Media freedom group Reporters Without Borders says that two French filmmakers and their Togolese fixer have been jailed in Togo after more than three weeks in custody
August 20, 2026
Longtime AP correspondent Christopher Bodeen has died at 55
August 20, 2026
Walmart promises price cuts after $2.9 billion tariff refund
August 20, 2026
Nations that lead the development of open-source technology will have a strategic edge for decades to come.
August 12, 2026
Israeli military admits for first time to firing on car carrying 5-year-old Hind Rajab as it opens criminal probe
August 19, 2026
El Niño will upend winter weather in the US. Here’s who will feel it the most
August 20, 2026
Despite an ongoing war with Iran and a national debt that has reached a record $40 trillion, President Trump's unpopular White House makeover is expanding with a new driveway and helipad. Kristen Holmes reports.
August 19, 2026
Brazil is becoming a key player in the rare earth minerals market
August 20, 2026
A gauge of British factory orders rose this month to reach its highest level since November 2024, adding to wider signs of resilience in the economy despite the ongoing
August 20, 2026
Fewer people applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, another sign that layoffs remain low and that most Americans enjoy job security
August 20, 2026
Kazakhstan votes on Sunday in a snap parliamentary election expected to strengthen President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's hold over the
August 20, 2026
The U.S. will impose "the toughest sanctions in history" on Iran, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday, a focus on
August 20, 2026
Five unanswered questions around Harry and Meghan’s surprise move back to Britain
August 20, 2026
The Associated Press has learned that Prince Harry and Meghan have decided to return to the United Kingdom for an extended stay starting this fall, but they won’t resume their roles as working members of the royal family
August 20, 2026
Missing hiker found dead in Australia as police apologize for ‘miscommunication’ that she was still alive
August 20, 2026
The World Health Organization says Congo will receive 70,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine
August 20, 2026
The AFC/M23 rebel alliance in Democratic Republic of Congo, which has highlighted its ability to tackle the spread of Ebola in territory it controls, has said it will impose new
August 20, 2026
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged South Korea not to take sides between Beijing and Washington, saying the U.S. should abandon its "hostile" policy toward North
August 20, 2026
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan plan to move back to Britain this month, six years after they quit royal duties and
August 20, 2026
Vietnam will continue to address U.S. concerns about the transshipment of goods in a constructive manner, Vietnam's foreign ministry said on Thursday.
August 20, 2026
People exiled in Germany under threat or attack from agents of their repressive home countries now have a support line to call, courtesy of the country's domestic
August 20, 2026
The vast Bronze Age masterpiece that lay hidden in the mountains for centuries
August 20, 2026
Vietnam has charged a 23-year-old man with rape after an American student said she was assaulted during a group holiday
August 20, 2026
Severe storms have caused extensive damage across parts of Germany
August 20, 2026
Soccer fan groups from around the world have launched a petition calling for Gianni Infantino to resign as FIFA president after he tried to sell future World Cup profits to private investors
August 20, 2026
A Chinese court has sentenced Hui Ka Yan, founder of property developer Evergrande, to life in prison
August 20, 2026
South Korea’s military says North Korea has launched about 10 short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea
August 20, 2026
ICE detains captain of boat that capsized in NYC harbor, killing mother and infant
August 20, 2026
Australia passed legislation on Thursday that will force tech giants to pay millions of dollars in levies if they fail to strike commercial deals with local media outlets
August 20, 2026
European shares inched lower on Thursday, as elevated oil prices kept inflation worries alive, while a recovery in global bonds after a U.S.
August 20, 2026
Evergrande tycoon at the heart of China’s property crisis sentenced to life in prison
August 20, 2026
Mingling with power brokers at the Chinese Communist Party's centenary celebrations in 2021, a beaming Hui Ka Yan betrayed no sign of the pressure mounting
August 20, 2026
German producer prices rose at their fastest pace in over three years in July, driven by higher costs for intermediate goods and energy, the federal statistics office said,
August 20, 2026
In the early hours of August 24, 2016, Giorgio Cortellesi stumbled through the dust and darkness of Amatrice, fearing his children were dead,
August 20, 2026
The founder of China Evergrande Group, the world's most-indebted property developer, was sentenced to life in prison by a
August 20, 2026
Max Verstappen has extended his Formula 1 contract with Red Bull to 2030, the team has announced
August 20, 2026
Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister says she is ‘completely unaware’ if he contacted Trump
August 19, 2026
Global wheat importers are bracing for tighter supplies as attacks on Black Sea grain infrastructure disrupt shipments,
August 20, 2026
China's commercial hub of Shanghai will ease some property policies from Friday, including mortgage, housing provident fund and purchase subsidy measures, in a bid to shore
August 20, 2026
Samsung Electronics is set to announce a new shareholder return policy later this month worth more than 100 trillion won ($71.75 billion), media reported on Thursday, as the
August 20, 2026
Nine scholars recently attended a seminar at the University of Michigan to learn about conserving papyrus manuscripts
August 20, 2026
Taiwan's government on Thursday proposed an 18% rise in defence spending for next year, including for drones and missiles, taking it above T$1 trillion ($31.41 billion) for
August 20, 2026
Standard Chartered is helping its wealth management clients deploy a portion of their assets to hedge funds to better cushion the impact of heightened market
August 20, 2026
South Korea estimates North Korea possesses between 80 and 120 nuclear warheads, its defence minister said on Thursday, citing a range
August 20, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee Some calm was restored to markets on Thursday after the U.S.
August 20, 2026
Vietnam's government has proposed abolishing the death penalty for six offences, including drug trafficking and the rape of minors, as part of a revision of the country's
August 20, 2026
A Russian missile barrage has killed at least six people in Kyiv
August 20, 2026
Prince Harry wants communities to better apply their service members' skills when they enter the workforce
August 20, 2026
CK Hutchison is seeking over $1.5 billion from Panama for damages to its investments after the country seized two ports at the ends of the Panama Canal
August 20, 2026
Japan’s imports and exports set records in July, though soaring energy costs and a weak yen helped extend a trade deficit for a third straight month
August 20, 2026
Australia summoned Israel's ambassador on Thursday and expressed outrage at a decision by its military not to pursue criminal proceedings over the death of an
August 20, 2026
Australian employment unexpectedly fell in July and the jobless rate hit its highest point since late 2021, data showed on Thursday, adding to signs of a cooling labour
August 20, 2026
Ant International launched an upgraded version of its artificial intelligence model on Thursday, signing up major global banks as financial institutions
August 20, 2026
Residents on Hawaii's Big Island are struggling to recover after last week's hurricane that authorities say killed two people
August 19, 2026
The Israeli military plans a criminal investigation into the killings of a 5-year-old Palestinian girl and her family, as well as 15 paramedics in Gaza
August 19, 2026
China kept benchmark lending rates unchanged for the 15th straight month in August on Thursday, in line with market expectations.
August 20, 2026
CK Hutchison said on Thursday it had launched international arbitration proceedings against Panama and was seeking damages of more than $1.5 billion for the "destruction" of its
August 20, 2026
Japan's imports hit a monthly record in July as elevated oil prices drove up energy costs and inflationary pressures, while exports also climbed to an all-
August 20, 2026
Japanese exports rose 23.2% year-on-year in July, up for an 11th straight month, data from the Ministry of Finance showed on Thursday.
August 20, 2026
The U.S. and Canada are closing in on a trade deal in which Washington could cut some contentious tariff rates on
August 19, 2026
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan plan to move back to Britain this month, six years after they stepped down from their royal duties
August 20, 2026
Canada and the United States have moved closer to finalizing a trade agreement that would avert threatened 50% U.S. tariffs
August 20, 2026
The death toll from a gold mine collapse in the Central African Republic has risen to more than 100
August 19, 2026
Why is one corner of China’s internet insisting a golden era never existed?
August 20, 2026
The U.S.
August 20, 2026
On a sweltering August night, thousands on China's Hainan island thronged the beaches around the Wenchang Space Launch Site, phones raised,
August 20, 2026
Five Americans, Ecuador intelligence chief killed in tourist helicopter crash in Kenya
August 20, 2026
Sales of electric trucks and buses nearly doubled globally in 2025, data from research organization the International Council on Clean Transportation showed in a report published on
August 20, 2026
The U.S.
August 20, 2026
Prince Harry and Meghan to move back to Britain
August 20, 2026
President Donald Trump has picked Dr. Heidi Overton to lead the Food and Drug Administration
August 19, 2026
U.S. stock index futures were stable on Wednesday following a technology-driven selloff that rocked Wall Street in the prior
August 19, 2026
The U.S. Army says it will resume Apache helicopter training missions following a brief pause after two soldiers were killed in a crash last week in Texas
August 20, 2026
Total U.S. debt has topped $40 trillion for the first time, the Treasury Department said on Wednesday, drawing fresh warnings that a
August 20, 2026
Bear that injured resident in North Carolina will be put down: officials
August 20, 2026
A woman who started a group that advocates for the mental health of police officers is being sought by authorities after a Massachusetts cop was found dead at the home they owned together
August 19, 2026
President Donald Trump's administration has told Congress it is sending more than $206 million for a proposed Gaza peacekeeping force, the first
August 20, 2026
A mission to rescue NASA's aging Swift observatory in space was canceled on Wednesday after the spacecraft that was launched to tug the satellite to a
August 20, 2026
Longer-dated global bond yields retreated from multi-decade highs, the dollar tumbled and gold jumped on Wednesday after the U.S.
August 19, 2026
Ugandan diplomat Olara Otunnu, one of eight candidates seeking to succeed Antonio Guterres as U.N. secretary-general next year, on Wednesday called for continued
August 20, 2026
Long-dated U.S. bond yields and the dollar tumbled on Wednesday after the U.S.
August 20, 2026
A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a more than $1 billion settlement to resolve antitrust claims that real estate brokerages conspired to inflate agents
August 20, 2026
The U.S.
August 19, 2026
19-year-old arrested in ‘brutal’ stabbing death of coworker in Great Falls, Virginia police say
August 20, 2026
Israel’s military has announced its first criminal investigations into troop conduct in the Gaza war
August 19, 2026
Sen. Darline Graham, running in South Carolina's runoff election, stumbled over a foreign policy question during a debate
August 19, 2026
Kennedy Center says it will add Trump’s name back to building in early September
August 19, 2026
President Donald Trump played White House tour guide, showcasing his construction projects, including a new helipad and ballroom
August 20, 2026
U.S. stocks rose after the Treasury Department made a move to ease pressure emanating from the bond market
August 19, 2026
The Justice Department is defending its prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey and says there's "no serious dispute” that a social media post of seashells he made could be understood as a threat against President Donald Trump
August 19, 2026
Liberia has charged former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor with drug trafficking, money laundering and other offenses as part of an
August 20, 2026
Normally quiet, the bond market can occasionally send warning signals loud enough to hit stock markets worldwide and even grab the attention of U.S. presidents and other world leaders
August 20, 2026
Many Federal Reserve officials think the central bank will have to lift its key short-term interest rate in the coming months if inflation doesn’t subside, minutes of the Fed’s meeting last month showed
August 20, 2026
The U.N.'s humanitarian chief warns of the growing threat of drones against civilians and aid workers in Ukraine
August 20, 2026
Civil rights group calls for investigation into 'spitting attack' against UK employee
August 20, 2026
Seven people, including five Americans and Ecuador's intelligence head, were killed on Wednesday when the tourist helicopter they were flying in crashed in Kenya's Samburu
August 19, 2026
With Iran diplomacy stalled, financial markets uneasy and his approval rating at another low point, President Donald Trump reverted to familiar territory on Wednesday,
August 20, 2026
Seven people, including five American citizens, have been killed in a safari helicopter crash in a remote part of northern Kenya
August 19, 2026
What we know about the controversial border security project in and near Big Bend National Park
August 19, 2026
Nolan Wells would have turned 19 Wednesday. Read the birthday letter his family never imagined writing
August 19, 2026
The mission to save NASA's sinking space telescope has been called off
August 20, 2026
Colombia's President Abelardo de la Espriella has asked U.S. President Donald Trump to suspend tariffs to help Colombia recover from a devastating earthquake
August 16, 2026
Recovering from the devastating earthquake that hit Colombia earlier this month will be particularly challenging for Choco, a remote region that has long struggled with high poverty rates, poor infrastructure and underfunded health and education services
August 19, 2026
Heavy rains linked to the El Niño weather phenomenon caused flooding in Peru on Wednesday that disrupted access to the ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, closed roads due
August 20, 2026
Concern about inflation deepened at the Federal Reserve's meeting last month, with "several" policymakers ready to raise interest rates and "many"
August 20, 2026
ABC is accusing U.S.
