Of the many paradoxes presented by the Islamic Republic of Iran, the most confounding remains its stubborn preoccupation with regulating women. The 1979 revolution that brought fundamentalist clerics to power in an ancient, diverse,...
The table of NATO leaders looked a bit more crowded this week when they convened in Washington for their annual summit. It now included a seat for Sweden, the alliance’s newest member, which decided to join after Russia’s full-scale...
Japan replaced the head of its navy and punished more than 200 defense officials after a string of Scandals that include mishandling of classified information and overclaiming on pay.The array of misconduct is some of most widespread...
One would be forgiven for thinking that Anant Ambani, the youngest son of Asia’s richest man, had already gotten married to pharmaceutical heiress Radhika Merchant months ago. After all, the billionaire Ambanis—who run Reliance...
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution Thursday demanding that Russia urgently withdraw its Military and personnel from Europe’s largest nuclear power plant and immediately return the facility to Ukraine.The...
Two Russian-born Australian citizens were arrested Thursday, Australian police said Friday. The married pair are accused of accessing sensitive Military material with the intent to provide it to Russian authorities.They appeared in...
Anchorage, Alaska — A U.S. Coast Guard cutter on routine patrol in the Bering Sea came across several Chinese Military ships in international waters but within the U.S. exclusive economic zone, officials said.The crew detected three...
PARIS — A fire broke out Thursday in the spire of the medieval cathedral in the northern French city of Rouen, authorities said.Witnesses speaking on BFM television described smoke emanating from the spire, and recalled a devastating...
LONDON — A man suspected of killing the wife and daughters of a BBC radio Sports commentator with a crossbow was being treated in a hospital Thursday after being found injured in a cemetery some 15 miles (22 kilometers) from the...
JAKARTA — Indonesia’s anti-graft court sentenced a former agriculture minister to 10 years in prison Thursday after finding him guilty of corruption-related extortion, abuse of power and bribery involving ministry contracts with...
China sent a record number of warplanes across a U.S.-drawn boundary in the Taiwan Strait—a move that comes as the new president of the archipelago mulls a trip that may include a stop in America.Some 56 aircraft crossed the so-called...
WASHINGTON — In their most serious rebuke against Beijing, NATO allies on Wednesday called China a “decisive enabler” of Russia’s war against Ukraine and expressed concerns over Beijing’s nuclear arsenal and its capabilities...
Former President Donald Trump will meet with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Florida on Thursday, according to people familiar with the matter, less than a week after he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.Read...
Tori Towey, an Irish woman who faced criminal charges for attempting suicide in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is allowed to Travel home to Ireland. The charges of attempted suicide have been dropped by Dubai Public Prosecution.“Dubai...
Cooking oil produced by a major Chinese state-run food company has been removed from leading online stores after concerns over contamination have revived consumer fears over food safety in a country scarred by past Scandals.“Jinding”...
LUCKNOW, India — A double-decker passenger bus collided with a milk truck in northern India on Wednesday, killing at least 18 people and injuring many others, officials said.The collision occurred on an expressway in Uttar Pradesh...
A court in Russia ordered the arrest of the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny during a hearing Tuesday that was conducted in absentia as part of a sweeping Kremlin crackdown on the opposition.Yulia Navalnaya, who lives...
Like most 75-year-olds, NATO needs some help reaching out to the younger generation. The military alliance is this week wrestling with such heady topics as the eventual accession of Ukraine and the ailing health of the octogenarian...
Hours before India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Moscow on July 8, Russia fired missiles on Ukraine that killed at least 41 people, including four children at a children's hospital in Kyiv. The attack sparked widespread...
KYIV, Ukraine — Rescue operations stretched into a second day at a major Kyiv children’s hospital struck by a Russian missile, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday, adding that 38 people were killed and almost 200...
If you’re planning a holiday and worried about flight delays ruining your plans, there are some airports you should be confident in using—and others you should probably try to avoid.Not all airports have the same record of punctuality,...
