Washington signals wind-down. Jerusalem announces escalation. The treasury secretary is buying Russian and Iranian oil to keep the lights on. Congress is being asked for US$200 billion for a war the ...

At least 11 people have been killed and 59 injured after a large fire engulfed an automobile parts plant in the South Korean city of Daejeon on Friday, with three workers still unaccounted for.

US President Donald Trump has suggested the war on Iran could end within weeks, while rejecting a ceasefire and deflecting questions on ground troops, as the Strait of Hormuz remains almost entirely ...