August 19, 2026
The head of Israel's spy agency held a phone call with Syria's foreign minister last week during which they discussed Turkey's military presence in
August 19, 2026
Crude oil prices rose on Wednesday and settled at the highest in nearly four weeks, as investors worried about escalating tensions in the Middle East
August 19, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired a senior official amid a corruption investigation involving a deputy head of the presidential office
August 19, 2026
‘Very special stone’: Trump unveils another White House construction project
August 19, 2026
The Kennedy Center has told a federal court it won't try to restore Donald Trump's name to the building facade before at least Sept. 8
August 19, 2026
Trump says he intends to meet Kim Jong Un this year
August 19, 2026
The United Arab Emirates has suspended all trade with Iran after it said it had come under renewed fire from the country
August 19, 2026
North Korea says the U.S. decision to scale back military exercises with South Korea doesn't change what it views as the provocative nature of the drills
August 19, 2026
Cantor Fitzgerald has launched prediction market trading for institutional investors, allowing clients to trade event contracts on regulated exchange Kalshi, the investment bank
August 19, 2026
A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday revived an investor lawsuit over the 2023 collapse of Signature Bank, saying the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) seizure of the
August 19, 2026
Lyntris' shares fell 11.4% in the defense contractor's New York debut on Wednesday, valuing the company at $1.78 billion and signaling investor
August 19, 2026
Zambian opposition leader Brian Mundubile said on Wednesday that he would challenge the results of the August 13 presidential election in court, alleging vote
August 19, 2026
U.S.
August 19, 2026
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday that Beijing was "actively considering" a summit between the leaders of South Korea and China at the Asia-Pacific Economic
August 19, 2026
The Mexican government expressed its "serious concern" after learning of a preliminary ruling by the U.S.
August 19, 2026
The board that oversees Washington Dulles airport voted on Wednesday to approve a $19.9 billion overhaul plan that includes $3.75 billion to build
August 19, 2026
Yields on long-dated U.S.
August 19, 2026
The dollar weakened against major currencies on Wednesday after the U.S.
August 19, 2026
Trump pauses 50% Canada tariffs, says the two sides have a ‘deal’
August 19, 2026
Justice Department attempts to distance Attorney General Todd Blanche from Comey’s ‘8647’ seashell threat indictment
August 19, 2026
After Trump-endorsed Cory Mills loses primary, Trump says he told him to drop out
August 19, 2026
North Korea's Kim Yo Jong, sister of leader Kim Jong Un, on Wednesday denied Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's claim that Pyongyang plans
August 19, 2026
Australia's internet regulator secured a court-enforceable undertaking from Roblox to improve protections against grooming and sexual exploitation, after tests found adult
August 19, 2026
Robust U.S. productivity levels appear to have blunted the full inflationary impact of President Donald Trump’s large-scale trade tariffs, new research from the Federal Reserve Bank
August 19, 2026
U.S.
August 19, 2026
A Democratic board member of the John F.
August 19, 2026
German prosecutors said on Wednesday a second Ukrainian suspect they allege was involved in the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline blasts has been arrested in
August 19, 2026
The pressure on euro zone government bonds eased on Wednesday, with yields slipping from multi-year highs after the U.S.
August 19, 2026
South Korea and the United States will cut short annual joint military drills to five days from 11 and scale back some field training, the allies
August 19, 2026
Richie Rosen, 43, was born with a rare genetic condition called Williams syndrome.
August 19, 2026
U.S. long-dated Treasury yields fell sharply on Wednesday from around their highest level in 19 years, in a move that followed the U.S.
August 19, 2026
Miami hit an all-time record on Tuesday. It’s more significant than you think
August 19, 2026
Yields on 30-year U.S.
August 19, 2026
Russia and Ukraine have exchanged 103 prisoners of war each, officials from both sides said on Wednesday, with Ukrainian intelligence saying another swap was
August 19, 2026
Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Wednesday, recovering from a technology-driven slump in the previous session, as government bond yields retreated from multi-decade highs
August 19, 2026
French foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot condemned on Wednesday violence in the West Bank by Israeli settlers against Palestinians, and added that this justified France's
August 19, 2026
India's rate setters signalled the possibility of rate hikes ahead even as they left interest rates unchanged at their policy meeting earlier this month,
August 19, 2026
Mining bosses say that regulatory scrutiny of major mergers is increasing as governments pay closer attention to critical minerals and security of supply in the face of a
August 19, 2026
A broadening corporate recovery beyond surging energy profits pushed Europe's blue-chip earnings forecasts higher for a ninth straight week, as most reporting companies exceeded
August 19, 2026
U.S. financial services firm Charles Schwab plans to expand the workforce at its newly opened India-based global capability centre to about
August 19, 2026
Jason Arday, who was once celebrated as Cambridge University’s youngest Black professor, was found dead last week after weeks of news stories presenting evidence that he was a plagiarist and fabulist
August 19, 2026
Iceland's referendum on August 29 on whether to open accession talks with the European Union is only the first of several steps in the pro-EU government's plan to nudge
August 19, 2026
Ukrainian lawmakers appointed a new defence minister on Wednesday, hours after his ousted predecessor dealt a major blow to President
August 19, 2026
Israel's military acknowledged on Wednesday that its troops had opened fire on a car carrying 5-year-old Palestinian girl Hind
August 19, 2026
The International Criminal Court has criticized new U.S. sanctions on its senior staff as a “flagrant attack” on its independence
August 19, 2026
Ukraine's parliament approved the appointment of Yevhenii Khmara as new defence minister on Wednesday.
August 19, 2026
What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets The bond storm quietened a bit overnight but left equity markets bruised, with an
August 19, 2026
At least 10 earthquakes struck Granada in southern Spain overnight, authorities said on Wednesday, continuing seismic activity that began in the region five days ago and has
August 19, 2026
A majority of Americans believe President Donald Trump and his family have inappropriately profited from cryptocurrency since his return
August 19, 2026
Philippine authorities were trying to understand how a student whom teachers described as academically strong livestreamed carrying out a
August 19, 2026
Two new executive orders take aim at aspects of birthright citizenship the high court did not address in its June 2026 ruling.
August 19, 2026
José Mourinho is confident Real Madrid will be fine without Rodri despite admitting the club made “a very good offer” to try to sign the Spain captain
August 19, 2026
China has kicked off the 2026 World Robot Conference in Beijing, showcasing its expanding robotics industry
August 19, 2026
The epic hiking trail that explores one of Europe’s last great wildernesses
August 19, 2026
Thai schools conducted active shooter drills on Wednesday, as authorities moved to strengthen security
August 19, 2026
DUBAI, Aug 19 - The United Arab Emirates' decision to suspend all financial and economic transactions with Iran until further notice, citing a military escalation by Tehran with a missile threat, has
August 19, 2026
Former Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios was provisionally suspended from tennis on Wednesday after testing positive for cocaine, with the volatile Australian owning up
August 19, 2026
Gylfi Geirsson and Sigurbjorn Svavarsson cut British fishing trawl wires and dodged Royal Navy frigates on board small Icelandic coastguard vessels 50 years
August 19, 2026
The Pakistani government challenged on Wednesday a Supreme Court order to move jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan to a private hospital, a petition
August 19, 2026
Halloween trick-or-treating could be less sugary than usual this year as consumers look for healthier snacks and candy companies such as Hershey, the United States' biggest
August 19, 2026
Oil refiners in India and the U.S. are reaping a bonanza as wars in Iran and Ukraine have disrupted global fuel supplies, driven
August 19, 2026
Alphabet has raised A$5.5 billion ($3.89 billion) via its inaugural Australian dollar debt issuance, according to a term sheet seen by Reuters, adding to the hectic pace
August 19, 2026
Well past midnight one day this spring, three police officers pulled up to a nightclub where a man was stomping on a young woman lying on the sidewalk.
August 19, 2026
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Seoul on Wednesday for talks with South Korean officials, media reported, after Seoul and
August 19, 2026
Germany authorities say a Ukrainian man has been arrested Croatia in relation to undersea explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany in 2022
August 19, 2026
Britain's Queen Camilla has said she knew about her husband’s cancer diagnosis days before it was publicly announced and found it difficult not to talk about his condition when she visited a cancer center during that period
August 19, 2026
Turkey firmly rejected on Wednesday what it called "untenable allegations" by Israel regarding its military position in Syria, after Israel bombed a Syrian air base near the
August 19, 2026
The euro zone's current account surplus widened in June due to higher primary income, which includes flows such as dividends, wages and direct investment, European
August 19, 2026
South Africa's inflation rate slowed for the first time in five months in July, partly due to a steep drop in fuel costs, but analysts said it
August 19, 2026
Samsung Electronics has raised prices for some advanced contract chipmaking services by up to 15% for new orders, two people familiar with the matter said, as demand for AI chips
August 19, 2026
Japan is running low on options to fight a bond rout that could push debt financing costs above government estimates, leaving Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's
August 19, 2026
Military drills between US and South Korea cut short at Washington’s request
August 19, 2026
In a rare criticism of its U.S. ally, Japan on Wednesday described Washington's decision to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court's Japanese president and a
August 19, 2026
Iran has lost significant control of the Strait of Hormuz
August 19, 2026
Shares of Unitree, one of China's largest humanoid robot makers, have soared as much as 629% in its public stock trading debut in Shanghai
August 19, 2026
Red lights are flashing in energy markets
August 19, 2026
Queen Camilla says it was ‘difficult’ to keep King’s cancer diagnosis secret
August 19, 2026
The Ebola outbreak in Congo has reached 5,000 cases as responders warn it is spreading at an unprecedented speed outpacing efforts to slow it in one of the country’s remotest regions
August 19, 2026
Sporadic fighting between Afghanistan and Pakistan has left the border between the countries closed to trade
August 19, 2026
China on Wednesday urged respect for each country's digital sovereignty, after a report the U.S. would ask countries to choose sides in the artificial intelligence race
August 19, 2026
For Ukrainian shuttlers Polina Buhrova and Yevheniia Kantemyr, competing at the ongoing World Championships in New Delhi is a way to showcase the
August 19, 2026
China has completed the first phase of construction on Antelope Reef in the Paracels archipelago, building a man-made island in the hotly-disputed South
August 19, 2026
European Central Bank policymaker Olli Rehn said on Wednesday that wage growth and the wage outlook have remained moderate, with no clear signs of second-round effects.
August 19, 2026
Shares in Unitree, China's best-known humanoid robot maker, soared more than five-fold in their Shanghai trading debut, in a
August 19, 2026
This weekend around 20 wooden boats, 100-foot long and powered by about 100 rowers each, will slice through Kerala's backwaters to compete for
August 19, 2026
US Air Force flight to Antarctica turns back after space activity warning
August 19, 2026
Swiss voters look set to reject next month proposals for a tighter definition of neutrality that would prevent the country from issuing economic sanctions or cooperating
August 19, 2026
A jump in household energy bills pushed British inflation to a four-month high in July, matching forecasts, and it looks set to rise further
August 19, 2026
China is widely expected to leave benchmark lending rates steady for a 15th consecutive month in August, a Reuters survey showed, despite recent economic data pointing to
August 19, 2026
Thailand is ready to shift its approach to a slow-burn insurgency in its Muslim-majority deep south and revitalise a peace process, Bangkok's chief
August 19, 2026
China's urban unemployment rate for youths in July rose to 17.9%, data released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Wednesday, the worst reading since August
August 19, 2026
South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said on Wednesday that U.S.
August 19, 2026
As campaigning for January's elections begins on Wednesday, President Bola Tinubu's pitch for a second term faces a politically
August 19, 2026
Alaska Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democratic former congresswoman Mary Peltola have advanced to November’s general election
August 18, 2026
At least nine people, including five Bangladeshi nationals, were killed, in a fire at a hotel in India's eastern city of Kolkata on Wednesday, local police and Bangladesh's foreign
August 19, 2026
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish families are an unmissable facet of Israeli life
August 19, 2026
A record number of humanitarian workers were attacked last year, driven partly by increased use of armed drones, the United Nations said on Wednesday, calling
August 19, 2026
A weaker Swiss franc could be an unexpected consequence of recent rare U.S.-Japanese intervention to prop up the yen, bringing relief to
August 19, 2026
Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz slowed, data showed on Wednesday, as most shipowners avoided the key waterway because of a lack of clear signalling on its reopening
August 19, 2026
Pete Crow-Armstrong made MLB history with a leadoff home run and Alex Bregman’s RBI single gave the Chicago Cubs a second straight walk-off win over the Chicago White Sox, 4-3
August 19, 2026
The race for Nigeria’s top job began Wednesday as the West African nation’s electoral commission formally opened the campaign season
August 19, 2026
Ukrainian drones have targeted a major logistics center outside Moscow, setting it ablaze
August 19, 2026
Democratic voters have elevated a progressive Senate candidate in Florida, while Republican Rep. Byron Donalds, backed by President Donald Trump, won the GOP nomination as he vies to become the first Black governor of the state
August 18, 2026
Australia's central bank will have to raise interest rates again if upside risks to inflation crystallize, a top official said on Wednesday, adding that inflation in
August 19, 2026
Small batches of Nvidia's H200 chips, one of the company's most powerful AI chips, have been allowed to enter mainland China, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing two
August 19, 2026
Japan's benchmark bond yield is on the brink of hitting 3% for the first time since the mid-1990s, highlighting how inflation, rising fiscal
August 18, 2026
China has successfully recaptured the first stage of a rocket on land for the first time, state media reports, as the country seeks to advance its space program
August 19, 2026
President Donald Trump says he is delaying the 50% U.S. tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian imports after the two countries reached a last-minute deal hours before the sanctions were to go into effect
August 18, 2026
A former Department of Justice attorney has said the Trump administration's probes of U.S. universities over accusations of antisemitism lacked
August 19, 2026
U.S.
