Slightly fewer Americans filed for unemployment claims last week as jobless claims remain at historically low levels and layoffs are still rare
September 10, 2026Global brokerages expect the benchmark S&P 500 index to extend its rally in 2026, betting on AI momentum and strong corporate earnings, while the war in Iran continues to weigh on
December 16, 2025When did the United States claim the name ‘America’?
September 10, 2026Cameras disabled, inspectors blocked: Nuclear watchdog asks for help with Iran
September 10, 2026Britain plans to ban goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank
September 08, 2026European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday that the images of the large turnout for the funeral of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic were "
September 08, 2026Fourteen men face trial in Paris on Tuesday on smuggling charges related to the drowning of more than 30 people in the Channel five
September 08, 2026Argentina's government said on Monday it will file criminal charges against energy company Navitas Petroleum and its executives for operating in the Falkland Islands.
September 08, 2026Mugger crocodiles bask along the edge of the shrinking reservoir, waiting like everything else in Sri Lanka's drought-hit Yala National Park
September 08, 2026Operations at some energy facilities in Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter, were halted on Tuesday following attacks by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis that wounded 73
September 08, 2026Houthi attacks have ignited fires at several oil facilities and utilities in Saudi Arabia’s southern region and wounded more than 70 people
September 08, 2026Canada's retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods took effect just after midnight on Tuesday as Prime Minister Mark Carney increased economic pressure on his
September 08, 2026Oil prices extended gains to multi-week highs on Tuesday as risks of a prolonged conflict in the Middle East grew after Iran threatened to
September 08, 2026Yemen's Tehran-backed Houthis attacked energy facilities and cities in U.S. ally Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, wounding more than 70
September 08, 2026The ongoing outbreak of cyclospora tied to iceberg lettuce has raised new concerns about the safety of imported produce — and underscores a worrisome trend: The U.S. is conducting fewer inspections to catch contaminated food
September 08, 2026China has reported that its exports jumped 25% in August from a year earlier on strong demand for autos and high-tech goods
September 08, 2026The flash floods two weeks ago swallowed settlements in Nepal, damaged hydropower projects and left thousands of homes in need of rebuilding
September 08, 2026Russia's defence ministry wants to claim back part of a one-off payout from contract service personnel found guilty of criminal offences at home, a document showed, amid increasing
September 08, 2026A surge in the yen and mixed economic data sent Asian stocks lower on Tuesday, while fresh Iranian threats in the Gulf drove commodity prices and
September 08, 2026Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz slowed at the start of this week, after Iran threatened on Monday to retaliate for any new U.S. attacks.
September 08, 2026The U.S. Southern Command has sunk another Ecuadorian vessel that the U.S. alleged was linked to the criminal group Los Choneros
September 08, 2026A delirious Kabir Maharjan drifted in and out of
September 08, 2026Flights to and from Indonesia’s capital of Jakarta have resumed after ash from a volcanic eruption forced a two-day closure that halted nearly 3,000 flights
September 08, 2026Colombia's consumer prices rose 0.39% in August, the country's DANE statistics agency said on Monday, taking annual price growth to 6.24%.
September 08, 2026Brazilian leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and right-wing challenger Senator Flavio Bolsonaro are tied in a potential second-round runoff in October's election
September 08, 2026Breanna Stewart had 19 points, seven rebounds and six assists to help the United States rout the Czech Republic 105-64
September 08, 2026Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham spoke with U.S.
September 07, 2026Bolivian authorities on Monday confirmed that nine people have died after an explosion on Friday at a military barracks in the Bolivian municipality of Viacha, about 30 km (20 miles
September 07, 2026FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem has defended the wait for clarity over how this year’s Formula 1 season will end amid uncertainty over the Middle East security situation but tells The Associated Press that drivers and team staff will not be put “at risk.”
September 07, 2026North Korea and Russia opened their first road bridge on Monday in a carefully choreographed display of friendship, a structure which spans the Tumen river
September 07, 2026Oscar-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras said on Monday she hopes a new documentary about U.S. immigration raids will help "denormalise" violence under
September 07, 2026Russia’s Foreign Ministry has announced the closure of the German consulate in St. Petersburg
September 07, 2026Video: Police shoot at armed 71-year-old woman at least a dozen times outside Port Orange station
September 07, 2026Violence in the occupied West Bank flared on Monday as Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian during a village raid by settlers from a nearby
September 07, 2026Kenya's government offered a temporary amnesty to undocumented East African nationals after hundreds of Burundians flocked to their country's embassy in Nairobi on Monday
September 07, 2026Brazil's opposition took to the streets on Independence Day on Monday as right-wing presidential candidate Senator Flavio Bolsonaro sought to capitalize
September 07, 2026Rising oil prices, conflict in the Middle East and political uncertainty in Europe kept investors on edge on Monday, leaving stocks to drift lower ahead of
September 07, 2026Scott Larsen was 4 years old when his dad, the New York City firefighter he was named after, was killed in the collapse of the World
September 07, 2026Thousands of people gathered in Belgrade on Monday for the funeral of the former Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic, who died last week while serving a
September 07, 2026The yen surged to a seven-month high on Monday as traders reassessed the battered currency's outlook, driven by expectations of faster
September 07, 2026Lebanon’s Health Ministry says Israel’s air force carried out two strikes early Monday on a southern Lebanese village, killing at least nine people including women and children
September 07, 2026Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb commander who died while serving a life sentence for war crimes, was buried as a hero on Monday in Serbia with military honors and big crowds attending
September 07, 2026The Kremlin said on Monday that it did not rule out the resumption of peace talks between Russia, Ukraine and the United States, but said it was too early to say when and
September 07, 2026Jamaica is pushing for Britain to pay reparations for the trans-Atlantic slave trade
September 07, 2026British minister Emma Reynolds condemned hundreds of protesters who blocked streets in the English coastal city of Portsmouth late on Sunday to
September 07, 2026Prosecutors in Belgium said they have held a man with dual Chinese and Belgian nationality in pre-trial detention since May on suspicion of espionage in a case involving
September 07, 2026South Korea and the United States have agreed on the size of Seoul's planned investment in a gas project in Texas at around $22.3 billion, Korean media outlet Edaily reported
September 07, 2026The air raid alert in Kyiv was live, warning of approaching Russian jet-propelled drones, but fortunately there were no explosions nearby during the final
September 07, 2026Two members of the Iranian women’s soccer team who claimed asylum in Australia have confirmed their pivotal refusal to sing the national anthem during the Women’s Asian Cup in March was a protest against Tehran
September 07, 2026Nepal is holding a day of mourning to remember people who died in the Aug. 26 floods with government offices lowering flags and family members concluding mourning rituals
September 07, 2026A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole. It's been a patchy start to the week with tech leading Asian shares higher, while European and Wall Street futures barely budge.
