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COLOMBO — It is a public holiday few people wanted.Residents of Sri Lanka’s capital said the streets were unusually hushed on Wednesday, a day after the government announced it would cleave the...

About 2,500 additional Marines aboard three warships are heading to the Middle East, U.S. military officials said Friday, as the Trump administration’s war on Iran continued to prompt Iranian...

People often say that you should never wear new clothes before washing them. That seems a little extreme. Is it true?A: In a post on TikTok, a woman showed pictures of her arms, legs and face covered...

Four decades ago, in the middle of a different war in the Gulf, the rulers of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates started Emirates, an airline that would defy the odds and become one of the world’s...

Two weeks into a war against Iran that he chose to launch, President Donald Trump faces a stark choice — stay in the battle to achieve the dauntingly ambitious goals he has set or try to extract...

The United States’ efforts to prevent Iran from blocking oil shipments in the Strait of Hormuz were met with Iranian defiance on Saturday, after the US launched a major raid on a key Iranian oil hub...

Since Zainab Ibrahim, 45, and her family arrived at a shelter in Beirut on March 2, she said, there has been no food for the traditional predawn meal that precedes their daily fasts during...

BEIRUT — Nearly 700,000 people have been driven from their homes in Lebanon, the United Nations said Tuesday, as Israel’s mass evacuation orders and bombing campaign against Hezbollah transform...

WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump declared Friday that he would settle for nothing short of “unconditional surrender” by Iran, the latest and broadest expansion of his goals for the...

Every day, around 80 oil and gas tankers typically pass through the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway off Iran’s southern coast that carries a fifth of the world’s oil and a significant amount...

In the most hopeful scenario for the global economy, the latest war in the Middle East ends within a few weeks. The region continues to produce oil and gas. Shipping resumes in the Strait of Hormuz,...

President Donald Trump said Sunday that the US military intends to sustain its assault on Iran for “four to five weeks” if necessary, insisting that it “won’t be difficult” for Israel and...

Pakistan carried out airstrikes on Afghanistan’s two largest cities on Friday, including the capital, Kabul, according to officials from both nations, escalating months of tension and border...

Content generated by artificial intelligence has become so lifelike that it’s often impossible to tell whether a video or an image floating through social media is real or fake.Enter the AI...

On Thursday, the United States and Iran will meet for a high-stakes round of nuclear negotiations in Geneva. The outcome may determine whether they go to war or strike a deal.President Donald Trump,...

A growing number of Americans, especially younger ones, are reaching for energy drinks in order to stay up late or level up their workout. About two-thirds of teens report drinking them at least...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has told advisers that if diplomacy or any initial targeted U.S. attack does not lead Iran to give in to his demands that it give up its nuclear program, he will...

MEXICO CITY — The Mexican government said it killed the nation’s most wanted cartel boss Sunday, setting off a wave of fires and violence across the country as cartel operatives sought to exact...

NEW DELHI — In a world where geopolitical power is being defined partly by the race between the United States and China to dominate artificial intelligence, India has a pitch for those left...

Michelle Cowley, a London-based communications specialist, and her husband spent nearly two years planning a $16,000 vacation to Walt Disney World in Florida. Then their children, ages 7 and 11, heard...