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The United States launched new strikes on Iran on Wednesday after President Donald Trump vowed to hit "hard" following Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
With its defiant strikes on ships, Iran is making a paradoxical and explosively high-risk calculation -- that it can boost its long-term deterrence through actions that invite new US attacks.
Oil prices briefly soared back above $80 per barrel while stock markets slid Wednesday, after US President Donald Trump said Washington's ceasefire with Iran was over following renewed strikes in the Middle East.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered a pistol as a gift to each of his fellow leaders who attended this week's NATO summit in Ankara, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Wednesday.
Some US Federal Reserve officials saw reasons to hike rates at the central bank's June policy meeting given elevated inflation on fallout from the Middle East war, minutes of the gathering showed Wednesday.
China's test of a long-range submarine-launched missile is a stark demonstration of its growing military power at a time when US attention is primarily focused on the Middle East and the Iran war rather than Asia.
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would use his old Air Force One plane to leave Turkey after a NATO summit, sending his new Qatari-gifted jet on ahead to Britain.
Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk slammed the "terrible" decision by the International Olympic Committee to lift some restrictions on Russian athletes, after reaching the Wimbledon semi-finals on Wednesday.
The United Nations said Wednesday that pledges towards closing the global digital divide had in just five years surpassed $100 billion, in what it hailed as a "landmark achievement".
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Washington would grant Kyiv "the right to make" prized Patriot air-defence systems to repel deadly Russian strikes, without providing a timeline for the pledge.
Oil prices briefly soared back above $80 per barrel while stock markets slid Wednesday after US President Donald Trump said the ceasefire with Iran was over, following renewed strikes in the Middle East.
President Donald Trump said the United States would hit Iran "hard" on Wednesday as he deemed their ceasefire over after fighting flared, but he left the door open to more talks.
British anti-immigrant politician Nigel Farage faces the embarrassing prospect of going head-to-head with perennial joke candidate Count Binface in a by-election after he decided to quit parliament.
The IMF cut its 2026 global growth projection again Wednesday, flagging "uncertainty and risks" to the economic outlook as fighting reignited in the Middle East.
US President Donald Trump offered NATO allies an unexpected warm embrace as they wrapped up a key summit Wednesday after earlier lashing out at them over their response to his war on Iran.
Oil prices soared anew and stock markets slid Wednesday after US President Donald Trump said the ceasefire with Iran was over, following renewed strikes in the Middle East.
Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul and a leading opposition figure, was removed again from court on Wednesday, at the latest hearing in his trial for corruption, Turkish media said.
British anti-immigrant politician Nigel Farage faces the embarrassing prospect of going head-to-head with perennial joke candidate Count Binface in a snap election after he decided to quit parliament.
Oil prices soared and stock markets slid Wednesday after US President Donald Trump said the ceasefire with Iran was over, following renewed strikes in the Middle East.
Once the beating heart of this Italian island community, fishermen on Lampedusa are under pressure on multiple fronts, from nets ripped by sunken migrant wrecks to a warming Mediterranean Sea.
US President Donald Trump lashed out at NATO allies Wednesday at a summit in Ankara, as the fallout from his war with Iran threatened to overshadow the key gathering.
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday the ceasefire with Iran was "over" following major exchanges of fire between US forces and the Islamic republic.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi lands in Australia on Wednesday ahead of talks tipped to focus on defence ties, critical minerals and securing prized uranium.
Crowds thronged the streets of Najaf on Wednesday as the coffin of Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei moved through the holy city in a procession devoted to Iraq, home to Shia Islam's most sacred shrines.
The tiny Pacific island nation of Tuvalu on Wednesday expressed "grave and serious concern" over a Chinese test of a long-range missile that landed in the Pacific Ocean near its waters.
Engineering graduate Abhijeet Dipke said he didn't intend to spark a student movement, after India's chief justice reportedly likened young people who criticised the government to "cockroaches" and "parasites".
Oil prices extended a surge on Wednesday as the Middle East crisis burst back into the spotlight with US forces launching fresh strikes on Iran after an attack on three vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.
After a pomp-filled welcome in Ankara where his NATO allies were at pains to keep him onside, US President Donald Trump was to get down to the hard business of the summit on Wednesday.
Americans wanted a summer of fun. They got a giant Donald Trump cage fight instead.
The United States revoked a temporary sanctions waiver for Iranian oil Tuesday after three tankers were struck in the Strait of Hormuz, raising pressure on Tehran as it negotiates with Washington over ending the Middle East war.
It is Donald Trump's signature dance, but triumphant Belgian footballers stole his "Y.M.C.A." moves after he intervened before the match in which they knocked the United States out of the World Cup.
Colombia's hard-right president-elect, Abelardo de la Espriella, claimed on Tuesday that outgoing left-wing leader Gustavo Petro was planning a "coup" and ordered the military to "protect" the country's democracy.