August 18, 2026
Fernando Tatis Jr. robbed New York’s Francisco Lindor of a grand slam and hit two homers, leading the San Diego Padres to a 5-2 win over the Mets
August 19, 2026
Kelsey Mitchell scored 16 points in the first quarter and finished with 29 before sitting out the fourth, Caitlin Clark added 24 points and the Indiana Fever beat the Toronto Tempo 101-95 on Tuesday for their fifth straight victory
August 19, 2026
A restaurant in Beijing is preserving culinary traditions associated with China’s imperial court, from pastries once served to emperors to techniques passed down through generations of chefs
August 19, 2026
Sen. Darline Graham admits in debate: ‘National security is not my thing’
August 19, 2026
Human-caused climate change was the main driver of recent record-breaking sea temperatures around Europe, scientists said on Wednesday, warning of severe
August 19, 2026
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has signed a law introducing a conditional pardon for thousands of Kurdish militants
August 18, 2026
US sanctions ICC president and senior prosecutor amid campaign to dismantle the international court
August 19, 2026
NTSB still searching for answers in fiery medevac jet crash in Philadelphia neighborhood last year
August 19, 2026
Recovery efforts are underway in Hawaii after Tropical Storm Lala battered the archipelago and caused destructive flooding and widespread power outages
August 19, 2026
The U.S.
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August 19, 2026
Brazil's JBS, the world's largest meatpacker, on Tuesday said it wanted to buy the remaining shares of Pilgrim's Pride, in a fresh
August 19, 2026
Pay settlements by British employers inched down in the three months to June to a 10-month low, adding to signs of a softening labour market, a survey showed on Wednesday.
August 19, 2026
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday reported 15,716 confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis in the United States, an increase of 1,821 cases from a week ago.
August 19, 2026
The U.S.
August 19, 2026
A coalition of unions and advocacy groups sued the federal government on Tuesday seeking to block a rule that would limit how long foreign students and
August 19, 2026
A Florida man convicted of fatally shooting his estranged wife and wounding his mother-in-law has been executed
August 18, 2026
Meet Natalie Harp, the aide so close to Trump she once rode in an SUV trunk to accompany him
August 19, 2026
Minnesota sued Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday for refusing to extradite a federal immigration agent facing assault charges for shooting a Venezuelan man in
August 19, 2026
Bolivia's Congress voted on Tuesday to censure Economy Minister Jose Gabriel Espinoza, a decision President Rodrigo Paz's government said was unconstitutional and signaled
August 19, 2026
Ukraine's ousted Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov called for wartime elections in a bombshell address on Tuesday, arguing the nation faced a crisis of
August 19, 2026
U.S.
August 18, 2026
A NASA spacecraft circling the moon is providing the sharpest views yet of the crater carved by a crashing SpaceX rocket
August 19, 2026
New images reveal the impact site of SpaceX rocket’s moon collision
August 19, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump says the U.S. has no planned talks with Iran but insists the Strait of Hormuz remains open
August 18, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Oman because he is unhappy the country is close to a deal with Iran to manage ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz
August 18, 2026
Minnesota's attorney general is suing the governor of Texas, asking a federal judge to compel the extradition of a federal immigration agent charged with wounding a man and then lying about it during an immigration crackdown in Minneapolis
August 18, 2026
A federal judge in Texas has declared that a regulation adopted by Democratic former President Joe Biden's administration targeting largely untraceable "ghost guns" is
August 19, 2026
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro on Tuesday signed an executive order that would require companies setting up AI data centers in the state to meet environmental and transparency
August 19, 2026
Mexican petrochemical firm Braskem Idesa, a joint venture of Brazil's Braskem and Mexico's Grupo Idesa, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the
August 18, 2026
France will expel two Iranian diplomats in the coming days in response to an incident in July involving two staff of the French embassy in Tehran.
August 19, 2026
The U.S.
August 19, 2026
The United States is working to establish a deconfliction mechanism among Israel, Turkey and Syria, U.S. special envoy for Syria Tom Barrack said on Tuesday
August 19, 2026
A sell-off in U.S. government bonds is pushing up borrowing costs, which could squeeze households, companies, financial markets and the federal budget
August 19, 2026
Archaeologists in Peru have unveiled skeletal remains near Huaca Pucllana, an ancient pyramid in Lima
August 19, 2026
The Trump administration has imposed sanctions on the president of the International Criminal Court and one of its top prosecutors
August 19, 2026
Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the United States, according to authorities in the West African country
August 19, 2026
The Trump administration is moving ahead with plans to rescind a quarter-century-old rule that blocked logging and other development on national forest lands, drawing the ire of environmentalists nationwide
August 19, 2026
Wall Street's main indexes closed lower on Tuesday with semiconductors leading technology declines as Middle East uncertainty pushed bond yields
August 18, 2026
Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the U.S. in the next 12 months, with an initial group of 20 deportees expected to arrive on Thursday,
August 19, 2026
A player development instructor for the San Diego Padres has been detained by U.S. immigration officials
August 19, 2026
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has suspended state work on proposed mining projects near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
August 18, 2026
The Navy has confirmed that a destroyer with about 300 sailors aboard suffered a major breakdown in the Pacific Ocean last month that left it without power for four days
August 19, 2026
Trump tries a new approach in Iran war: Disengage
August 19, 2026
Comedians Eric André and Clayton English have settled a lawsuit challenging a police program at Atlanta's airport
August 18, 2026
A Massachusetts woman who told police that she brought homemade firebombs to the U.S. Capitol to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has been sentenced to just over six years in prison
August 19, 2026
Wall Street pulled further from its all-time high as AI stocks got back to sinking
August 18, 2026
Estonia is investigating whether Russia was involved in an arson attack last week on a building housing a defence contractor, the Baltic country's prime minister said in
August 19, 2026
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday proposed a new regulatory framework for crypto assets, the first major step under U.S.
August 19, 2026
Local Leaders speak out after ICE detains Mother at green card hearing
August 19, 2026
Justice Department charges eight Iranians for allegedly hacking US government and colleges
August 19, 2026
Teen girl fights off random sexual assault on her way to High School
August 19, 2026
Japan and the Organization of American States have signed a deal to award Haiti a $3 million grant to help it register voters as the troubled country prepares to hold general elections for the first time in more than a decade
August 19, 2026
Disney has filed sui against the Federal Communications Commission says every media outlet in the nation is at risk due to the Trump administration's retaliation over Jimmy Kimmel's satire
August 18, 2026
A federal judge allowed U.S.
August 18, 2026
An Israeli airstrike killed at least six Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, health officials said, a day after Donald Trump's envoy Jared Kushner
August 18, 2026
Long-term borrowing costs from the U.S. to Germany and Japan hit their highest
August 18, 2026
The U.S. imposed sanctions on Tuesday on the International Criminal Court's president and a senior trial lawyer at
August 18, 2026
Woman confronts Man who followed her home from Bar
August 19, 2026
A human rights group says that forced labor persists on massive sugarcane plantations across the Dominican Republic
August 19, 2026
A Democratic congresswoman says the person Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents targeted in Maine last month when an officer shot and killed a motorist was not subject to a final removal order
August 19, 2026
Global bond markets are getting hammered. Here’s why that could make your life more expensive
August 18, 2026
ABC has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s Federal Communications Commission, alleging violation of its First Amendment rights
August 18, 2026
A government-owned ferry that capsized on Zimbabwe's Lake Kariba last week was carrying about 180 passengers, double what police had given as its capacity, the government
August 18, 2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks in Moscow on Tuesday with Myanmar's junta chief-turned-president, Min Aung Hlaing, discussing a wide range of issues including
August 18, 2026
Two-time U.S. Open singles champion Venus Williams has received a wildcard entry into this year's tournament, organisers said on Tuesday.
August 18, 2026
The Trump administration took a step toward rescinding a decades-old rule that protects undeveloped forests on Tuesday in a move it says will help manage
August 18, 2026
An international crossing in the Andes mountain range that connects Argentina with Chile reopened on Tuesday after being closed for a record 34 days due to heavy
August 18, 2026
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia had the right to regard the direct involvement of Britain in strikes on Russian territory as participation in the war in Ukraine,
August 18, 2026
Bolivian police on Tuesday detained Argentine consultant Fernando Cerimedo, an adviser to President Rodrigo Paz, as a suspect in the shooting of political commentator Nadia
August 18, 2026
The White House on Tuesday defended U.S.
August 18, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump is angry with Oman over its talks with Iran about managing the Strait of Hormuz that lies between the countries
August 18, 2026
By Nushaiba Iqbal BENGALURU, Aug 18 - The Bank of England will leave interest rates unchanged at 3.75% for the rest of the year, according to a strong majority of economists polled by Reuters,
August 18, 2026
U.S. yields backed off earlier highs on Tuesday after two straight upward trading sessions, switching directions amid a global bond selloff that saw long-term borrowing
August 18, 2026
Ecuadorean diplomat Ivonne Baki has joined the race to become the next secretary-general of the United Nations, she said on Tuesday, the eighth candidate to replace
August 18, 2026
Mark Walter's Delaware Life Insurance Co is set to cut as much as $6.5 billion in investments in his businesses after facing regulatory heat over the billionaire's financial
August 18, 2026
Barcelona has made official the signing of Spain captain Rodri with the midfielder celebrating his arrival to a club that understands “the values” of soccer and saying it was a “tough decision” to leave Manchester City
August 18, 2026
A historic preservation group that sued to block construction of President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to suspend the project while it considers whether the work can continue
August 18, 2026
The Justice Department is pushing to revive criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia
August 18, 2026
Oil prices settled at their highest level in more than three weeks on Tuesday after Iran said it would adopt a more offensive stance
August 18, 2026
Disney and its ABC unit sued the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday to block an early review of licenses for eight ABC stations, arguing
August 18, 2026
Inmate connected to 2004 murder found dead in Kansas prison
August 19, 2026
U.S. government bond yields eased slightly on Tuesday, though longer-dated yields remained near multi-year highs after the 30-year Treasury yield
August 18, 2026
A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld an order limiting federal immigration enforcement at eight houses of worship affiliated with three faith groups, saying
August 18, 2026
Judge allows Trump administration to end deportation protections for thousands of Ethiopians
August 18, 2026
San Diego Padres staffer in ICE custody after arrest at Texas airport
August 18, 2026
Ukrainian forces have launched one of their biggest drone attacks on Russia since the invasion began, firing almost 800 drones
August 18, 2026
A whistleblower is alleging that a Trump administration task force created to combat antisemitism pushed for settlements with Ivy League universities
August 18, 2026
A federal judge has allowed paint tests on a historic building next to the White House to move ahead, granting President Donald Trump a win in his plan to add new coat of white paint to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building
August 18, 2026
Trump’s threats anger Omanis, leave observers puzzled
August 18, 2026
European Union officials are hoping a referendum in Iceland on whether to restart membership talks will help boost support within Europe
August 18, 2026
Some women who entered Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta on July 30 as part of a mass migrant crossing say the
August 18, 2026
At least 25 people were killed in an overnight attack on a village in Nigeria's central Plateau state, local officials and residents
August 18, 2026
Israel bombed an airbase in Syria on Tuesday, Syrian state media said, drawing condemnation from Turkey and criticism from a U.S
August 18, 2026
The U.S. dollar was trading range-bound against major peers on Tuesday as markets continued pricing in a dovish response from
August 18, 2026
The United States and South Korea have regularly conducted military drills to prepare for potential conflicts with North Korea
August 18, 2026
Penn State frat brothers charged with running cocaine trafficking ring
August 18, 2026
The Department of Defense has ordered 30 U.S. universities to audit their partnerships with mostly Chinese universities and military training institutions as President Donald Trump's administration scrutinizes the country’s growing global influence
August 18, 2026
Wall Street's main indexes opened lower on Tuesday, as diminishing prospects for a peace deal between the U.S. and Iran kept oil prices elevated and government bond yields at multi-
August 18, 2026
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that talks between the U.S. and Iran were neither taking place nor scheduled but the Strait of Hormuz was open, while Iran said
August 18, 2026
A Hungarian court on Tuesday ordered the continued detention of a Polish bus driver suspected of falling asleep at the wheel, resulting in a crash that killed 12 people
August 18, 2026
The leader of Quebec's separatist party says he would delay any independence referendum until Donald Trump is no longer U.S. president
August 18, 2026
Airbus has tentatively set the first flight of its delayed A350F freighter for late September as it tries to loosen Boeing's grip on airborne trade, industry
August 18, 2026
A U.S. congressional advisory body said on Tuesday that China is commercialising and monetising data as a strategic national asset to power its AI and technology
August 18, 2026
U.S. single-family homebuilding fell sharply in July to the lowest in more than three-and-a-half-years and contract signings for purchases of existing homes also slid in the latest
August 18, 2026
Goldman Sachs will buy commercial real estate investor LCN Capital Partners for as much as $410 million, the Wall Street bank said on Tuesday.
