Poisonous black rain falls in Russia as Ukraine strikes oil facilities
Residents of Tuapse, on the Black Sea, complained of an inadequate government response and coverup of what they say is a huge environmental and health...
Rubio expected to meet with Leo amid pope’s standoff with Trump on Iran
The secretary of state is set to travel to Italy this week, a Vatican official said. Observers view the trip as an attempt to patch up ties with the V...
Trapped in a kill zone for 177 days, his wife’s voice was his lifeline
While Roman Mongold, a Ukrainian soldier, was pinned down and surrounded by the enemy, he managed to trade voice memos with his wife thanks to a comma...
A mob hit in Ireland, a 10-year manhunt and an arrest in Dubai
Reputed cartel boss Daniel Kinahan lived a luxe life on the lam, largely in the open, until Irish authorities had him arrested near the Burj Khalifa s...
Direct flights to Venezuela resume, but many still can’t go home
Passengers on the first direct flight from Miami to Caracas since 2019 were excited to return but anxious about what they would find. For others, pass...
Mali’s junta asked Russians to bring order. Militants just stormed in.
Al-Qaeda-linked fighters killed the defense minister, a top Moscow ally, and forced Russian mercenaries to retreat, highlighting the Mali-Russia partn...
Pentagon to send one of its aircraft carriers home from Middle East
The USS Gerald R. Ford, at sea for 10 months, is in need of repair. Its exit, though, reduces the firepower on hand as Trump presses Tehran to make pe...
Starmer condemns wave of attacks on Jewish targets after 2 stabbed in London
The stabbing in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood of north London followed Britain’s summoning of the Iranian ambassador over “unacceptable and infl...
New State Department rules would deny visas to those who fear returning home
Diplomatic missions are told to ask nonimmigrant visa applicants if they fear returning to their home country, and to deny travel documents to those w...
UAE to leave OPEC amid Hormuz oil crisis, a blow to Saudi Arabia
The departure weakens the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, long criticized by Trump, as the global economy reels from the Iran war e...
Iranian foreign minister meets with Putin as U.S-Iran talks falter
Abbas Araghchi arrived in Russia after stops in Oman and Pakistan, where peace talks remain stalled after Trump declined to send envoys over the weeke...
U.S. offers no help with Iran war’s fallout, Thai foreign minister says
“This war should not have taken place,” Sihasak Phuangketkeow said in an interview. adding that Thailand is approaching Russia and China amid its econ...
China says it will reverse major AI acquisition by Meta
The move against Manus AI is Beijing’s most aggressive step yet to stanch the loss of AI talent to the U.S., setting up a complicated legal and politi...
King Charles steps into U.K.-Trump standoff just as new security concerns arise
His state visit begins after a gunman rattled Washington, but U.K. officials hope pomp can paper over an Iran war fracture and remind the president of...
40 years after Chernobyl, war brings new rounds of disaster and displacement
Russia’s invasion deepens the saga of Ukraine’s Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. A woman who fled war and ended up there says, “We overcame radiation. We wil...
Mood in Russia turns bleak as war in Ukraine drags and economy suffers
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ratings are falling, and citizens are voicing despair, with the war in its fifth year, talks stalled and sanctions ...
The 1939 royal visit and the party that tested U.S.-British relations
In the run-up to World War II, King George VI sought to rally American support with a garden party at the British Embassy, but it didn’t go exactly as...
Iran says no direct talks planned as Witkoff, Kushner expected in Pakistan
With an Iranian delegation in Islamabad and U.S. envoys due to depart Washington, the prospect of direct talks between the two sides to end the war in...
Netanyahu says he hid prostate cancer from public because of Iran war
The Israeli prime minister said he delayed revealing his diagnosis for two months to prevent Iran from using it as “propaganda.” He said treatment had...
Trump intends to invite Putin to G-20 summit in Miami, officials say
The Russian leader has not yet committed to attend the annual gathering of world leaders, which is scheduled for December at the president’s Doral gol...
