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Drone strikes killed more than 1,000 civilians in war-torn Sudan in the first five months of 2026, a senior United Nations official said Monday as the unmanned aerial vehicles turn the conflict deadlier for civilians.

Two men were convicted Monday of a plot orchestrated by a mysterious Russian-speaking figure to set fire to property linked to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

British troops intercepted a Russian shadow fleet ship on Sunday as it sailed through the English Channel, in the first U.K.-led operation of its kind, defense officials said.

Israel signaled Monday it has no intentions of stopping combat operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon, despite the U.S.-Iran deal promising a ceasefire on all fronts.

A large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine killed five rescuers in Kharkiv and wounded at least 20 people in the capital Kyiv on Monday as strikes set apartment buildings ablaze and sparked a fire at one of the country's most significant religious ...

President Trump and the prime minister of Pakistan said Sunday said that the U.S. and Iran had reached an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end more than three months of war.

Israel struck Hezbollah strongholds near the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Sunday in retaliation for earlier missile and drone attacks, potentially upending sensitive peace negotiations between the U.S. and Iran that were approaching the final stages ...

Former President Barack Obama said it was "doubtful" that any new agreement between the U.S. and Iran to prevent Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons will be different from or better than the deal he negotiated in 2015.

Thousands of demonstrators converged Sunday to show their discontent with the G7 group of rich countries, with U.S. President Donald Trump and counterparts set to hold a summit starting a day later in nearby France.

Voters in Switzerland have cast their final ballots on Sunday on an initiative championed by the top right-wing party to cap the rich Alpine country's population at 10 million. Early results showed Swiss voters were leaning against it.