August 18, 2026
The portion of women in Afghanistan's workforce has fallen to just 5% since the Taliban takeover five years ago, according to the International Labour
August 18, 2026
Tourist access to the medieval Alhambra complex was restricted on Tuesday after three more earthquakes shook Spain's southern Granada province, causing some damage to
August 18, 2026
Hundreds of commercial flights will be told to change their paths over the northeastern Atlantic Ocean during the next two winters to show how minor altitude adjustments can reduce aviation’s climate impact
August 18, 2026
Voters go to the polls on Tuesday in Alaska, Florida and California to determine which candidates will run in the November elections when control of Congress is at stake
August 18, 2026
As opening statements get underway in a landmark trial over claims that Meta Platforms misled the public about the safety of Instagram and Facebook for young
August 18, 2026
China’s Unitree Robotics – among the world's biggest producers of humanoid and quadruped robots – based designs for its most successful robot dogs on
August 18, 2026
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday ordered the transfer of former Prime Minister Imran Khan to a private hospital from jail, meeting a longstanding demand of his
August 18, 2026
China's humanoid robot makers have spent the past two years dazzling investors with machines that can breakdance, throw punches and even
August 18, 2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin has hosted the head of Myanmar’s military-backed government, who visited Moscow on a trip intended to further boost cooperation between the countries
August 18, 2026
Disney sues Trump’s FCC over ‘retaliatory campaign’ against ABC
August 18, 2026
Thousands of people are still displaced on Indonesia’s Flores island, three days after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake killed at least 70 people, injured nearly 1,200 and damaged about 12,000 homes
August 18, 2026
The Palestinian American whose home in the occupied West Bank has been besieged by Israeli settlers criticized Israeli forces for not clearing them from his property 10 days since it began
August 18, 2026
Norway’s soccer federation president accuses FIFA of using fear tactics after the removal of a senior official who opposed FIFA leader Gianni Infantino’s World Cup sell-off plan
August 18, 2026
Stag shot dead in Richmond Park after picnic attack, as officials warn against feeding deer
August 18, 2026
Serial rape suspect Bobby Lee Hart Jr. arrested after 2 decades of assaults across Georgia counties
August 18, 2026
Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on Tuesday that Britain would continue to support Ukraine "100%" against Russia's invasion after Moscow warned London of consequences over
August 18, 2026
Man in Chucky-style mask asked woman if she was "ready to die" near Philadelphia City Hall, threatened others
August 18, 2026
A German court convicted a Ukrainian man on Tuesday over what prosecutors described as a plot linked to Russian
August 18, 2026
Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered authorities to move former Prime Minister Imran Khan to hospital from jail, where he has been lodged for the last three years, his lawyer and party
August 18, 2026
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the Japanese ambassador to protest Tokyo’s criticism of President Vladimir Putin’s trip to the Kuril Islands, the Moscow-controlled Pacific archipelago that is claimed by both countries
August 18, 2026
Dearborn Christian leaders speak out against so-called "Christian Crusader March"
August 18, 2026
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz issuing executive order to block mining in Boundary Waters
August 18, 2026
Wildfires burned nearly 95,000 hectares of land in Indonesia in July, almost doubling the damage done in the previous six months as the El Niño
August 18, 2026
German investor morale rose more than expected to 34.2 points in August, the ZEW economic research institute said on Tuesday, as positive quarterly results and export orders
August 18, 2026
Persistently higher yields at U.S.
August 18, 2026
Saudi Arabia has placed financial transfers to the United Arab Emirates under extra layers of regulatory oversight reserved for countries considered high-
August 18, 2026
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told his North Korean counterpart that their countries were working to establish a "new and righteous world order", after Pyongyang
August 18, 2026
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has been reelected to serve a second five-year term
August 18, 2026
The Strait of Hormuz will remain shut until the U.S. meets the conditions of an interim deal signed with Iran in June, the top Iranian negotiator Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said
August 18, 2026
Britain will support Ukraine "100%" against Russia and remain at its side "in its hour of need", Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on Tuesday after Moscow warned London of "
August 18, 2026
Sonia Gandhi has a memoir coming out this fall, reflecting on her life in India's political dynasty
August 18, 2026
‘Undoubtedly the GOAT’: Magnus Carlsen defends chess title at 2026 Esports World Cup
August 18, 2026
A World Health Organization official said on Tuesday it was still possible to bring under control an Ebola outbreak that is outpacing
August 18, 2026
Chinese autonomous driving company Pony.ai has a pipeline of planned and potential overseas robotaxi deployments of more than 4,000 vehicles, it said on Tuesday, as it
August 18, 2026
Russia delivered a strong protest to Japan's ambassador to Moscow on Tuesday over what it called anti-Russian remarks by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in a dispute over a
August 18, 2026
Canadian home sales rose for a fourth straight month in July and prices edged higher, data from the Canadian Real Estate Association showed on Tuesday.
August 18, 2026
A Russian missile attack killed 10 people on Tuesday in a village in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, adding
August 18, 2026
Voters weigh a DeSantis successor and other key races to watch in Florida, Alaska and Wyoming
August 18, 2026
A selloff in U.S. government bonds picked up pace on Tuesday, sending the 30-year Treasury yield to a near two-decade high as fears of an
August 18, 2026
Europe's benchmark STOXX 600 fell to a more than two-week low on Tuesday, as investors grappled with higher bond yields and renewed inflation
August 18, 2026
World’s top humanoid robot maker surges in blockbuster market debut in China
August 18, 2026
A student live-streamed himself shooting and killing another student in a classroom in the southern Philippines on
August 18, 2026
A hand grenade attack near a school in the Afghan capital has wounded multiple children, authorities say
August 18, 2026
‘One person kind of controls our fate’: Republicans confront growing midterm peril due to Iran war
August 18, 2026
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung says a solid alliance with the United States underpins national security
August 18, 2026
Sweden's centre-left opposition holds a 10
August 18, 2026
As children walked into the zoo near Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp, they found a lion barely looking back at them through the bars
August 18, 2026
The Philippines does not expect a reduction in military activities with its treaty ally the United States amid redeployment of some U.S. defence assets to the Middle East,
August 18, 2026
U.S. 30-year Treasury yields rose to their highest level since 2007 on Tuesday as stalled talks to end the U.S.-Iran war and worries of an imminent
August 18, 2026
U.S.
August 18, 2026
Someone will have to pick up the tab for the damage wrought by Europe's increasingly volatile weather, and with the
August 18, 2026
An Indonesian court began a trial on Tuesday for 11 daycare staffers alleged to be involved in a high-profile case of abuse against children in their care, as
August 18, 2026
U.S.
August 18, 2026
China’s most famous comedian under investigation for joke about communist song
August 18, 2026
Authorities say a high school student carrying two pistols shot to death a fellow student before killing himself in an attack in a high school campus in the southern Philippines
August 18, 2026
Fast-growing nicotine pouches have emerged as one of Big Tobacco's most important bets on a future beyond cigarettes, offering rapid growth,
August 18, 2026
Britain's labour market cooled further in the second quarter, marked by slowing earnings growth in the private sector and the smallest
August 18, 2026
The Combined BHP Ports Unions said on Tuesday that it had failed to reach an agreement with BHP on a wage deal for workers at its Port Hedland operations in Western Australia, with
August 18, 2026
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit South Korea from August 19 to 20, South Korea's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, marking his first official trip to the country
August 18, 2026
China consigned the body of former Premier Zhu Rongji to the flames on Tuesday and lowered the national flag to mourn the no-nonsense reformer who died last week aged 97,
August 18, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Gregor Stuart Hunter Government borrowing costs are rising to levels not seen in decades as the conflict in the Middle East worsens and
August 18, 2026
Singapore's United Overseas Bank, or UOB, has appointed Tan Choon Hin as head of ASEAN and Greater China, effective September 1, it said in a statement on Tuesday.
August 18, 2026
Ship crossings via the Strait of Hormuz were still in single digits on Monday, despite rising slightly from the weekend, according to preliminary shipping data on Tuesday
August 18, 2026
Moldova's foreign ministry condemned the violation of the country's airspace by an unidentified aerial object that later exploded on Monday, it said in a statement on
August 18, 2026
Global investment firm Brookfield is taking a fourth shot at buying Reliance Worldwide with an A$4.1 billion ($2.91 billion) bid, despite a profit slump and
August 18, 2026
FIFA's chief operating officer, Kevin Lamour, has reportedly left his role weeks after accusing president Gianni Infantino of deceiving staff with a World Cup sell-off plan
August 18, 2026
Residents of the Swiss village of Kandersteg face a looming threat from an unstable mountain rock formation called Spitze Stei
August 18, 2026
In a tragic attempt to reach Europe, dozens of Moroccans died trying to cross into Spain
August 18, 2026
FIFA said on Monday that Chief Operating Officer Kevin Lamour had left the organisation, weeks after he publicly criticised Gianni Infantino's plan to sell a stake in
August 18, 2026
The U.S.
August 18, 2026
A U.S. judge ordered on Monday the release of a Kentucky woman who was accused of vandalism at the World War Two Memorial in Washington last week,
August 18, 2026
After restructuring Zambia's debt in his first term, Hakainde Hichilema says there is more work to be done in his second and wants to double the size of
August 18, 2026
Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema secured a second term in office after winning the Southern African country's presidential election, official results released by the
August 18, 2026
A measure of Australian consumer sentiment brightened for a second month in August as mortgage holders became less concerned about the risk of further increases in interest
August 18, 2026
The economic losses from a powerful earthquake that struck Colombia last week are expected to reach 30 trillion pesos ($9.58
August 18, 2026
Japan's benchmark 10-year government bond yield climbed to a three-decade high on Tuesday as a stalemate in the Middle East conflict stoked inflation worries and reinforced
August 18, 2026
Paramount Skydance on Monday asked a U.S. judge to require a dozen states challenging its acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery to post a $1.88
August 18, 2026
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan urged U.S.
August 18, 2026
A Georgia man has been deported from Fiji to face charges in his home state accusing him of defrauding more than 6,000 investors and causing more than $165
August 18, 2026
The U.S.
August 18, 2026
U.S.
August 17, 2026
U.S. and Canadian trade negotiators were haggling over a potential reduction in President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canadian vehicles
August 18, 2026
NEW YORK, Aug 17 (Reuters - Foreign holdings of U.S. Treasuries slid in June, data from the Treasury Department showed on Monday, led by declines in holdings from Japan, the UK and China.
August 18, 2026
Long-dated government bond yields around the world rose on Monday to levels not seen in decades.
August 18, 2026
The U.S. government paused border security construction in Big Bend National Park in Texas, the border protection head said on Monday, after the project drew
August 18, 2026
Colombian superstar Shakira pledged to help rebuild at least 10 schools in a remote region of her home country after a devastating earthquake struck last week
August 18, 2026
U.S.
August 17, 2026
President Donald Trump said on Monday that Iran would not make the deal he thinks is needed to end a war with the U.S. and
August 17, 2026
Even as Iran projects resilience in the war with the United States, its leaders are worried that a threat of more economic punishment by Donald Trump could
August 17, 2026
Iran will shift to a "fully offensive" military posture because efforts to negotiate a permanent end to the war with the U.S
August 17, 2026
Thousands remain without power after Tropical Storm Lala hit Hawaii, uprooting trees and causing flash floods from Honolulu to the Big Island
August 17, 2026
A U.S. judge has blocked plans to move the FBI's headquarters to a federal office building in Washington
August 18, 2026
A Palestinian American whose home in the occupied West Bank has been besieged by Israeli settlers for over a week has arrived there to help family members defend the property
August 17, 2026
At least one dead, tens of thousands without power and over 100 homes damaged in wake of Hurricane Lala in Hawaii
August 17, 2026
President Donald Trump’s decision to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea does not just slight a longtime ally
August 18, 2026
Brazil’s President Lula da Silva says oil drilling in northern coastal regions could be a "passport to the country’s future."
August 18, 2026
At least three fans were asked by WNBA security personnel to cover shirts that had messages about transgender women participating in women’s sports during Sunday’s game at Atlanta between the Dream and the Indiana Fever
August 18, 2026
President Donald Trump's approval rating fell to the lowest level of his presidency, with an overwhelming majority of Americans concerned the U.S. war
August 18, 2026
Fact check: Every single part of this Trump story about South Korea is wrong
August 18, 2026
A deadly stretch of unsettled weather is continuing with thunderstorms, heavy rain and flash flooding an ongoing threat from the Midwest to the mid-Atlantic
August 17, 2026
The Trump administration says it is temporarily pausing construction of a controversial border construction project in the Big Bend National Park while the head of the agency tasked with building the wall visits Texas to do an “on-the-ground evaluation.”
