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Iran has retained some of its ability to launch offensive missile attacks after a month-long U.S.-Israeli bombardment of the country that was intended to cripple Tehran’s military might, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth acknowledged on Tuesday.

ROME – Paintings by the French masters Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Henri Matisse were stolen from a museum near Parma in a brazen nighttime heist, Italian authorities said Monday.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – At least 70 people were killed and 30 injured during an attack near Petite-Riviere in Haiti’s breadbasket Artibonite region, a human rights group said on Monday, significantly higher than official estimates which put the death toll at around 16.

President Donald Trump repeated threats to destroy Iranian energy assets if the Strait of Hormuz isn’t reopened soon, raising fears of a further escalation in the war after American troops arrived in the region.

JERUSALEM – Israel's parliament passed a law on Monday making death by hanging a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly attacks, fulfilling a pledge by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right allies.

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan said on Sunday it was preparing to host "meaningful talks" to end the conflict over Iran in coming days even though Tehran earlier accused Washington of preparing a land assault while seeking negotiations. Speaking after talks between regional foreign ministers, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said they had covered possible ways to bring an early and permanent end to the war in the region as well as potential U.S.-Iran talks ​in Islamabad.

JERUSALEM – Israel blocked Jerusalem’s Catholic cardinal from marking Palm Sunday at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, sparking an international outcry that led Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reverse the ban for the remainder of Holy Week.

French anti-terrorism authorities are investigating a foiled bombing near the Bank of America Corp. headquarters in Paris that they said appeared to be linked to the Middle East conflict. The attempted attack in the early hours of Saturday, in which suspects attempted to detonate a homemade explosive device, was similar to recent events in neighboring European countries, including the ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he’s using a Middle East trip to lock in lucrative long-term agreements on military cooperation and seek secure fuel supplies. Ukraine signed 10-year defense agreements with Saudi Arabia and Qatar and plans to formalize a similar agreement with the United Arab Emirates, Zelenskyy told reporters on a call from Qatar on Saturday. The deals are worth ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal – Nepal’s former prime minister, K.P. Sharma Oli, was arrested on Saturday as police investigate whether he was negligent in failing to prevent dozens of deaths during Gen Z anti-corruption protests last September, officials said.

MIAMI – Donald Trump said on Friday the United States does not "have to be there for NATO," comments that again raised questions ​about the U.S. president's commitment to the mutual defense provisions at the center of the transatlantic alliance.

President Donald Trump has thrown out the blueprint for the wartime American presidency — and it has hindered his management of the Iran conflict, former officials and analysts said.

MEXICO CITY – Mexican authorities said on Friday they have potentially identified more than 40,000 people listed as disappeared who may be alive, by cross-referencing official databases such as tax records and marriage registries.

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Iran with intensified military action and said he’s unsure whether a diplomatic agreement can be reached, with the two sides at loggerheads on how to end the near monthlong war. Iran had “better get serious soon, before it is too late, because once that happens, there is NO TURNING BACK, and it won’t be pretty!” Trump posted on social media ...