A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Turkey’s northwestern province of Balikesir on Sunday, causing about a dozen buildings to collapse, an official said. At least two people were trapped in the debris of a collapsed building.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Aug. 15 in Alaska. The announcement came after Trump said Friday that he would meet ‘very shortly’ with Putin to discuss ending the war in Ukraine.

James (Jim) Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97.

U.S. Vice-President JD Vance’s security detail had an Ohio river’s water level raised last week to accommodate a kayaking trip he and his family took to celebrate his 41st birthday on Aug. 2.

The U.S. air force said Thursday it would deny all transgender service members who have served between 15 and 18 years the option to retire early, and would instead force them out without retirement benefits. 

President Donald Trump began levying higher import taxes on dozens of countries Thursday, just as the economic fallout of his months-long tariff threats has begun to create headwinds for the U.S. economy.

U.S. President Donald Trump could meet in person with Russian President Vladimir Putin as soon as next week as he seeks to broker an end to the Russia-Ukraine war, a White House official said Wednesday.

Apple CEO Tim Cook joined U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday to announce a commitment by the tech company to increase its investment in U.S. manufacturing by an additional $100 billion US over the next four years.

French firefighters were battling on Wednesday to control the country’s biggest wildfire in almost 80 years, with the blaze in the southern Aude region having already swept through an area bigger than Paris.

Italy is once again pushing ahead with a plan to link the mainland with Sicily in a massive infrastructure project that, even if everything goes according to plan, will take nearly eight years and 13.5 billion euros to construct.