BAGHDAD - A visit by the commander of Iran's elite Quds Force to Baghdad has led to a pause in attacks on U.S. troops by Iran-aligned groups in Iraq, multiple Iranian and Iraqi sources told Reuters, saying it was a sign Tehran wants to prevent a broader conflict.
Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson is facing a fresh wave of criticism over his controversial interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week - and his subsequent comments that “every leader kills people” - following the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Friday.
JERUSALEM - Israel has sent negotiators for truce talks in Cairo as requested by U.S. President Joe Biden but they did not go back for further talks because Hamas' demands were "delusional," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday.
LONDON - The wife of Alexei Navalny, Yulia Navalnaya, needs to keep her husband's voice alive, the widow of Alexander Litvinenko said on Saturday following the death of the prominent Kremlin critic.
A U.N. relief worker alleged by Israel to have participated in the Oct. 7 attacks was captured on video that day removing the limp body of an Israeli man who had been shot at Kibbutz Beeri and driving off with it, according to information released Friday by Israeli authorities.
KYIV - Ukrainian troops withdrew from the devastated eastern town of Avdiivka, Kyiv's military chief said on Saturday, and Russian President Vladimir Putin called the capture of the city "an important victory."
Alexei Navalny, the Russian lawyer and anti-corruption activist who became the most potent voice in opposition to President Vladimir Putin, a calling that landed him in a maximum-security prison camp, has died, according to the prison service. He was 47.
MOSCOW - The press secretary of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said on the X social media platform on Friday that she was unable to confirm his death, which was reported by the country's prison service earlier.
KYIV - Outnumbered Ukrainian defenders were fighting fierce battles inside the small eastern city of Avdiivka on Friday, commanders said, as Russian forces closed in on the strategic location ahead of their invasion's two-year mark.
LONDON - Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview broadcast on Wednesday that he preferred Joe Biden to Donald Trump but was willing to work with any U.S. president.
OSLO - Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik lost against the state in his bid to end his isolation in prison after he argued his human rights were being violated, a court ruled on Thursday.
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is throwing her support behind legislation that would let the US seize sovereign Russian assets to pay for Ukraine’s reconstruction, as she steps up her foreign-policy attacks on GOP frontrunner Donald Trump.
KARACHI - A senior Pakistani politician who won provincial elections in the commercial hub of Karachi last week has given up his seat saying the vote was rigged in his favor.
WASHINGTON - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Wednesday said the United States would not back down from supporting Ukraine in the short and long-term, even as President Joe Biden's administration has run out of money for Kyiv and a request for additional funds is languishing in the Rep…
A Russian military court has sentenced a woman in her 60s to 10 years in a penal colony after finding her guilty of setting fire to an army enlistment office, the court's press service said on Wednesday.
DUBAI - U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said its forces launched a strike on Tuesday on a cruise missile that was about to be fired at ships in the Red Sea from an area of Yemen controlled by the Iranian-backed Houthi group.
The US Senate approved $95 billion in assistance for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan after months of delay, but the legislation still faces formidable obstacles in the House.
CAIRO/JERUSALEM/GAZA — Talks involving the U.S., Egypt, Israel and Qatar on a Gaza truce ended without a breakthrough on Tuesday as calls grew for Israel to hold back on a planned assault on the southern end of the enclave, crammed with over a million displaced people.
JERUSALEM - The Israeli strikes that lit up the night in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah on Monday sent pulses of fear through the 1.4 million Palestinians for whom that strip of land has become a shelter of last resort.
KYIV - Russian forces are obtaining Starlink terminals illicitly from third countries and they are increasing their use on the front line, the Ukrainian military spy agency's spokesperson told Reuters on Monday, without explaining how he knew.
King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer, the Royal Family announced Monday.
Israel’s foreign minister warned time is running short to find a diplomatic solution to the presence of Hezbollah fighters along the country’s northern border with Lebanon.
Forest fires in Chile have killed at least 51 people, officials said Saturday, warning the death toll is expected to rise, as unusually high temperatures and droughts fan blazes across South America.
