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In a surge of attacks last week, the Ansar Allah militia struck across Yemen’s border into Saudi Arabia; captured a strategic port on the Red Sea; and seized an island at the Bab el-Mandeb Strait....

 The world is furious — again — over rising energy prices caused by the American-Israeli war against Iran. Since the latest surge pushed oil above $100 a barrel, protesters have burned tires and...

Saudi Arabia has increasingly found itself caught in the middle of the war between the United States and Iran. Now, the kingdom’s leadership is assessing dwindling options on how to respond. In...

King Charles III of Britain will meet with leaders from major artificial intelligence companies this week in Scotland amid mounting fears that rapid, unchecked development of the technology could lead...

Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, called for a global slowdown of artificial intelligence development in a 3,800-word essay Saturday, just days after one of the company’s employees quit over...

Earth just had the hottest August on record, according to monthly reports from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Service, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA. The...

Long before it was captured by Ansar Allah forces this past week in Yemen’s civil war, the centuries-old Red Sea port of Mokha was famed as one of the original gateways of the global coffee trade. ...

Elizabeth’s two sons, ages 8 and 10, have both been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. So have Elizabeth, 37, and her husband, 41. To manage it all, Elizabeth and her husband...

In the last few years, there’s been a cultural push for women in midlife to build strong bones. Menopause influencers and medical organizations alike have focused on the message that women’s risk...

It doesn’t flip — it folds. That was the buzz when Apple unveiled its new iPhone Duo this week at a media event in Cupertino, California. The event gave journalists the opportunity to get a first...

 For years, China has been talking a big game about the Arctic. The country lies far from the Arctic Circle — more than 800 miles — but still, it has declared itself a “near-Arctic state.” ...

Meta on Tuesday rolled out Muse, an artificial intelligence agent that acts as a personal digital assistant by autonomously using software apps and websites on behalf of people. It is one of the...

The iPhone has not changed much since Apple introduced it in 2007. Whether it has slimmed down, rounded out its edges or shed its home button, the iPhone has always been a rectangular piece of glass...

The U.S. military said Tuesday that it had destroyed five Iranian oil tankers in reprisal for attempted strikes by Iran on a U.S. Navy warship, adding to the burst of fighting in recent days that has...

Iran has signaled that it is willing to escalate its fight with the United States, with senior leaders issuing increasingly sharp warnings in recent days after attacking U.S. warships for the first...

The Food and Drug Administration’s approval last month of a new drug for pancreatic cancer marked the end of a long quest to develop a medicine that can hit one of cancer’s most elusive targets. ...

“Ferritin face” is what social media influencers call the tired, sallow, dark-circles-around-the-eyes look they claim is a signal that your body isn’t getting enough iron. Iron deficiency is...

Britain is set to announce wide-ranging economic restrictions targeting Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank as soon as Tuesday, according to seven officials briefed on the measures, in what...

The scenario often unfolds like this: Medical researchers investigate a frequently used drug and report that it’s not as effective for older patients as previously thought, or that in older adults,...

For months the U.S. military has sought to protect tankers from Iranian attacks as they carry Persian Gulf oil through the Strait of Hormuz. But last week, a Saudi vessel trying to go through the...