As France celebrates Bastille Day, its soccer team is facing off against Spain in the World Cup and the country is enduring its third intense heatwave this year, with forest fires raging in the south and outside Paris.

Japan revises its laws to keep its imperial family from running out of heirs to the throne, while avoiding any discussion of allowing female emperors, an idea most Japanese support.

Pakistan urges restraint as Iran and the U.S. clash and a memorandum of understanding unravels.

The global economy may be suffering from lost productivity as people get swept by World Cup fever, a survey shows. This small business owner would know. She's spent most of her days watching matches.

A fire engulfed a beer hall in Bangkok early Monday, killing at least 27 people and injuring dozens.

NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with Seth Jones from the Center for Strategic and International Studies about President Trump granting Ukraine permission to produce Patriot missiles.

Palestinians are mourning Mohammed al-Wahidi, a beloved aid worker in Gaza. He was killed by as Israeli airstrike while en route to a World Cup screening which he organized.

The European Union recently implemented a new security system to better monitor foreigners who enter and exit. But its messy rollout has upended the summer travel season.

For Reporter's Notebook we hear about what it takes to cover conflict over a decades-long career as a foreign correspondent.

New suspected cases of Ebola have been reported in parts of Congo that were previously unaffected, the government said, signaling the continued spread of the disease beyond the epicenter in Ituri.