- — As Houthis strike Riyadh, Saudi Arabia confronts the costs of U.S. war on Iran
- Deadly attacks by Yemen’s rebels have left Saudi leader Mohammed bin Salman juggling security risks and the kingdom’s economic ambitions.
- — Pope Leo enters hospital for surgery on lung nodule
- Several hundred people gathered at Rome's Gemelli Hospital before the pope's operation, news of which had caught many in Vatican City off guard.
- — U.S. and NATO commander vows to thwart Moscow, warns Kyiv over refinery strikes
- The mixed signals expose a split in President Donald Trump’s approach to Russia, amid strain on energy markets.
- — U.K. prime minister accuses Russia of meddling in Brexit vote
- Officials scrambled to clarify that Andy Burnham’s remarks did not mean the government rejected the outcome of the controversial 2016 referendum.
- — This hurricane season in the Pacific just set a record for activity
- A powerful El Niño has cemented 2026’s place as the busiest year on record for storm activity in the eastern and central tropical Pacific Ocean.
- — He reached the Americas centuries before Columbus. Why doesn’t he get more credit?
- Accounts of Leif Erikson’s voyage to present-day Canada were known to Europeans in Christopher Columbus’s time.
- — Trump’s Zelensky attack, Russia diesel deal draw criticism in U.S. and abroad
- Several Republican lawmakers objected to the deal and expressed support for Ukraine's president in his fight with Russia. U.S. allies also called him and underscored their backing for him.
- — Saudi Arabia vows retaliation against Houthis after airport strike kills at least 12
- More than 300 were injured in Saturday's attack. President Donald Trump said he is weighing joining strikes on the Iranian-backed rebels.
- — Saudi Arabia vows major response after Houthi strike on airport kills 12, injures 309
- The U.S. has stopped short of direct military support against the Houthis in Yemen, but President Donald Trump is weighing joining strikes on the Iranian-backed rebels.
- — Pope will have surgery after doctors discover nodule in his lung
- Pope Leo XIV said that the nodule was “detected at a very early stage and is well localized,” and that the surgery would be in the coming days.
- — How Trump aide Natalie Harp’s family broke apart — and polarized
- After a tragedy, Harp’s brother, Preston, split from the family and “radicalized,” moving to Nicaragua to dedicate himself to the Sandinista cause.
- — Trump says Ukraine should ‘get a new president’ after U.S.-Russia diesel deal
- Ukraine’s Zelensky "wants to make problems for the world," Trump said Saturday, a day after praising Russia’s Putin.
- — 12 killed, hundreds injured in Saudi Arabia airport attack as Houthi strikes intensify
- Yemen’s Houthis are striking Saudi oil infrastructure, as a compounding Middle East conflicts threaten to expand. An attack Saturday on the airport left several injured and forced the kingdom to temporarily suspend operations.
- — Pope criticizes death penalty after Hegseth announces public execution
- Pope Leo XIV called the death penalty “an attack” on human dignity a day after senior Church officials condemned the Pentagon’s plans to live-stream an execution of Nidal Malik Hasan.
- — What to know about ‘NAZA,’ a documentary that looks at Israeli war technology
- Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu has described the film, which got a standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival, as part of “global antisemitic incitement.”
- — After Russian strike wipes out three families, Ukrainian town gathers to mourn
- In Pryluky’s town square, hundreds gathered around the coffins. Among them were grief-stricken classmates of the children who were killed.
- — FlyDubai co-pilot planned 9/11-style attack on Israel’s main airport, UAE says
- Hamam al-Hammami, a 29-year-old Omani national, intended to cause “the greatest possible number of human casualties,” the Emirati attorney general said.
- — Trump hits International Criminal Court with sanctions after Nobel goes to former judge
- The sanctions are aimed at cutting the ICC off from the global financial system and include threats of punishment for countries that do business with the court.
- — Trump announces diesel deal with Russia in bid to lower prices
- The amount is small compared with U.S. demand, but the deal aligns the U.S. with Russia and against Ukraine’s efforts to bomb Russian refineries.
- — Rubio meets with leader of Venezuelan opposition negotiating team
- The secretary of state, in a meeting with Venezuelan opposition figure Dinorah Figuera, expressed U.S. support for talks meant to set the stage for elections.
- — Navi Pillay, leading human rights jurist, awarded Nobel Peace Prize
- The trailblazing South African human rights lawyer and International Criminal Court judge was recognized for her work “ensuring that war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide are prosecuted.”
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