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Gunmen kill at least 38 people in one of the deadliest days in a Pakistani province

By Abdul Sattar, Munir Ahmed, Associated Press

The military said security forces killed 21 insurgents in response to attacks.

Russian overnight attack involved hundreds of missiles and drones, killed 4, Zelenskyy says

By Illia Novikov, Associated Press

The barrage of over 100 missiles and a similar number of drones began around midnight and continued after dawn on Monday in what appeared to be Russia's biggest onslaught in weeks.

News Wrap: Netanyahu says Israeli strikes on Hezbollah ‘not the end of the story’

In our news wrap Sunday, Israel and Hezbollah traded heavy cross-border attacks, a man turned himself in to German police over Friday’s deadly knife attack, Russian missiles hammered Ukraine border towns as Ukrainian forces advanced farther into Russian territory, Hurricane…

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CEO of Telegram messaging app arrested at Paris airport, French media report

By Barbara Surk, Associated Press

Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the messaging service Telegram, was detained at a Paris airport on an arrest warrant alleging his platform has been used for money laundering, drug trafficking and other offenses, French media reported Sunday.

Russia strikes hotel in Ukraine housing journalists, killing 1 member of British team

By Associated Press

A British safety adviser working with a team of journalists was killed after a Russian missile struck a hotel in the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, Reuters news agency confirmed.

German police say a suspect has turned himself in over deadly festival knife attack

By Daniel Niemann, David McHugh, Associated Press

A 26-year-old man has turned himself into police, saying he was responsible for the Solingen knife attack that left three dead and eight wounded at a festival marking the city’s 650th anniversary, German authorities announced Sunday.

At least 36 people died in two separate bus crashes in one day in Pakistan, officials say

By Munir Ahmed, Associated Press

Two separate bus crashes hours apart in Pakistan on Sunday left at least 36 people dead and dozens more injured, officials said.

Israel and Hezbollah exchange heaviest cross-border fire in months before pulling back

By Josef Federman, Abby Sewell, Associated Press

Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah traded heavy fire early Sunday but backed off from sparking a widely feared all-out war, as both sides signaled their most intense exchange in months was over.

Moscow and Kyiv swap hundreds of prisoners of war on Ukrainian Independence Day

By Illia Novikov, Associated Press

Russia and Ukraine exchanged over 100 prisoners of war each on Saturday as Kyiv marked its third Independence Day since Moscow's full-scale invasion.

An Italian sprinter will be the first transgender woman to compete at the Paralympics

By Daniella Matar, Associated Press

In two weeks, Valentina Petrillo is set to become the first transgender woman to compete at the Paralympics when she runs the 200 and 400 meters in the T12 classification for visually impaired athletes in Paris.