The long-term fallout of the war in Iran is only beginning to take shape, but this much is clear: The conflict has left the Middle East unsettled, alliances strained and the world facing uncertain shifts in the balance of economic and military power. Iran’s theocracy is tattered but alive, with...
U.S. and Iranian officials held separate talks with Pakistan 's prime minister on Saturday amid a ceasefire made fragile by deep disagreements and unabated fighting in Lebanon. A U.S. delegation led by Vice President JD Vance and an Iranian delegation led by Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher...
A man stole about 500 wristbands used for audience verification at K-pop superstars BTS’ concert at Goyang Stadium in Goyang, South Korea on April 11. According to the Ilsan West Police Station, a report was received at about 3:20 p.m. KST that a man stole 500 entry wristbands from a ticket...
CAMARILLO, California (AP) – For some evangelical Christians, faith is about having a personal relationship with Jesus. At $1.99 per minute, the tech company Just Like Me is taking that concept to a new level. Users of the platform can join video calls with an avatar of Jesus generated by...
LONDON (AP) — A charity co-founded by Prince Harry in Africa to honor his late mother, Princess Diana, has sued him for defamation after he stepped down as a patron last year. Sentebale, which supports young people living with HIV in Botswana and Lesotho, filed suit last month in London 's...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — With the ceasefire in Iran still shaky, U.S. Vice President JD Vance headed Friday to Pakistan for high-level talks with Iranian officials, as Israel and Hezbollah militants traded fire and Tehran maintained its stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz. Many issues could derail the...
WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Melania Trump 's seemingly out-of-the-blue statement Thursday denying affiliation with disgraced sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein left people still wondering Friday what prompted the public declaration at a time when the case had receded from the spotlight. ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice P resident JD Vance on Friday warned Iran not to "play" the U.S. as he headed overseas for negotiations aimed at ending the war. President Donald Trump has tasked the member of his inner circle who has seemed to be the most reluctant defender of the 6-week-old conflict...
HOUSTON (AP) — Artemis II 's astronauts returned from the moon with a dramatic splashdown in the Pacific on Friday to close out humanity 's first lunar voyage in more than a half-century. It was a triumphant homecoming for the crew of four whose record-breaking lunar flyby revealed not...
VATICAN CITY (AP) – When Pope Leo XIV pronounced himself a “son of Saint Augustine” the night of his election, some Algerians took that to mean his ancestors hailed from the North African country where the 5th century saint lived and died. Leo’s line, of course, referred to his Augustinian...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukrainian military personnel shot down Iranian-designed Shahed drones in multiple Middle Eastern countries during the Iran war, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, describing the operations as part of a broader effort to help partners counter the same weapons used by Russia...
BEIJING (AP) — Taiwan 's opposition leader on Friday met Chinese President Xi Jinping at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, the first such encounter in over a decade, with both sides affirming the need for maintaining peace around the self-ruled island island China claims as its...
