The nationwide protests challenging Iran’s theocracy appeared increasingly smothered Thursday, a week on from authorities shutting the country off from the world and escalating a bloody crackdown that...
Portugal started voting Sunday in the first round of a presidential election in which a far-right candidate could for the first time make it to a run-off, but with the final result hard to call. Polls...
The Trump administration plans to replace the US ambassador to Vietnam with a nominee set on addressing “imbalanced” trade relations, as Hanoi’s goods trade surplus with Washington surpassed China’s...
A monument of Turkmenistan's former president, in Ashgabat. NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images An Air France flight from India to Paris diverted to Turkmenistan. It was already running almost a ...
Catherine Viette welcomes Kim Aris, son of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who bears witness to the fraught political landscape of Myanmar five years after the 2021 military coup. Mr. Ari...
China and the Philippines have again exchanged barbs over confrontations in the disputed South China Sea, with each accusing the other of provocation and escalating tensions. The Chinese embassy in th...
A Republican congressman from Florida introduced a bill on Monday to annex Greenland and make it the 51st US state as President Donald Trump threatens to seize the autonomous Danish territory. Trump h...
Ukrainian forces shoot down a Russian missile over Kyiv on Tuesday. Gleb Garanich/REUTERS Ukraine fired nearly $100 million worth of missiles in a single night defending against Russian strikes. The f...
The 46th Separate Air Mobile Brigade showcased a clip of a drone with a fishing rod-style device trying to take down enemy quadcopters. Red annotation by Business Insider. 46th Separate Air Mobile Bri...
Pituffik Space Base in Greenland. Ritzau Scanpix/Thomas Traasdahl via REUTERS Pituffik Space Base was established in 1951 as part of a defense treaty between the US and Denmark. Base operations includ...
The Tempest fires into the night sky in this video provided by Ukraine's Air Command Central. Screenshot via Facebook/Ukraine Air Command Central Ukraine has deployed an off-road buggy mounted with gu...
Milrem Robotics is among the companies making its weapons so they can be upgraded as easily as possible. Christophe Morin/IP3/Getty Images The battlefield in Ukraine is changing constantly, and weapon...
Singapore passport holders have the most flexibility for travel worldwide. inigolai-Photography/Shutterstock The Henley Passport Index ranks the world's most powerful passports for visa-free travel. S...
Adek Berry/Getty Images China's population declined for the fourth year in a row, reaching 1.405 billion. Falling birth rates and an aging population threaten China's economy and the global economy. G...
French President Emmanuel Macron said his country is now providing Ukraine with "two-thirds" of its intelligence. Philippe Magoni / POOL / AFP via Getty Images Emmanuel Macron said that France...
The Royal Navy called Leonardo's Proteus a new step in British aviation history. Royal Navy A European arms maker flew what the Royal Navy called "the UK's first truly autonomous full-size helicop...
A Ukrainian soldier fires a Javelin anti-tank missile. Dmytro Smolienko via Reuters Connect NATO's secretary general said up to 25,000 Russian soldiers are being killed in Ukraine each month. Mark Rut...
The US expected resistance from dozens of Venezuelan air defense systems during the Maduro raid. Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP via Getty Images The US expected "significant resistance" from...