The players and their coaching staff met with the country's royals, and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. An estimated crowd of almost 2 million was on hand to greet the squad through the streets of Madrid.

The Philippine military accused China of beating and injuring a Philippine Navy sailor with a wooden baton in the latest seaborne confrontation.

The Israeli military is quietly but quickly building a giant earthen barrier separating the over 50% of the Gaza Strip it controls from the rest of the territory, according to satellite imagery, further entrenching the division of the tiny Palestinian enclave.

Supporters of India's youth-led Cockroach Janta Party marched to parliament on Monday (July 20). South Asia Chief Correspondent, Aftab Ahmed witnessed what he says is the biggest protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi by Gen Z.

The death of a Moroccan man as he was detained by Italian police in Bologna has sparked anger and a formal investigation.

A Chinese destroyer conducted a machine gun test around 180 kilometers (111 miles) southwest of a Japanese island in the Pacific Ocean, Tokyo’s Defense Ministry said, a rare live-fire exercise by the Chinese navy while inside the exclusive economic zone of Japanese territory.

The visit by North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui comes without an obvious occasion, such as a multilateral diplomatic event or state anniversary, and has raised speculation that she may be coordinating a possible visit to Russia by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

A 28-year-old man has been charged in connection with the death of Ann Widdecombe, a right-wing figure whose body was found in her home this month.