Israel's Netanyahu says capture of Rafah crossing was an 'important step' toward dismantling Hamas

Israel's Netanyahu says capture of Rafah crossing was an 'important step' toward dismantling Hamas

Israel's defense minister vows to "deepen" Rafah offensive if talks on hostage deal fail

Israel's defense minister vows to "deepen" Rafah offensive if talks on hostage deal fail

Belarus launches nuclear drills a day after Russia announces them, with Ukraine in mind

Belarus has launched drills involving missiles and warplanes capable of carrying tactical nuclear weapons

Deadline for businesses to apply for their share of massive credit card company settlement looms

A deadline is looming for millions of businesses who may be entitled to a payout in a $5.5 billion antitrust settlement with Visa and Mastercard

Too much water, and not enough: Brazil's flooded south struggles to find basic goods

More than 80% of residents in Brazil's southern city of Porto Alegre do not have running water, one week after after massive flooding that has left at least 90 people dead and more than 130 missing

The Eurovision Song Contest is kicking off with pop and protests as the war in Gaza casts a shadow

Competition in the 68th Eurovision Song Contest kicks off Tuesday in Sweden

US repatriates 11 citizens from notorious camps for relatives of Islamic State militants in Syria

The United States has repatriated 11 of its citizens from sprawling camps in northeastern Syria that house tens of thousands of family members of suspected Islamic State militants

Pakistan's military says recent suicide attack that killed 5 Chinese was planned in Afghanistan

Pakistan’s military says a suicide bombing that killed five Chinese engineers and a Pakistani driver in March was planned in neighboring Afghanistan and that the bomber was an Afghan citizen

Former head of one of China's top state-owned phone companies sentenced to 16 years for corruption

A Chinese court sentenced the former head of one of the country’s three major state-owned phone carriers to 16 years in prison on charges of accepting bribes and abusing his authority, part of leader Xi Jinping’s politically-tinged...

Rainfall allows Spain's Catalonia to ease water restrictions for 1st time during drought

Authorities in Spain’s Catalonia region say they will ease restrictions on water use for a wide area including Barcelona after recent rainfall palliated a prolonged drought

Nintendo to announce Switch successor in this fiscal year as profits rise

Japanese video-game maker Nintendo's announcement about a successor to its Switch home console is coming sometime before March 2025

US seeks information from Tesla on how it developed and verified whether Autopilot recall worked

Federal safety investigators want Tesla to tell them how it developed the fix in a recall of more than 2 million vehicles with the company’s Autopilot partially automated driving system

US seeks information from Tesla on how it developed and verified whether Autopilot recall worked

Federal safety investigators want Tesla to tell them how it developed the fix in a recall of more than 2 million vehicles with the company’s Autopilot partially automated driving system

Berlin police break up a pro-Palestinian student camp at the city's Free University as protests over war in Gaza spread

Berlin police break up a pro-Palestinian student camp at the city's Free University as protests over war in Gaza spread

Ukraine says it foiled a Russian spy agency plot to assassinate President Zelenskyy

Ukrainian counterintelligence investigators say they have foiled a Russian plot to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other top military and political figures

One way to appreciate teachers: These schools provide their day care

Struggling to give teachers meaningful raises, some school districts are adding a new perk — subsidized, on-site child care for their kids

Bugging equipment found in room where Polish government was to meet

A Polish government official says that bugging devices were detected in a room where Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk was scheduled to meet with his Cabinet ministers

Czech Republic's top court rules that surgery is not required to officially change gender

The Czech Republic’s highest court on Tuesday ruled to dismiss part of a law requiring people to undergo gender-affirmation surgery, including sterilization, in order to officially change their gender

Iran and the UN nuclear agency are still discussing how to implement a 2023 deal on inspections

Iran and the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog are still negotiating over how to implement a deal struck last year to expand inspections of the Islamic Republic’s rapidly advancing atomic program

EU Council adopts a plan worth 6 billion euros for Western Balkans to speed up enlargement process

EU countries have approved a plan worth 6 billion euros ($6.45 billion) to support Western Balkan states aimed at accelerating reforms and economic growth in the region, as they seek future membership in the bloc

Vladimir Putin begins a fifth term as Russian president in an opulent inauguration ceremony in the Kremlin

Vladimir Putin begins a fifth term as Russian president in an opulent inauguration ceremony in the Kremlin