Eleven people, including a pilot and 10 parachutists, were killed when a small ​plane crashed in the northeastern French town of Tomblaine, narrowly missing nearby homes as their families watched, officials and a witness said.

A helicopter belonging to Saudi ​oil giant Aramco (2222.SE), crashed in Ras Tanura on Saudi Arabia’s eastern coast on the Gulf, west of the Strait of ​Hormuz, killing 14 nationals, the state ​news agency reported, adding that the ⁠cause was unknown.

Pakistan’s media regulator has suspended the broadcast licence of television channel Geo News for 15 days over ​content aired during a programme marking Muharram, one of ‌the most sensitive periods in the Islamic calendar.

Rescue teams raced to find more survivors of the two powerful ​earthquakes that struck Venezuela this week, with signs of life bringing occasional relief to a grim quest to whittle down a list of tens of thousands missing.

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.