September 07, 2026The European Central Bank is widely expected to hike interest rates on Thursday, erring on the side of caution as the U.S.-Iran war
September 07, 2026Taiwan flexed its chip diplomacy muscles at a major trade show last week, portraying itself as a democratic and reliable supplier for the AI
September 07, 2026Australia's hard-right One Nation party, which has surged in recent polls, on Monday proposed redirecting a portion of people's future pension contributions to
September 07, 2026North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said a newly commissioned destroyer would be part of a nuclear response system capable of delivering "annihilating retaliatory
September 07, 2026Iran said it will step up efforts to tackle problems created by U.S. sanctions that are crippling its economy, while a senior Iranian official warned of a "painful response"
September 06, 2026A shortage of fuel oil used in ships and power plants looms in the third quarter as refiners increasingly squeezed by wars that have
September 07, 2026Chinese officials said on Sunday that workers had recovered 12 more bodies as the search continued for hundreds still missing after a
September 06, 2026European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled plans on Monday for €200 million ($232 million) of EU investments in Greenland and closer ties with
September 07, 2026Italy has given the United States a huge scare in the women’s FIBA World Cup
September 06, 2026An Israeli strike killed a man and his 8-year-old daughter in the Gaza
September 06, 2026U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner say they have held encouraging talks in Kyiv
September 06, 2026Origami installation commemorates 9/11 at Lower Manhattan church
September 07, 2026A local woman is finding ways to help family and community back in Nepal
September 07, 2026The Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, Iran, is now a memorial for children and others killed in the Feb. 28 attacks that sparked the war with the United States and Israel
September 06, 2026FIFA President Gianni Infantino will stand for re-election despite growing calls for him to step down from his position as the head of world soccer’s governing body
September 06, 2026Believing she had perished in Nepal's deadly floods, the family of Chandika Kumari Shrestha started the ritual of mourning the elderly woman's death
September 06, 2026On the ground in China’s wiped-out border zone, the fate of hundreds is still unknown
September 06, 2026A building has collapsed in New Delhi, killing at least one person and trapping dozens of others
September 06, 2026The death toll from a mudslide in eastern China has risen to three after days of torrential rain brought by Typhoon Saudel
September 06, 2026A fire alarm went off in the middle of the night at the hotel where all of the Women’s Basketball World Cup teams were staying early Sunday morning
September 06, 2026Israeli strikes killed seven people, including two women, in southern Lebanon on Sunday, the Lebanese health ministry said, as Israel retaliated for what it said were Hezbollah
September 06, 2026Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Sunday that Moscow has not ruled out a trilateral meeting between the presidents of Russia, the U.S. and China, state
September 06, 2026The U.S. aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln left Thailand on Sunday after a five-day port visit, ending a respite from an extended deployment that included operations in the Middle
September 06, 2026Gavin Newsom’s secret is no secret here in South Carolina
September 06, 2026A mudslide in eastern China has killed two people and left 10 missing
September 05, 2026Rescuers in Nepal have pulled out a Chinese man and a woman in separate operations, 10 days after devastating floods hit the country
September 05, 2026Witkoff and Kushner to take US peace push to Kyiv after meeting Putin in Moscow
September 05, 2026Russian President Vladimir Putin held more than three hours of "highly useful" talks on Saturday with two U.S. envoys seeking a deal to
September 05, 2026Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner at the Kremlin
September 05, 2026The U.S. military says it has struck three Iranian oil tankers after Navy warships were targeted with ballistic missiles
September 05, 2026Argentines have broadly backed President Javier Milei’s forceful push against oil drilling near the Falkland Islands, underscoring the enduring
September 06, 2026Russian President Vladimir Putin told U.S. special representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on Saturday that contacts between Moscow and Washington were always
September 05, 2026U.S. and Iranian forces fired at vessels in waters around Iran on Saturday, including three Iranian oil carriers struck by the Americans and three tankers that Iran said it
September 05, 2026South Africa has imposed its forward power on New Zealand and won a pulsating third test 29-24 in Johannesburg and snatched a 2-1 lead in their historic rugby series
September 05, 2026A spokesperson for the Kennedy Center is blaming “decades of neglect” for causing part of the ceiling to collapse in the performing arts venue's grand foyer
September 05, 2026A grave-digging contest in a Hungarian cemetery showcases the skills of the trade and aims to shake off death-related taboos
September 05, 2026Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and Paige Bueckers are going to be the next generation of players to lead the U.S. women’s national basketball team
September 05, 2026The U.S. military has hit three Iranian oil tankers after accusing Iran of targeting its warships
September 05, 2026Two people have been rescued from a hydropower tunnel in Nepal, a dramatic breakthrough more than a week after catastrophic floods hit the country’s border with China.
