The meeting that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will have at the White House originally seemed like a prime opportunity to have President Donald Trump’s ear before he embarked on a trip to Chi

Both countries said they were suspending fighting before the Muslim holiday Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, and at the request of Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar.

Sweden's Security Service (SAPO) warned on Wednesday of increased threats to the Nordic nation from ​the war in Iran, including risks to Jewish targets, as it ‌released its annual national security assessment.

The latest World Happiness Report 2026 says that heavy social media use has contributed to a stark decline in well-being among young people, with the effects particularly worrying in teenage girls

Investors in Asia are assessing the Bank of Japan decision, with the bank expectedly holding rates at 0.75%. Asia-Pacific markets dipped on Thursday, tracking losses on Wall Street that saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average touch a new closing low for the year.

Andrea Stricker warns U.S. must neutralize Iran's Pickaxe Mountain nuclear site and secure uranium stockpiles before ending combat operations.

At least three women have been killed, and at least 13 people injured, after rocket fragments struck a hair salon in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian authorities say. The official Palestinian news agency WAFA said civil defense teams have been responding to “falling rocket and projectile fragments across multiple governorates” since the US-Israel war with Iran began.

The militant group’s attacks on Israel have sparked anger even among its most loyal Shiite supporters in Lebanon, weakening its clout as the war widens.