Egypt and Iran, two Middle East nations that target gays and lesbians, have complained to FIFA over the scheduling of a World Cup soccer match in Seattle that’s expected to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride
December 10, 2025
A woman from Syria's Alawite minority has spoken about her harrowing experience of being kidnapped and raped by gunmen
December 10, 2025
The United Nations chief is calling on Yemen’s Houthi rebels not to prosecute detained U.N. personnel and to work “in good faith” to immediately release all detained staff from the U.N. and foreign agencies and missions
December 09, 2025
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has designated one of the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy groups in the U.S. a “foreign terrorist organization,” following a similar step by Texas last month
December 09, 2025
Israeli police raid UNRWA compound in East Jerusalem and replace UN flag with Israeli flag, head of the agency says
December 08, 2025
An official says the airspace over Yemen was briefly closed as tensions rose in the south of the country
December 08, 2025
Israeli police have forcibly entered the United Nations agency compound for Palestinian refugees in east Jerusalem
December 08, 2025
Iranian officials say a second flight carrying deported Iranians has left the United States
December 08, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel and Hamas are expected to move into the second phase of their ceasefire soon
December 07, 2025
Trump administration set to deport more Iranians back to their home country
December 07, 2025
Prosecutors in Istanbul have issued arrest warrants for dozens of soccer players and officials in relation to a betting scandal that has shaken Turkey
December 05, 2025
At least four countries have announced they are pulling out of next year’s Eurovision Song Contest
December 04, 2025
Israeli and Thai officials say remains that militants in Gaza handed to Israel were those of a Thai agricultural worker killed during the attack that started the war two years ago
December 04, 2025
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth risked compromising sensitive military information, which could have endangered American troops and mission objectives, when he used Signal in March of this year to share highly-sensitive attack plans targeting Houthi rebels in Yemen, according to four sources familiar with the contents of a classified Inspector General report. CNN's Zachary Cohen reports.
December 03, 2025
The crew of the Greek-operated cargo ship Eternity C, which sank in the Red Sea in July after being attacked by Yemen's Houthis, have been released, an official with the
December 03, 2025
Some New York lawmakers want to ban protests outside houses of worship after pro-Palestinian demonstration
December 03, 2025
Israel says it launched an airstrike in southern Gaza in retaliation for an attack by militants earlier in the day that wounded five Israeli soldiers
December 03, 2025
The French government on Wednesday criticized the decision by an Algerian court to uphold a seven-year jail sentence for French journalist Christophe Gleizes despite its
December 03, 2025
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is embracing his love for travel in his final month in office
December 03, 2025
The confusion still swirling in Washington over President Donald Trump's latest peace plan for Ukraine has made at least one thing clear:
December 03, 2025
There was something "fundamentally wrong" with how Israel conducted its military operation in the Gaza Strip and there are "strong reasons to believe"
December 03, 2025
Israel received a body that Hamas said was one of the last two deceased hostages in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, as
December 03, 2025
A Libyan war crimes suspect who is accused of overseeing a notorious prison, where inmates were routinely tortured and sometimes sexually abused,
December 03, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's governing coalition skipped a parliamentary vote on Wednesday endorsing U.S.
December 03, 2025
December is a great time to buy a new car and this is why
Trump calls affordability a hoax again in insult-ridden speech
Federal Reserve likely to cut rates, may signal just one more reduction next year
Military drone attack on Sudan oil field kills dozens and threatens South Sudan's economic lifeline
19 killed in building collapse in Morocco's third-largest city
Nnena Kalu is first artist with a learning disability to win the prestigious Turner Prize
Italian cooking and its rituals get UN designation as world heritage
Italian cuisine becomes world’s first to be awarded UNESCO status