September 04, 2026NATO members should not tolerate deliberate actions of hybrid war, and the United States will stand by countries as they deal with these incidents, Matthew
September 05, 2026FIFA President Gianni Infantino declined to answer questions about his future as he arrived at the opening of the Under-20 Women’s World Cup while under continuing pressure since abandoning his plan to sell off World Cup profits
September 05, 2026A plan agreed by Britain's populist Reform UK party and France's National Rally, aimed at sending asylum seekers who arrive in Britain in small boats back to France, drew
September 05, 2026Cubans are coming up with creative ways to generate power when their island has almost none left
September 05, 2026Tens of thousands of people gathered in Zagreb's central square on Saturday to protest the government's failure to begin cleaning up more than 30,000 tons of waste in
September 05, 2026Missouri asked the U.S.
September 05, 2026Priyanka Choudhary, an Indian-born Finnish citizen returning from a Hindu pilgrimage in Tibet, was at a border crossing with Nepal when a catastrophic
September 05, 2026Hundreds of masked anti-immigration protesters have blocked roads leading to Britain’s busiest ferry port, clogging traffic and disrupting travelers and cargo vehicles heading for France
September 05, 2026The billionaire who helped broker
September 05, 2026A Chinese national was pulled alive from a tunnel in Nepal on Saturday, authorities said, 10 days after a wall
September 05, 2026U.S.
September 05, 2026Vietnam and Myanmar agreed on Saturday to deepen defence and security cooperation, elevating the sector to a pillar of bilateral ties as Vietnamese leader To Lam hosted
September 05, 2026Commuters stranded; children rushed underground in the middle of the school day; festivals cancelled; walks punctuated by booming air
September 05, 2026South Korea's exports have reached $709.4 billion so far this year, surpassing last year's annual record, the customs office said on Saturday, as the economy rides high on
September 05, 2026The White House has reviewed candidates to potentially replace Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg, three
September 05, 2026Statewide mail voting for this year’s midterm elections is kicking off amid a churning legal battle over President Donald Trump’s attempts to limit the practice
September 04, 2026The U.S. Treasury has imposed sanctions on the Turkish bank Golden Global Yatirim Bankasi Anonim Sirketi
September 04, 2026A federal judge has refused block the Pentagon from firing three Stars and Stripes staff members who claim they were illegally disciplined for speaking out about the military news outlet’s need to maintain its editorial independence
September 05, 2026Ecuador defended on Friday U.S. operations that intercepted and sank three Ecuadorean vessels this week, while relatives of some crew members said the
September 05, 2026Oil prices rose on Friday, ending the week substantially higher after the
September 04, 2026President Donald Trump describes the conflict in Iran as "small potatoes" and says he agrees with Vice President JD Vance's assertion that months of on-and-off attacks in the Middle East are no longer a “war.”
September 05, 2026A long-lost Italian portrait looted by the Nazis has been cleared for return to the heir of a prominent Jewish art dealer
September 05, 2026Wall Street dipped on Friday as a robust jobs report raised the probability that the U.S.
September 04, 2026U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday that the United States may hit Iran's Pickaxe Mountain very soon.
September 05, 2026Costa Rican President Laura Fernandez said on Friday that U.S. ground operations could strengthen national security in the Central American nation, while
September 04, 2026Trump says Iran conflict, which has killed 18 US service members and injured hundreds more, is ‘small potatoes’
September 05, 2026Trump envoys Witkoff and Kushner plan to visit Moscow and Kyiv in their first trip to Ukraine
September 04, 2026A pulp mill in Longview, Washington, where 11 workers died after a chemical tank collapsed in May had a history of safety complaints, poor maintenance and discharges of toxic chemicals
September 05, 2026A Russian drone has struck Ukraine’s security service headquarters in Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says
September 04, 2026The United Nations on Friday voted for a shift away from the 16th-century Mercator global map towards one more accurately reflecting countries'
September 04, 2026Israel has released four prisoners to the International Committee of the Red Cross as part of a deal with Lebanon
September 04, 2026The Trump administration has imposed sanctions on a Turkish financial institution as part of its latest effort to sever “critical financial lifelines” for the Iranian government
September 04, 2026The U.S.
September 04, 2026UN votes to adopt new map that makes our world look very different
September 04, 2026‘Don’t panic’: How two men were rescued from a flood-stricken Nepali power plant
September 04, 2026Tracking states’ unprecedented redistricting efforts
November 04, 2025The son of Sri Lanka's former president Mahinda Rajapaksa has been arrested and remanded until September 18 on graft charges linked to purchases of Airbus planes by
September 04, 2026The leaders of Britain's populist Reform UK party and France's National Rally announced a pact on Friday that they said would
September 04, 2026U.S.
September 04, 2026Opposition from the United States and Russia has raised doubts that countries meeting in Geneva will on Friday agree on a document that could pave the
September 04, 2026The body of Uganda's King Oyo Nyimba, who became the world's youngest reigning monarch when he took the throne at the age of three in 1995, arrived back in the country on
September 04, 2026The dollar jumped on Friday after data showed that U.S. employers added 162,000 jobs in August, well above the 56,000 additions expected by economists,
September 04, 2026Caitlin Clark had 14 points and 11 assists to help the United States beat China, which was led by 7-foot-3 Zhang Ziyu, 94-61 in its women’s basketball World Cup opener
September 04, 2026Plans for two U.S. peace envoys to visit Russia and Ukraine this weekend have yet to be finalised because of U.S. security concerns, a source familiar with the situation
September 04, 2026Citadel has held talks to buy U.S. oil production assets, as the hedge fund and commodities trader considers expanding further into owning physical assets,
September 04, 2026It’s been more than a week since deadly flash floods killed hundreds and left thousands missing along the China-Nepal border
September 04, 2026Chinese artists are boycotting the Gwangju Biennale in South Korea over plans to designate an exhibition space as the “Taiwan Pavilion.”
