President Donald Trump on Friday announced the deployment of two U.S. nuclear submarines to undisclosed locations in response to what he called “highly provocative statements” made by former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, now the deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council.
Agencies across the federal government are developing data centers across the United States and implementing AI technology in health research after the announcement of President Donald Trump’s AI Action Plan on last week.
Nearly 600 United Nations employees have passed a rare no-confidence vote against Secretary-General António Guterres, Deputy Secretary-General Guy Ryder, and the controversial UN80 reform plan aimed at overhauling the organization ahead of its 80th anniversary.
China’s tightening grip on the export of critical minerals has thrown U.S. defense manufacturers into crisis mode, delaying weapons production, driving up costs, and exposing the Pentagon’s deep dependence on Beijing for vital components, according to a Wall Street Journal investigation.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing for a decisive military victory to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, according to a diplomatic source quoted Sunday in Hebrew media. The remarks come amid growing public pressure and internal government debate over whether to expand military operations in Gaza, even at the potential cost of endangering the remaining captives.
Authorities say Russia launched a massive missile attack on Kyiv early Sunday, shortly after what is believed to be Moscow’s deadliest airstrike of the year on the Ukrainian capital killed at least 31 people, including five children, and wounded more than 150. The attacks prompted deadly retaliatory strikes by Ukraine on key Russian targets.
Eighty years after World War II, Hungary has commemorated the thousands of Hungarian Roma, often referred to as Gypsies, who perished in the Holocaust.
An evangelical pastor who spent two years under house arrest in Iran for his Christian faith has urged U.S. President Donald J. Trump to halt the deportation of Iranian Christians, warning they could face imprisonment or even execution for abandoning Islam.
Nabeel Masih, a young Christian man detained in 2016 in Pakistan for “blasphemy” against Islam, has died after years of suffering, imprisonment, and medical neglect, a representative told Worthy News Friday.
Questions have been raised about footage of alleged mass starvation in Gaza after The New York Times admitted that an emaciated child displayed on its front page as evidence of famine was suffering from a grim medical condition unrelated to the conflict with Israel.
Under pressure from the European Union and amid growing public unrest, Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday passed a law restoring the independence of the nation’s two key anti-corruption agencies — a move widely seen as vital to its EU membership ambitions.
A Delta Air Lines flight traveling from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Amsterdam was forced to make an emergency landing in Minneapolis after encountering severe turbulence that left 25 people injured, the airline and authorities confirmed.
“A brutal assault” on a Christian sanitation worker in Pakistan’s Punjab province has highlighted discrimination and violence against impoverished minority laborers across the Islamic nation, investigators say.
A Christian ceremony to bless farm crops in India’s eastern Odisha state turned into “a brutal assault,” leaving at least 30 Christians injured, 10 of whom were hospitalized with critical wounds, Christians said Thursday.
Derk Sauer, the Dutch media entrepreneur who founded one of Russia’s few independent newspapers, The Moscow Times, died on Thursday at age 72, following an accident, his family confirmed in a statement.
Germany’s Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul on Thursday called for the immediate start of a process leading to a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians, saying Berlin continues to oppose unilateral recognition of Palestinian statehood–at least for now. His remarks come amid mounting international pressure on Israel following a wave of European declarations backing statehood for Palestine.
President Donald Trump warned Thursday that reaching a new trade agreement with Canada may now be unlikely after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced his government’s formal recognition of a Palestinian state. The move, unveiled ahead of September’s United Nations General Assembly, immediately escalated tensions between the longtime allies, injecting geopolitics into sensitive economic negotiations.
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he will delay a planned increase in tariffs on Mexican imports by 90 days following what he called a “very successful” call with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum. The move postpones a threatened hike in the blanket tariff rate from 25% to 30%, giving both nations additional time to strike a more permanent trade agreement.
The Trump administration announced Thursday it will impose sanctions on multiple officials from the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) over what it described as continued support for terrorism and efforts to undermine Israel through international legal channels.
Just days before the Jewish people mark the solemn day of Tisha B’Av–the Ninth of Av–a rare bronze coin dating to the final year before the destruction of the Second Temple has been discovered near the Temple Mount. The coin, bearing the stirring inscription “For the Redemption of Zion,” was minted in Jerusalem during the fourth year of the Great Revolt against Rome (69-70 C.E.). Archaeologists view the find as a powerful echo of Jewish longing for deliverance in the face of overwhelming despair.