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The Trump administration’s public portrayal of a shattered Iranian military is sharply at odds with what US intelligence agencies are telling policymakers behind closed doors, according to...

When Prime Minister Keir Starmer led the Labour Party to victory in Britain’s last general election, in 2024, he campaigned on a platform of stability, selling his party as the antidote to years of...

LONDON — Dozens of Labour Party lawmakers called on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to resign on Monday, effectively rejecting their leader’s efforts to quell a mutiny in the party ranks and raising...

Health officials are closely monitoring the passengers from the cruise ship that was hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak, as they have begun returning to their home countries around the world. Some...

Dr. Kyle Staller is a gastroenterologist, so it may be surprising that many of his patients come to him complaining not only about stomach trouble but about their brains, too. Irritable bowel...

In mid-March, Babak, 49, an Iranian product designer at a tech company in Tehran, Iran, was called into his boss’s office and told that his position was being eliminated. Iran’s government had...

I watch sidewalks carefully to avoid falling, but some of my nastiest spills have happened at home. What can I do to fall-proof my house? It’s wise to look out for cracked pavement and uneven...

President Donald Trump and China’s leader, Xi Jinping, are scheduled to meet in Beijing this coming week for a high-stakes summit that could shape the next stage of rivalry between the world’s two...

Traffic in the Strait of Hormuz remained throttled Saturday, after naval skirmishes between U.S. and Iranian forces in recent days heightened tensions in the vital shipping route. For weeks, the...

HONG KONG: As the war in Iran drags on, China has deepened its influence with fuel-starved neighbors, offering to ease shortages while pushing its renewable energy technology. In the days after the...

LONDON — With the right-wing populist Reform UK party headed by Nigel Farage posting significant gains in local elections, Prime Minister Keir Starmer took responsibility Friday for large Labour...

Health officials in a growing list of countries scrambled Thursday to track people connected to a deadly outbreak of the hantavirus on a cruise ship. The World Health Organization also predicted a...

Consumers have continued to pick up chicken nuggets, tacos, and coffee from some of the nation’s largest restaurant chains despite concerns that higher gas prices from the war with Iran would...

Gavianne Sommer Viar cranked her hand-held fan to its highest setting as she tried to listen to a university lecture. It was another sweltering morning in Manila, and her classroom’s air...

The United States was waiting Thursday for Iran to convey its response to the latest American proposal to end the war, after public messages from top-ranking officials on both sides suggested a burst...

China’s top diplomat met with Iran’s foreign minister on Wednesday and called for greater efforts to open the Strait of Hormuz and for an end to the war, after the Trump administration pressed...

Iran said on Wednesday that it was reviewing an American proposal to end the war, a day after President Donald Trump abruptly paused a new U.S. military effort to protect ships in the Strait of...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, in a sudden reversal, announced Tuesday evening that the United States was pausing “for a short period of time” efforts to help guide ships through the...

Hantaviruses have most likely been around as long as rodents, but little was known about these pathogens before the 20th century. This rare family of viruses that rodents carry has been cited as the...

In the wake of the war in Iran, airlines have been raising their fees for checked bags. According to airline executives, operating costs have gone up since the conflict began, and with jet fuel...