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Dec 26, 2025
While Trump has said he acted to protect Christians, analysts report that violence, particularly by Islamist militants, has targeted both Christians and Muslims.
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Dec 26, 2025
Syrian authorities did not identify a perpetrator in the blast, which occurred in an area of Homs where most residents belong to the Alawite religious minority.
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Dec 26, 2025
The Sunday meeting suggests that Washington and Kyiv are closing in on a joint position to end the war. Russia, however, will probably reject the plan.
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Dec 26, 2025
The meeting suggests that Washington and Kyiv are closing in on a joint position to end the war. Russia, however, will probably reject several aspects of the plan.
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Dec 26, 2025
One of Egypt's most famous and beautiful artifacts lies in a Berlin museum, and the calls for its return have received a renewed push with the opening of a new museum.
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Dec 26, 2025
Displaced seven times, Diana Shams intended to return to her home, which survived years of war in Gaza only to be destroyed in the final hours before the ceasefire.
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Dec 25, 2025
The Pope called for peace, especially for the victims of "forgotten" wars, naming several conflicts in Africa.
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Dec 25, 2025
Authorities have "used U.S. pressure as an excuse to deploy the military, label critics as ‘traitors' and arrest dozens," a Human Rights Watch researcher says.
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Dec 25, 2025
The music school dedicated to the song's Ukrainian composer, Mykola Leontovych, was destroyed in Pokrovsk but has been reborn in exile.
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Dec 25, 2025
Amazon, Microsoft and Google have pledged a combined $67.5 billion in Indian investments since October. Eighty percent of those commitments came this month.
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Dec 24, 2025
Nasry Asfura's win comes after weeks of delays and intervention by President Donald Trump, and amid accusations of electoral fraud by Asfura's main opponent.
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Dec 24, 2025
The Department of Defense's new China Military Power Report notes China's continued buildup, while taking a more conciliatory approach to tensions with Beijing.
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Dec 24, 2025
"I know, I'm bonkers," said David Purchase of Gloucester, England.
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Dec 24, 2025
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the State Department would bar several Europeans for their actions in monitoring the internet, which he characterized as censorship.
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Dec 24, 2025
It is the first time Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky has inched toward any compromise on the issue of territory in the eastern Donbas region, which Russia claims.
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Dec 24, 2025
With mental health resources in short supply, the traumatized children, wounded veterans and grieving widows turn to Ukraine's national parks for solace.
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Dec 24, 2025
With mental health resources in short supply, the traumatized children, wounded veterans and grieving widows turn to Ukraine's national parks for solace.
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Dec 24, 2025
The Christian population in Gaza has dropped by nearly half since 2023. But with a ceasefire in place, Christmas will be celebrated once again.
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Dec 24, 2025
Libya's prime minister called the deaths a tragic accident. Five officials and three crew members were aboard the private jet when it crashed, leaving no survivors.
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Dec 24, 2025
Libya's prime minister called the deaths a tragic accident. Five officials and three crew members were aboard the private jet when it crashed, leaving no survivors.
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Dec 23, 2025
The plane was carrying four military personnel and four civilians for medical transport in coordination with a nonprofit for children with burn injuries.
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Dec 23, 2025
The plane was carrying four military personnel and four civilians for medical transport in coordination with a nonprofit for children with burn injuries.
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Dec 23, 2025
The documents show that U.S. authorities sought to interview the former prince in connection with two separate criminal investigations.
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Dec 23, 2025
Philip Young, 49, has been charged with drugging and raping his wife from 2010 to 2023 in an assault case also involving five other British men.
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Dec 23, 2025
Philip Young, 49, has been charged with drugging and raping his wife from 2010 to 2023 in an assault case also involving five other British men.
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Dec 23, 2025
Israel is suspicious of President Ahmed al-Sharaa, a longtime Islamist militant, and has provided weapons, intelligence and cash to militiamen at odds with his rule.
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Dec 23, 2025
After a plethora of British spellings emerged in the government's budget, academics and editors urged him to utilize, not utilise, Canadian English.
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Dec 23, 2025
A wave of arrests targeting Zion Church shows how Beijing is trying to enforce its agenda and control religion, human rights advocates say.
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Dec 23, 2025
The new regulations, which could ensnare people consensually sharing explicit images, come as the Chinese Communist Party tries to enforce high moral standards.
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Dec 23, 2025
The Mexican navy said the plane, which was carrying four military personnel and four civilians, was conducting a medical transport in coordination with a nonprofit.
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Dec 22, 2025
A senior State Department official called it a bid to ensure adherence to the "America First" agenda while others called it a devastating blow to America's diplomatic corps.
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Dec 22, 2025
Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, 56, had headed the Russian army's Directorate for Operational Training and participated in Moscow's war in Ukraine, investigators said.
