Francesca Regalado

The authorities in California were attempting early on June 3 to free people being held hostage at a bank branch in the city of Bakersfield by a man they believe could be armed with a bomb.

President Donald Trump has pardoned Stephen E. Buyer, a former Republican representative from Indiana who was convicted of insider trading in 2023.

Ship traffic through the crucial Strait of Hormuz was extremely limited two days after the United States and Iran signed a preliminary deal aimed at ending their war.

Iran’s foreign minister said that new negotiations with the United States would start immediately after their preliminary deal is signed. President Trump reiterated that the initial pact ensures Iran will not obtain a nuclear weapon.

Israel and Hezbollah traded new strikes in southern Lebanon, as Switzerland said it had postponed a round of U.S.-Iran talks previously set for Friday.

Japan said it will raise the price of some tourist visas by more than 400% starting in July, the latest move in Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's campaign to tightly regulate entries by foreign nationals.

Experts said the powerful earthquakes that struck California and Japan are likely not connected to the devastating tremors in Venezuela.

The 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes left at least 164 dead and hundreds missing, the authorities said, but the full scale of the damage was not immediately clear.

The United States and Mexico were among the latest to send support as the death toll from two powerful earthquakes climbed to 235. Thousands were injured, and hundreds remained missing or trapped under rubble.

EKATERINA Mittsel ran through her six-year-old daughter's schedule as she waited at the school pickup line in Thailand's tropical heat.