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LONDON — The U.K. on Friday sanctioned Russian military intelligence units and officers it said were behind preparations for a 2022 bomb attack on a theater in southern U...
July 18, 2025 International News
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — An Israeli shell slammed into the compound of the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing three people and wounding 10 oth...
July 17, 2025 International News
KYIV, Ukraine — A new Ukrainian government approved Thursday will race to expand domestic arms production to meet half the country’s weapons needs within six months as it...
July 17, 2025 International News
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia pounded four Ukrainian cities overnight into Wednesday, injuring at least 15 people in an attack that mostly targeted energy infrastructure, offici...
July 16, 2025 International News
MEXICO CITY — The Mexico City government on Wednesday announced a preliminary plan to deal with gentrification, a week after a fierce protest against rising housing price...
July 16, 2025 International News
DAMASCUS, Syria — Syrian government officials and leaders in the Druze religious minority announced Wednesday a renewed ceasefire after days of clashes that have threaten...
July 16, 2025 International News
BAGHDAD — Drones targeted oil fields in Iraq’s semi-autonomous northern Kurdish region Wednesday, the latest in a series of attacks in recent days that have put several o...
July 16, 2025 International News
PARIS — France’s prime minister proposed on Tuesday the elimination of two public holidays from the country’s annual calendar — possibly Easter Monday and the day marking...
July 15, 2025 International News
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Three suspected drug traffickers were killed in an exchange of fire as police in Haiti confiscated more than 2,300 pounds of cocaine aboard a boat...
July 15, 2025 International News
BAGHDAD — An oil field in Iraq 's Dohuk province was set ablaze Tuesday after being struck by a drone. It is the latest in a series of similar attacks launched recently ...
July 15, 2025 International News
BUSRA AL-HARIR, Syria — Syria’s defense minister announced a ceasefire shortly after government forces entered a key city in southern Sweida province on Tuesday, a day af...
July 15, 2025 International News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday he would punish Russia with tariffs if there isn't a deal to end the war in Ukraine within 50 days, the latest example of ...
July 14, 2025 International News
BUSRA AL-HARIR, Syria — Israel’s army said Monday it has struck military tanks in southern Syria, where government forces and Bedouin tribes clashed with Druze militias. ...
July 14, 2025 International News
SAO PAULO — President Donald Trump’s threat to boost import taxes by 50% on Brazilian goods could drive up the cost of breakfast in the United States. The prices of coffe...
July 11, 2025 International News
WASHINGTON — A divided federal appeals court on Friday threw out an agreement that would have allowed accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to plead guilty i...
July 11, 2025 National News
CHICAGO — A son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin “El Chapo” pleaded guilty Friday to U.S. drug trafficking charges. He is the first of El Chapo’s sons to enter a plea de...
July 11, 2025 International News
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — European officials struck a new deal with Israel to allow desperately needed food and fuel into Gaza, the European Union’s foreign policy chie...
July 10, 2025 International News
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump singled out Brazil for import taxes of 50% on Wednesday for its treatment of its former president, Jair Bolsonaro, showing that person...
July 09, 2025 International News
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has resumed sending some weapons to Ukraine, a week after the Pentagon had directed that some deliveries be paused. The weapons now...
July 09, 2025 National News
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia fired more than 700 attack and decoy drones at Ukraine overnight, topping previous nightly barrages for the third time in two weeks, part of Moscow...
July 09, 2025 International News
NAIROBI, Kenya — The death toll from Kenya’s anti-government protests on Monday has surged to 31, marking the highest single-day toll since the demonstrations began earli...
July 08, 2025 International News
JUBA, South Sudan — South Sudanese authorities confirmed on Tuesday that eight men deported from the United States were now in the custody of the government of the Africa...
July 08, 2025 International News
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Canadian police arrested and charged four people, including active members of the Canadian military, who were allegedly involved in an extre...
July 08, 2025 International News
JERUSALEM — Israel's defense minister has outlined plans to pack hundreds of thousands of Palestinians into a closed zone of the Gaza Strip along the border with Egypt, a...
July 08, 2025 International News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels on a Liberian-flagged cargo ship in the Red Sea killed three mariners and wounded two others, a European ...
July 08, 2025 International News
NICOSIA, Cyprus — A consortium made up of ExxonMobil and partner Qatar Energy International has made a second natural gas discovery beneath the seabed south of Cyprus, th...
July 07, 2025 Business
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday placed a 25% tax on goods imported from Japan and South Korea, as well as new tariff rates on Malaysia, Kazakhstan, South Af...
July 07, 2025 International News
PAMPLONA, Spain — Thousands of daredevils ran, skidded and tumbled out of the way of a stampeding group of bulls at the opening run of the San Fermín festival Monday. It ...
July 07, 2025 International News
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington Monday to meet U.S. President Donald Trump, who has been pushing for a ceasefire that might lead to...
July 07, 2025 International News
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia fired more than 100 drones at civilian areas of Ukraine overnight, authorities said Monday, as the Kremlin dismissed the country’s transport chief ...
July 07, 2025 International News
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