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Dec 22, 2025
In eastern Congo, where rape is widespread, the cancellation of USAID funding for PEP kits has left many victims vulnerable, according to nearly 50 interviews.
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Dec 22, 2025
Japan has accelerated plans to devote 2 percent of its GDP — and more — to its military as China grows more assertive and the U.S. urges allies to spend bigger.
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Dec 22, 2025
Problems in the oil sector, a possible banking crisis and consumer woes lie ahead for Russia's economy as four years of heavy military spending come due.
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Dec 22, 2025
Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, 56, had headed the Russian army's Directorate for Operational Training and participated in Moscow's war in Ukraine, investigators said.
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Dec 22, 2025
The Danish territory has long been in the president's sights. Trump said the Republican governor "understands how essential Greenland is to our National Security."
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Dec 22, 2025
The grim conditions in Gaza exacerbate an already bleak status quo.
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Dec 21, 2025
U.S. forces have already intercepted two other tankers in waters off Venezuela this month as part of an effort to heighten pressure on President Nicolás Maduro.
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Dec 21, 2025
For family-founded Steinbach Volkskunst, the company's most reliable market has become its biggest bureaucratic headache.
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Dec 21, 2025
The fluffy Disney animation — and its snake character in particular — is delighting audiences in China, to the relief both of Hollywood and China's film regulators.
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Dec 21, 2025
Promotion to a newly created job gives army chief Asim Munir more power than any Pakistan military official since Gen. Pervez Musharraf's military dictatorship.
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Dec 20, 2025
Service members rappelled from helicopters onto the Panamanian-flagged Centuries in the predawn operation. Neither the ship nor its cargo were under U.S. sanctions.
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Dec 20, 2025
The government of the oil-rich nation took control of its petroleum industry in 1976, nationalizing hundreds of private businesses and foreign-owned assets.
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Dec 20, 2025
The Coast Guard led the action, enforcing a recent order from the president to block any oil from leaving Venezuela.
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Dec 20, 2025
The U.S. Coast Guard is leading the action, the second to be interdicted by U.S. forces as Trump's "complete blockade" of oil from Venezuela.
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Dec 20, 2025
Trimming a 147-foot redwood in northern England to win a Guinness World Record needed a cherry picker, 1,320 multicolored bulbs and precautions for high winds.
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Dec 20, 2025
China's growth is spluttering, potentially complicating Xi Jinping's negotiating position ahead of two high-stakes meetings with President Donald Trump in 2026.
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Dec 19, 2025
The expansive operation follows the killing last weekend of two U.S. soldiers and their interpreter at a military base in the city of Palmyra.
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Dec 19, 2025
A bill introduced Thursday looks to revive a presidential power from the age of sail, by which Trump could issue letters of marque to modern-day privateers.
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Dec 19, 2025
A bill introduced Thursday looks to revive a presidential power from the age of sail, by which Trump could issue letters of marque authorizing private raids at sea.
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Dec 19, 2025
H-1B holders who returned to India this month to renew their visas had consular appointments canceled, stranding them far from their homes and jobs, lawyers said.
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Dec 19, 2025
Ordinary Russians got the chance to question their leader at his year-end call-in show, with queries focused on an end to the Ukraine war and boosting the economy.
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Dec 19, 2025
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification said famine is no longer present but 1.6 million people still experience acute food insecurity and malnutrition.
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Dec 19, 2025
Millions of people online have watched the intercontinental love story. "When's the wedding?" one person wrote. "I'm getting y'all an air fryer."
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Dec 19, 2025
The annual event gives ordinary Russians a chance to question their leader, with queries focused on an end to the Ukraine war and boosting the economy.
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Dec 19, 2025
An 8-year-old boy survived one of Russia's worst attacks on Ukrainian children. After, investigators — and his family — struggled to find answers.
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Dec 19, 2025
The annual event gives ordinary Russians a chance to question their leader, with queries expected on an end to the Ukraine war and boosting the economy.
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Dec 19, 2025
Hundreds of thousands of firearms are expected to be handed into authorities, Australia's prime minister said, as a result of a raft of planned gun-control measures.
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Dec 19, 2025
E.U. leaders struck the deal on a loan backed by the bloc's budget after the collapse of a plan to tap Russia's frozen assets to finance Ukraine's state and army.
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Dec 19, 2025
With a headlong plunge into the global video game sector, what is Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman playing at?
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Dec 18, 2025
Despite Democrats' objections, the leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services committees said they were satisfied a controversial Sept. 2 attack was lawful.
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Dec 18, 2025
E.U. leaders struck the deal on a loan backed by the bloc's budget after the collapse of a plan to tap Russia's frozen assets to finance Ukraine's state and army.
