As the United States maintains pressure and threats against Iran, the Islamic Republic has warned that “any attack against it will be considered a total war.” Some airlines subsequently announced the ...
Outrage grows in US after videos cast doubt on official explanation for death of 37-year-old intensive-care nurse...
Internet access was partially restored in Iran after two weeks of blackout during the anti-government protests which authorities violently cracked down on. This partial access allowed thousands of vid...
The House Oversight Committee voted to advance resolutions to hold Bill and Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with their subpoenas relating to Jeffrey Epstein....
Donald Trump has again doubled down on threats to seize the autonomous territory. Foreign ministers from Denmark and Greenland are in Washington DC for talks on easing the tensions over the Arctic isl...
At least 47% of executions carried out in Iran in 2025 had been related to drug offences, the UN human rights office said....
In the past 12 months, the Conservatives have suffered a string of defections to hard-right Reform UK, including some former Cabinet ministers....
A social media account called "Raise the Colours Operation France" late last year posted videos of far-right activists on France's northern coastline....
New York City's law mandating an option to tip when customers pay for their order takes effect on January 26. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images A New York City law requiring a tip prompt...
Zelenskyy said that Russia launched over 1,700 drones, 1,380 bombs, and 69 missiles over the past week, leaving hundreds of buildings in Kyiv without heating....
The past week's fighting between the Syrian army and Syrian Kurdish paramilitaries shows how difficult the military integration of the two will be to achieve....
A Quinnipiac poll found 53% of voters said Good's shooting was not justified....
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The world’s largest retail show held last week in New York saw a mood of measured optimism amid the bustle, cheap swag and canned smiles – a sense that the worst of last year’s tariff turmoil was over...
The indefinite pause on issuing immigrant visas, announced by Trump last week, will turn away almost half of all legal immigrants over the next year, experts say....
The Department of Homeland Security last month said that the Trump administration has deported more than 605,000 people and that 2.5 million others left on their own....
War-related violence in Ukraine killed 2,514 civilians and injured 12,142 last year, a 31% rise in the number of victims from 2024, a UN monitor said....
Satellite imagery from 2025 shows bombers and aircraft at Diego Garcia. Planet Labs PBC President Trump is criticizing a UK decision that could affect US operations on Diego Garcia. Diego Garcia has b...
It is an expensive gamble, but also an attempt at technological emancipation from the major programmes of the past, in which Italy has often played a subordinate role....
Powell typically abstains from directly engaging with Trump's personal attacks. Al Drago/Getty Images The world's most senior bankers have rallied around embattled Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell....