Two members of the Iranian women’s soccer team who claimed asylum in Australia have confirmed their pivotal refusal to sing the national anthem during the Women’s Asian Cup in March was a protest against Tehran
September 07, 2026Nepal is holding a day of mourning to remember people who died in the Aug. 26 floods with government offices lowering flags and family members concluding mourning rituals
September 07, 2026A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole. It's been a patchy start to the week with tech leading Asian shares higher, while European and Wall Street futures barely budge.
September 07, 2026The European Central Bank is widely expected to hike interest rates on Thursday, erring on the side of caution as the U.S.-Iran war
September 07, 2026Taiwan flexed its chip diplomacy muscles at a major trade show last week, portraying itself as a democratic and reliable supplier for the AI
September 07, 2026Australia's hard-right One Nation party, which has surged in recent polls, on Monday proposed redirecting a portion of people's future pension contributions to
September 07, 2026North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said a newly commissioned destroyer would be part of a nuclear response system capable of delivering "annihilating retaliatory
September 07, 2026Iran said it will step up efforts to tackle problems created by U.S. sanctions that are crippling its economy, while a senior Iranian official warned of a "painful response"
September 06, 2026A shortage of fuel oil used in ships and power plants looms in the third quarter as refiners increasingly squeezed by wars that have
September 07, 2026Chinese officials said on Sunday that workers had recovered 12 more bodies as the search continued for hundreds still missing after a
September 06, 2026European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled plans on Monday for €200 million ($232 million) of EU investments in Greenland and closer ties with
September 07, 2026Italy has given the United States a huge scare in the women’s FIBA World Cup
September 06, 2026An Israeli strike killed a man and his 8-year-old daughter in the Gaza
September 06, 2026U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner say they have held encouraging talks in Kyiv
September 06, 2026Origami installation commemorates 9/11 at Lower Manhattan church
September 07, 2026A local woman is finding ways to help family and community back in Nepal
September 07, 2026The Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, Iran, is now a memorial for children and others killed in the Feb. 28 attacks that sparked the war with the United States and Israel
September 06, 2026FIFA President Gianni Infantino will stand for re-election despite growing calls for him to step down from his position as the head of world soccer’s governing body
September 06, 2026Believing she had perished in Nepal's deadly floods, the family of Chandika Kumari Shrestha started the ritual of mourning the elderly woman's death
September 06, 2026On the ground in China’s wiped-out border zone, the fate of hundreds is still unknown
September 06, 2026A building has collapsed in New Delhi, killing at least one person and trapping dozens of others
September 06, 2026The death toll from a mudslide in eastern China has risen to three after days of torrential rain brought by Typhoon Saudel
September 06, 2026A fire alarm went off in the middle of the night at the hotel where all of the Women’s Basketball World Cup teams were staying early Sunday morning
September 06, 2026Israeli strikes killed seven people, including two women, in southern Lebanon on Sunday, the Lebanese health ministry said, as Israel retaliated for what it said were Hezbollah
September 06, 2026Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Sunday that Moscow has not ruled out a trilateral meeting between the presidents of Russia, the U.S. and China, state
September 06, 2026The U.S. aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln left Thailand on Sunday after a five-day port visit, ending a respite from an extended deployment that included operations in the Middle
September 06, 2026Gavin Newsom’s secret is no secret here in South Carolina
September 06, 2026A mudslide in eastern China has killed two people and left 10 missing
September 05, 2026Rescuers in Nepal have pulled out a Chinese man and a woman in separate operations, 10 days after devastating floods hit the country
September 05, 2026Witkoff and Kushner to take US peace push to Kyiv after meeting Putin in Moscow
September 05, 2026Russian President Vladimir Putin held more than three hours of "highly useful" talks on Saturday with two U.S. envoys seeking a deal to
September 05, 2026Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner at the Kremlin
September 05, 2026The U.S. military says it has struck three Iranian oil tankers after Navy warships were targeted with ballistic missiles
September 05, 2026Argentines have broadly backed President Javier Milei’s forceful push against oil drilling near the Falkland Islands, underscoring the enduring
September 06, 2026Russian President Vladimir Putin told U.S. special representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on Saturday that contacts between Moscow and Washington were always
September 05, 2026U.S. and Iranian forces fired at vessels in waters around Iran on Saturday, including three Iranian oil carriers struck by the Americans and three tankers that Iran said it
September 05, 2026South Africa has imposed its forward power on New Zealand and won a pulsating third test 29-24 in Johannesburg and snatched a 2-1 lead in their historic rugby series
September 05, 2026A spokesperson for the Kennedy Center is blaming “decades of neglect” for causing part of the ceiling to collapse in the performing arts venue's grand foyer
September 05, 2026A grave-digging contest in a Hungarian cemetery showcases the skills of the trade and aims to shake off death-related taboos
September 05, 2026Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and Paige Bueckers are going to be the next generation of players to lead the U.S. women’s national basketball team
September 05, 2026The U.S. military has hit three Iranian oil tankers after accusing Iran of targeting its warships
September 05, 2026Two people have been rescued from a hydropower tunnel in Nepal, a dramatic breakthrough more than a week after catastrophic floods hit the country’s border with China.
September 04, 2026NATO members should not tolerate deliberate actions of hybrid war, and the United States will stand by countries as they deal with these incidents, Matthew
September 05, 2026FIFA President Gianni Infantino declined to answer questions about his future as he arrived at the opening of the Under-20 Women’s World Cup while under continuing pressure since abandoning his plan to sell off World Cup profits
September 05, 2026A plan agreed by Britain's populist Reform UK party and France's National Rally, aimed at sending asylum seekers who arrive in Britain in small boats back to France, drew
September 05, 2026Cubans are coming up with creative ways to generate power when their island has almost none left
September 05, 2026Tens of thousands of people gathered in Zagreb's central square on Saturday to protest the government's failure to begin cleaning up more than 30,000 tons of waste in
September 05, 2026Missouri asked the U.S.
September 05, 2026Priyanka Choudhary, an Indian-born Finnish citizen returning from a Hindu pilgrimage in Tibet, was at a border crossing with Nepal when a catastrophic
September 05, 2026Hundreds of masked anti-immigration protesters have blocked roads leading to Britain’s busiest ferry port, clogging traffic and disrupting travelers and cargo vehicles heading for France
September 05, 2026The billionaire who helped broker
September 05, 2026A Chinese national was pulled alive from a tunnel in Nepal on Saturday, authorities said, 10 days after a wall
September 05, 2026U.S.
September 05, 2026Vietnam and Myanmar agreed on Saturday to deepen defence and security cooperation, elevating the sector to a pillar of bilateral ties as Vietnamese leader To Lam hosted
September 05, 2026Commuters stranded; children rushed underground in the middle of the school day; festivals cancelled; walks punctuated by booming air
September 05, 2026South Korea's exports have reached $709.4 billion so far this year, surpassing last year's annual record, the customs office said on Saturday, as the economy rides high on
September 05, 2026The White House has reviewed candidates to potentially replace Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg, three
September 05, 2026Statewide mail voting for this year’s midterm elections is kicking off amid a churning legal battle over President Donald Trump’s attempts to limit the practice
September 04, 2026The U.S. Treasury has imposed sanctions on the Turkish bank Golden Global Yatirim Bankasi Anonim Sirketi
September 04, 2026A federal judge has refused block the Pentagon from firing three Stars and Stripes staff members who claim they were illegally disciplined for speaking out about the military news outlet’s need to maintain its editorial independence
September 05, 2026Ecuador defended on Friday U.S. operations that intercepted and sank three Ecuadorean vessels this week, while relatives of some crew members said the
September 05, 2026Oil prices rose on Friday, ending the week substantially higher after the
September 04, 2026President Donald Trump describes the conflict in Iran as "small potatoes" and says he agrees with Vice President JD Vance's assertion that months of on-and-off attacks in the Middle East are no longer a “war.”
September 05, 2026A long-lost Italian portrait looted by the Nazis has been cleared for return to the heir of a prominent Jewish art dealer
September 05, 2026Wall Street dipped on Friday as a robust jobs report raised the probability that the U.S.
September 04, 2026U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday that the United States may hit Iran's Pickaxe Mountain very soon.
September 05, 2026Costa Rican President Laura Fernandez said on Friday that U.S. ground operations could strengthen national security in the Central American nation, while
September 04, 2026Trump says Iran conflict, which has killed 18 US service members and injured hundreds more, is ‘small potatoes’
September 05, 2026Trump envoys Witkoff and Kushner plan to visit Moscow and Kyiv in their first trip to Ukraine
September 04, 2026A pulp mill in Longview, Washington, where 11 workers died after a chemical tank collapsed in May had a history of safety complaints, poor maintenance and discharges of toxic chemicals
September 05, 2026A Russian drone has struck Ukraine’s security service headquarters in Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says
September 04, 2026The United Nations on Friday voted for a shift away from the 16th-century Mercator global map towards one more accurately reflecting countries'
September 04, 2026Israel has released four prisoners to the International Committee of the Red Cross as part of a deal with Lebanon
September 04, 2026The Trump administration has imposed sanctions on a Turkish financial institution as part of its latest effort to sever “critical financial lifelines” for the Iranian government
September 04, 2026The U.S.
September 04, 2026UN votes to adopt new map that makes our world look very different
September 04, 2026‘Don’t panic’: How two men were rescued from a flood-stricken Nepali power plant
September 04, 2026Tracking states’ unprecedented redistricting efforts
November 04, 2025The son of Sri Lanka's former president Mahinda Rajapaksa has been arrested and remanded until September 18 on graft charges linked to purchases of Airbus planes by
September 04, 2026The leaders of Britain's populist Reform UK party and France's National Rally announced a pact on Friday that they said would
September 04, 2026U.S.
September 04, 2026Opposition from the United States and Russia has raised doubts that countries meeting in Geneva will on Friday agree on a document that could pave the
September 04, 2026The body of Uganda's King Oyo Nyimba, who became the world's youngest reigning monarch when he took the throne at the age of three in 1995, arrived back in the country on
September 04, 2026The dollar jumped on Friday after data showed that U.S. employers added 162,000 jobs in August, well above the 56,000 additions expected by economists,
September 04, 2026Caitlin Clark had 14 points and 11 assists to help the United States beat China, which was led by 7-foot-3 Zhang Ziyu, 94-61 in its women’s basketball World Cup opener
September 04, 2026Plans for two U.S. peace envoys to visit Russia and Ukraine this weekend have yet to be finalised because of U.S. security concerns, a source familiar with the situation
September 04, 2026Citadel has held talks to buy U.S. oil production assets, as the hedge fund and commodities trader considers expanding further into owning physical assets,
September 04, 2026It’s been more than a week since deadly flash floods killed hundreds and left thousands missing along the China-Nepal border
September 04, 2026Chinese artists are boycotting the Gwangju Biennale in South Korea over plans to designate an exhibition space as the “Taiwan Pavilion.”
September 04, 2026Labor Day gas has never been this expensive. Trump is scrambling for answers
September 04, 2026The European Union’s Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos has canceled a visit to Serbia due to what she called the “glorification” of Ratko Mladic after his death
September 04, 2026A new Ebola case has been recorded in an area controlled by AFC/M23 rebels in eastern Congo, the group said, more than two months after it declared the outbreak over in the
September 04, 2026Brazil's wealthiest captured a record share of national income under President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, tax-return data show, offering a striking
September 04, 2026Argentine President Javier Milei has stepped up his country's claim to the Falkland Islands by announcing plans to sanction companies involved in oil
April 24, 2026The devastating flood in Nepal last week could result in commercial insurance losses exceeding 20 billion Nepali rupees ($132.3 million), with
September 04, 2026When the mountain gave way above the Nepali power plant where Sanjay Sah worked, he had a choice: flee, or stay. He chose to stay and help.
September 04, 2026A Philippine court on Friday ordered the arrest of Vice President Sara Duterte in connection with a criminal case accusing her of making threats against President Ferdinand
September 04, 2026Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing visits Vietnam on Friday with meetings that include top telecommunications, defence and auto companies as the two countries seek to boost
September 04, 2026Igor Sechin, chief of Russia’s top oil producer Rosneft, said on Thursday that China, not OPEC, has stabilized global oil markets by reducing crude imports by 5.5
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