zoo Weighs Its 14,000 Animals.

For two months, questions surrounded Prigozhin’s fate.

The fates of two men key to Putin’s war are now both in question.

Ex-Principal of Australian Girls’ School Sentenced to 15 Years for Abuse

Surovikin was the force behind Russia’s formidable defensive lines in Ukraine.

Russian drones strike a grain warehouse on Ukraine’s Danube River, a regional official says.

Ukrainian Drones Target Moscow and a Russian Border Region, Officials Say

Greek Wildfire Burns for Fourth Straight Day

Ukraine accuses Israel of denying more of its citizens entry.

18 People Killed in Greek Wildfire May Be Migrants, Authorities Say

Armed with pledges of F-16s, Zelensky takes his diplomatic tour to Greece.

Biden’s top military adviser meets Pope Francis to discuss Ukraine.