Katarina Holtzapple

President Joe Biden on Tuesday called on the US Congress to act on protecting American voting rights, as Republicans in states they control pass a series of new laws that will make it harder for some people to cast their ballots.

At least 50 people were killed in a fire at a coronavirus hospital in Iraq's southern city of Nassiriya, health officials and police said on Monday. It is the second fire in three months at a Covid hospital in the country. A fire in April killed 82 people.

France is set to make it mandatory for health workers to be vaccinated against Covid-19 in about-turn intended to help slow the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant.

UK Prime Minster Boris Johnson said fans who racially abused black England players should 'crawl back under a rock'. High-profile figures, including the Duke of Cambridge, led condemnation of the abuse aimed at three players on the England football team following their defeat in the Euro 2020 final.

Famish Musthafa found that running a grocery store left him with little time to stay in shape. In his first six months working as a shopkeeper at Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal, he put on five kilograms. He noticed clients at the upstairs gym would run laps around the chairs in front of his shop. In his jeans, work shirt and old trainers, Mr Musthafa started jogging around the same improvised track.

France will reduce its forces fighting terrorism in the Sahel by almost half despite the continued extremist threat, announced President Emmanuel Macron. More than 2,000 French troops will be withdrawn and soldiers will begin closing their bases in northern Mali before the end of the year.

Neil Diamond's 1969 hit 'Sweet Caroline' has become the unexpected anthem for England at Euro 2020 as the team heads to their first major tournament final since 1966.

New Yorkers took to social media to post videos of flooding across the city as they waded through water to cross streets and enter subway stations.

The Egyptian government is moving to try and regulate tuktuks through national licensing and a push to natural gas-powered minivans in hopes of creating a safer and more accountable system. Drivers are mixed on the proposal, saying the minivans would be too expensive and hard to get around narrow streets.

US President Joe Biden reflected on America’s longest war, ending right before its 20-year anniversary, and the deaths of 2,448 US service members, about 21,000 wounded and trillions of dollars spent on war-fighting and nation-building.

Fans celebrated as England won the Euro 2020 semi-final against Denmark 2-1. The match against Italy on Sunday will be the first major final the team has reached since winning the 1966 World Cup.

A small community of Bedouins in the West Bank are facing homelessness after Israel labelled their Jordan Valley home a military zone and began a new round of demolitions this week. With temperatures set to rise as high as 39°C, families are being left without shelter.

Canada named Mary Simon, a former ambassador, journalist and Inuit activist as its first indigenous governor general. The largely ceremonial role serves as Queen Elizabeth II's official representative in the Commonwealth country.

White House Press Secretary responded to questions about the US plans for Afghan interpreters as the US continues to withdraw forces from the country.