Two families have been trapped by settlers for days, casting a spotlight on the army’s struggle to curtail settler violence and protect Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank.

Zhu Rongji, the former Chinese premier, died in Beijing on Wednesday at the age of 97. He helped guide China toward a market-based economy in the 1990s and later into the World Trade Organization that skyrocketed the country’s exports.

The spill of Russian crude bound for India compounds the environmental damage from spills in and around the Strait of Hormuz, where tankers and oil facilities have come under attack.

President Trump’s Air Force One subterfuge pales in comparison to the secrecy surrounding Russia’s president, whose fixation on security has reached new heights in recent years.

A social media influencer was on livestream when a 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit Colombia on Monday. José Gallego was in an airport in Pereira when the quake hit, leading him to duck for cover.

People gathered across the continent to watch the total solar eclipse on Wednesday.

In a place known for its fickle weather, eclipse watchers took a risk. Only some got to see the sun.

Five years into their hard-line rule, the Taliban find themselves in crisis at home and abroad.

A single image shows the obstacles facing emergency workers as they try to unearth people from the rubble.