August 18, 2026
Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak has now killed over 2,300 people
August 17, 2026
A teenage lifeguard and the boy he rescued off the coast of California have been reunited as President Donald Trump honored both as heroes
August 18, 2026
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is pitching a plan to help shield local police officers who make immigration arrests from possible financial consequences if they are accused of on-duty misconduct
August 18, 2026
President Donald Trump has downplayed reports about conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln to reporters in the Oval Office
August 17, 2026
President Donald Trump says vandals are to blame for large swaths of dead grass on the National Mall near the World War II Memorial
August 17, 2026
Lawyers have given opening statements in Florida in the trial of a man charged with arranging the murder of a Microsoft design manager
August 17, 2026
U.S. kindergarten vaccination coverage fell 0.1% during the 2025-2026 school year, continuing a downward trend that has seen declines every
August 18, 2026
Thousands attended a vigil in central London on Monday for Jason Arday, a former University of Cambridge sociology professor who was found dead on Friday
August 18, 2026
The International Monetary Fund said on Monday that its staff would visit the West African country from August 19 to September 1 to continue discussions on
August 17, 2026
Smack Technologies, a defense-technology startup building artificial intelligence decision-making tools for the military, is raising funding to speed
August 18, 2026
The U.S.
August 18, 2026
Canada faces a new round of 50% U.S. tariffs this week that businesses said could cause job losses in some already
August 17, 2026
A day after he ordered the United States to scale back military exercises with South Korea and called North Korea "unthreatening
August 18, 2026
The dollar edged lower against the euro and the Swiss franc on Monday as traders trimmed rate hike bets in the wake of softer U.S. economic data.
August 17, 2026
He watched from thousands of miles away on a
August 18, 2026
U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates have declined again, with exemptions reaching a record high
August 18, 2026
Residents of villages in eastern Indonesia hit by a deadly earthquake that killed at least 68 people were awaiting aid on
August 17, 2026
French conservative presidential candidate Edouard Philippe has won the backing of government minister Gerald Darmanin for next year's election, Darmanin said in a newspaper
August 17, 2026
The Federal Reserve's current policy rate is probably accommodative, if measured against a medium-run estimate of the so-called neutral rate at which borrowing costs are neither
August 17, 2026
Canadian uranium miner NexGen Energy is sharing information and "talking regularly" with mining giant
August 17, 2026
U.S. stocks slipped further from their record heights after rising oil prices cranked up the pressure on inflation and financial markets
August 17, 2026
U.S. stocks ended down on Monday and the dollar hit a two-month low against the euro as soft U.S. economic data, including an unexpected drop in retail
August 17, 2026
Feds halt controversial work on border security inside Big Bend National Park
August 18, 2026
A marathon meeting between U.S. negotiator Jared Kushner and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left the fate of the Gaza ceasefire unclear
August 17, 2026
Iran says it's working to finalize a joint statement with Oman on a plan to manage shipping through the Strait of Hormuz
August 17, 2026
The Justice Department has finalized a rule that will pave the way for people who’ve been barred from owning firearms because of criminal convictions to apply to have their gun rights reinstated
August 18, 2026
Major League Baseball’s team owners unanimously have approved the sale of the San Diego Padres to an investor group led by private equity billionaire José E
August 18, 2026
The death of a young man with hemophilia days after his arrest has sparked outrage in Syria
August 17, 2026
‘Brazen act of self-dealing.’ Lawmakers, watchdogs alarmed after Trump regulators let Trump firm start a bank
August 18, 2026
Top Russian economist replaced after warning of economic costs of Ukraine war
August 17, 2026
Lindsay Clancy’s mother says daughter thought medication was ‘destroying her mind’ as defense begins case in murder trial
August 17, 2026
Britain’s Princess Eugenie has named her first daughter Adelaide Elizabeth Annina
August 17, 2026
A court in Russia has convicted a prominent opposition politician for speaking out against the war in Ukraine and sentenced him to 11 years and a month in prison in the latest crackdown on dissent ahead of next month’s parliamentary election
August 17, 2026
Belgium is battling one of its largest wildfires, despite cooler weather and rain
August 17, 2026
Brazil's Finance Minister Dario Durigan said on Monday that the country faces a "painful final mile" of fiscal reforms to address high interest rates, rising public debt
August 17, 2026
Mexican banking affiliates of Bank of America, Banco Santander, BBVA, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank and HSBC agreed to pay $86.4 million to settle a long-running antitrust
August 17, 2026
A senior member of Russia's liberal Yabloko party was sentenced on Monday to 11 years and one month in a penal colony for condemning the war in Ukraine,
August 17, 2026
The NAACP announced on Monday it had joined the legal team representing the family of Nolan Wells, an 18-year-old Black teen whose body
August 17, 2026
Chrysler-parent Stellantis said on Monday it is recalling 955,000 vehicles worldwide because radio software may prevent rear-view cameras from
August 17, 2026
Iran will escalate tensions in the Strait of Hormuz and beyond, and launch an attack if the U.S. fails to implement an interim peace deal fully in a matter
August 17, 2026
The S&P 500 opened subdued on Monday as markets weighed the prospect of renewed tensions between the U.S. and Iran, while the report of a strong revenue forecast from AI lab
August 17, 2026
Apple will change rules governing how app developers can use personal data for targeted advertising on iPhones and iPads, Germany's competition authority said
August 17, 2026
Thousands of people on Indonesia’s Flores Island are still waiting for aid after a powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake killed at least 68 people, injured more than 200 and damaged more than 4,500 homes
August 17, 2026
Rain over eastern Belgium on Monday brought some relief to firefighters battling to
August 17, 2026
Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema was re-elected for a second term, but the opposition leader put in an unexpectedly strong showing, capitalising on
August 17, 2026
Oil prices settled up by more than $2 on Monday on global supply worries stoked by investor pessimism about diplomatic efforts to resolve the Iran war
August 17, 2026
Ukraine’s state energy company says Russia has attacked its facilities 13 times over the past week, with nearly 300 attacks this year
August 17, 2026
Spain’s World Cup-winning captain Rodri has arrive in Barcelona to seal his transfer from Manchester City to the Catalan club
August 17, 2026
China's Premier Li Qiang on Monday called for efforts to stabilise external demand and expand international trade cooperation, as weak domestic demand weighs on growth and
August 17, 2026
What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets A relatively quiet week ahead kicks off today in the shadow of the
August 17, 2026
As the earth shook around her, tearing apart homes, buildings, and bridges in eastern Indonesia, Maria Florida Nogo Kelen was giving birth to
August 17, 2026
Zambian police arrested several leading opposition figures on the night of national elections last week, accusing them of posing a threat to state security, the government
August 17, 2026
Iran said on Monday that two French embassy employees involved in a diplomatic dispute last month would not be allowed to return to Iran.
August 17, 2026
A market correction to tech stock exuberance in the U.S. is likely and could have far-reaching consequences due to limits in fiscal and monetary policy buffers to blunt
August 17, 2026
Iraq's plans to export oil via a pipeline through Syria to avert future disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz
August 17, 2026
Loaves of sourdough bread now fill the display window of Suchart and Friends Gun, a firearms shop-turned-bakery in Bangkok's
August 17, 2026
German drone maker Helsing has enlisted Japanese e-commerce and finance firm Rakuten to help finalise a deal to sell its unmanned systems to Japan's army, a
August 17, 2026
The American League playoff race is heating up with seven teams vying for the final wild-card spot, all with records below
August 17, 2026
Tracking oil prices and US gas prices amid Iran conflict
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British PM Andy Burnham exchanged messages with someone impersonating Trump’s chief of staff
August 17, 2026
European shares settled lower for a fourth straight session on Monday, as the earnings-fuelled rally cooled and the continuing stand-off
August 17, 2026
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has reportedly exchanged messages with an impostor posing as U.S. President Donald Trump's chief of staff
August 17, 2026
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party will choose its candidates to fight in October elections on Monday, with analysts saying a shift further to
August 17, 2026
Exclusive: Ukraine reveals its Achilles’ heel to CNN as Patriot missile launchers run dry
August 17, 2026
The number of people worth more than $100 million whom President Donald Trump has appointed to his administration is more than four times the combined total of the three previous presidents
August 17, 2026
Canada's annual inflation rate accelerated to 3% in July, slightly more than expected, as renewed United States-Iran tensions drove gasoline prices,
August 17, 2026
Brazil's economy expanded just 0.2% in the second quarter from the previous three-month period, a central bank indicator showed on Monday, signaling a loss of momentum
August 17, 2026
Somali federal troops drove opposition forces out of one of the country's biggest cities, Baidoa, on Monday, following heavy clashes that left many people dead, residents
August 17, 2026
U.S. federal prosecutors looking into billionaire Mark Walter's empire are focused on four businesses that served as intermediaries between insurance companies he controlled, the
August 17, 2026
The U.S. military, scrambling to rebuild depleted stocks of high-tech weaponry, on Monday said it had awarded RTX unit Raytheon a $22.9 billion contract to dramatically
August 17, 2026
Khalil Al-Hayya, the Hamas chief who met U.S. envoy Jared Kushner,
August 17, 2026
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva holds a tight lead over Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, his main right-wing challenger, in a potential runoff ahead of October's
August 17, 2026
Alaska voters will narrow down a long list of contenders for a competitive U.S. Senate seat that’s expected to play a pivotal role in determining which party will hold a majority in the chamber next year
August 17, 2026
Russia and Ukraine have stepped up their aerial war. Civilians are paying the price
August 09, 2026
Trump says US will reduce joint military exercises with key ally South Korea
August 17, 2026
Cristiano Ronaldo hints at retirement: ‘Probably my last year of football’
August 17, 2026
South Korea has expressed hopes for resumption of diplomacy between the U.S. and North Korea to ease animosities on the Korean Peninsula
August 17, 2026
Bay Area asylum-seeker returns home after nearly a month in ICE detention
August 17, 2026
Torrential rains have pounded southern South Korea, leaving one person dead and four others injured
August 17, 2026
Less than an hour off the coast of the Turkish Riviera lies Suluada - a remote island so strikingly white and blue it’s earned the nickname “the Turkish Maldives.” Accessible only by boat and completely untouched, CNN's Leroy Ah Ben explores this hidden-gem that only locals know of.
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Construction workers strike gold at work – literally
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August 16, 2026
US Navy destroyer spent four days without power last month in South China Sea
August 17, 2026
The 60-day deadline for an agreement to end the Iran war and resolve the dispute over its nuclear program is expiring
August 17, 2026
Myanmar junta chief-turned-president Min Aung Hlaing left for Russia on Monday for his first official visit to the country since he assumed the presidency in April, according to
August 17, 2026
China's new home prices were stagnant in July, underscoring the challenges for a broad recovery of the housing sector as demand remained subdued.
August 17, 2026
Taiwan is determined to strengthen its defences and plans record defence spending next year, President Lai Ching-te said on Monday, describing his
August 17, 2026
China's economy lost momentum at the start of the second half, with industrial output and retail sales slowing as extreme weather disruptions and persistently weak domestic
August 17, 2026
China's industrial output in July grew 4.5% from a year earlier, slowing from 5.3% growth in June, data released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Monday.
August 17, 2026
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August 17, 2026
Xi says China needs ‘indomitable fighting spirit,’ praises Tiananmen crackdown
August 17, 2026
War, tariffs and AI gyrations have done little to dent the flow of cash into emerging markets, as reforms, deeper local capital markets
August 17, 2026
Binance last year handed Russian authorities details of cryptocurrency donations to Ukrainian fundraising campaigns that were used as evidence to bring
August 17, 2026
Top Chinese officials led by President Xi Jinping gathered in the Great Hall of the People on Monday to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of late leader Jiang
August 17, 2026
The Trump administration says it is seeking to expand its lethal campaign of bombing boats off Latin America’s Caribbean and Pacific coasts onto land
August 17, 2026
U.S.
August 17, 2026
Search teams worked through the rubble of collapsed buildings in western Colombia on Sunday, nearly a week after a powerful earthquake devastated cities
August 16, 2026
Myanmar's military-backed government has verified that nearly 309,000 displaced people in camps in
August 17, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook The indomitable U.S. consumer may finally have taken a beat, and Friday's figures showing the first fall in
August 17, 2026
Vietnam wants to bring its sex ratio at birth down to the natural level of about 106 boys for every 100 girls by 2035, according to a draft plan from the Ministry of Health
August 17, 2026
Japan's economy slowed in the second quarter and missed market forecasts on softer household and business spending, highlighting the
August 17, 2026
A landslide in South Korea killed one person and injured three, media reports said on Monday, as heavy rainfall lashed the country's southern region.
August 17, 2026
Day after day over recent weeks, Ukrainian drones have pummeled giant depots belonging to Wildberries, the country’s biggest online retailer, burning estimated billions of dollars’ worth of merchandise and bringing the war home to the broad public
August 17, 2026
The debate over Jason Arday’s life continues – just as viciously – despite his death at 41
August 16, 2026
The Philippine central bank governor said on Monday that inflation is expected to ease gradually over the medium term even as risks to consumer prices remain on the upside.
August 17, 2026
The European Union intends to significantly expand sanctions against Russia in the coming months over its war in Ukraine, the bloc's foreign policy chief, Kaja
August 17, 2026
More than 180,000 utility customers remained without power across Hawaii on Sunday afternoon after Hurricane Lala brushed the Big Island before
August 16, 2026
Japan’s economy grew an annualized rate of 1.1% in the April-June quarter, even as private consumption stayed flat and the growth of exports declined
August 17, 2026
It’s not all about short-legged speed when 150 corgis gather for an international race celebrating the little dogs
August 16, 2026
Firefighters are battling wildfires in Belgium and Greece, with a massive blaze scorching a nature reserve in eastern Belgium
August 16, 2026
Japan's economy expanded an annualised 1.1% in the April-June quarter, government data showed on Monday, compared with a median market forecast for a 2.0% increase.
