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Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières expects to be barred from operating in Gaza once it misses Wednesday’s deadline to comply with new registration rules for relief agencies that Israel says are meant to prevent Hamas from exploiting international aid.

European leaders held a call to discuss Ukraine after Russia said it would revise its negotiating position, claiming Ukrainian drones targeted a residence of President Vladimir Putin. “Our work to ensure robust security guarantees continues unabated,” Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof said Tuesday in a post on X. He said that Kyiv’s allies in the so-called Coalition of the Willing would convene ...

The bus from the front lines ground to a halt outside the roadside kitchen, and the soldiers on board limped out into the winter mud. Most were missing feet or a leg.

Protests over Iran's soaring cost of living spread to several universities on Tuesday, with students joining shopkeepers and bazaar merchants, semi-official media reported, as the government offered dialogue with demonstrators.

President Donald Trump said on Monday that the U.S. had "hit" an area in Venezuela where boats are loaded with drugs, marking the first known time Washington has carried out land operations in Venezuela since a pressure campaign began against President Nicolas Maduro's government.

China kicked off military maneuvers around Taiwan that it said included live-fire drills, in a dramatic show of force after the U.S. announced one of its biggest arms packages ever for the self-run democracy.

Cheap beef may soon become further out of reach. Brazil, one of the world’s few remaining sources of abundant cattle, is heading into a period of shrinking supplies that could push global prices higher.

Russia accused Ukraine on Monday of trying to attack President Vladimir Putin's residence in northern Russia, although it provided no evidence to back up an assertion that Kyiv dismissed as baseless and designed to undermine peace negotiations.

PALM BEACH, Fla – President Donald Trump is expected to push for progress in the stalled ceasefire in Gaza when he meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday for talks that will include Israel’s concerns over Hezbollah in Lebanon and Iran.

LATAKIA, Syria – Three people were killed on Sunday when protests in Syria's Alawite heartland of Latakia spiralled into gunfire and other violence, according to the province's media office. 

PALM BEACH, Fla. – President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy were “getting a lot closer, maybe very close” to an agreement to end the war in Ukraine, though both leaders acknowledged that some of the thorniest details remain unresolved.

TAIPEI, Taiwan — A magnitude-7.0 earthquake jolted Taiwan late Saturday and was felt by residents across the whole island, according to the Central Weather Administration, or CWA. The quake hit at 11:05 pm (1505 GMT) at a depth of 72.8 kilometers (44 miles), with its epicenter located offshore northeastern Taiwan, the agency said. Residents received earthquake alerts on their mobile phones as ...

During his 21/2 years as director of the National Gallery of Canada, Jean-François Bélisle has stayed largely out of the news – which is perhaps a welcome relief.

BANGKOK – Thailand and Cambodia ended weeks of fierce border clashes on Saturday with a second ceasefire in recent months in the worst fighting in years between the Southeast Asian nations.

Russia attacked Kyiv and other regions of Ukraine with missiles and drones on Saturday, ahead of what President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said would be a key meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump to work out a deal to end nearly four years of war.

Uruguay’s central bank chief wants to convince savers in one of Latin America’s most dollarized nations that their love affair with the U.S. currency is bad for the economy and their pocketbooks.

Israel became the first country to formally recognize the self-declared Republic of Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state on Friday – a decision that could reshape regional dynamics and test Somalia’s longstanding opposition to secession.

Thailand claimed that Cambodia fired heavy weaponry into its territory on Friday as talks on a possible ceasefire between the two countries continued. The Cambodian action early Friday “forced the Thai side to take necessary self-defense measures,” according to a statement published at a daily press briefing. One Thai soldier was also “severely injured” on Thursday after stepping on what ...