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President Trump could order strikes on targets in Iran as early as this weekend, reports this week indicated, as the Pentagon continues a massive military buildup in the region and U.S. negotiators continue diplomatic talks with Iranian officials.

As Russia's battlefield losses mount in Ukraine, African leaders are increasingly condemning what they describe as a cynical campaign to recruit African men to fight and die in a foreign war.

Tattoos are found these days on everyone from elementary school teachers to physicians and politicians -- but as inked skin becomes more common, so does a rare eye disease caused by body art.

China reacted with unease to the daring U.S. military raid on Iran's nuclear facilities with official state media voicing fears that underground Chinese nuclear sites are vulnerable to similar strikes, according to a U.S. Air Force think tank report.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday pitched India as a central player in the global artificial intelligence ecosystem, saying the country aims to build technology at home while deploying it worldwide.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser requested federal aid from the Trump administration in cleaning up the massive sewage spill that contaminated the Potomac River.

Yoon Suk Yeol, the former president who tried to impose martial law upon South Korea in December 2024, was sentenced Thursday by the Seoul District Court to life imprisonment for the insurrection.

A New Jersey Catholic diocese this week agreed to a $180 million settlement to resolve allegations of clergy sexual abuse, a figure far exceeding agreements in some large dioceses but still dwarfed by other massive settlements.

Long ago, when Romans wanted to build a new temple, they would head to the nearby quarries of Tivoli, chisel out blocks of porous rock called lapis tiburtinus - now known as travertine - and float the cargo downstream on rafts to craftsmen in town.

The crowing starts well before the sun rises over Mason Aiona's home in Hawaii.