August 17, 2026
Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz slowed over the weekend, data showed on Monday, following attacks on tankers, while U.S.-Iran talks to resolve the
August 17, 2026
Authorities have lifted a U.S. security alert that halted avocado exports from Michoacán, Mexico's main avocado-producing state
August 16, 2026
President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to scale back annual joint military exercises with South Korea
August 17, 2026
Irish athletes at the European championships in Birmingham, England, say they feel like they're competing at home
August 16, 2026
New Zealand's a2 Milk forecast weak annual earnings on Monday after missing market expectations for fiscal year 2026 due to supply-chain disruption in its China-label business,
August 17, 2026
Hurricane Lala has weakened to a tropical storm after raking Hawaii without making landfall
August 16, 2026
Indiana public safety officials say at least seven people have died during days of heavy rain and historic flooding in the state
August 16, 2026
The water level at Lake Powell has fallen to a record low in another sign of crisis along the Colorado River
August 17, 2026
Cameroon has finally won the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations with a 3-0 victory over tournament debutant Malawi
August 17, 2026
Iga Swiatek overcame a short turnaround after winning the title in Toronto on Thursday to defeat Colombian Emiliana Arango, 6-3, 6-0, on center court at the Cincinnati Open on Sunday
August 17, 2026
Midwest flooding begins to ease, but one more round of storms is on the way
August 14, 2026
The leader of U.S.
August 17, 2026
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August 17, 2026
Amy Hunt has won a record fourth gold medal in a single edition of the European championships after Britain clinched victory in the mixed 4x100 relay
August 16, 2026
U.S. negotiator Jared Kushner has held a rare meeting with the Hamas chief in Egypt in a push to make progress on the stalled Gaza ceasefire
August 16, 2026
Spain’s World Cup-winning captain Rodri appears to be heading back home after Manchester City and Barcelona reached an agreement over the midfielder’s move
August 17, 2026
Authorities in Zimbabwe continue searching for bodies after an overloaded ferry capsized on Lake Kariba last week, killing more than 80 people
August 17, 2026
The U.S. government has discussed new sanctions against Brazilian Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes, the Financial Times reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the
August 16, 2026
Retired flight attendant begins final "Paulie's Push" to honor 9/11 victims, "I made a promise"
August 17, 2026
Moroccan security forces have arrested hundreds of migrants trying to reach the Spanish enclave of Ceuta by land and sea
August 17, 2026
Ukraine has launched hundreds of drones across Russia, killing at least six people in one of Kyiv’s largest aerial attacks of the war
August 16, 2026
The top U.S. military commander in the Middle East has visited the long-deployed USS Lincoln in the Arabian Sea
August 16, 2026
Donald Trump's envoys met with Egyptian, Qatari and Turkish mediators in Cairo on Sunday, a diplomatic source said, aiming to advance the U.S.
August 16, 2026
Thieves have stolen four works attributed to Sicilian Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina from a regional museum in the city of Messina in Sicily
August 16, 2026
The United States successfully defends the men’s title at the flag football world championships but loses the women’s title to Canada
August 16, 2026
Police in Kentucky say one person has died and four others were injured in a shooting at a park
August 16, 2026
Brazil's presidential candidates have kicked off their campaigns ahead of what is expected to be tight election in October
August 16, 2026
Enzo Maresca has endured a nightmarish first competitive match in charge of Manchester City as Arsenal scored inside 24 seconds before powering to a 3-0 victory in the Community Shield
August 16, 2026
Washington Commanders backup quarterback Marcus Mariota has a sprained medial collateral ligament in his right knee, coach Dan Quinn confirmed
August 16, 2026
Hundreds of migrants who recently entered Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta staged a protest on a popular urban beach on
August 16, 2026
Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema was well ahead in counting for national elections on Sunday with nearly half the constituencies declared, the electoral commission said
August 16, 2026
An elderly couple died and several other people were injured on Sunday as fast-moving wildfires swept through the Greek island of Salamina west of Athens on the biggest
August 16, 2026
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva launched his final reelection campaign on Sunday from a
August 16, 2026
Cambodian artist Bou Meng, one of only seven people known to have survived a notorious Khmer Rouge torture center, has died at 85
August 16, 2026
Man who official says has past mental health issues faces hate crime charges after disrupting service at Manhattan synagogue
August 15, 2026
Police have made one arrest after a security incident caused transportation delays for fans and athletes leaving Alexander Stadium following Saturday night’s session at the European track-and-field championships in Birmingham, England
August 16, 2026
The BBC has asked a U.S. court for help getting documents and testimony from U.S. President Donald Trump's family in connection to his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the broadcaster
August 16, 2026
Bangladesh signalled on Sunday it wants a more favourable diplomatic environment before it can agree to a top-level visit to India, as Dhaka presses New Delhi to extradite
August 16, 2026
‘Uncharted territory’: Second-largest reservoir in US plunges to a record low
August 16, 2026
An extremist official in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet has advocated for killing “30 to 40” people in Gaza each night
August 16, 2026
Pope Leo called on Sunday for an end to violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, amid a surge of attacks by militant settlers and a siege in
August 16, 2026
Around 5,000 people have been evacuated after a magnitude-7.7 earthquake rocked eastern Indonesia, killing at least 53, blocking roads and
August 16, 2026
A dozen people were killed and at least 10 seriously
August 16, 2026
Nearly 10 years after a Florida teen vanished in the middle of the night, detectives turn to psychics for help
August 16, 2026
JD Vance and the Trump team keep moving the goalposts on Iran
August 16, 2026
1 dead, thousands without power as Tropical Storm Lala lashes Hawaii
August 16, 2026
Search for survivors continues after powerful earthquake kills dozens in Indonesia
August 15, 2026
Firefighters battled with the aid of Dutch helicopters on Sunday to contain Belgium's biggest wildfire, which has already
August 16, 2026
Thieves stole four artworks by 15th century painter Antonello da Messina from a museum in his Sicilian hometown, a loss to the island's
August 16, 2026
Russia carried out a wave of airstrikes on Ukraine overnight, killing two people at a steel plant, and Kyiv launched a heavy drone attack on the
August 16, 2026
Benjamin Franklin's son William was buried in London following his death in 1813, more than three decades after he was forced to leave America
August 16, 2026
What the death sentence for former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad tells us about the future of the country
August 16, 2026
Ukrainian drones struck Moscow region overnight on Sunday in what the provincial governor said was one of the largest attacks to have targeted the region, and which he said
August 16, 2026
India's tax amnesty scheme for small taxpayers to declare certain undeclared foreign assets of up to 50 million rupees ($523,889) opens on Sunday and will be available
August 16, 2026
A magnitude-7.7 earthquake that struck eastern Indonesia on Saturday has killed at least 51 people, with rescue operations ongoing.
August 16, 2026
German companies slashed investments in the United States to a three-year low in the first half of 2026, as Trump administration policies fed uncertainty
August 16, 2026
Police say a passenger bus traveling on a highway in Hungary early Sunday went off the road and into a ditch where it overturned, killing 12 and injuring others
August 16, 2026
For more than a century, cafes in the Italian city of Padua have welcomed customers for an early evening drink, or
August 16, 2026
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said on Sunday that warning shots had been fired when North Korean soldiers violated the military demarcation line between the
August 16, 2026
An F-18 fighter on a NATO air policing mission shot down a drone that illegally breached Romanian national airspace, the fourth unmanned aircraft shot down over the
August 16, 2026
Hurricane Lala has skirted Hawaii’s Big Island without making landfall and is expected to weaken after lashing the region with strong winds and drenching rain
August 15, 2026
Athens’ iconic Panathenaic Stadium is undergoing its first systematic cleaning in more than a century
August 16, 2026
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reaffirmed the deepening of ties with Russia in a message to President Vladimir Putin as Pyongyang marked the anniversary of
August 16, 2026
Rescue teams are searching through rubble and landslide debris, a day after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off Flores island in eastern Indonesia
August 16, 2026
Australia's New South Wales state will start a gun buyback in November, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday, part of the national response to a shooting spree
August 16, 2026
Palantir chair and co-founder Peter Thiel has bought a 1% stake in Argentina's Vista, one of the largest oil companies operating in the country's Vaca Muerta shale
August 16, 2026
Hurricane Lala approached Hawaii with strong winds and heavy rain on Saturday, leaving more than 40,000 utility customers without power across the state as the
August 16, 2026
Hopes of finding survivors of the earthquake that struck western Colombia five days ago were dwindling on Saturday, as more bodies were pulled from
August 16, 2026
Novak Djokovic’s stay at the Cincinnati Open was a short one
August 16, 2026
Powerful storms and floods have killed at least six people in Indiana, including a 4-year-old boy, state officials said on Saturday.
August 16, 2026
The Democratic National Committee on Saturday officially selected South Carolina as the first state to vote in the party's 2028 primaries.
August 16, 2026
Mysterious bomb-dropping drones sank their fishing boats, survivors say. Who was behind the attacks?
August 16, 2026
Authorities say a teenage boy and four adults were killed Friday in a series of Michigan shootings
August 16, 2026
Twenty-two more bodies have been recovered following a boat accident in a lake in Zimbabwe, police said on Saturday, taking the death toll to 68.
August 15, 2026
Iran says Qatar is holding three of its pilots who were reportedly captured when their jets were downed early in the war, but Qatar denies the allegations
August 15, 2026
Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge played catch in New York on Friday as he continues working toward a return from a broken right rib
August 16, 2026
Kate Douglass has lowered her own world record in the women's 50-meter freestyle for the second time in the same day
August 16, 2026
Families on the outskirts of Qusra, the West Bank village where Palestinian homes have been under siege for nearly a week, said they have faced sometimes
August 15, 2026
(In Aug. 14 story, corrects to attribute comment in paragraph 8 to a State Department spokesperson instead of to a named individual.)
August 14, 2026
Moroccan police arrested at least 111 people on Saturday as they tried to enter Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta,
August 15, 2026
Yemen's Mocha port has suspended commercial and maritime operations after being hit by more than 25 missiles in Houthi attacks over recent days, the port's director said on Saturday
August 15, 2026
Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon have killed at least 11 people, marking the deadliest attacks since a truce with Hezbollah began in June
August 15, 2026
Prediction market operator Kalshi accused Nevada's gaming regulator of violating federal law in a statement on Saturday after it sought daily penalties of $120,000 a day over the
August 15, 2026
Republicans worry their chances of keeping Congress are slipping away. Inside the Trump campaign plan to change that
August 15, 2026
President Donald Trump’s war against Iran is stretching the limits of the nation’s aircraft carriers and leaving the western Pacific without one of the key American warships
August 15, 2026
Cambridge professor found dead after scrutiny over academic record faced ‘sustained abuse,’ family say
August 15, 2026
A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake has struck off Indonesia's coast, killing at least 47 people and causing widespread panic
August 15, 2026
A magnitude 5 earthquake struck the southern Spanish city of Granada in the early hours of Saturday, with the regional government saying houses and cars were damaged but no
August 15, 2026
Sicily's Catania airport has restarted flights, it said on Saturday, after authorities downgraded to orange from red the aviation alert colour of Mount Etna's recent volcanic
August 15, 2026
Democratic voters are turning out for this year’s primaries at levels not seen in more than 20 years
August 15, 2026
President Harry Truman famously kept a “The Buck Stops Here” sign on his White House desk
August 15, 2026
At a flattened apartment block known as Los Cocos in northern Venezuela, civilians toiled with little support to pull the
August 15, 2026
A wildfire in western Germany that forced the evacuation of thousands of people on Friday has stabilised, local authorities said on Saturday, although
August 15, 2026
At first light on Ecuador's Pacific coast, small fishing boats fan out from the villages of San Mateo and
August 15, 2026
The Taliban marked five years in power on Saturday, seeking to portray their government as in control even as aid and rights
August 15, 2026
The United Arab Emirates said on Saturday Iran had attacked an Abu Dhabi National Oil Company vessel while it was transiting the Strait of Hormuz a day earlier, the Emirati
August 15, 2026
Taliban rulers have celebrated the fifth anniversary of their return to power in Afghanistan
August 15, 2026
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi stayed away from Tokyo's controversial Yasukuni Shrine on Saturday
August 15, 2026
Russian troops have taken control of 19 settlements in southeastern Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions over their summer campaign, the Russian defence ministry said
August 15, 2026
Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro rejected on Saturday China's accusation that he has "consistently attacked and smeared" Beijing, branding the remarks as a "
August 15, 2026
Teen charged with murder of mother and brother used ChatGPT to create ‘fantasy stories’ about killing family, officials say
August 15, 2026
Champions League titleholder Paris Saint-Germain has bolstered its star-studded attack by signing World Cup winner Ferran Torres from Barcelona on a five-year year contract
August 15, 2026
In the weeks before a rush of more than 70,000 migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, border workers
August 15, 2026
At least 47 people were killed after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake and dozens of aftershocks struck off eastern Indonesia on Saturday,
August 15, 2026
France vs Mexico: 43 dishes you should try
August 15, 2026
The life-altering choices immigrant families are making under Trump’s crackdown
August 15, 2026
Chinese President Xi Jinping called for improving the country's ability to prevent, mitigate and respond to natural disasters, after a string of deadly floods and
August 15, 2026
Hungarian authorities will sink two barges in the Danube on Saturday to raise the water level at the Paks nuclear plant to avert a shutdown of one of its last two
August 15, 2026
Iran called on the U.S. to accept defeat on Saturday, while President Donald Trump blasted
August 15, 2026
The U.S. Army temporarily halted all Apache helicopter training missions after a fatal crash in Texas earlier this week killed two soldiers
August 14, 2026
Myanmar’s military-backed government says it has verified that more than 300,000 Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh are former residents of western Rakhine state
August 15, 2026
Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi visited a shrine to the nation's war dead on Saturday, prompting rebukes from China and South Korea, which consider it a symbol of
August 15, 2026
Tropical Storm Lala is expected to strengthen into a hurricane as it approaches Hawaii's Big Island
August 15, 2026
The world’s oldest president left for a ‘brief stay’ in Europe. He hasn’t returned in two months
August 15, 2026
Sailors on carriers like the USS Abraham Lincoln feel the strain as Navy deployments stretch longer
August 15, 2026
A South Florida site backed out of hosting a rally with Democratic U.S.
