NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s most decorated living veteran, Ben Roberts-Smith, walked free on bail from a Sydney prison on Friday, 10 days after he was charged with war crimes in the killings of five people while serving in Afghanistan.Judge Greg Grogin granted…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron convene a summit Friday on the future of the Strait of Hormuz, the two leaders are pushing a European-led plan to reopen the vital shipping lane after the war, without U.S.…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Chinese government is increasing pressure on underground Catholic communities to join the state-controlled church while tightening surveillance and restrictions on an estimated 12 million Catholics, according to a Human Rights Watch report.The group said in its report that the increased pressure…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Testimony at a major South African corruption inquiry was briefly overshadowed Tuesday by an unscripted moment — a suspended police chief with a tissue stuck to his brow.Julius Mkhwanazi, the former deputy chief of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department, was testifying before…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Lebanese President Joseph Aoun will not speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for now, a Lebanese official told Fox News Digital, dealing a setback to U.S. efforts to broker direct contact between the two countries as fighting continues across southern Lebanon.The…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Lebanese President Joseph Aoun will not speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for now, a Lebanese official told Fox News Digital, dealing a setback to U.S. efforts to broker direct contact between the two countries as fighting continues across southern Lebanon.The…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Russia hammered civilian areas of Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles in an attack that stretched for hours from daytime into the night, killing at least 16 people and injuring more than 80 others as terrified residents cowered in…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Péter Magyar has gone from political outsider to Hungary’s most powerful politician almost overnight.The 44-year-old lawyer and former insider in former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s ruling party swept to victory in Hungary’s 2026 election, ending Orbán’s 16-year rule and stunning Europe.”Thank you…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Iran is set to execute its first female protester tied to the January 2026 uprising in Tehran, according to multiple human rights organizations. Bita Hemmati was named in a collective death sentencing alongside three other defendants, including her husband, Mohammadreza Majid-Asl, 34, according…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Police in London are on the hunt Wednesday for two masked suspects behind an attempted arson attack on a synagogue that is being treated as an “antisemitic hate crime.” The United Kingdom’s Metropolitan Police said the individuals, who were wearing “dark clothing and…