Iranian-backed Houthis vowed to respond to U.S. and British-led airstrikes after dozens of targets of the Yemen-based rebel group were struck overnight.
House Speaker Mike Johnson vehemently denied that former President Donald Trump is setting the Republican congressional agenda on immigration and U.S. border security.
Former president Donald Trump is on the warpath. As the Biden administration grapples with a spiraling set of crises in the Middle East, the Republican presidential front-runner has seized on the moment to score political points. A drone attack launched by an Iran-affiliated militant group b…
BRUSSELS - European Union leaders stressed an "urgent need" to accelerate the delivery of ammunition and missiles to Ukraine on Thursday after unanimously agreeing to extend 50 billion euros ($54 billion) in new aid to Kyiv.
JERUSALEM/DOHA — Israel prepared to advance its war on Gaza farther south, close to the Egyptian border, after claiming to have dismantled Hamas in Khan Younis, as diplomatic efforts in pursuit of a cease-fire accelerated.
LONDON — Donald Trump lost his London lawsuit against an ex-British spy after a court dismissed his claim linked to the notorious dossier about alleged ties between the Kremlin and the former U.S. president’s successful run to the White House.
WASHINGTON - U.S. plans have been approved for multi-day strikes in Iraq and Syria against multiple targets, including Iranian personnel and facilities, CBS News reported on Thursday, citing American officials.
BAGHDAD - A powerful Iraqi faction that led dozens of attacks against U.S. forces since October was pushed to announced a suspension of attacks through pressure from Tehran and ruling Iraqi parties who felt the faction had crossed a red line, four sources said.
An Iranian man is accused of recruiting gunmen to kill two Maryland residents who fled to the U.S. after one had “defected from Iran,” the Justice Department announced Jan. 29.
BELFAST -- Northern Irish and British politicians voiced optimism on Tuesday that the regional power-sharing government could be restored quickly following a breakthrough overnight, ending a near two-year crisis that threatened a key part of the 1998 peace deal.
LONDON — Bob Marley’s family hopes a new biographical movie about the superstar singer, who popularized reggae with his catchy tunes and spiritual and socially conscious lyrics, will help revive his legacy.
Israeli security forces disguised as doctors and patients raided a hospital in the occupied West Bank early Tuesday and killed three Palestinian militants, according to a video of the raid and statements by the Palestinian Health Ministry, the Israel Defense Forces and Palestinian militant groups.
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan was convicted of exposing official secrets and sentenced to 10 years in prison on Tuesday, his party said, in the latest setback for the popular leader who fell afoul of the nation’s powerful military.
WEST BANK/GAZA/DOHA — Hamas said on Tuesday it had received and was studying a new proposal for a cease-fire and release of hostages in Gaza, presented by mediators after talks with Israel, in what appeared to be the most serious peace initiative for months.
The White House said it’s weighing potential responses to a deadly attack on a U.S. base in Jordan by Iran-backed militants over the weekend, as both Washington and Tehran seek to avoid a direct confrontation over the widening Middle East conflict.
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MOSCOW - The press secretary of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said on the X social media platform on Friday that she was unable to confirm his death, which was reported by the country's prison service earlier.
KYIV - Outnumbered Ukrainian defenders were fighting fierce battles inside the small eastern city of Avdiivka on Friday, commanders said, as Russian forces closed in on the strategic location ahead of their invasion's two-year mark.
LONDON - Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview broadcast on Wednesday that he preferred Joe Biden to Donald Trump but was willing to work with any U.S. president.
OSLO - Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik lost against the state in his bid to end his isolation in prison after he argued his human rights were being violated, a court ruled on Thursday.
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is throwing her support behind legislation that would let the US seize sovereign Russian assets to pay for Ukraine’s reconstruction, as she steps up her foreign-policy attacks on GOP frontrunner Donald Trump.
KARACHI - A senior Pakistani politician who won provincial elections in the commercial hub of Karachi last week has given up his seat saying the vote was rigged in his favor.
WASHINGTON - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Wednesday said the United States would not back down from supporting Ukraine in the short and long-term, even as President Joe Biden's administration has run out of money for Kyiv and a request for additional funds is languishing in the Rep…
