A faulty rail joint might be key to determining the cause of a crash involving two high-speed trains in Spain, experts say. The death toll has risen to 40, with 43 people also reported as missing.

Billionaire wealth surged at three times its recent pace last year to reach its highest level on record, deepening economic and political divides that threaten democratic stability, Oxfam says.

The death toll from the collision between a derailing high-speed train and a second oncoming train in southern Spain has risen to 39, with 152 people injured.

The EU and Britain are committed to uphold the sovereignty of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark, EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen says.

The Pentagon has ordered about 1500 active-duty soldiers to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota, the site of large protests against the government's deportation drive.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has blamed US President Donald Trump for weeks of demonstrations in Iran that rights groups said have led to more than 3000 deaths.

President Donald Trump has vowed to implement a wave of increasing tariffs on European allies until the United States is allowed to buy Greenland.

Newly released transcripts of 911 calls and emergency dispatch records detail the chaotic scene that unfolded after a US immigration officer fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis