The timeline for dismantling Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has suffered a major setback, as the Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) announced Tuesday that full-scale removal of melted nuclear fuel debris will be delayed until at least 2037—several years later than initially planned.
U.S. President Donald J. Trump said he would give Russia 10 more days “from today” to reach a truce with Ukraine, after scores of people were reported killed and injured overnight in massive Russian air strikes on numerous Ukrainian cities and villages.
A train derailment in southwest Germany that left at least three people dead and dozens injured, was likely caused by a landslide triggered by torrential rainfall in the area, authorities said Monday.
U.S. President Donald J. Trump on Monday threatened to impose unprecedented sanctions on Russia within “10 or 12 days” unless Moscow signs a peace deal with Ukraine to end Europe’s deadliest conflict since the Second World War.
Protests broke out Monday in India’s capital, New Delhi, and the country’s southwestern coastal state of Kerala over the detention of two Catholic nuns and a young man on charges of “forced conversion” as well as “kidnapping” and “human trafficking.”
The United States expended approximately one-quarter of its total THAAD interceptor missile arsenal during last month’s Operation Rising Lion, a massive missile defense effort to shield Israel from Iran’s unprecedented ballistic assault, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
President Donald Trump pushed ahead Monday with his plan to reshape the global economy to give U.S. companies an advantage during talks with the United Kingdom and China after reaching a deal with the European Union on Sunday.
President Donald Trump on Monday issued a sharp ultimatum to Russian President Vladimir Putin, giving him just 10 to 12 days to agree to a cease-fire in Ukraine or face a new round of crippling economic measures from the United States. The revised warning significantly shortens the original 50-day deadline Trump announced earlier this month.
Pressured by the United States, Thailand and Cambodia agreed to hold talks in Malaysia on Monday to negotiate an end to cross-border fighting that killed dozens and threatened to escalate into a full-blown war.
In an unprecedented and chilling escalation, Iran’s theocratic regime has issued a religious decree—an official fatwa—calling for the assassination of President Donald J. Trump, marking the first time in modern history that a sovereign state has openly called for the murder of a sitting or former U.S. president.
In a move expected to be welcomed by anxious financial markets, the United States agreed on a framework trade deal with Europe, although less favorable than the European Union had wanted.
Russian and Ukrainian officials have met briefly in Istanbul, Turkey, for the latest round of talks aimed at ending Europe’s bloodiest conflict since World War II. The session was overshadowed by renewed fighting between the two countries, killing at least three and injuring more than 30 others.
Hours after ceasefire negotiations between Russian and Ukrainian delegations broke down once again in Istanbul, both sides launched punishing strikes on each other’s resort cities along the Black Sea, escalating a war now deep into its fourth year.
Thailand and neighboring Cambodia moved towards war on Thursday with a Thai F-16 fighter jet bombing Cambodian targets across the border as a border dispute escalated into clashes that reportedly killed at least 12 people, including 11 civilians.
A nearly 50-year-old Russian Antonov An-24 passenger plane carrying about 50 people crashed in Russia’s far east Thursday, and everyone on board was feared dead, emergency services officials and witnesses said.
In a powerful act of solidarity and defiance against rising antisemitism, several hundred people, including around 750 Christians, formed a human chain around Munich’s main synagogue on Friday evening as a large and aggressive pro-Palestinian protest marched past, chanting anti-Israel slogans and glorifying Hamas terrorism.
The United Kingdom and Turkey have signed a preliminary agreement for the sale of Eurofighter Typhoon jets, marking a pivotal development in Ankara’s ongoing effort to modernize its air force and deepen strategic ties with NATO allies. The memorandum of understanding (MoU), signed Wednesday during the International Defense Industry Fair in Istanbul, was inked by Turkish Defense Minister Yaşar Güler and UK Defense Secretary John Healey.
Thousands protested in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities against a law weakening anti-corruption bodies in the largest anti-government rallies since Russia’s full-scale invasion over three years ago.
Russia launched 42 drone attacks across Ukraine—striking Kramatorsk, Sloviansk, Sumy, and Odesa—injuring at least a dozen people, despite both countries agreeing to meet for peace talks in Istanbul, Turkey, on Wednesday, officials said.
Iran and Russia conducted a joint naval exercise on Monday in the Caspian Sea, marking the beginning of “CASAREX 2025,” a three-day maritime security and rescue drill aimed at enhancing cooperation and coordination between the two nations’ naval forces. The drill comes just weeks after Iran’s conflict with Israel and U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities–an episode that has tested the strength of Iran’s alliances with Moscow and Beijing.