August 15, 2026
A dayslong standoff in the occupied West Bank points to Israel's reluctance to rein in settler violence against Palestinians
August 15, 2026
A federal judge has refused to block the Trump administration from taking steps to build 62 miles of international border wall along part of a Native American tribe’s reservation without its consent
August 15, 2026
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung called on Saturday for talks with North Korea to pursue peaceful coexistence, saying Seoul would seek safeguards to prevent conflict and
August 15, 2026
Rescuers in Colombia raced to free survivors still trapped under the rubble on Friday, four
August 15, 2026
Taiwan's opposition-controlled parliament approved this year's government budget late on Friday after a record delay, including spending on a key drone programme to bolster
August 15, 2026
The U.S. is preparing to tell dozens of countries they must pick sides in the artificial intelligence race with China, warning they will be excluded
August 15, 2026
President Donald Trump on Friday dismissed concerns about the toll on U.S. sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, saying the aircraft carrier's more
August 15, 2026
A wildfire in Croatia driven by strong winds descended on the tourist town of Omis overnight, engulfing houses, forcing about 1,000 people to evacuate and injuring dozens, fire
August 14, 2026
Authorities in Michigan say a series of shootings have left five people plus a suspect dead
August 15, 2026
Former Cambridge professor accused of plagiarism found dead
August 15, 2026
Dr. Anthony Fauci has declined a request to appear voluntarily before a second Senate panel
August 15, 2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin told North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that Moscow and Pyongyang were cooperating across all areas and coordinating efforts to ensure regional
August 15, 2026
An estimated $50 million ransom paid to free a hostage seized by al Qaeda-linked militants in Mali in late 2025 has helped to fund their advances across West
August 15, 2026
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva continues to lead Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, although the right-wing challenger has narrowed the gap with the leftist
August 15, 2026
A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for U.S.
August 15, 2026
The United Nations appealed to donors on Friday not to cut funding for women's programs in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, saying this would add to suffering in a
August 15, 2026
The top U.S. financial regulator on Friday made permanent its decision to cease judging whether companies may exclude shareholder resolutions from votes at annual
August 15, 2026
A U.S. appeals court on Friday ordered a lower court to reconsider whether China-based DJI, the world's largest drone maker, should be removed from
August 14, 2026
President Donald Trump's administration asked the U.S.
August 14, 2026
Rescuers raced in Colombia on Friday to free four people from a collapsed hotel, a rare sign
August 14, 2026
Hawaii could see its first hurricane landfall in decades as Lala strengthens
August 14, 2026
Thirty lions and tigers from a closed Argentine zoo are starting a new life at wildlife sanctuaries in South Africa and the United States
August 15, 2026
A wildfire engulfed homes in a picturesque Croatian resort overnight, killing one person, injuring 40 and forcing 1,200 to evacuate, officials said,
August 14, 2026
U.S. consumer sentiment slumped in early August amid worries about the rising cost of living because of the conflict in the Middle East, a survey showed on Friday.
August 14, 2026
Wall Street's main indexes were mixed at the open on Friday, a day after the S&P 500 closed at a record high, as investors assessed retail sales data and took stock of the latest
August 14, 2026
Hungarian authorities are expected to start sinking two barges later in the day to raise the water level at the Paks nuclear plant in the Danube, Prime Minister Peter
August 14, 2026
China's defence ministry on Friday dismissed Taiwan's annual Han Kuang military drills as a "wasteful charade" that "stoked war panic", in the Chinese government's first
August 14, 2026
The Pentagon on Friday announced framework agreements with Boeing and RTX to increase production of components of SM-3 Block IIA and SM-3 Block IB munitions.
August 14, 2026
For decades, the three days of summer considered the hottest of the year were among the busiest for South Korea's dog meat
August 14, 2026
A British sociologist who resigned from the University of Cambridge last week following plagiarism accusations was found dead Friday
August 15, 2026
World markets are in full summer mode, even as tensions flare in the Gulf and there is no shortage of risk events for investors, including a health check on the mighty U.S. consumer
August 14, 2026
U.S. business inventories were unchanged in June as an increase in stocks at wholesalers was offset by a decline at retailers, reflecting strong domestic demand in the
August 14, 2026
Transit through the Strait of Hormuz appeared to grind to a near standstill on Friday after two more ships were
August 14, 2026
The World Bank on Friday said it had disbursed $200 million to Colombia for its emergency response to a deadly August 10 earthquake that left hundreds dead.
August 14, 2026
Audrey Werro has stormed to the 800-meter title by holding off Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson down the home straight at the European championships
August 15, 2026
Navajo Code Talkers are being honored in a longstanding national day of recognition
August 14, 2026
The U.S.
August 14, 2026
Colombia is grappling with the aftermath of a devastating earthquake that killed at least 287 people and affected more than 100,000
August 14, 2026
The wife of a U.S. soldier has been released from federal immigration custody after spending more than a month detained, according to her family
August 14, 2026
Murder is at lowest rate since the 1950s. Trump touts it as a personal success.
August 15, 2026
Potential disaster was averted when a Phoenix air traffic controller recognized two American Airlines jets mistakenly were flying the same flight number and acted quickly to avoid confusion and keep them a safe distance apart
August 15, 2026
Shares of South Korea's Hanwha Group and Italy's Fincantieri rose on Friday after President Donald Trump's directive opening U.S.
August 15, 2026
Canadian autoworkers union Unifor said on Friday it had been notified by Stellantis that the company is considering the closure and sale of its
August 15, 2026
A U.S. federal appeals court handed President Donald Trump’s administration a legal victory on Friday in its efforts to seek data from providers of
August 15, 2026
Crude oil futures climbed over $1 a berrel on Friday on tanker attacks and a lack of progress on a peace agreement between the Trump administration and Iran's leadership.
August 14, 2026
U.S. retail sales fell in July for the first time in nine months as the boost from big tax refunds faded, suggesting that consumer spending was slowing
August 14, 2026
The dollar fell on Friday after data showed U.S. retail sales unexpectedly declined in July, helping send the euro and sterling to multi-month highs, as
August 14, 2026
Authorities in eastern Libya under military commander Khalifa Haftar helped secure the release of an American missionary held hostage held
August 15, 2026
A U.S. judge has ruled that Idaho's near-total abortion ban is unconstitutional because it provides exceptions when abortions are life-saving and not for broader
August 14, 2026
A Kentucky woman has been taken into custody and charged with two felony counts in connection with the vandalism at the World War Two
August 14, 2026
Brazil's largest lenders are growing more cautious on credit, continuing a shift toward secured products and higher-income borrowers amid signs of a
August 14, 2026
Two slicks have appeared in Iranian waters,
August 14, 2026
The Pacific-based aircraft carrier USS George Washington has begun heading toward the Middle East as reports have emerged of mental health and supply issues aboard the long-deployed USS Abraham Lincoln
August 14, 2026
The United States urged the European Union on Friday to ease its laws putting responsibility on large firms for the environmental and social
August 14, 2026
France's top court on Friday blocked a bill banning social media access for under-15s, saying it infringed upon freedom of expression
August 14, 2026
Flocks of seabirds native to the cold, nutrient-rich waters off Peru and Chile are appearing far outside their usual
August 14, 2026
Chad's presidency said in a statement that President Mahamat Idriss Deby has
August 14, 2026
U.S. and European shares fell on Friday and oil prices rose more than $1 a barrel as markets monitored tense U.S.-Iran talks and
August 14, 2026
U.S.
August 14, 2026
Vote counting in Zambia’s presidential election was suspended and then restarted under heightened security over reports of violence against election officials and the theft of ballot boxes
August 14, 2026
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says his government has triggered an economic reciprocity law against U.S. tariffs
August 14, 2026
Trump says USS Lincoln’s deployment was ‘not nearly long enough’
August 15, 2026
President Donald Trump is downplaying concerns about the USS Abraham Lincoln's extended deployment in the Middle East
August 15, 2026
‘Very outdated’: Trump’s directive to revert to steam catapults on new aircraft carrier baffles naval experts
August 15, 2026
While talks to end the Iran war have stalled, the Trump administration appears to be reaching out to a broader swath of countries that might be able to help pressure Tehran or ease its hardline position where traditional mediators haven't succeeded so far
August 15, 2026
Four more belugas have arrived at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago as part of a plan to move the last remaining captive whales from a shuttered theme park in Canada to aquariums in the United States and Spain
August 15, 2026
A federal judge says Idaho can't prosecute doctors who perform abortions to protect a pregnant person's health or prevent self-harm
August 15, 2026
Afghanistan's Taliban rulers are marking five years since regaining power
August 14, 2026
New Zealand's manufacturing activity continued to expand in July, though at a slower pace, as sentiment weakened after the conflict in the Middle East pushed costs higher
August 14, 2026
The World War Two memorial in Washington was vandalized with bubbly soap and graffiti on Thursday, prompting vows from the U.S. government to find the perpetrator.
August 14, 2026
Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov said on Thursday he planned to seek a second term
August 14, 2026
The United States on Thursday said that it could maintain a naval blockade of Iran indefinitely and would ratchet up economic pressure on
August 14, 2026
President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will impose tariffs on imports of drones and their components, including from some key U.S
August 14, 2026
The Los Angeles County sheriff's department agreed to speed up licensing for people who want to carry concealed weapons, to settle a U.S. government lawsuit accusing it of
August 14, 2026
North Korea on Friday denounced major U.S.-South Korean military drills and said they were more provocative than last year's exercises, state media reported.
August 14, 2026
U.S.
August 14, 2026
Bird remains were found in the engine of a Ryanair Boeing 737 NG plane where a passenger was partially sucked through a broken window shortly
August 14, 2026
A judge has dismissed Nevada’s fake electors case
August 14, 2026
Justice Department’s last-minute decision not to defend gun law causes confusion among owners
August 14, 2026
Conspiracies around Nolan Wells’ death have led to threats against those he was with that day, attorneys say
August 14, 2026
A federal prosecutor says tests on a substance found in the van of a man shot by immigration officers in Texas last month showed it was not methamphetamine
August 14, 2026
President Donald Trump is ordering the U.S. Navy to remove the advanced system used to launch fighter jets from its newest type of aircraft carriers and return to using older steam catapults that he has long said he prefers
August 14, 2026
President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and negotiator Jared Kushner will travel to the Middle East next week to try to advance plans for an end to the conflict in Gaza after a deal recently announced by the Trump administration ran into Israeli opposition
August 14, 2026
The White House said on Thursday the United States is losing annual tariff revenue of about $19 billion to $26 billion on goods, largely from China, that are
August 14, 2026
Japan may conduct joint yen intervention "at any time" and signal the chance of faster-than-expected interest rate hikes to stem the
August 14, 2026
The Brazilian government has opened a process that could result in the adoption of reciprocal measures against the United States in response to tariffs recently imposed by
August 14, 2026
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday the AUKUS defence pact remained "full steam ahead" after an overnight call with
August 14, 2026
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday that the United States is going to apply measures that have "never been seen" on Iran.
August 14, 2026
China's exports of electric trucks to other Asian countries have spiked, adding to a surge in domestic sales as higher fuel costs as a result of
August 14, 2026
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto announced a plan on Friday to create a new exchange that will set prices for the country's
August 14, 2026
Preliminary results on Friday showed that Prime Minister Mark Brown's Cook Islands Party would likely retain control of parliament, winning 12 of the
August 14, 2026
North Korea has threatened unspecified stern steps against the United States and South Korea, slamming their upcoming military drills as a war rehearsal that it claimed would be more provocative than last year
August 14, 2026
An Italian fighter jet, part of a NATO mission, shot down a drone of unknown origin that entered the airspace of NATO and EU member Latvia on Friday during Ukrainian
August 14, 2026
Record rainfall in Japan stranded thousands of travellers at Tokyo's Narita airport on Friday, bringing floods
August 14, 2026
The yen headed for its biggest weekly loss in three months on Friday as the impact of U.S. and Japanese intervention faded, leaving traders to wager another round of
August 14, 2026
Oil prices rose on Friday and were on track for weekly gains after the United States threatened an indefinite naval blockade of Iran, raising concerns about
August 14, 2026
Chinese autonomous driving firm Pony.ai announced on Friday plans to deploy more than 2,000 robotaxis in Europe under an expanded partnership with Uber.
