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Questions are mounting about a new Pentagon plan to funnel government loans, potentially worth billions of dollars, through private investment fund managers to companies promising to deliver the critical materials needed for missiles, aircraft and ...

Australian PM Anthony Albanese criticized several states over the weekend for declining to join his government's national gun buyback program, arguing that inconsistent state licensing systems were undermining the effort to get firearms off the ...

President Trump said Tuesday his administration is not speaking to Iran and asserted U.S. control over the Strait of Hormuz while Tehran signaled a new phase of defiance and aggression in the region, raising tensions across the Gulf region.

A report released Tuesday by a human rights group found that forced labor persists on massive sugarcane plantations across the Dominican Republic, which exports sugar and other products to the U.S. - its largest market.

The United Arab Emirates' military on Tuesday detected two ballistic missiles fired at the country from Iranian territory.

Colombian superstar Shakira made a surprise visit to a hard-hit region of her home country Monday, announcing multiple commitments to rebuild schools and a university there after Colombia suffered a devastating earthquake last week.

Visiting Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Tuesday sidestepped a brouhaha that has galvanized Australian media -- an apparent reference by the Australian prime minister to his Japanese counterpart's breasts.

Kanye West will perform two stadium shows in St. Petersburg, Russia, in October, making him one of the most prominent Western performers to play Russia since Moscow's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, according to concert organizers.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s son Conor has been placed on Russia's international wanted list for his covert enlistment to fight in the war in Ukraine.

Iranian parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf reiterated Tuesday that the Islamic regime's forces will keep the Strait of Hormuz closed until the U.S. fulfills its obligations under the defunct Islamabad memorandum of understanding.