Ukraine's president called on his Russian counterpart to jumpstart 'direct negotiations' to try to hash out a deal to end more than four years of war.

The summit comes as China positions itself as a global power player projecting stability in contrast to the U.S.'s economically damaging war against Iran and erratic tariff policies.

The U.S. Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection intercepted an overcrowded migrant vessel taking on water with 240 people on board near Turks and Caicos Islands.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday (June 4) that Cuba is a "failed nation" and said the U.S. wants it to be a "nicely run country" after he was asked whether Washington's sanctions on Havana was meant to accelerate its collapse.

The UK government has revised its internal oil price forecasts upwards, assessing that crude could stay around $100 a barrel until 2028 even with a US-Iran peace deal because energy flows from the Gulf are now expected to take longer to recover.

The rare Bundibugyo type of Ebola that Congo is battling took locals by surprise after weeks of spreading unnoticed. Hundreds of cases were suspected when the outbreak was declared in May, but many dismissed the news as a “Western conspiracy.

CBS News obtained a brief voice memo from Iranian American journalist Reza Valizadeh, who is being detained in Iran's Evin Prison and is pleading for help for him and other American captives.

Pope Leo XIV is delving into the hotly contested issue of migration by visiting two flashpoints — Spain’s Canary Islands in the Atlantic next week, and Italy’s Lampedusa island in the Mediterranean in early July.