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The U.S. and Iran engaged in a quickening series of tit-for-tat attacks, causing fresh chaos in the Middle East as the U.S. military announced the death of a third U.S. troop in the past two days. A U.S. service member in northern Iraq was killed Saturday while trying to conduct a controlled detonation of an unexploded Iranian one-way attack drone, U.S. Central Command said in a social media ...

Andy Burnham is set to become the UK’s seventh prime minister in just over a decade on Monday with a number of outstanding questions about who will be in his cabinet and the policy direction he will pursue. In an address from Downing Street, the incoming premier will pledge to deliver tangible improvements in people’s lives, while stressing that his rise to high office is a moment for ...

At least one person was killed in what Ukraine’s foreign minister called the largest ballistic missile barrage aimed at Kyiv since the start of the Russia’s invasion more than four years ago. “Russia unleashed the largest number of ballistic missiles since the start of the war — around four dozen — in a brutal terrorist attack on the Ukrainian capital,” Andrii Sybiha said on X. “We need ...

Russia and Ukraine exchanged fresh airstrikes into Saturday, with Kyiv targeting several Russian regions with drones, including a deadly hit on facilities operated by a major online retailer, and Moscow hitting Ukrainian ports. Ukrainian UAVs damaged warehouses operated by Wildberries, one of Russia’s largest e-commerce marketplaces, in the Moscow region and in the town of Kotovsk in the ...

HAVANA – Cuban dissident artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara is expected to travel to the United States in the coming days after completing a five-year prison sentence, according to a message posted by his family ​on Facebook.

For a couple reportedly plotting to “reverse Megxit,” Prince Harry and Meghan Markle certainly had some interesting ideas about how to make the British public like them again during their visit to the U.K. last week. Harry created weeks of “psychodrama” over his family’s travel plans by raising alarms about long-settled security arrangements and then by getting into a row with Buckingham ...

Mexican authorities were reporting no immediate damage after a strong earthquake struck in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the southern state of Chiapas, resulting in shaking hundreds of miles away in Mexico City.

The U.S. and Iran intensified their attacks beyond military targets during a sixth straight day of hostilities, increasing fears of a return to full war with no agreement reached over the Strait of Hormuz.

KYIV, Ukraine – Protesters in Kyiv called for the dismissal of Ukraine’s commander-in-chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s removal of a popular defense minister sparked outrage and demands for a more modern approach to warfare.

GENEVA – A United Nations meeting this week heard calls for an end to ageism and better protection against what campaigners say are hidden abuses as negotiations began on a treaty to strengthen the rights of older persons.

The U.S. intensified strikes against Iran overnight, hitting an oil tanker near the country’s main export terminal as shipping traffic slumped through the critical Strait of Hormuz.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is passing laws aimed at strengthening his rightist-religious political bloc before tight elections in October.

The U.S. has announced 25% duties on many imports from Brazil, while unveiling a broader-than-expected list of exemptions, reviving a trade war that could embroil dozens of countries around the world as the Trump administration reworks its tariffs policy, one of its signature diplomatic tools.

The U.S. launched more airstrikes on Iran on Wednesday, with President Donald Trump pledging to intensify the bombardment until Tehran stops attacking ships in the Strait of Hormuz and agrees to open the waterway.

 More than 2,000 people have now been confirmed to have contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the country's Information Ministry said on Wednesday.

With the death of Sen. Lindsey Graham, who was widely viewed in Moscow as the toughest voice against Russia in U.S. politics, some pro-Kremlin officials and commentators are now hoping to gain new advantage in Washington and especially in the Trump White House.

SYDNEY – Australia will create an office at the heart of government to manage the development of AI standards, seeking to balance the ​need to attract investment with effective regulation of the disruptive technology. The "Office of AI" will be established within the ⁠Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and ensure a ‌whole-of-government approach across different ministries.