Donald Trump was an hour from ordering renewed strikes on Tehran. Now he says the bombs can wait a few days — but Tehran will not surrender.
Five major refineries in central Russia are offline or running at minimum capacity after two weeks of drone strikes, idling nearly a quarter of the country's refining capacity. Years of coordinated Western sanctions never came close.
Israel's national security minister posted video of himself waving a flag at detained activists kneeling with their hands zip-tied behind their backs. Within hours, more than a dozen countries summoned their Israeli ambassadors.
A 94-year-old former president, charged with murder for a shootdown three decades ago. He'll never stand trial — and the indictment isn't really about him.
Washington calls it a 'coup d'état.' La Paz is running out of hospital oxygen, its markets are bare, and the president — six months into his term — has no legislative majority, no working fuel policy, and no clear path through the crisis.
The US is pulling its European troop levels back to where they stood before Russia invaded Ukraine — undoing every reinforcement sent after 2022. Moscow is paying attention.
China's president demanded an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East while standing next to the man waging war on Ukraine. The gap between the two positions is the story.
Days after Gulf states talked Trump down from bombing Iran again, Tehran is marrying off hundreds of couples who've pledged to die in the war — and warning it will 'open new fronts' if the strikes resume.
China secretly trained roughly 200 Russian soldiers on its military bases for the Ukraine war. Some have already returned to the front — and Beijing still calls itself a peace mediator.
Armed men coordinated simultaneous raids on three schools in southwestern Nigeria, seizing 46 people including toddlers as young as two. One teacher has been executed in captivity. The remaining 45 are still in the forest.
Russia launched a three-day nuclear exercise involving 65,000 troops hours before Putin arrived in Beijing. Xi, who just hosted Trump, now welcomes his 'best and most intimate friend' to the same red carpet.
China's president privately told Trump that Putin might regret invading Ukraine. Trump's response: the three leaders should team up against the International Criminal Court.
A classified US intelligence report says Cuba stockpiled 300 Russian and Iranian drones and discussed striking Guantanamo Bay. Cuba's leader warns a US attack would trigger a "bloodbath."
The suspects were 17 and 19. Dozens of children were inside the mosque's day school when the shooting began. All of them were evacuated safely.
A military strike on Iran was scheduled for Tuesday. Then the leaders of Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE called the White House. What they offered — and what Trump demanded in return — reveals how thin the margin between war and diplomacy has become.
Russia fired 524 drones at Ukraine overnight. One hit a Chinese cargo ship. On Tuesday, Putin will stand beside Xi and call their partnership 'unshakeable as a mountain.' Beijing has said nothing.
A nuclear-armed state is now embedding forces inside the Saudi-Iran theater. Reuters reports Pakistan has deployed a full jet squadron and thousands of troops to Saudi territory as the conflict with Iran escalates.
A shallow magnitude-5.2 earthquake collapsed 13 buildings in a Chinese region not considered seismically active, killing two and forcing more than 7,000 from their homes. One person remains missing.
Amnesty confirmed 2,707 executions in 2025 — the most since 1981. That figure excludes China, believed to be the world's leading executioner. And one country accounted for 80% of the total.
Around 10 previously unknown victims have contacted French authorities since February, and not a single suspect has been questioned yet. The investigation is just getting started.
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