Slovakia has long been dogged by criticism that it is prone to authoritarianism, but a frenzy of blame since an assassination attempt has heightened such concerns.

Edward Dwight was among the first pilots that the United States was training to send to space in 1961, but he was passed over. On Sunday, he finally made it on a Blue Origin flight.

Mr. Raisi has been seen as the likely successor to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as supreme leader, the highest political and religious position in the Islamic republic.

Rescuers are trying to locate the helicopter on which President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian were traveling, state media reported. Their status is unknown.

Both sides have been looking for ways to inflict damage beyond the battlefield, targeting military logistics hubs and urban centers.

The Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk became the worlds undisputed heavyweight champion on Sunday. The victory has lifted morale in a country struggling to contain Russian advances on the battlefield.

At least 64,000 people were displaced from Jabaliya and a neighboring town in the past week, according to the main U.N. agency aiding Palestinians.

President Luis Abinader goes into Sundays race as the clear front-runner, bolstered by nativist migration policies, a strong economy and an anticorruption drive.

Andrei R. Belousov, an intellectual with no military experience, is known for backing a state-dominated economy.

A coachs soccer legacy is often reduced to titles and trophies. In Liverpool, a beloved manager will endure in murals, music and shared memories.

Pakistanis suspect the national intelligence agencies of being behind practically everything even street performers working for tips in Islamabad.

The talks were the first since Iran attacked Israel last month in retaliation for its killing of an Iranian general.

Benny Gantz, a centrist member of leadership, presented the prime minister with an ultimatum that demanded a plan for the future of Israels war.

A Foreign Service officer, he was one of 52 hostages seized in Iran and held for 444 days. He later challenged the U.S. government to reshape its diplomacy with the Islamic world.

In newspaper columns and on radio and TV, he was his countrys premier provocateur, gaining a wide audience for his conservative attacks on liberals and environmentalists.

The law has triggered protests and threatens to derail the nations pro-European aspirations in favor of closer ties with Russia.

The two were racing to climb the 14 tallest mountains in the world when they were killed in an avalanche.

The suspect in the shooting of the prime minister, Robert Fico, appeared before a judge, who ordered that he would remain in custody until he is charged and tried.

Sightings of the aurora borealis are unlikely in the U.K. this weekend, but the northern lights could return on Monday, forecasters said.

Outrage over the pop stars new music video brought Brazils struggle with religious intolerance into view.

The celebration of French heritage in the run-up to the Paris Olympics was unveiled on the feast day of Saint Honor, the patron saint of bakers.

Advances by Russian forces have raised fears they could bring their artillery in range of Kharkiv, Ukraines second largest city.

Sitting down for lunch with Reese Witherspoon, whose book picks have become a force in the publishing industry.

The Nobel laureate, whose precisely written stories about southwestern Ontario many considered without equal, died this week at 92.

A family struggles with daily survival and fears having to pack up again after going back to Khan Younis.

Western leaders looking for signs that the Chinese leader used his influence on President Vladimir V. Putin to end the war in Ukraine are likely to be disappointed.

The stunning incursion into the Kharkiv Region lays bare the challenges facing Ukraines weary and thinly stretched forces as Russia ramps up its summer offensive.

A system of dams and canals may soon be unable to provide water to one of the worlds largest cities, a confluence of unchecked growth, crumbling infrastructure and a changing climate.

Amid the destruction, a marketplace of survival has arisen focused on the basics: food, shelter and money.

Families grapple with anguish and isolation as they try to raise their children in a country that increasingly questions their very identity.

People who know the suspect described a weird and angry loner who wrote erotic poetry, and whose resentments ranged across the political spectrum.

Political violence and polarization stalk Europe today, with ominous echoes of the past.

When the director and crew of Io Capitano toured Senegal with their acclaimed movie, audiences responded with their life stories.

Israel said Friday that it was facilitating the flow of aid and that its operations in Rafah, which have caused 630,000 people to flee, were limited and localized.

The police believe the killer, who died in an Idaho jail, may be linked to the unsolved murders of other women in British Columbia, Alberta and the United States.

One Afghan was also injured in the attack, which many expect will hinder the governments recent efforts to lure foreign visitors.

Scientists say storms like those that battered Houston could become more intense as the planet warms, though pinning down trends is still challenging.

Soccers leaders have landed on the wrong solution. Again.

Authoritarian governments have long sought to target dissidents abroad. But the digital age may have given them stronger motives, and better tools, for transnational repression.

The tactic echoes one that Russia has used and Ukraine has ridiculed in the past.

Lawyers for Israel argued that the International Court of Justice should not grant a South African request to order an immediate halt to the ground assault in Rafah.

People have long claimed sightings of the Virgin Mary or bleeding crucifixes, and some endorsed by the Roman Catholic Church have become hugely popular pilgrimage destinations.

It is the first humanitarian aid in months to be sent to the territory by sea. Pentagon officials said that no U.S. troops entered Gaza.

The authorities have released little about the attack on Prime Minister Robert Fico, about the identity of the assailant or even about who is leading the country in the interim.

France has sent troops to quell violence in New Caledonia, where Paris is seen as backtracking on promises of self-determination.

The synagogue, in Rouen, northern France, sustained significant damage, but nobody other than the assailant was harmed, the authorities said.

FIFA said it would solicit legal advice before taking up a motion from the Palestinian Football Association to suspend Israel over its actions in Gaza and the West Bank.

President Biden is pushing for a broad deal that would get Israel to approve a Palestinian nation in return for Saudi recognition of Israel. But officials need to overcome Israeli opposition.