Skywatchers are preparing for one of the most remarkable astronomical nights of the decade as a total solar eclipse, the peak of the Perseid meteor shower and a broad gathering of six planets converge around August 12.
President Donald Trump said Monday that Iran is seeking negotiations after two weeks of sustained American airstrikes, portraying Tehran’s diplomatic outreach as evidence that the U.S. military campaign has forced the Islamic regime back to the bargaining table.
President Donald Trump announced Sunday that Morocco was naming a major Atlantic expressway in his honor, drawing renewed attention to a sweeping infrastructure project linking the kingdom’s southern regions with the disputed territory of Western Sahara.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un marked the 73rd anniversary of the Korean War armistice by paying tribute at war memorials and cemeteries, accompanied for the first time by his daughter, Ju Ae, in a move that analysts say further underscores her increasingly prominent public role.
Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has openly called for continued “jihad and resistance” against Israel and the United States while declaring the defense of Hezbollah a strategic obligation of the Islamic Republic.
German police shot dead the main suspect Sunday in what authorities described as an Islamist terrorist attack targeting Berlin’s Christopher Street Day (CSD) Pride celebrations after he allegedly charged officers with a knife during an attempted arrest.
President Donald Trump firmly rejected reports Sunday suggesting that the United States is running dangerously low on military munitions as the administration weighs its next steps in the escalating conflict with Iran.
Typhoon Noul struck China’s southern coast early Sunday, forcing more than 800,000 people from their homes, disrupting hundreds of flights, and prompting the nation’s highest-level warning for potentially deadly flash floods.
The Trump administration imposed forced-labor tariffs on 60 trading partners Thursday, covering most U.S. imports, but did not say what the duties will cost American consumers.
Turkey has not met the conditions required to purchase American F-35 fighter jets, the U.S. State Department said, despite President Donald Trump recently signaling that he would support reviving the long-stalled sale.
A Russian ballistic missile strike near Ukraine’s capital Kyiv killed at least 10 people and wounded nearly 100 others Friday, Ukrainian officials said, as neighboring Romania, a member of the NATO military alliance, announced it had shot down a drone that entered its airspace.
Tens of thousands of people fled by road and boat as devastating wildfires swept across parts of Spain and southwestern France on Friday, fueled by an intense heatwave, powerful winds, and tinder-dry conditions.
Hungary’s Prosecutor General Bálint Gábor Nagy resigned Wednesday unexpectedly, saying the Prosecutor’s Office must never become “an instrument of political struggle” as political turmoil deepened.
Christians have expressed fresh concern over the safety of Syria’s religious minorities after an Alawite mother and her two young children were reportedly shot dead in the central city of Homs in an attack that has raised fresh fears of sectarian violence.
President Donald Trump said Thursday he is nearing a decision on whether to launch a “massive attack” against Iran, warning that Tehran has not suffered enough pressure to abandon its attacks on international shipping and return to serious negotiations.
Hungary’s Prime Minister Péter Magyar announced Thursday a sweeping anti-corruption drive targeting projects approved under the previous administration led by Viktor Orbán, saying the government had filed criminal complaints over projects worth about $3.2 billion while vowing not to increase security after being spat on by a passerby earlier this week.
The United States is rapidly moving additional military forces, aircraft, medical personnel and weaponry toward the Middle East, giving President Donald Trump expanded options for a potentially wider campaign against Iran, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Ukraine intensified its long-range drone campaign against Russian-occupied Crimea and other targets Wednesday while President Volodymyr Zelenskyy faced mounting political pressure at home over a sweeping military leadership shake-up that has triggered nationwide protests.
France’s Parliament has approved a sweeping ban preventing children under the age of 15 from using social media, making the country the first member of the European Union to adopt a blanket nationwide prohibition.
President Donald Trump has formally approved a sweeping civilian nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia that could eventually permit uranium enrichment inside the kingdom, according to an exclusive report by The Wall Street Journal.