CBS News obtained a brief voice memo from Iranian American journalist Reza Valizadeh, who is being detained in Iran's Evin Prison and is pleading for help for him and other American captives.

The United States on Thursday issued sanctions against Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, the country's military and Castro family members.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting Thursday with heads of foreign media news agencies on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

Hungary agreed to drop its opposition to opening the formal access talks but is still opposed to the fast-track membership process that Ukraine says it needs as protection from Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to engage with him directly to end the war.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced a new AI strategy that will guide Canada's next five years of legislation and infrastructure investment. While the new "AI for All" plan is slightly more focused on the impact the technology will have on normal people than President Donald Trump's similar framework for the US,

Pope Leo XIV is delving into the hotly contested issue of migration by visiting two flashpoints — Spain’s Canary Islands in the Atlantic next week, and Italy’s Lampedusa island in the Mediterranean in early July.

The SAVE America Act, a far-reaching Republican election overhaul that President Trump said should be his congressional allies' top priority, has failed in the Senate.