Four migrants were swept away by strong currents off a beach in northern France as they attempted to board a small boat to make the crossing to England.

British and Norwegian militaries led a weekslong operation to deter Russian submarines in the North Atlantic, the U.K. military said.

The president, long a NATO skeptic, has been especially angry at alliance members in recent weeks for declining to take part in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.

Chiang Mai's Maetaeng Elephant Park has seen visitor numbers fall by 50% due to the war in the Middle East dampening demand for travel. Nina Liu has more.

In a separate development on Thursday, Russia's best-known independent ​news outlet, Novaya Gazeta, said masked security officers were searching its Moscow office.

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan is cutting down on official and luxury vehicles to save fuel as oil prices rise due to the Iran war. Several African governments are taking steps to cope

With the push of a button, the elevator descends hundreds of meters in seconds into the dark depths of Onkalo. “We are now at about minus 430 meters (1,411 feet),” muttered geologist Tuomas Pere as he steered a car through a labyrinth of man-made tunnels.

North Korea said Thursday that it carried out a series of weapons tests this week, including a tactical ballistic missile with a cluster-bomb warhead.