14+ hour, 8+ min ago   (568+ words) The events were a deadly reminder of the underlying challenge to global shipping even as attention turns to a new threat, with Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen now perched on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in the Red Sea. State-run IRNA…...

5+ hour, 43+ min ago   (297+ words) The Chicago-born pope made his first public comments to commemorate the anniversary, speaking in English at the end of his traditional Sunday noon blessing from his studio window overlooking St. Peter’s Square. “Two days ago marked the 25th anniversary of the…...

7+ hour, 23+ min ago   (604+ words) An Iranian commercial ship was struck early Sunday near the Strait of Hormuz, with one person killed, Iranian state media say. Meanwhile, the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said they fired drones and missiles toward southern Saudi Arabia, putting new…...

8+ hour, 14+ min ago   (249+ words) Beijing has barred unauthorized drone flights, citing security reasons, and has designated the city’s administrative area as restricted airspace. The latest revised rules come after a fatal accident in late June when a small aircraft crashed into a Beijing skyscraper,…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (798+ words) (NEXSTAR) – The chance of a very strong, or “super” El Niño grew to greater than 90% on Thursday. In fact, it may soon become one of the strongest El Niños ever, the Climate Prediction Center said. “During the October-December 2026 season, there…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (418+ words) Cilia Flores, the wife of ex-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, “deserves the opportunity to await her trial while on home confinement” while dealing with a heart condition that has only gotten worse since she’s been in jail, her lawyers wrote in…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (384+ words) This composite image provided by NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington on Oct. 22, 2013, shows Mercury as it appeared to the Messenger spacecraft following a flyby of the planet. (NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (296+ words) The central bank for the 21 EU member countries that use the euro currency raised its benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point to 2.50% at a meeting held in Berlin, away from the bank’s Frankfurt headquarters. Bank President Christine Lagarde said…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (367+ words) Negotiators are striving to implement reciprocal tariff reductions on $30 billion worth of goods “at an early date,” Commerce Ministry spokesperson Huang Ling said at a weekly briefing. The $30 billion will be from each side, China’s official Xinhua News Agency said....

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (308+ words) FILE - Aerial view of new cars waiting for shipment at a port in Shanghai, China, on Jan. 14, 2026. (Chinatopix via AP, File) Passenger car exports in August jumped 67.1% from the year before to around 890,000 units, driven by plug-in hybrids and pure…...