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Updated 2 hours, 13 minutes ago

Russia's ballistic missile and jet-propelled drone blitz keeps Kyiv on edge

Air defense needs are mounting with the approach of the bitter winter months, which in the years since Russia’s fu…

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
South Korea's Yoon defends martial law as an act of governance and vows to 'fight to the end'

In a televised speech Thursday, Yoon, a conservative, said he enacted martial law as a warning to the liberal Democratic Party. He called the party “a monster”…

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
Zelenskyy open to Western troops providing security for end to war in Ukraine

Putin’s forces are taking heavy losses in Ukraine, Trump noted

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
Thousands flee as Syrian insurgents advance to the doorstep of the country's third-largest city

The insurgents, led by the jihadi Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group, or HTS, have vowed to march to Homs and the capital, Damascus, Assad’s seat of power.

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
Key members of OPEC+ alliance are putting off production increases amid slack crude prices

Oil prices have been slack due to weaker than expected demand from China as well as increased production from countries like Brazil and Argentina that aren’t i…

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
Australia is banning social media for people under 16. Could this work elsewhere — or even there?

The ban won't go into effect for another year. But how will Australia be able to enforce it? That's not clear, nor will it be easy. TikTok, Snapchat and Instag…

Updated 1 year, 10 months ago
They fled war in Sudan. But they haven't been able to flee the hunger

Between May and September, there were seven malnutrition-related deaths among children in one hospital at a displacement site in Chad run by Doctors Without Bo…

Updated 1 year, 10 months ago
Ireland votes in a close-run election where incumbents hope to cling on to power

Here’s a look at the parties, the issues and the likely outcome.

Updated 1 year, 10 months ago
'Everything is expensive!' Bolivia faces a shocking economic collapse

Bolivia's monthslong fuel crunch comes as the nation's foreign currency reserves plummet, leaving Bolivians unable to find U.S. dollars at banks and exchange h…

Updated 1 year, 10 months ago
Australian Senate begins debate on world-first social media ban for children under 16

The major parties’ support for the ban all but guarantees the legislation will become law. But many child welfare and mental health advocates are concerned abo…

Updated 1 year, 10 months ago
Biggest November snowstorm in half century hits Seoul and grounds flights

The storm blanketed much of the country, with the central, eastern and southwestern regions recording about 10 to 28 centimeters

Updated 1 year, 10 months ago
Earth bids farewell to its temporary 'mini moon' that is possibly a chunk of our actual moon

While not technically a moon — NASA stresses it was never captured by Earth’s gravity and fully in orbit — it’s “an interesting object” worthy of study.

Updated 1 year, 10 months ago
US budget airlines are struggling. Will pursuing premium passengers solve their problems?

Spirit Airlines has lost more than $2.2 billion since the start of 2020. Frontier has not reported a full-year profit since 2019, although that slump might end…

Updated 1 year, 10 months ago
Volcano on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula erupts for the 7th time in a year

While the eruption poses no threat to air travel, authorities warned of gas emissions across parts of the peninsula, including the nearby town of Grindavík, wh…

Updated 1 year, 10 months ago
Spain to grant residency, work permits to hundreds of thousands of migrants in the country illegally

The archipelago off the coast of Africa is seen by many as a step toward continental Europe with young men from Mali, Senegal, Mauritania and elsewhere embarki…

Updated 1 year, 10 months ago
Moscow warns the US over allowing Ukraine to hit Russian soil with longer-range weapons

Washington is easing limits on what Ukraine can strike with its American-made Army Tactical Missile System, or ATACMs, U.S. officials told The Associated Press…