September 04, 2026Labor Day gas has never been this expensive. Trump is scrambling for answers
September 04, 2026The European Union’s Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos has canceled a visit to Serbia due to what she called the “glorification” of Ratko Mladic after his death
September 04, 2026A new Ebola case has been recorded in an area controlled by AFC/M23 rebels in eastern Congo, the group said, more than two months after it declared the outbreak over in the
September 04, 2026Brazil's wealthiest captured a record share of national income under President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, tax-return data show, offering a striking
September 04, 2026Argentine President Javier Milei has stepped up his country's claim to the Falkland Islands by announcing plans to sanction companies involved in oil
April 24, 2026The devastating flood in Nepal last week could result in commercial insurance losses exceeding 20 billion Nepali rupees ($132.3 million), with
September 04, 2026When the mountain gave way above the Nepali power plant where Sanjay Sah worked, he had a choice: flee, or stay. He chose to stay and help.
September 04, 2026A Philippine court on Friday ordered the arrest of Vice President Sara Duterte in connection with a criminal case accusing her of making threats against President Ferdinand
September 04, 2026Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing visits Vietnam on Friday with meetings that include top telecommunications, defence and auto companies as the two countries seek to boost
September 04, 2026Igor Sechin, chief of Russia’s top oil producer Rosneft, said on Thursday that China, not OPEC, has stabilized global oil markets by reducing crude imports by 5.5
September 04, 2026German police reacted to two fresh suspected attempts against the country's electricity grid, newspaper Bild reported on Friday, heightening the nation's state of alert
September 04, 2026The schoolyard in southern Lebanon echoed with the squeals of playing children despite the beating sun and distant booms of Israeli
September 04, 2026Britain's construction sector marked its 20th month of contraction in August, dragged down by a severe downturn in the housebuilding sector, a survey showed on Friday.
September 04, 2026Argentine President Javier Milei said he would sanction oil companies drilling in the Falkland Islands, stepping up the
September 04, 2026Taiwan Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung condemned China's "wolf warrior" diplomacy at this week's forum of Pacific Islands leaders, and said
September 04, 2026Two people were pulled out alive on Friday from a tunnel linked to a hydropower station on the Trishuli River, nine days after a ice, rock and mud slide swept through a
September 04, 2026Australian disaster response specialists left for Nepal on Friday to join the search for survivors after the catastrophic Himalayan floods, as the
September 04, 2026Vietnam's leader To Lam is planning to visit Russia, France, the United States and Canada this month, several people familiar with the plans and the
September 04, 2026Argentine President Javier Milei is escalating his country’s dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands
September 04, 2026The women's FIBA World Cup begins with the U.S. in search of a fifth consecutive championship
September 04, 2026South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will pay a state visit to France from September 6 to 9 for a summit with French President Emmanuel Macron and for a joint
September 04, 2026Miner Vale SA is shelving plans for an IPO of its critical minerals unit amid political pushback in Brazil over the country potentially losing control over strategic mining assets,
September 04, 2026An EU ban on animal products from Brazil that took effect on Thursday affects Brazilian exports worth about $1.84 billion annually, mainly beef and poultry, as the bloc seeks
September 04, 2026The current and former presidents of the International Criminal Court's governing body said efforts to isolate the institution diplomatically are aimed
September 04, 2026U.S.
September 04, 2026South Korea is reviewing options, including military measures, to support freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, the presidential
September 04, 2026The United States and China are set to make some announcements on agriculture and non-tariff barriers during a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington this month, U.S.
September 04, 2026U.S.
September 04, 2026President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that an investigation would determine what caused a dispute between two of Ukraine's security agencies to escalate into a shootout in
September 04, 2026A supervisor overseeing background checks warned last year that Immigration and Customs Enforcement was hiring scores of new officers without basic vetting, violating federal rules and putting the agency at risk of misconduct
September 04, 2026A federal appeals court said a council created by Congress to help the U.S. commerce secretary manage the nation's fisheries exercised unconstitutional powers,
September 03, 2026FIFA has accused European soccer body UEFA of a “smear campaign” in a court filing
September 04, 2026Fact check: Vance repeats Trump’s fictional ‘$19 trillion’ investment figure
September 04, 2026President Donald Trump falsely claimed on Wednesday that U.S. banks are not allowed to do business in Canada
September 04, 2026Lindsay Clancy admits to killing their children. So why is there an online groundswell blaming her ex-husband?
August 22, 2026U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Thursday said the United States is investigating an airstrike that Iran says struck a wedding party in Iran.
September 04, 2026A Serbian government plane brought the body of former army commander Ratko Mladic, who died last week serving a life sentence for war crimes, back to Belgrade on Thursday
September 04, 2026Many Venezuelans see the deal giving the United States control of roughly one-fifth of their country's oil reserves as a surrender
September 03, 2026Antisemitic hate crimes on the rise in NYC this year while NYPD touts the safest summer on record
September 04, 2026Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Thursday his government was ready to sign a trade deal with the U.S. that benefits both countries, adding any agreement would
September 03, 2026Only a "serious, democratic government" can provide the stability needed by investors in Venezuela's oil sector, opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner
September 03, 2026U.S.
September 03, 2026A Russian court on Thursday imposed a measure known as a ban on certain actions on children's hospice founder Lida Moniava, who is charged with deliberately spreading false
September 03, 2026Oil prices were mixed on Thursday, supported after U.S. strikes on Iran and renewed Israeli threats against Tehran revived concerns about disruption to
September 03, 2026Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that U.S. negotiators trying to broker a possible solution to the 4 1/2 year-old war with Russia were due to visit both
September 03, 2026A Russian attack on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Thursday injured 10 people, triggered a fire and badly damaged a high-rise residential building, officials said.
