Israel’s multilayered air-defense system passes another test in fending off Iranian missile strike
Israel’s multilayered air-defense system appears to have passed another test after fending off Iran’s latest missile barrage.
4 candidates to lead Britain’s defeated Conservatives bash Labour, and each other
The four contenders to lead Britain’s Conservative Party took turns in the spotlight on Wednesday, each claiming to be the ...
Two predawn explosions rock the area around the Israeli Embassy in Copenhagen but no one is injured
Police in the Danish capital said two predawn explosions took place Wednesday in the vicinity of the Israeli Embassy in Copenhagen, prompting the nearby Jewish school to ...
Two men close to Benin’s president jailed after alleged coup plot
Two men close to Benin’s president who were arrested last week on suspicions of plotting a coup in the small West African country were remanded in custody ahead of ...
Women’s role in Catholic Church tops agenda as Pope Francis opens second phase of big reform project
Pope Francis opened the second phase of his big Catholic reform project Wednesday, with widespread calls for women to take up ...
Sabalenka beats Keys at China Open and equals her career-best win streak
Second-ranked Aryna Sabalenka matched her career-best 15 straight wins after beating Madison Keys 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals of the China Open on Wednesday. The ...
Palestinian officials say 32 killed in Israeli strikes on southern Gaza
Israeli strikes killed at least 32 people in southern Gaza overnight, mostly women and children, as the military launched ground operations in the hard-hit city of ...
Hong Kong share soar, while other Asian markets sink as tensions escalate in the Middle East
Hong Kong share soared while other Asian markets retreated on Wednesday as tensions escalated in the Middle East. Oil prices extended gains after Iran fired dozens of missiles into Israel, ...
Typhoon bringing heavy rain slowly heads toward Taiwan, where 4,000 have evacuated
A typhoon bringing strong winds and torrential rainfall slowly advanced Wednesday toward Taiwan, where thousands of people have been evacuated from vulnerable low-lying or ...
Mexico’s Sheinbaum will keep doing mañanera briefings, though her style is unlike her predecessor’s
Mexico’s new President, Claudia Sheinbaum, will start her day Wednesday much like her political mentor, ex-President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, began most of his: with ...
11 workers at a Tennessee factory were swept away in Hurricane Helene flooding. Only 5 were rescued
As the rain from Hurricane Helene came down harder and harder, workers inside a plastics factory in rural Tennessee kept working. It wasn’t until water flooded into the parking lot and the power ...
Push to map Great Lakes bottom gains momentum amid promises effort will help fishing and shipping
Jennifer Boehme grew up scouting beaches around her home in St. Petersburg, Florida, for whatever she could find. Rocks, sand dollars, coquina mollusks — anything the ocean ...