U.S. President Donald Trump pressed NATO allies to sharply raise defense spending as leaders gathered in Ankara, singling out Spain as a "terrible partner" for refusing to commit to a 5% GDP target by…
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Palm Beach International Airport was renamed President Donald J. Trump International Airport on Wednesday, following legislation passed by the Florida Legislature in February and signed by Governor Ro…
The United States and Iran traded heavy blows on Wednesday, shattering a fragile ceasefire and plunging the Gulf into a dangerous new escalation. US Central Command struck roughly 90 Iranian military…
Wally Funk, the oldest woman ever to travel to space and a trailblazing figure in American aviation, died peacefully on Wednesday evening surrounded by family in Grapevine, Texas. She was 87. Blue Ori…
The United States and Iran exchanged heavy fire near Iran's only civilian nuclear power plant on Wednesday, shattering a fragile ceasefire and escalating hostilities across the Gulf. US Central Comman…
An American biotechnology company is developing an implantable weight-loss device as an alternative to weekly injections of GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy. Researcher Adam Mendelsohn, based in…
Bryan Johnson, the American entrepreneur known for spending roughly $1 million a year on his extreme anti-ageing regimen, has disclosed that he was diagnosed with autoimmune gastritis in May and revea…
U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone on Thursday to align their countries' next steps across multiple fronts, including ongoing tensions with Iran.…
Eight men were indicted on murder and terrorism conspiracy charges on July 9 for their alleged roles in a thwarted plot to attack a UFC cage-fighting show at the White House in June 2026. The group pl…
China’s test-firing of a ballistic missile from a Type 094 Jin-class nuclear submarine into the South Pacific on July 6 has drawn sharp criticism from regional governments and sparked debate over the…
Global equities fell sharply and oil prices surged on Wednesday after the United States launched airstrikes on more than 80 targets in Iran and President Donald Trump declared an end to a temporary ce…
Tyler Robinson, the man charged with aggravated murder in the September 2025 shooting of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University, confessed to his former roommate and expressed remorse before turning h…
U.S. airline shares fell sharply after President Donald Trump declared an end to the ceasefire with Iran and threatened further strikes, sending crude oil prices higher and reviving fears over jet fue…
The NATO leaders' summit in Ankara entered its second and final day on Wednesday with a North Atlantic Council session at the heads-of-state level, as the alliance works to shift conventional defence…
Polestar delivered 30,423 vehicles in the first half of 2026, a marginal 0.4% increase from a year earlier, as the Swedish-Chinese electric vehicle maker navigates an impending exclusion from the US m…
President Donald Trump pressed NATO allies on Tuesday to channel rising defence budgets into American weapons systems, casting a shadow over a summit in Ankara where economic commitments dominate the…
Millions of mourners gathered in Karbala, Iraq, on Wednesday for the sixth day of funeral rites for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a U.S.-Israeli strike on Feb. 28 after 37 years as Iran's…
Oil prices jumped more than 5% on Wednesday as mutual military strikes between the United States and Iran intensified and Washington moved to choke off Iranian crude exports. Brent futures climbed $3.…
Jordan's military intercepted eight Iranian missiles that penetrated the kingdom's airspace on Thursday, with air raid sirens sounding across Amman and other areas. No casualties or damage were report…
Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh has appointed 15 co-leaders across five task forces to scrutinise the central bank's operations, spanning communications, data practices, balance sheet policy, pro…
Cerebras Systems unveiled plans to build a network of artificial intelligence data centres across Europe, targeting 200 megawatts of combined power capacity by the end of 2027. The announcement, made…
The National Capital Planning Commission is expected to consider on July 9 whether a proposed 250-foot triumphal arch in Washington, D.C., violates the 1910 Height of Buildings Act, after the Trump ad…
China has urged the United States to immediately lift its blockade and coercion of Cuba, after the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to hold a special debate on the embargo. The Jul…
Ukraine's prosecutor general said on July 9 that no evidence has been found of Ukrainian state involvement in the Nord Stream pipeline explosions, rejecting German suspicions that the sabotage was car…
Germany has reached an agreement with the United States to acquire Tomahawk cruise missiles, a move Chancellor Friedrich Merz said would close a critical gap in the country's military capabilities. Me…
Israel has elevated its armed forces, air force, and air defences to maximum readiness as confrontations between Washington and Tehran intensify across the Middle East. Defence Minister Israel Katz sa…
A coalition of news publishers has petitioned a Manhattan federal court to penalise OpenAI, accusing the artificial intelligence company of obstructing discovery in a landmark copyright dispute by con…
SK Hynix is set to price a roughly $28 billion U.S. share sale on Wednesday, with trading on the Nasdaq expected to begin Thursday, in what ranks as the world's second-largest equity offering after Sp…
AstraZeneca shares fell as much as 11% in London trading on Wednesday, erasing roughly $27 billion in market value, after the company announced that its experimental heart drug Wainua failed a pivotal…
A Drug Enforcement Administration agent fatally shot a man at a Memphis motel on Wednesday after the suspect pointed a handgun at task force members during a drug warrant operation, authorities said.…