An Italian woman was killed, nine injured and more than 1,700 evacuated from a massive fire at a beachfront resort in the Dominican Republic Friday.

"Italy and I do not beg," Meloni said in a video rebuke posted on social media Friday. Italy's top diplomat, meanwhile, said he was cancelling a visit to the U.S because of the alleged remarks.

Claude Guillemot, one of the founders of the global gaming company Ubisoft, the maker of Assassin’s Creed, and his flight instructor have been killed in a plane crash in western France, authorities said Saturday.

Begoña Gómez faces charges of embezzlement, corruption, misappropriation of funds and influence peddling for helping favored companies win public contracts.

Several of Ukraine’s top officials said they would return Polish state awards after the President Karol Nawrocki stripped his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the country’s highest state honor,

Matias Galarza scored 65 seconds into the game for the fastest goal at this year's World Cup and Paraguay held on for a 1-0 win over Turkey on Friday night after playing a man down for more than half the match.

The prospect of peace in the Middle East is setting up European stocks for a standout second half, as investors bet on stronger economic growth and easing inflation.

Scottish counterterrorism officers are investigating attacks in Edinburgh that left five people hurt and are being treated as potentially motivated by anti-Muslim hatred.