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Mike Blake / Reuters Is Lindsey Graham Backing a 'Race-Baiting, Xenophobic Religious Bigot'?
If Trump’s most voluble critic in the Senate may be coming around, will any Republican politicians hold the line against endorsing their nominee?
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Ronald Zak / AP A Close Election in Austria
Norbert Hofer of the far-right Freedom Party has conceded to Alexander Van der Bellen, an independent.
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Tashi Sherpa / AP Four Deaths in Four Days on Mount Everest
About 30 other climbers have become ill with altitude sickness, or are suffering from frostbite.
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Sana Sana / Reuters Syria’s Carnage Reaches Assad’s Coastal Strongholds
Early reports put the death toll from the attacks in Jableh and Tartous at between 78 and more than 120 people.
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Ina Fassbender / Reuters Bayer's $62 Billion Bid for Monsanto
The deal would create the world's biggest agricultural supplier.
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Luong Thai Linh / Pool / AP The End of the U.S. Arms Embargo on Vietnam
President Obama, who is on a visit to Hanoi, said the decades-old prohibition on the sales of weapons to a onetime enemy would be lifted.
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Umit Bektas / Reuters Turkey’s New Prime Minister
The country's ruling party has elected as leader Binali Yildirim, a longtime Erdogan ally, paving the way for him to replace Ahmet Davutoglu.
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Michael Kooren / Reuters The Families Suing Russia Over MH17
Thirty-three relatives of victims have filed a lawsuit against Russian President Vladimir Putin and his country over the downed airplane.
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Josh Smith / Reuters Targeting the Taliban’s Leader
A U.S. drone strike may have killed Mullah Akhtar Mohammed Mansour in Pakistan on Saturday night.
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Jim Bourg / Reuters A Veto for Oklahoma's Quixotic Abortion Bill
Governor Mary Fallin rejected a bill Friday that would have sent doctors who perform the procedure to prison.
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Damian Dovarganes / AP Another Step Toward El Chapo’s Extradition
Mexico’s Foreign Ministry signed off Friday on the U.S.’s extradition request for the drug kingpin who led the Sinaloa Cartel.
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Diego Cambiaso / Flickr A Shooting Near the White House
The Secret Service shot and critically wounded a person. The president was not in the compound at the time.
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Sergio Perez / Reuters FC Barcelona’s Reclaimed Flags
A judge overruled Spanish authorities’ ban of a flag that signifies Catalan independence.
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Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters The Record-Setting Climb Up Everest, Set by a Convenience-Store Cashier
Lhakpa Sherpa reached the top of Mount Everest for the seventh time on Friday, breaking her own record for most ascents by a woman.
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Chris Carlson / AP Water, Water Still Is Scarce, Except for California's Rich
California’s decision Wednesday to let water districts self-regulate their usage has people worried the wealthy will opt out.
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Murad Sezer / Reuters Why Is Turkey Temporarily Lifting Immunity for Lawmakers?
Critics say the new measure will allow the targeting of Kurdish and other opponents of the government in parliament.
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Karim Kadim / AP Baghdad’s Green Zone Is Under Siege Again
Supporters of Moqtada al-Sadr, the Shia cleric, stormed the secure part of the Iraqi capital for the second time in less than a month.
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Reuters India's Hottest Day Ever
The northwestern town of Phalodi reached 123.8 degrees Thursday, a historical record high that comes amid a countrywide heat wave.
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Carolyn Kaster / AP Republicans Try to Rein in the National Security Council
As the NSC swells to more than 400 staffers, a congressional proposal offers the White House a choice: Cut it down to size, or subject it to more oversight.
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Stephen Lam / Reuters San Francisco's Besieged Police Department
The city’s police chief resigned this week after recent officer-involved shootings and reports of racism within the department.
