Human rights activists say the Iranian government has been rapidly escalating executions. The latest prompted public protest, videos appear to show.

At least one person who was found in a collapsed house was killed, and about 50 others were injured on Tuesday in the southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto.

Huge wildfires in France and Spain have grown to the largest either country has seen in decades, breaking modern records.

Firefighters in Spain and France took advantage of a brief respite from scorching conditions overnight to slow the spread of blazes near Madrid and Bordeaux, even as they braced on Tuesday for a new heat wave that could worsen raging wildfires.

A powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake rocked southwest Japan on Tuesday, causing fires, damaging historic structures and leaving dozens injured, according to the state broadcaster.

Scientists managed to confirm pregnancies in three giant mantas with underwater ultrasound scans, offering clues to the animals’ elusive reproductive habits.

The centuries-old castle, one of the country’s best-known, was also affected by the region’s 2016 earthquakes.

Analysts say a recent attack on a Pride celebration is likely to focus fall elections on issues favoring the far-right Alternative for Germany party.

The attack in the Caspian Sea was an unusually direct encounter between two countries that have been on opposite sides for years.