France's top diplomat has requested that U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner no longer be allowed direct access to members of the French government. Kushner skipped a meeting Monday to discuss comments by the Trump administration over the beating death of a far-right activist.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un concluded the ruling Workers' Party's Ninth Congress as his sister Kim Yo Jong was promoted to a higher party role, state media reported Tuesday.

A federal inquiry has begun into a rise in antisemitism across Australia before two gunmen allegedly killed 15 people at a Sydney Jewish festival.

The first official trip to China by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz comes as his country's manufacturers face increasing pressure from Chinese competitors and as U.S. President Donald Trump shakes up a post-World War II global order that Europe has long depended on.

Although weakened and facing a domestic crisis, Iran’s regime still has substantial firepower that could potentially inflict damage on American interests and allies in the region, disrupt the global economy and trigger a protracted conflict in response for a U.

An Iranian army helicopter has crashed into a market in central Iran and reportedly killed at least four people. Iranian state TV says the crash happened Tuesday in Dorcheh in Isfahan province.

Hungary said that it would block both the latest sanctions package on Russia and a financial aid package to Kyiv worth about $106 billion.

Bernd Lange, MEP & chair of the European Parliament’s committee on international trade joins CNBC's Squawk Box Europe after Brussels delays the ratification of its trade deal with the U.S. amid President Trump's latest tariff announcements.