Donald Trump claimed Iran reached out 'directly' to the US about a deal, saying the war is 'hopefully nearing the end.' A former Iranian diplomat dismissed the claim as nothing beyond what was already...

The Kosovo Specialist Chambers sentenced former president Hashim Thaçi to 25 years for murders and tortures committed by the KLA during the 1998-1999 war. Three co-defendants also received prison sent...

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time since 2023 on Wednesday in a unanimous 12-0 vote, defying Trump's calls for 1% rates. Chair Kevin Warsh says inflation from the Iran war is...

Ulf Kristersson formally resigned Thursday after the final count confirmed 176-173 in the Riksdag. Magdalena Andersson's Social Democrats are set to return to power, though coalition talks with the Gr...

Kim Yo Jong dismissed international demands for North Korea's denuclearization as 'mere noise' as the IAEA's 70th General Conference voted 103-6 to demand Pyongyang's disarmament. Russia and China, No...

The No. 2 overall pick of 2020 competes for a training camp spot with the defending champion Knicks. Wiseman joins former Nuggets champion Bruce Brown and three others in a five-man fight for two open...

Moscow and Beijing cast their fifth consecutive veto against the Panel of Experts for Iran's 1737 Sanctions Committee, killing the only multilateral mechanism monitoring the arms embargo as Trump thre...

Rodrigo Duterte appeared at the International Criminal Court in person on Tuesday for the first time since his arrest in 2025, sitting silent throughout. Judges ordered his continued detention. His tr...

Saudi Arabia privately asked China to press Iran into restraining the Houthis' Red Sea blockade, after the group seized Yemen's entire coastline and declared a maritime blockade on Riyadh's ports. Chi...

Mark Carney embraced the EU's offer to make Canada its first associate member in an address to the European Parliament on Thursday, saying no one would dictate Canada's choice of partnerships. Trump c...

The Supreme Court's conservative majority cleared Trump's $400 million White House ballroom project to continue while a legal challenge plays out. In a sharp dissent, Chief Justice John Roberts called...

Bipartisan House contempt vote targets Apollo billionaire Leon Black as the Justice Department releases millions of Epstein records naming Elon Musk, Howard Lutnick, Bill Gates, Trump, MBS, and dozens...

The UN fact-finding mission found reasonable grounds to believe the United States committed war crimes in two Iran strikes on February 28, including a Tomahawk missile strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh ...

Polymarket is paying LeBron James $15 million a year as an endorser, nearly four times the $3.9 million he accepted from the Philadelphia 76ers. The deal surfaces as the NBA navigates the aftermath of...

Mark Carney embraced the EU's offer to make Canada its first associate member in an address to the European Parliament on Thursday, saying no one would dictate Canada's choice of partnerships. Trump c...

The Kosovo Specialist Chambers found former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci guilty of murdering 96 people and torturing hundreds during the independence war. Three co-defendants were also convicted in a...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told the Yekaterinburg International Youth Festival that BRICS's 2024 expansion is proceeding well, and praised India's New Delhi summit as covering all key issu...

The US toppling of the Taliban and Saddam Hussein removed Iran's two principal regional adversaries, enabling Tehran to build the Axis of Resistance across Iraq, Lebanon, Yemen, and Gaza over 25 years...

Fuel shortages, rising energy costs and protests are hitting several countries as oil prices climb above $100 a barrel.

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright promised Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline would restart within days, sending Brent futures to $106. Physical crude in Europe traded above $133 — a $27 gap that reveal...

US consumer confidence fell to 47.8 in September, its second-lowest reading ever, as gasoline prices driven by the Iran war pushed inflation expectations to 4.6 percent. The Federal Reserve raises rat...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen extended an unprecedented invitation to Canada in her State of the Union address, proposing the first-ever EU associate membership for a non-European...

The House voted 220-204 Tuesday for a third time to invoke war powers and end the US-Israel war on Iran. The same day, the CBO revealed the six-month conflict has cost $38.1 billion, consumed two-thir...

Saudi Arabia intercepted a Houthi drone headed toward Mecca on Tuesday, issuing the first security alerts for Islam's holiest city since the war began. The Houthis denied the claim, but the incident h...

Beijing's Decree 841 entered force today, giving the Ministry of Commerce authority to indefinitely bar engineers working in semiconductors, rare earths, and battery technology from leaving China — a ...

Three Epstein survivors and independent journalist Tara Palmeri were removed from the Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas 35 minutes after she asked a House candidate to name the president as a po...

Kim Jong Un told Vladimir Putin that Russia's war in Ukraine is a 'sacred war,' pledging 'invariable support' in a letter responding to Putin's anniversary greetings. The declaration comes as North Ko...