For generations, human beings have wondered: What would alien life from another planet be like? But we rarely ask the opposite: What would they think of us? It 's a question that can produce some, well, uncomfortable answers if you happen to be an earthling. “If I were looking at Earth from...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has proposed boosting defense spending to $1.5 trillion in his 2027 budget released Friday, the largest such request in decades, reflecting his emphasis on U.S. military investments over domestic programs. The sizable increase for the Pentagon, some...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Artemis II astronauts have captured our blue planet’s brilliant beauty as they zoom ever closer to the moon . NASA released the crew’s first downlinked images Friday, 1 1/2 days into the first astronaut moonshot in more than half a century ....
WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran shot down two U.S. military planes in separate attacks Friday, with one service member rescued and at least one missing, in a dramatic escalation since the war began nearly five weeks ago. It was the first time U.S. aircraft have been downed in the conflict and came...
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV carried a wooden cross for all of the 14 stations of the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum on his first Good Friday as pontiff, marking the first time in decades that a pope carried the cross to every station. “I think it will be an important sign because of...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian strikes killed at least eight people across Ukraine on Friday, including in a “massive” missile and drone attack near the capital, local authorities reported. Ukrainian officials claim the Kremlin is changing its tactics to increase civilian suffering, shifting to...
BEIJING (AP) — Peace talks between Afghanistan 's Taliban government and Pakistan are advancing, China 's government said Friday, two days after those countries resumed conversations following weeks of fighting that have killed hundreds. “The consultation process is being steadily...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan on Thursday confirmed it was holding peace talks with Afghanistan 's Taliban government in China, where Beijing is mediating to broker a lasting ceasefire after weeks of fighting that have killed hundreds, disrupting trade and cross-border travel. The confirmation...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump used his first major address since launching his war in Iran to assure Americans that all of his military objectives will be completed "shortly" and urge an increasingly skeptical electorate to give him a little bit more time. Trump in his Wednesday...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran responded to U.S. President Donald Trump 's address to Americans on the war with new missile attacks targeting Israel and the Gulf Arab states Thursday, underlining Tehran 's insistence that it rejected Washington 's outreach for a ceasefire...
LONDON (AP) — Almost three dozen countries will meet Thursday in an effort to exert diplomatic and political pressure to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping route that has been choked off by the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the virtual meeting...
President Donald Trump said U.S. forces will keep hitting Iran "very hard" in the next two or three weeks and bring the country "back to the Stone Ages," even as he touted the success of U.S. operations and argued that all of Washington 's objectives have so far been met or exceeded. Trump...