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Dec 18, 2025
The European Union is set to decide whether to move on Russia's frozen assets, infuriating Moscow, possibly antagonizing the United States, to fund Ukraine.
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Dec 18, 2025
GV Hotel in Davao City said the alleged Bondi Beach gunmen stayed there for weeks in November, ahead of Sunday's deadly attack on a Hanukkah celebration.
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Dec 18, 2025
Ronald Hicks, widely seen as a moderate, will replace Cardinal Timothy Dolan, a prominent conservative who has been supportive of President Donald Trump.
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Dec 18, 2025
The unconventional departure of Guinea-Bissau's president has focused renewed attention on his country's role in the booming global cocaine trade.
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Dec 18, 2025
The proposed sale includes rocket systems, self-propelled howitzers and drones. China condemned the move, saying it undermined its sovereignty.
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Dec 17, 2025
The former president was convicted of attempting a coup. If the legislation survives an expected veto, he could be transferred to house arrest as early as 2028.
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Dec 17, 2025
More than 30 tankers in the Caribbean designated by the Treasury Department as sanctioned could be immediately affected by Trump's move, according to ship tracking monitors.
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Dec 17, 2025
The sprawling legislation includes a provision seeking video and other materials detailing the Trump administration's military activities in Latin America.
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Dec 17, 2025
The sprawling legislation includes a provision seeking video and other materials detailing the Trump administration's military activities in Latin America.
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Dec 17, 2025
The large-scale U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean suggests Trump's pressure campaign on Maduro is expanding after the seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker.
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Dec 17, 2025
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has raged against the protests and the prosecutors he blames for halting the project, saying the country was the big loser.
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Dec 17, 2025
Most of Russia's billions in frozen assets are in Belgium, which fears bearing the brunt of Russian lawsuits — and worse.
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Dec 17, 2025
A Washington Post-PBS Frontline investigation reveals new details about Israel's Operation Narnia, targeting Iran's nuclear scientists during the 12-day war.
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Dec 17, 2025
Ticket prices have increased astronomically on the resale market. FIFA will allow each country to decide how to allocate the cheaper tickets to "loyal" fans.
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Dec 17, 2025
As Jewish Australians began to bury their dead in Sydney, questions mounted about intelligence failures over the "Islamic State-inspired" attack.
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Dec 17, 2025
As Jewish Australians began to bury their dead in Sydney, questions mounted about intelligence failures over the "Islamic State-inspired" terrorist attack.
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Dec 17, 2025
We're approaching a "more anarchic form of globalization without rules," said David Miliband, the former British politician turned global humanitarian.
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Dec 16, 2025
The number of countries whose citizens face a full or partial travel ban on entry to the United States increased from 19 to 39.
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Dec 16, 2025
In a Truth Social post, President Donald Trump also declared the government of President Nicolás Maduro a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
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Dec 16, 2025
The Dominican Republic and Trinidad and Tobago are hosting U.S. forces and facilities. Grenada is considering it.
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Dec 16, 2025
Alexander Kleytman, 87, had endured antisemitism his whole life, which ended when he shielded his wife from bullets at the Hanukkah celebration.
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Dec 16, 2025
Australian police are investigating the father and son's trip to the Philippines last month, and whether they had links to terrorist groups.
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Dec 16, 2025
An ongoing record of U.S. military strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific since Sept. 2.
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Dec 16, 2025
Australian leaders want to further restrict gun ownership, including potentially restricting licenses to citizens only, after a mass shooting in Sydney killed 15.
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Dec 16, 2025
The judges convicted Lai of colluding with foreigners to boost the pro-democracy movement. Donald Trump's name is mentioned 195 times in their verdict.
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Dec 15, 2025
Australian police are investigating how the father and son planned the attack and whether they had links to terrorist groups, including Islamic State.
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Dec 15, 2025
Police said the shooting, which injured at least 40 people, was a terrorist attack targeting the Jewish community. A gunman was killed.
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Dec 15, 2025
If adopted, the changes would fulfill Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's pledge to disrupt the status quo and slash the number of four-star generals.
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Dec 15, 2025
Pro-democracy newspaper founder Jimmy Lai was convicted under a national security law that has swept away Hong Kong's press freedoms and judicial independence.
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Dec 15, 2025
Police said the shooting, which injured at least 40 people, was a terrorist attack targeting the Jewish community. A gunman was killed.
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Dec 15, 2025
Ukrainian leaders said Monday they appreciated White House efforts to reach a deal even as significant gaps appeared to remain between the sides.
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Dec 15, 2025
The attack in Sydney shows how the Islamic State continues to inspire violence on a global scale with more frequency than other terrorist groups, officials say.
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