Four women and nine children arrived in Australia from detention camps in northeast Syria after a yearslong controversy over their fate.

Even if the Strait of Hormuz reopened today, oil would still take more than a month to reach consumers. The economic shock from the Iran war could take far longer to ease.

Polls predict historic losses for Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party on Thursday as anti-immigrant Reform U.K. makes gains, and a new era of multiparty politics takes shape.

Local elections in England, and parliamentary elections in Scotland and Wales, take place on Thursday. The governing Labour Party is expected to do very badly.

The whale appeared to be unharmed by the collision, which was captured on video.

People in at least three states are being monitored after being on the ship. None have shown symptoms, officials said.

Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans is investigating after a person driving a jet ski struck a grey whale off the coast of Vancouver. Emergency service officials say the operator of the watercraft was transported to the hospital in serious but stable condition.

Three passengers with symptoms of hantavirus were evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship where an outbreak of the disease has killed three people and sickened five others since April 11.

From classrooms to crowded buses, people across South and Southeast Asia are adjusting to life with less cooling — or none at all — as the war in Iran drives an energy crunch.

Gabi is a robot monk and a new member of South Korea’s largest Buddhist sect. During a ceremony at the Jogye Temple in Seoul on Wednesday, the robot promised to follow orders and not hurt other robots.