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Doesn't have vote to liberalise Poland's abortion law, says Donald Tusk

Changing the law to allow abortion up to the 12th week of pregnancy was one of his campaign promises

Nikki Haley supports Trump in Taiwan, says isolationist policy unhealthy

While the US doesn't formally recognise Taiwan, it is the island's strongest backer and main arms provider

Police look for man who killed 3 in knife attack in Germany's Solingen

The city cancelled the rest of the festival after the attack. Solingen has about 160,000 residents and is located near the bigger cities of Cologne and Duesseldorf

Israel evacuation orders cram Palestinians into shrinking humanitarian zone

At least 84 per cent of Gaza now falls within the evacuation zone, according to the UN, which also estimates that 90 per cent of Gaza's 2.1 mn residents have been displaced over the course of the war

Pak flies home injured and bodies of 28 pilgrims killed in Iran bus crash

State-run PTV broadcast the ceremony at the Jacobabad airport, where relatives of the victims cried and hugged each other

Hawaii's Big Island under storm warning as Hone approaches with rain, wind

It's expected to become a Category 1 hurricane for a 12-hour period on Sunday but will likely be past the Big Island by that point, said Laura Farris, a weather service meteorologist in Honolulu

Harris not backing from Biden's democracy focus, but putting her spin on it

Harris is putting her spin the central messaging strategy for Democrats, focusing on the existential threat a second Trump term could pose to the country's foundational institutions and traditions

Fisheries plane threatened by flares from Chinese base, says Philippines

Chinese officials did not immediately issue any reaction, but they have accused Philippine ships and aircraft of encroaching into what they said was Chinese territory in the sea passage

UN rights chief raises alarm about trapped Rohingya civilians in Myanmar

The statement cited an August 5 attack along the Naf River bordering Bangladesh, when dozens were reportedly killed, including by armed drones, but said it was unclear who was responsible

US sanctions hundreds of firms accused of supplying war machine for Russia

Friday's action is the latest in a series of thousands of US sanctions that have been imposed on Russian firms and their suppliers in other nations since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022

ICC prosecutor insists court can issue warrants against Israeli leaders

In his May request for arrest warrants, Prosecutor Khan accused Netanyahu, Gallant and three Hamas leaders Yehya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif and Ismail Haniyeh of war crimes, and crimes against humanity

White House says it is making progress on Gaza ceasefire as talks continue

There has been progress made, White House national security spokesman John Kirby said, we need now for both sides to come together and work towards implementation

US elections: Harris' racial, cultural firsts were onstage throughout DNC

I think the thing that we cannot forget is oftentimes these pendulum swings that we see, the word that continues to force the pendulum swing is race, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said in an interview

Drone strike in Syria kills Saudi militant from an al-Qaida-linked group

There was no immediate comment from the US military, which has carried out a series of attacks over the past several years targeting al-Qaida-linked militants in northwestern Syria

Iranian hackers targeted WhatsApp of staffers in Biden, Trump admins: Meta

The FBI this week said a hack by Iran of the Trump campaign and an attempted breach of the Biden-Harris campaign was part of a broader Iranian effort to interfere with the US presidential election

Sri Lanka stumble in 2nd innings, England on verge of winning first Test

England took a 122-run lead after the first innings thanks to a maiden test century by wicketkeeper Jamie Smith, whose 111 helped the hosts post 358 on the board

Real Madrid suffer setback, Jude Bellingham picks muscle injury in leg

Jude Bellingham could be out for a month as per media reports

France's Macron holds talks with political players in bid to form new govt

The New Popular Front, which includes the hard-left France Unbowed, the Socialists and the Greens, has insisted that the prime minister should come out of their ranks as the largest group

US expands area in Mexico to apply for border asylum appointments

Mexico has been asking the US to expand the app's access to the south in an attempt to relieve the pressure migrants feel to continue north to at least Mexico City

Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi runs 4th fastest 800 meters in history

Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi ran the fourth-fastest 800-meter time in history Thursday at the first major track meet after the Paris Games.