September 03, 2026British police are working to recover 70,000 pints of stolen Guinness
September 03, 2026Out-of-state drivers owe Maryland nearly $1 billion in unpaid tolls
September 04, 2026Russia says it will close German cultural centers on its territory in a retaliatory measure amid deepening tensions between Moscow and European countries who are helping Ukraine resist the Kremlin’s invasion
September 03, 2026British Prime Minister Andy Burnham and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed Britain's "drive to get closer to Europe" in a meeting in London, a Downing Street
September 03, 2026From the air, the section of Nepal's Trishuli River valley, where rescuers are trying to reach hundreds of workers trapped in hydroelectric power plants, emerges as
September 03, 2026Syria has begun destroying the remnants of a clandestine Assad-era chemical weapons program that it recovered in May, the first such destruction in a decade, a Syrian envoy
September 03, 2026Norwegian authorities have seized a Russian cruise ship in the Arctic on behalf of Ukrainian energy company Naftogaz, which
September 02, 2026A Lebanese man held in Israel has been released, marking the first such handover since the Israel-Hezbollah conflict began six months ago
September 03, 2026Lisbon’s iconic funicular streetcars remain halted, with safety questions still unanswered a year after a tragic derailment killed 16 people
September 03, 2026Elversberg represents a town of just 13,000 people and operates on a shoestring budget
September 03, 2026Soccer teams across Argentina will pay tribute to Lionel Messi with a mid-game minute of applause during their next match following his decision to retire from international duty
September 03, 2026Opposition to Bolivia's $1.9 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) program is gaining traction as civic groups, unions and business leaders increasingly link fuel
September 03, 2026Lutnick apologizes for asserting that there ‘haven’t been American deaths’ from the Iran war
September 03, 2026Roselly Gil watched as authorities carefully removed the blackened bones from the rotting wooden coffin, stored for decades in a cemetery in
September 03, 2026(Corrects location in WHO modelling estimate in paragraph 19 to South Sudan from Kinshasa.)
September 03, 2026Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday there was a chance of reaching an agreement to end the war in Ukraine, while Ukrainian
September 03, 2026Canada's dollar will edge lower in coming months before notching moderate gains in a year if a resolution is reached in the trade conflict with the United
September 03, 2026The crew of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln has streamed into Pattaya, Thailand, as part of the port call after the ship's lengthy deployment to the Middle East
September 03, 2026Five migrants were found dead aboard a boat rescued off Spain's Canary Islands, maritime rescue authorities said on Thursday, while a migrant rights group
September 03, 2026Generous credit ratings are baking risks into China's booming bond market as Beijing attracts foreign issuers, S&P Global Ratings' Asia-Pacific ratings chief said on
September 03, 2026Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the size of the budget deficit, which grew by 40% from January to July this year to
September 03, 2026The El Niño weather phenomenon is set to intensify further into 2027 and could be the strongest ever, raising risks of extreme weather into next year, the
September 03, 2026Britain's King Charles and his wife Queen Camilla will host Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq at Windsor Castle for a state visit next month, Buckingham Palace said on
September 03, 2026The U.S. has dominated the women’s FIBA World Cup for nearly two decades, winning the last four titles
September 03, 2026With Japan tightening rules for foreign residents, some wonder if it’s time to say ‘sayonara’
September 03, 2026Russia's Transport Ministry said on Thursday that it has provided clarifications to foreign airlines about Russian airports' and airspace safety measures after Ukrainian
September 03, 2026For the first time in over three decades, Sri Lankan farmer A.M.
September 03, 2026Activity in Britain's dominant services sector grew for the second month in a row in August and confidence rose, according to a survey on Thursday that also showed more
September 03, 2026A'ja Wilson's stunning last-minute pull-out from the FIBA World Cup has afforded the world a sliver of hope against the dominant United States, as the global showpiece
September 03, 2026The Swiss economy grew by 1.5% in the second quarter of 2026, the government said on Thursday, its fastest growth rate in nearly five years.
September 03, 2026Oil prices hit fresh six-week highs on Thursday after new U.S. strikes on Iran and renewed Israeli threats against Tehran heightened concerns about
September 03, 2026Russians have experienced a summer of turmoil because of the war in Ukraine
September 03, 2026An Australian medical student whose partner went missing in the Nepal floods believes tech companies must do more to help find
September 03, 2026Russian air attacks wounded 17 people and damaged a 21-storey residential building in Ukraine's Black Sea port city of Odesa early on Thursday, Serhiy Lysak, the head of the city's
September 03, 2026China's Ministry of Natural Resources conducted a survey of waters east of Taiwan last month that it said would help it create "one map" for territorial planning
September 03, 2026Stormy weather can send the Pacific Ocean flooding into people's homes in small, remote island nations
September 03, 2026The Spanish city of Ceuta on the northern African coast normally celebrates its official holiday on Sept. 2
September 02, 2026China warned of flash floods in the southeastern province of Fujian while heavy rain trapped teachers and students in a compound in eastern Zhejiang as storms from Typhoon
September 03, 2026Nepal plans to rebuild an early-warning system for landslides on part of its border with China, installing seismic sensors, cameras and a satellite link,
September 02, 2026China's Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang told Russian President Vladimir Putin that prospects were "broad and promising" to strengthen cooperation on development in the far east,
September 03, 2026About 20 million internet-using children across 21 countries were subjected to sexual exploitation or abuse on digital platforms in a single year, with
September 03, 2026China’s President Xi Jinping visits Egypt this week for the first time in a decade
September 02, 2026President Donald Trump will now speak on both nights of the Republican Party's unusual midterm convention next week, a
September 03, 202660 targets struck, 18M barrels of oil protected: The US military’s record day in the Strait of Hormuz
September 03, 2026Elliott Investment Management has built a stake in Deutsche Telekom, a person with knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday.
September 03, 2026The Japanese yen leaped against the dollar on Wednesday, its biggest rise since joint U.S.-Japanese intervention a month ago, while U.S.
