Conflict, drought and shrinking aid will keep global hunger at critical levels in 2026, with food insecurity expected to worsen in some of the world's most fragile countries, according to the 2026 Global Report on Food Crises. The 10th edition of the hunger monitor,...

Atlanta will have giant pandas again. China on Friday announced it will send two giant pandas to Zoo Atlanta in the U.S. in Beijing's latest efforts of panda diplomacy despite tensions with Washington...

President Donald Trump intensified scrutiny of the Southern Poverty Law Center following a sweeping federal indictment, declaring that if the allegations are proven true, the 2020 presidential election should be "permanently wiped from the books."

The criminal indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center this week was met with much outrage but little surprise from civil rights leaders, who have for more than a year prepared for heightened legal scrutiny from the Trump administration...

Pakistan's Foreign Ministry said on Friday ​that Foreign Minister ⁠Ishaq ​Dar received a phone ⁠call from Iran's ​Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi on Friday, where Dar underscored ⁠the importance ⁠of ⁠dialog ⁠and engagement to address outstanding issues.

House Republicans are facing a fresh challenge in the 2026 midterms: the Homeland Political Action Committee, a new conservative super PAC targeting Republican members of Congress who support immigration reform legislation. The group's initial goal is to unseat Republicans...

A clear majority of Americans blame President Donald Trump for surging gasoline prices, which is weighing on his Republican Party ahead of November's congressional midterm elections, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.

A proposed bill to allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales to choose to end their lives is set to fall Friday as parliamentary time runs out.

Two forest fires continued to spread toward residential areas in a northern Japanese town on Friday, prompting authorities to expand evacuation orders to more than 3,000 people as firefighters struggled to bring the blazes under control, according to media reports. The fires...

Tesla's much-touted autonomous "robotaxi," called the Cybercab, has started production, CEO Elon Musk said on Friday, the same week that the carmaker reported first-quarter profits that beat expectations.

For nearly a week, Pakistan's capital has been waiting for peace talks between the U.S. and Iran to take place there, and although there is no sign the two sides will meet, large parts of the city remain sealed off by authorities.

An internal Pentagon email outlines options for the United States to punish NATO allies it believes failed to support U.S. operations in the war with Iran, including suspending Spain from the alliance and reviewing the U.S. position on Britain's claim to the Falkland Islands...

The Czech power company ČEZ signed a deal on Friday with RollsRoyce SMR on preparatory work for the British company to build the first small modular nuclear reactor in the Czech Republic. ČEZ chief executive Daniel Beneš said that the work includes the project plan and...

Tensions between the United States and Iran escalated sharply on Friday as both sides traded stark rhetoric over control and security in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global oil chokepoint.T he situation intensified after President Donald Trump revealed he had ordered the...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., warned Thursday that the debt fueling the artificial intelligence boom is building toward a 2008-style financial crash and urged Congress to enact structural reforms before the bubble bursts.

An exchange of gunfire at a food court inside a Louisiana mall on Thursday killed one person and wounded five others and sent workers and shoppers scrambling for safety, police and witnesses said.

President Donald Trump says he is weighing a taxpayer takeover of Spirit Airlines and would aim to resell the troubled carrier after oil prices drop.The president confirmed his interest in the potential government intervention after the airline said was in advanced talks...

Nike said Thursday it was reducing about ​1,400 roles in its global ⁠operations team, as the sportswear ​giant looks to boost ⁠its profits.

Trump administration border czar Tom Homan said Wednesday he has invited Pope Leo XIV to join Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on a ride-along.

President Donald Trump's administration said on Thursday it launched a civil rights probe into New York City's Department of Education over a pro-Palestinian group of public school educators.