Temperatures hit 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in parts of ​Europe as storms moved into other areas, with France reporting 1,000 excess deaths during the record-breaking heatwave.

Iran and the United States agreed to ​halt recent hostilities in the Gulf and renew talks regarding their dispute over the Strait of Hormuz, Axios reported.

From Scandinavia to the Alps, Europeans endured sweltering conditions as a heatwave linked to dozens of ​deaths spread east, shattering records with temperatures in some areas soaring above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).

South Korea and Japan ​reaffirmed their commitment to the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula and agreed to revive ‌joint search-and-rescue drills in a step forward for security ties between the neighbouring countries.

Iran and the U.S. continued their attacks in the Gulf as each accused the other of violating an increasingly precarious interim deal signed ​less than two weeks ago to end their four-month-old war.

Argentine President Javier Milei’s cabinet chief, Manuel Adorni, resigned following a scandal that led to investigations into his spending in recent ​years.

The death toll from Venezuela’s devastating twin earthquakes rose above 1,400 as ​foreign rescue teams poured into the country and authorities pressed on with the search for survivors in the hardest-hit coastal areas.

A major consulting firm still has a million-dollar contract to train public servants on ethics, despite senior figures being accused of accessing confidential information.

An accused ISIS bride has been given a police barricade as she walked from court and into the arms of her loved ones.

SpaceX (SPCX.O), opens new tab has told investors it plans to launch a Starlink mobile service for U.S. ​consumers, the Financial Times reported on Friday, in ‌a move that could allow the Elon Musk-led company to compete directly with Verizon (VZ.N), opens new tab, AT&T (T.N), opens new tab and T-Mobile (TMUS.O), opens new tab.

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Friday a 100% tariff on all goods from any country that imposes a digital services tax on American companies, inflaming transatlantic trade tensions a day after ​European Union countries met Trump’s July 4 deadline to cut tariffs on U.S. goods.

Venezuela’s strongest earthquake in over a century is the biggest challenge to Delcy Rodriguez’s early leadership but could also allow the interim president to stamp ​her authority on a fractured government and begin rebuilding a broken country.