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United States President Donald Trump has signed into law a $70bn funding bill for immigration enforcement, capping a months-long standoff with Democrats …

With Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un reaffirming ties while sidestepping nuclear tensions, the U.S. faces a growing challenge in responding to …

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the downing of a U.S. Apache helicopter near Oman, accidental Ukrainian drone incursions …

The United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand and Norway have imposed coordinated sanctions targeting networks involved in financing, enabling and carrying …

High school students from left, Vasilije Stjepanovic, Aslan Ozhan Kilicasan and Melina Sallahi pose with a history text book at Malmo Borgarskola …

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at how Lebanon jeopardizes the Iran war’s cease-fire, Russia’s threat to China-North Korea relations, …

China’s President Xi Jinping has arrived in Pyongyang on his first overseas trip this year as he aims to boost ties with …

This shows vehicles damaged by debris after powerful earthquake in the Mindanao region, Philippines Monday, June 8, 2026. Ernesto Torres Jr/AP hide …

This month, we’re reading two novels that wrestle with troubling episodes of political history in Ireland and Venezuela. Land: A Novel Maggie …

Lionel Messi’s magical feet, Cristiano Ronaldo’s acrobatic finishes, Lamine Yamal’s exploits on the wing and Kylian Mbappe’s sensational speed. The wait is …

Young Indians frustrated by unemployment and exam scandals are rallying behind an unusual symbol: the cockroach. NPR’s Diaa Hadid reports from New …

For centuries, outside powers have competed for control in Armenia, a small South Caucasus nation wedged between Turkey, Iran, and Russia. Armenia’s …

Published On 6 Jun 20266 Jun 2026 Jalen Brunson drilled the go-ahead free throw as the New York Knicks held off a …

At “Russian Davos,” Putin ruled out meeting with Zelenskyy and promoted a new world economic order.

Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: The new economics of Brazilian soccer, changing Cuban migration patterns, …

Mogadishu, Somalia – Mustafa, 33, dreads election time in Somalia. He drives a bajaj — a three-wheeled taxi — and says that …

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un, front right, visits a new facility to produce …

The oil and gas price spikes that followed the start of the U.S.-Iran war are reshaping energy politics across the global south. …

Lebanon's Health Ministry reports that 3,516 people have now been killed by Israeli attacks on the country since March.

Linen lines the lanes of Porto’s old town. Up high, fresh laundry quivers in the breeze like bunting, pegged precariously to twine …

new video loaded: Audience Member at ‘La La Land’ Concert Fills in for Sick Keyboardist Sterling Nasa, a 21-year-old university student, filled …

For months, the Trump administration has justified carrying out lethal military strikes on civilian boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific by …

Southampton back Tonda Eckert despite missing out on a playoff final for a Premier League place due to spying scandal. Published On …

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Pakistan’s role in the peace talks between the United States and Iran would have been impossible just two years ago. The core …

Published On 1 Jun 20261 Jun 2026 A new set of laws will come into play during the World Cup, the international …

Healthcare workers participate in a simulation exercise in Uganda, practicing how to conduct a safe and dignified burial for a deceased Ebola …

What is a dollar? What even is money? These are not questions I thought I would find myself grappling with after half …

French Ministry of Interior says 416 people detained nationwide, including 283 in Paris, after PSG’s win over Arsenal. Published On 31 May …

President Trump has not yet decided whether he’ll extend a ceasefire with Iran, and Israel continues to attack targets in Lebanon, in …