September 03, 2026Stocks rose on Wall Street as gains by big technology companies and relatively steady oil prices and bond yields helped boost the market after a downbeat start to the week
September 02, 2026Russia vowed to head off any disruption to civil aviation on Wednesday after a warning by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that its drones had made
September 02, 2026President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the renewed U.S. campaign against Iran would not continue for "too long" after the biggest exchange of fire between Tehran
September 03, 2026Fears of renewed escalation gripped the Middle East on Wednesday after the United States and Iran exchanged their biggest barrage
September 02, 2026Iran retaliates after US strikes, defying Trump’s warning it could be hit ‘much harder’
September 01, 2026Congo’s Ebola outbreak has killed more than 3,000 people out of more than 6,100 confirmed cases
September 02, 2026Kennedy Center removes outdoor ‘Blue’ sculpture
September 02, 2026Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron join King Charles and Queen Camilla in private viewing of famed Bayeux Tapestry
September 03, 2026A Democratic U.S. senator has pressed Capital One Financial for details about an internal anti-money-laundering review that the bank said last month led it
September 02, 2026U.S.
September 02, 2026Stock indexes mostly rose on Wednesday after three days of declines as investors watched for new developments in the U.S.-Iran conflict, while the
September 02, 2026A crane removed the 24-foot (7-meter) sculpture "Blue" from the Kennedy Center grounds on Wednesday in the latest move to redesign Washington's public spaces under
September 02, 2026Apple has relabeled Lake Ontario to “Lake America” for U.S. users of its maps app, following competitor Google days after President Donald Trump ordered a new name for the body of water amid his escalating trade war with Canada
September 02, 2026The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier has docked in Thailand after nearly nine months at sea supporting U.S. operations against Iran
September 02, 2026Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's lead over right-wing challenger Senator Flavio Bolsonaro narrowed further ahead of October's election, a Quaest poll
September 02, 2026The benchmark S&P 500 and the blue-chip Dow indexes opened marginally higher on Wednesday, as investors weighed renewed U.S.-Iran clashes against signs of strength in the AI trade.
September 02, 2026Tiger Woods will have his license suspended for five years after reaching a plea deal in his impaired-driving case on Wednesday that will allow the decorated
September 02, 2026The U.S. urges international partners to immediately stop "business as usual" operations with Nicaragua's government, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement
September 02, 2026The U.S. women’s national basketball team is short on practice time heading into a major competition where anything less than winning a gold medal is considered a failure
September 02, 2026Maltese businessman Yorgen Fenech, who was accused of commissioning the murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, was acquitted on
September 02, 2026King Charles and French President Emmanuel Macron visited on Wednesday the exhibition housing the historic Bayeux Tapestry, the nearly 1,000-year-old embroidery which
September 02, 2026For more than 20 years, Diane Hosker has lived on Trump Avenue in Ottawa’s leafy west end, a neighborhood with New York-themed street names including Central
September 02, 2026In closely contested House and Senate races, even a small shift in union votes could influence the outcome.
September 02, 2026Officials say Russian aerial attacks have killed two civilians and wounded six in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro
September 02, 2026Estonia's parliament elected constitutional lawyer Ulle Madise as the Baltic country's next president on Wednesday, making her the second woman to hold the largely
September 02, 2026After opening the door to higher interest rates last week, U.S.
September 02, 2026NATO member Turkey would consider taking its relations with the China and Russia-led security bloc, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, to a higher level, President
September 02, 2026Female Kurdish fighters who became global symbols of the fight against Islamic State are negotiating with Syria's new authorities to retain a
September 02, 2026The Chinese mavericks looking to buck the trends in American college basketball
September 02, 2026The attempted attack in Leipzig had all the hallmarks of state-sponsored terrorism, the European Union's foreign policy chief
September 02, 2026Video shows heavy rain and gusty winds in southeast Texas as Tropical Storm Edouard swept through the area. Edouard has weakened to a tropical depression after making landfall Tuesday afternoon near the border of Texas and Louisiana.
August 31, 2026South Korean foreign exchange authorities bought about $20 billion in U.S. dollars that SK Hynix sold after its $26.5 billion American depositary receipt
September 02, 2026The Indian government is facing fierce opposition on proposed food warning labels from both health experts and food giants - activists say many items will
September 02, 2026Greenland's Foreign Minister Mute Egede said on Wednesday that negotiations with the United States over the Arctic island's future were ongoing, but declined to give
September 02, 2026An explosion near a German train station followed by the discovery of a suspicious object caused police to temporarily close the transport hub in the southern city of Augsburg
September 02, 2026South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Wednesday that conditions should be created to resume dialogue between the United States and North Korea, according to the
September 02, 2026The number of deaths in Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak has surpassed 3,000, government data showed on Wednesday, as the country's worst-ever epidemic continues
September 02, 2026German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on Wednesday that the European Union will work on imposing further sanctions on Russian individuals in the coming weeks.
September 02, 2026The United States launched a new wave of attacks on Iran late on Tuesday six months into a deadlocked conflict, prompting Iranian missile fire at what it called U.S. assets
August 24, 2026China has fully reopened the only road leading to the Gyirong border crossing into Nepal a week after sections were washed away by catastrophic
September 02, 2026German police were on Wednesday investigating a second sabotage attempt on the electricity grid within 24 hours, a day after Berlin blamed Russia for an attempted drone
September 02, 2026For the first time in recent history, Danish conscripts have been deployed to Greenland, as Denmark moves to bolster its presence in the Arctic after U.S.
