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Parliament has passed a bill to make cigarettes inaccessible to future generations in the U.K. Children born after December 31, 2008, will never be able to buy cigarettes under the new Tobacco and Vapes Bill.

Four debut novelists are among the six finalists for the 2026 Women's Prize for Fiction, announced Wednesday. The shortlist includes four American authors.

European Union envoys are meeting in hopes of approving a massive loan to support Ukraine's military and financial needs for the next two years.

Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has opened fire on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz, damaging the ship and further raising the stakes as planned ceasefire talks in Pakistan failed to materialize.

Tens of thousands of Iranians live in neighboring Turkey, drawn by economic opportunities and relative stability.

The president of Cyprus says fellow European Union leaders meeting on the island nation need to start preparing a playbook on what should happen if an EU country under attack puts out the call to bloc partners for help.

Two friends have claimed a bizarre record by driving a decades-old British three-wheel car about 14,000 miles from the U.K. to the southern tip of Africa for the longest trip by a three-wheel vehicle.

San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama tumbled face-first to the court in the second quarter of Tuesday night's playoff game against Portland and left the game to be examined for a possible concussion.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear questioned the decision-making at the University of Kentucky amid a fraught period for the school's athletics department.

The Trump business behind Truth Social is replacing a former congressman and big supporter of the U.S. president as leader of the social media platform after a stock collapse in the past year.