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Parrots harass towns in Argentina	Sudan’s civil war blocks food to starving millions
Mouse in an airline meal forces landing in Denmark	Wildfire smoke turns day into night in Bolivia and Brazil
The Balkans region grapples with the hottest summer in more than a century	Namibia plans to kill elephants for meat
‘Unsinkable’ superyacht goes down off the coast of Sicily	Unsinkable’ superyacht goes down off the coast of Sicily
Ukraine takes fight into Russia	Venezuela activists arrested after dispute election
Killings raise war fears in the Middle East	U.S. arrests 2 drug kingpins from Mexico
World’s rarest whale washes up on New Zealand beach	Archaeologists in Bulgaria find a statue in ancient sewer
Early hurricane rips through Caribbean	Heat kills more than 1,000 pilgrims in Saudi Arabia
Wild horses return to Kazakhstan	Rising seas force islanders to Panama’s mainland
North Korea garbage bombs its southern neighbor	Pakistani Christian community attacked after blasphemy accusation
Slovakia”s prime minister shot in attempted assassination	Attacks on politicians in Germany are on the rise
Indonesia permanently evacuates an island because of volcano	Extreme heat shuts schools in Bangladesh
Thousands protest mass tourism in Spain’s Canary Islands	Iran’s attack on Israel triggers fear of wider war
Austria to become ice-free within 45 years	Police raid president’s home in Peru
Water taps run dry in South Africa’s largest city	Haiti’s gangs help oust political leader
Protesting farmers dump manure in Czech Republic	Sweden is finally joining NATO
Colombia prepares to explore sunken treasure ship	Egypt is building a wall near Gaza Strip
Village in France votes to ban smartphone scrolling in public	Mystery shipwreck washes ashore in Newfoundland
Uganda official says people dying of hunger are 'idiots'	Thailand jails man for 50 years over insult
Taiwan’s voters elect a foe of China’s rulers	Islamic State says it bombed procession in Iran
Red Sea ships hit by drones and missiles	Venezuela threatens to take most of Guyana
Persian Gulf oil business seeps into UN climate talks	Anti-immigrant rioting shakes Ireland
Sailors struggle to escape orcas in the Strait of Gibraltar	Australia offers climate refuge to citizens of Tuvalu
Some eat water lily bulbs to survive climate disaster In South Sudan	Maine reels from mass shooting
Italy’s former leader leaves heirs a huge collection of ‘worthless’ art	Finland-Estonia undersea pipeline damaged
Gaza bombed after militants attack inside Israel	Police hunt gang boss who ran luxury prison in Venezuela
Azerbaijan seizes control of breakaway region	Libya flooding leaves thousands dead and missing
Is the world’s most populous country ‘India’ or ‘Bharat’?	Jet ski tourists shot dead off coast of Algeria
Saudis accused of killing migrants on Yemen border	Fire threat empties the capital of Northwest Territories
Anti-crime presidential candidate is gunned down in Ecuador	South Korea heat wave makes hundreds of Scouts ill
Niger is the latest nation to fall to a military coup in Africa	Thousands protest court plan in Israel
Political unrest riles Guatemala and its neighbors	‘Barbie’ gets caught in a South China Sea whirlpool
'Barbie’ gets caught in a South China Sea whirlpool	Leader of Russian mutiny heads for Belarus
Hundreds perish as migrant ship sinks near Greece	Quebec’s wildfire smoke blankets eastern states
Arizona water shortage curbs some development	Vietnam imprisons noodle vendor over a political joke
Colombia searches Amazon for children after plane crash	Villagers evacuated from sliding mountain in Switzerland
Foes fire off accusations after explosions over Moscow	Philippines and U.S. hold largest-ever military drill
Egypt, Saudi Arabia target dissidents in the U.S.	Soccer Team shuts down in Tunisia as players all emigrate to Europe
Tennessee House ousts 2 Democratic lawmakers	Vatican rejects ‘Doctrine of Discovery’ used to justify colonial rule
Young flee Albania to seek a new future in UK	Russia’s leader faces arrest warrant
Rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia to renew ties after 7 years	Belarus jails Nobel Peace Prize winner for 10 years
Bird flu kills 11-year-old girl in Cambodia	Russia accused of plot to topple Modova’s government
Tensions rise as deaths soar in Turkey earthquake	New Hampshire sets a wind-chill record
Journalist deaths jump 50%, led by war-torn Ukraine	Gangs rule much of Haiti as it loses its last elected leaders
United Arab Emirates picks oil boss to head climate summit	World War II map starts a treasure hunt in the Netherlands
Sudan’s young archaeologists take charge	Germany arrests 25 in plot to overthrow government
Hawaii’s Mauna Loa erupts for first time in 38 years	Qatar hosts the World Cup and controversy
Missile blast in Poland was accident, NATO says	Chile’s first lady aims to eliminate her job
Truce signed after 2 years of civil war in Ethiopia	Bird flies 8,435 miles non-stop from Alaska to Australia
Inflation triggers strikes across France	Cough syrup tied to scores of child deaths in Gambia

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