September 02, 2026More than 500 students in Indonesia's East Java were hospitalised with food poisoning suspected to have been caused by free meals provided by the government, and an
September 02, 2026Ukrainian schools are adapting to wartime conditions as the conflict with Russia continues
September 01, 2026A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Gregor Stuart Hunter Bond yields are hitting new milestones as fighting resumes between the U.S. and Iran and oil prices surge, sending
September 02, 2026Dialogue between Russia and the U.S. should continue to find common ground in economics, which should make it easier to discuss political issues, Russian Finance Minister Anton
September 02, 2026Australia and the United States on Wednesday announced a combined $580 million in funding for the Pacific Islands as they
September 02, 2026Global temperature rises are set to exceed the key threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) "within a few years", the UN's environmental body said on
September 02, 2026Some tourists previously reported missing in Nepal have made contact with authorities, officials said Wednesday
September 02, 2026Tiger Woods is scheduled to appear in a Florida court on Wednesday to change his not guilty plea as part of an ongoing impaired-driving case against the 15-times major champion,
September 02, 2026The story of the U.S. is intertwined with its military history, from its creation in 1776 to the expansion of its physical borders to its role in the global political and economic order
September 02, 2026In a strategic retreat, the United Nations concedes that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst impacts of global warming
September 02, 2026Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says the Trump administration needs to “stop doing memes, stop throwing shade and stop trying to be tough.”
September 01, 2026Three days after a flash flood killed two people in Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, search teams scoured the flood zone again on Tuesday for the last
September 02, 2026The U.S. military said late on Tuesday it completed its latest wave of strikes on Iran, saying it struck Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets as
September 02, 2026The Bank of Japan will debate raising interest rates including in September with a focus on whether inflationary risks were heightening,
September 02, 2026Rescue teams are continuing to search for thousands of people still missing after last week's catastrophic flooding in Nepal and China, as the death toll exceeded 1,000
September 01, 2026The U.S. military has hit targets in Iran, and Tehran has fired missiles and drones in response
September 01, 2026The move of United States international Folarin Balogun from Monaco to Everton is reported to be off after problems arose during the medical examination
September 02, 2026Nicaragua's Congress on Tuesday passed a constitutional reform that bans opposition parties from participating in elections and extends the presidential term from six to seven years
September 02, 2026Police in Arizona are investigating a shooting at a Tucson gay bar as a possible hate crime
September 02, 2026France said on Tuesday the U.N.
September 02, 2026Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov will discuss humanitarian issues in the Ukraine conflict with papal envoy Cardinal Matteo Zuppi later this
September 02, 2026The U.S. launched a barrage of airstrikes against Iran on Tuesday, prompting Iranian retaliation, in the most serious
September 01, 2026Brazil's Congress on Tuesday approved a bill exempting data-center-related equipment from federal taxes, part of the government's plan to lure such projects to the country
September 02, 2026Venezuela’s main airport has partially resumed operations nearly 10 weeks after two devastating earthquakes
September 02, 2026Oil giant Chevron is expected to soon announce it will expand operations in Venezuela, a U.S. official said
September 01, 2026Britain said on Tuesday it would provide more than £50 million ($67.56 million) in new funding to support efforts to contain an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo,
September 02, 2026A Honduran court has dropped charges against former President Juan Orlando Hernandez over fraud and money laundering, judiciary
September 02, 2026Britain's economy is set to grow a bit faster than previously expected in 2026 after withstanding the initial impact of the Iran war but firms remain wary about investment,
September 02, 2026Apple changed the name of Lake Ontario to "Lake America" on the web version of its Apple Maps following U.S.
September 02, 2026Venezuela's ruling party-dominated National Assembly backed the country's oil deal with the Trump administration in a vote on Tuesday, ahead of a visit to Caracas by the
September 02, 2026President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russian troops had captured 270 square km of Ukraine’s Donetsk region in August and a large group of Ukrainian troops were
September 02, 2026Barclays expects the U.S.
August 31, 2026After a long deployment in the Middle East, a U.S.
August 31, 2026U.S. special envoy John Coale has said he hopes to secure the release of hundreds of additional prisoners from Belarus next month and will go there in person to try to seal the deal
August 31, 2026The Justice Department says it has seized more than $560,000 in cryptocurrency donations intended for Hamas
September 02, 2026Venezuela's National Assembly on Tuesday approved an increase in the number of committee members who will select the new justices on the country's highest court, part of ongoing
September 01, 2026The Trump administration won backing from all G20 financial leaders except China's on Tuesday to act against "non-
September 01, 2026The German government has blamed Russia for an attempted attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport last month using a drone laden with explosives
September 01, 2026The Rev. Al Sharpton says he never accused Nolan Wells’ friends of a crime, rejects defamation threat
August 22, 2026Germany blames Russia for drone attack on Leipzig airport
September 01, 2026Syria was constructing a nuclear reactor in Deir el-Zour under ousted former President Bashar Assad
September 01, 2026A North Carolina district attorney says a 17-year-old girl who recorded a livestream of a shooting that killed three people at a San Diego mosque and who disseminated the attackers’ white-supremacist writings has been charged with murder by aiding and abetting
September 01, 2026U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the latest U.S. attack on Iran was "justified," and threatened bigger strikes if Tehran retaliated.
September 01, 2026Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Egypt on Tuesday, his first visit to the Arab world's most populous nation in a decade, as countries across the Middle East reassess
September 01, 2026USPS whistleblower describes new plans for voting by mail hidden from the public
September 01, 2026The U.N. nuclear watchdog has resolved its outstanding questions from an investigation into secret nuclear activities in Syria under the Assad family's
September 01, 2026The German government said on Tuesday that it had concluded that Russia was responsible for an attempted drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport last month
September 01, 2026A selloff in global bond markets deepened on Tuesday, reflecting investor angst over
September 01, 2026Guinea-Bissau has approved a new constitution in a referendum, provisional results showed on Tuesday, expanding presidential powers and reshaping electoral rules ahead of a
September 01, 2026U.S.
September 01, 2026A new academic year has started across Congo despite concerns by parents and teachers that the Ebola outbreak still poses risks to children in the epicenter
September 01, 2026The U.S. needs to start being serious and stop trying to be tough before talks on a possible trade deal with Canada can restart, Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters on
September 01, 2026Alligator on Central Florida highway causes chain-reaction crash, leaving woman dead
September 01, 2026Oil prices jumped about 4% to a one-week high on Tuesday as a resumption in fighting between the U.S. and Iran renewed fears of supply disruptions from
September 01, 2026A whistleblower told Congress that the U.S.
