An internet blackout has cut off Iran from the outside world but reports of soaring death tolls are trickling out of the country. US President Donald Trump said the US was sending a "massive fleet" to...
Hundreds of IS members escaped a prison amid clashes between Syrian government forces and the SDF, the country's main Kurdish-led force....
Civilians fled a Kurdish-held region of northern Syria on Friday before a deadline set by the army, which seeks to expand its control over the area after driving Kurdish forces from Aleppo. The govern...
"In politics as in business – a deal is a deal. And when friends shake hands, it must mean something.” Ursula von der Leyen's comments came amid growing tension between Europe and the US over Greenlan...
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As the United States maintains pressure and threats against Iran, the Islamic Republic has warned that “any attack against it will be considered a total war.” Some airlines subsequently announced the ...
President Donald Trump put into motion the withdrawal process to have the US removed from the Geneva-based organization after he signed an executive order on the first day of his second term....
Federal Trade Commission’s move comes as Big Tech’s push to woo the White House has failed to put an end to monopoly cases...
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Several European countries have dispatched soldiers to Greenland in a show of support for Denmark. But the US said the move won't change President Trump's intention to acquire the island....
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After a brief easing of tensions, relations between the United States and Iran remain strained, with the prospect of potential U.S. strikes weighing heavily, as the Pentagon announced on January 15 th...
The US military conducted its first strike on a vessel suspected of drug-trafficking in the eastern Pacific since late last year, killing two people and prompting a US Coast Guard search for a third s...
How oil-rich Venezuela fell from 1970s stable democracy to a crisis that led to the January 2026 US raid on Caracas....
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Abundant but largely untapped rare earth deposits could offer leverage as diplomatic ties improve...
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A delegation of mostly Democratic Senators is in the Danish capital to push back on Trump's threats to seize the Arctic island. Meanwhile, European soldiers have started arriving in Greenland. DW has ...
The U.S. seized another tanker in the Caribbean Thursday morning....