WASHINGTON (AP) — The US struck Iran on Friday in response to a drone attack a day earlier on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz. It 's the most significant test yet to an interim understanding reached a week ago by the two countries to begin working to end their months-long war and reopen...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Authorities in the United Arab Emirates on Friday sounded an incoming missile alert for Dubai but shortly afterward told the public to “disregard the previous warning,” an indication that it was likely triggered by mistake. The brief text message from the...
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Friday moved to prolong temporary protection status for millions of people who have fled the war in Ukraine, but not for new arrivals who would be eligible to serve in the armed forces. Ukraine is desperate to boost the size of its fighting force more than...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — As the U.S. and Iran exchanged escalating strikes on June 11, a plane carrying Qatari mediators was stranded on the tarmac in Tehran. They had been engaged in intensive talks through the night, attempting to halt what appeared to be a spiral back into all-out war, a diplomat...
NABATIYEH, Lebanon (AP) — Shiite Muslims marked one of the most important days on their calendar Friday with large gatherings in Iran, Iraq, Lebanon and other parts of the world to remember the seventh-century killing of Hussein, the grand son of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad. The annual...
Russian air defenses intercepted 660 Ukrainian drones in a major nighttime attack on 12 Russian regions as well as the Russia-held Crimean peninsula, the Black Sea and the Azov Sea, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Friday. It appeared to be one of the biggest drone attacks on Russia and the...
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Thick clouds of black smoke billowed into the sky on the outskirts of Myanmar 's largest city Friday as authorities burned more than 50 tons of heroin, opium, ketamine, methamphetamine, marijuana and crystal meth — some $600 million of confiscated illegal drugs...
TOKYO, June 26 (Jiji Press) -- The 12 member countries of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership decided Friday to begin preparatory talks with the Philippines, Indonesia, and the United Arab Emirates, a step toward launching accession negotiations. The decision...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President JD Vance on Thursday said the Watergate scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon would have been a blip in today 's news cycle, and he drew parallels between Nixon and President Donald Trump — arguing that both were targeted by “deep state”...
A federal judge has blocked part of a Trump administration plan that would have limited access to loans for students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy, public health and some other fields. The American Association of Nurse Practitioners, one of the groups that sued, described...
BEIJING (AP) — China on Thursday defended its recent patrols in waters east of Taiwan, one day after Britain, France and Germany expressed alarm about what they described as “novel Chinese activity." While the three European countries said the activity, which they did not specifically...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed major weapons tests and called for the military’s “deadly and destructive offensive posture” to be bolstered, state media reported Friday, days after the country commissioned its first naval destroyer. The development was...