September 01, 2026Scientists extracted DNA from mummified cheetah remains and made a surprising discovery
February 20, 2026Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal party won three special elections on Tuesday, maintaining Carney's slim majority in Parliament at a time when he
September 01, 2026Injuries and three straight losses in warmups have not dimmed hopes for host team Germany at the Women’s Basketball World Cup in Berlin
September 01, 2026Brazil's economic growth slowed in the second quarter as elevated borrowing costs continued to weigh on activity and household consumption shrank, with
September 01, 2026U.S.
April 03, 2026Canada's manufacturing sector expanded for a fifth straight month in August as output and employment rose but the recent increase in trade tensions between
September 01, 2026For the first time on record, Iran has gone about seven weeks without shipping meaningful crude exports through the Strait
September 01, 2026A submersible vessel has joined the search for 20 people missing for two days following a ferry disaster off the coast of Cyprus
September 01, 2026Drone pilot Manish Maharjan has helped rescue teams in Nepal find people missing after last week’s catastrophic floods
September 01, 2026Companies worldwide are grappling with a surge in AI-driven cyberattacks and ransomware that steal sensitive data and disrupt operations.
July 17, 2026Deadly floods that wiped out a tenth of Nepal's electricity generation capacity last week have cast doubt on the
September 01, 2026What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets World markets enter September with another government bond storm
September 01, 2026Two supertankers carrying Saudi oil were struck by unknown projectiles within minutes of each other while transiting outbound through the Strait of Hormuz
September 01, 2026China's state-owned shipping giant COSCO uses concealed equipment on board its ships
September 01, 2026For more than a century, in cases involving defendants ranging from a 19th-century Chicago bank clerk charged with theft to a Central American dictator accused of
September 01, 2026They were building infrastructure in Nepal. Their families in China want to know what happened to them
September 01, 2026Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD reported rising global sales for the fourth straight month, as robust exports continued to cushion the impact of sluggish domestic demand
September 01, 2026South Africa's manufacturing sentiment deteriorated further in August as business activity slumped, a purchasing managers' index (PMI) survey showed on Tuesday,
September 01, 2026Russia said on Tuesday it would announce a new ambassador to Britain in due course, weeks after its previous envoy left London at a dire point in bilateral ties
September 01, 2026Iran will immediately reciprocate if the United States returns to its commitments under an interim deal signed in June, President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Tuesday.
September 01, 2026Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals swept three special elections in a result that showed voters backing Carney for standing up for Canada against U.S. President Donald Trump
September 01, 2026Nations that lead the development of open-source technology will have a strategic edge for decades to come.
August 12, 2026India's manufacturing sector expanded at its slowest pace in five years in August as demand remained soft, leading to job losses for the first time in more than two years
September 01, 2026When the U.S. joined Japan's efforts to shore up the yen, it wasn't for nothing. This week, U.S.
September 01, 2026United States soccer striker Folarin Balogun is reportedly headed to Premier League team Everton on a transfer from Monaco
September 01, 2026Myanmar's junta chief-turned-president Min Aung Hlaing will make an official visit to Vietnam from September 4 to 6 at the invitation of Vietnamese President To Lam, state media in
September 01, 2026By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY, Aug 31 - A recent spate of bomb attacks has swept across Mexico, from car bombs to drones rigged with explosives, exposing an escalation in cartel violence that local
September 01, 2026U.S. oil company North American Blue Energy Partners will take over some oilfields previously controlled by several Chinese
September 01, 2026South Korean President Lee Jae Myung's top economic policy lieutenant has stepped down days after a cabinet reshuffle following public concerns about uneven
September 01, 2026South Korea will send a 44-member emergency relief team to Nepal to support search-and-rescue operations after flooding in the Rasuwa region, South Korea's Foreign Ministry
September 01, 2026The White House on Monday released terms of the U.S.-Venezuela oil deal with North American Blue Energy Partners.
September 01, 2026South Korea's exports surged 68.7% in August from a year earlier, extending their winning streak to a 15th consecutive month and outpacing analysts' forecasts
September 01, 2026U.S. companies Chevron and GE Vernova, India's ONGC, Italy's Eni and Colombia's GeoPark are on track to sign final agreements
August 31, 2026Lionel Messi has announced his retirement from international soccer after 21 years representing Argentina
August 31, 2026U.S.
September 01, 2026Army Secretary Dan Driscoll submits resignation after tension with Hegseth
September 01, 2026A divided Supreme Court has allowed the White House to continue construction on a $400 million ballroom project as lawsuits play out
August 31, 2026The United States' move to welcome Russia back to a meeting of G20 countries on Monday while denying some
August 31, 2026Ukraine's top sanctions official will visit Washington this week to urge members of the U.S.
September 01, 2026A second-half goal from Bukayo Saka has given Arsenal a 1-0 win over Aston Villa in the Premier League
September 01, 2026Brazilian and U.S. officials spoke virtually on Monday to discuss tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, and agreed to hold further meetings at a later date,
September 01, 2026State Farm was sued on Monday by Los Angeles County, which accused the largest U.S. home insurer of mishandling claims by victims of the January 2025 wildfires
September 01, 2026Oil prices rose and U.S. stocks fell after American forces struck Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz, marking the first military action in a month
August 31, 2026The United Arab Emirates’ air force has intercepted an Iranian drone over its territorial waters
August 31, 2026Congo’s authorities report that the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history has topped 6,000 cases with 2,911 deaths
August 31, 2026Edouard Balladur, who was France's prime minister from 1993 to 1995, has died at 97, Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on X on Monday.
September 01, 2026U.S.
August 31, 2026At least two people were killed and as many as 20 or more others were unaccounted for after flash flooding struck the Grand Canyon in Arizona over
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