August 14, 2026
U.S.
August 14, 2026
Record-breaking rainfall has flooded cities east of Tokyo, killing at least five people and injuring over two dozen others
August 14, 2026
Summer McIntosh led all the way in winning the 400-meter individual medley at the Pan Pacific Championships
August 14, 2026
A suspect has been arrested and will be charged in connection with the vandalism of the World War II Memorial on the National Mall
August 14, 2026
Market gauges of inflation-adjusted borrowing costs have shot to their highest in more than a decade across major economies as AI companies and
August 14, 2026
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Friday he favoured changing the country's presidency to a four-year term system that would allow a president to serve more than
August 14, 2026
Japan's core consumer inflation likely accelerated in July from the previous month, as faster food price gains and cost pressures on energy from the war
August 14, 2026
Woman arrested and charged for vandalizing World War II Memorial in DC
August 14, 2026
Officials say an under-construction tunnel has collapsed at a hydropower project in India’s northern hill state of Uttarakhand, leaving at least seven workers dead
August 14, 2026
Nigel Farage has regained his seat in Parliament, beating a field of fringe candidates led by trash-can-wearing comic Count Binface in a special election boycotted by mainstream parties
August 14, 2026
Nigel Farage wins election in which his main rival was a trash can
August 14, 2026
The Bank of Japan is set to raise interest rates as soon as September and is considering hiking more aggressively thereafter from the
August 14, 2026
More than 2,000 people were evacuated from their homes in western Germany on Friday, after a wildfire near the Belgian border spread towards a village, local
August 14, 2026
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage won his self-triggered by-election in southern England on Friday, but saw his strategy
August 14, 2026
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Friday that there was a "distinct possibility" that the Philippines and China could
August 14, 2026
A British maritime company has been hired to salvage a grounded Russian tanker off Oman and stop a spreading oil spill
August 13, 2026
Christians are less than 2% of Israel's population and are facing increased harassment as regional conflicts persist
August 14, 2026
President Donald Trump's administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the White House to continue construction on its $400 million ballroom project while it appeals a lower court’s order to halt the work
August 14, 2026
Advocates are speaking against a sweeping undercover federal surveillance operation that court documents say targeted progressive groups and unions protesting the Minneapolis immigration crackdown
August 14, 2026
Time is a concept that varies across cultures and history
August 14, 2026
US missionary abducted in Niger released after nine months in captivity, Christian organization says
August 14, 2026
Firefighters across Europe are battling multiple wildfires as a record-breaking heat wave grips the continent
August 14, 2026
Get ready for Africa’s soccer breakout, says Manchester City star Antoine Semenyo
August 14, 2026
An American missionary kidnapped in Niger in October has been released
August 14, 2026
Russian jet-powered drones have struck a home in northern Ukraine, killing a 29-year-old woman and her 9-year-old son
August 14, 2026
The United Arab Emirates has blamed Iran for firing drones at two tankers operated by a state-owned oil company in the Strait of Hormuz
August 14, 2026
Ash spewing from Sicily’s Mount Etna has forced the closure of the island’s largest airport for the fifth consecutive day
August 14, 2026
Italian authorities have recovered three stolen artworks by Renoir, Cézanne, and Matisse worth millions of euros
August 14, 2026
Boxer Prichard Colón dies at 33, 11 years after receiving illegal blow to the head during fight
August 14, 2026
Colombia is grappling with the aftermath of a 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck Monday, affecting a large part of the western region
August 14, 2026
6 men arrested on suspicion of running child human trafficking operation in Modesto
August 14, 2026
Oakland police release video of fatal officer shooting of man swinging homemade spears
August 14, 2026
Apple has trained a large language model specifically for the China market, three people familiar with the matter said, a departure from the iPhone maker's strategy of relying on
August 14, 2026
Frustrated US consumers cut their retail spending last month
August 14, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee The yen is back in the intervention zone, but its fate now appears to rest with the Fed's policy path and hopes of aggressive
August 14, 2026
Italian police have recovered three paintings by French masters Paul Cezanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Henri Matisse that were stolen from a museum near the northern city of
August 14, 2026
The United States wants Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to publicly condemn militant settlers who have besieged
August 14, 2026
El Salvador-based Tether, which issues the world's largest stablecoin, said KPMG U.S. had performed a "full independent audit" of its financial
August 14, 2026
More than 650,000 refugees and asylum seekers in South Sudan risk losing food aid access within weeks due to a severe funding shortfall, potentially
August 14, 2026
For decades, the Gulf served as the center of gravity for much of Lebanon's creative talent, with swathes of designers and marketing executives flocking to
August 14, 2026
Russia has significantly stepped up its online disinformation campaign in Poland, using a dispute between Warsaw and Kyiv
August 14, 2026
Global equity funds attracted inflows for a 12th consecutive week through August 12, buoyed by optimism over a strong earnings season and data showing weaker-than-expected U.S.
August 14, 2026
Luigi Mangione admitted in court on Friday that he fatally shot health insurance executive Brian Thompson and pleaded guilty to two federal
August 14, 2026
Flights at Catania airport in Sicily will remain suspended until Saturday afternoon because of ash from Mount Etna's ongoing volcanic activity, which has
August 14, 2026
Even though we're slipping inexorably into the summer holiday doldrums on world markets, bond anxiety was once again a theme of the early part of this week,
August 14, 2026
Russia believes the United States is deeply involved in Ukrainian attacks against it and has raised the issue with Washington, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in
August 14, 2026
China's new yuan loans posted a record contraction in July, missing forecasts as seasonal factors and weak household credit demand weighed on
August 14, 2026
UniCredit's CEO Andrea Orcel has a blueprint for Commerzbank: slash costs, strip out management layers and push harder for revenue growth,
August 14, 2026
Russia on Friday dismissed the idea of a ceasefire with Ukraine in the Black Sea, saying it saw no grounds for "half-measures" that would offer a respite to the other side.
August 14, 2026
Attacks on healthcare facilities, workers and patients in conflict zones including Ukraine and Gaza have continued to rise in 2026, reaching an average
August 14, 2026
Spanish authorities on Thursday removed the remains of three kings who ruled the Aragón region in the 11th century from a monastery threatened by a wildfire.
August 14, 2026
U.S. rocket company Astra Space is seeking to raise $250 million at a $1 billion valuation in a funding round expected to close this quarter, CEO Chris
August 14, 2026
Civilian casualties from the war in Ukraine rose by nearly a third month-on-month in July, to the highest level since May 2022, as Russia struck towns and
August 14, 2026
European shares finished lower on Friday and snapped a four-week winning streak, as rising crude prices and renewed
August 14, 2026
A mudslide in eastern China's Zhejiang Province on Friday killed one person and three others remained missing, while eastern and southern provinces were bracing for more
August 14, 2026
On a searing summer day, Israeli settlers splashed in a West Bank pool created by siphoning off water that had irrigated Palestinian crops, one of
August 14, 2026
Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to federal stalking charges in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO
August 14, 2026
Taiwan expects its tech-reliant economy to grow at the fastest pace in nearly four decades this year, the statistics agency said on Friday,
August 14, 2026
French authorities have evacuated 525 people from the village of Luglon after a wildfire broke out in the southwestern Landes region, not far
August 14, 2026
TerraPower and South Korea's SK Innovation signed on Friday a preliminary global agreement on small modular reactors (SMRs), Seoul's Industry Ministry said, opening a path
August 14, 2026
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr confirmed on Friday that he would endorse a candidate for the 2028 presidential election, but
August 14, 2026
Taiwan's opposition-controlled parliament voted on Friday to hold three referendums, including one on caning criminals convicted of sex crimes and fraud, and another to
August 14, 2026
China's car industry is on a tear overseas, storming markets from Europe to Southeast Asia and heaping pressure on long-established automakers like Toyota Motor and
August 14, 2026
North Korea has stepped up a campaign of rhetoric against Japan's military buildup and its security ties with the United States and South Korea, saying they
August 14, 2026
Low water in Rome’s drought-hit Tiber river exposes ancient ruins of Nero’s Bridge
August 14, 2026
France’s top court blocks bill banning social media for under-15s
August 14, 2026
Person fined $5,000 for using foghorn to disturb sleeping polar bear
August 14, 2026
Summertime, the dreamy ideal of lazy days, is fading
August 14, 2026
The boxing world is in mourning following the death of Puerto Rican fighter Prichard Colón at the age of 33, 11 years after he sustained brain damage in his only loss
August 14, 2026
Israeli settlers have been blockading homes in the West Bank town of Qusra, leading to a tense standoff
August 14, 2026
China on Friday rejected allegations that it is conducting widespread espionage on New Zealand, saying the claim in the country's latest security assessment stemmed from
August 14, 2026
German middle-distance runner Smilla Kolbe has condemned online racial abuse directed at some of her teammates at the European championships
August 14, 2026
A passenger train has derailed near London, marking the second such incident in two days
August 14, 2026
Luigi Mangione’s guilty plea to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson resolves one of two cases against him
August 14, 2026
The Department of Defense is introducing a course centered on Western civilization and Christianity this fall in the schools it operates for military families
August 14, 2026
Peruvian authorities have intensified efforts against illegal gold mining in the Amazon's Madre de Dios region
August 14, 2026
The Department of Defense is introducing a course centered on Western civilization and Christianity this fall in the schools it operates for military families
August 14, 2026
Andrés Manuel López Beltrán, son of former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, says the United States has revoked his visa
August 14, 2026
A consortium containing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin is buying a minority stake in Premier League club Liverpool
August 14, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said a Russian drone struck the destroyed nuclear power plant at Chernobyl near Ukraine’s border with Belarus. Russia has denied the allegation. Zelensky also said radiation levels appear normal and will continue to be monitored. Video released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service shows the alleged moment of attack.
February 14, 2025
At least 15 people, mostly women and children, died and 15 were injured in a stampede at New Delhi's main railway station, the chief minister of India's capital territory told
February 16, 2025
The U.S. State Department's Taiwan page last week removed a previous reference to not supporting Taiwan's independence.
February 17, 2025
Thousands have rallied all across Slovakia to mark the seventh anniversary of the slayings of an investigative journalist and his fiancee
February 22, 2025
Tens of thousands join mass funeral for slain Hezbollah leader Nasrallah
February 23, 2025
Observant Muslims worldwide will soon be united in a ritual of daily fasting from dawn to sunset as the Islamic holy month of Ramadan starts
February 26, 2025
The mpox outbreak is still a public health emergency, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.
February 27, 2025
Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an annual festival coloured this year by
February 28, 2025
CIA director John Ratcliffe said the US paused intelligence sharing with Ukraine after a contentious White House meeting between Volodymyr Zelensky and President Trump. CNN's Nick Paton Walsh analyzes the impact cutting off intelligence sharing could have on Ukraine's fight against Russia.
March 05, 2025
Panama’s Security Minister Frank Ábrego says Panama will begin the process of issuing humanitarian passes to 112 migrants deported from the United States who have been held in a remote camp in the Darien region since last month
March 07, 2025
Spring gets its official start Thursday in the Northern Hemisphere with the arrival of the vernal equinox
March 19, 2025
A German government spokesperson said on Friday that "nothing is off the table" with regards to punitive measures in response to the threat of U.S. tariffs.
March 28, 2025
The Muslim holy month of Ramadan is drawing to an end and Muslims around the world will soon start celebrating the holiday of Eid al-Fitr
March 29, 2025
Russia has released a Russian American imprisoned on treason charges that Washington has dismissed as ludicrous
April 10, 2025
U.S.
April 23, 2025
The World Food Programme warned on Friday it is facing a funding shortfall that could impact its ability to supply support to people facing acute food shortages in Sudan within
April 25, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin says there has been no need to use nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine and expressed hope that such a scenario will not arise
May 04, 2025
Britain and India clinched a free trade agreement on Tuesday, in a landmark deal that represents London's most significant post-Brexit pact, and was finalised in the shadow of U.S.
May 06, 2025
Russia and Ukraine swapped 205 prisoners of war each in an exchange mediated by the United Arab Emirates, both sides said on Tuesday.
May 06, 2025
A change in popes is a complicated process
May 07, 2025
India great Virat Kohli has retired from test cricket after playing 123 matches in his glorious 14-year red-ball career
May 12, 2025
S&P 500 to end 2026 slightly above current levels on profit optimism: Reuters poll
Bath & Body Works forecasts wider-than-expected third quarter sales decline on weak store traffic
Disappearing lakes, old photos and AI are helping scientists map Arctic permafrost thaw in near-real time
'Everybody has a Dolly Parton song' - World mourns country music legend
The Kremlin says the CIA director held talks in Moscow with his intelligence counterparts
Olympic champion Alysa Liu takes season off after Milan gold, promises her return to the ice