Ukraine, Mideast to be on agenda when Biden meets global leaders in Germany
President Joe Biden is scheduled to travel to Germany to meet with leaders from Germany, France and the United Kingdom Thursday and Friday to align…
U.S. sanctions Hezbollah finance network, Syrian Captagon smuggling
The U.S. Treasury Department Wednesday announced sanctions against Hezbollah's finance network and Syrian Captagon amphetamine trafficking that benefits both Hezbollah and thr SYrian Assad regime.…
Zelensky pitches plan for victory in war with Russia to Ukrainian parliament
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (C) receives a standing ovation from Ukrainian lawmakers Wednesday as he enters the Verkhovna Rada in Kyiv to present his "Victory…
U.S. threatens to suspend military assistance to Israel over humanitarian crisis in Gaza
Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development and the United Arab Emirates cross into Gaza in May. The U.S…
North Korea says 1.4 million youth enlist in army over South Korean drone outrage
More than 1.4 million people volunteered to join or rejoin the North Korean military in response to alleged drone infiltrations by South Korea, state-run media…
Britain issues sanctions targeting Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank
Palestinian activists harvest olives near the Israeli separation barrier in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on October 19, 2019. Since the Israel-Hamas war began,…
U.S., Canada: Pro-Palestinian group really ‘sham charity’ that supports terrorism
1 of 2 | Pro-Palestinian protestors demonstrate outside of the NATO 75th anniversary summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., this…
Kim Jong Un’s shifting stance on Korean Unification: Genuine divergence or strategic maneuver?
North Korea's recent efforts to cut off connections to South Kore present a shift in Kim Jong Un's stance on unifying the peninsula. File Photo…
Record number of Chinese warplanes surround Taiwan in military drill
China on Monday conducted a large-scale military exercise around the island of Taiwan. Photo courtesy of Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of…
North Korea blows up sections of two roads connecting it with South
1 of 3 | North Korea blew up sections of two roads connecting with the South, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday. Screen capture…
Diplomats expelled as Canada accuses India of engaging in ‘serious’ crime
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) welcomed Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the G20 Leaders' Summit in New Delhi in 2023. On Monday, both…
EU slaps 14 sanctions on Iranian officials, other entities for allegedly providing missiles to Russia
The new developments this week follow a March 2024 decision by the European Council that if Iran were to to transfer ballistic missiles and related…
British PM Starmer inaugurates U.K. Investment Summit with vow to ‘rip up’ red tape
Former Google chairman and co-founder of Schmidt Futures Eric Schmidt (L) in an "in conversation" session with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday at…
North Korea preparing for detonation of roads near DMZ: Seoul
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Monday that North Korea appeared ready to set off explosions on roads connected to the South. File Photo…
Iceland’s PM dissolves coalition government, calls for November snap elections
Iceland's Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson speaks to members of the news media as he arrives at the NATO Summit at Walter E. Washington Convention Center…
China conducts large-scale drill around Taiwan; U.S. condemns as ‘unwarranted’
China on Monday conducted large-scale military drills around the island of Taiwan. Image courtesy of Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China/Release…
4 Israeli soldiers killed, more than 60 people injured in Hezbollah drone strike
Dozens of first-responders were displaced to the scene of a Hezbollah drone strike on Sunday night. More than 60 people were injured in the attack.…
Lebanon says 51 killed, 174 hurt in attacks by Israeli fighters
Rescuers work at the site of destroyed buildings following an Israeli military strike on a commercial market in Nabatieh, southern Lebanon, on Sunday. Photo by…
Israel breaches U.N. peacekeeping position with tanks
The United Nations' peacekeeping force in Lebanon has warned Israel for the fourth time in as many days against "further flagrant violation of international law."…
U.S., ASEAN nations agree to economic and defensive policies
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday announced new agreements to improve trade relations with ASEAN states after concluding a week-long summit with the nation's…