As tensions soar, U.S. pushes for deal to avert Israel-Lebanon war
U.S. officials say they are working to quiet fighting between Israel and Hezbollah that has pushed Lebanon to the brink of all-out war —...
Orphaned as babies, these elephants returned to the wild amid bittersweet tears
When rangers first spotted the 1-month-old elephant, she was roaming around the Samburu region in northern Kenya. She seemed distressed and alone. They could...
How the world reacted to Biden’s ‘disastrous’ debate performance
Capitals around the world had already been hedging their bets about a second Trump presidency, but that planning is likely to go into overdrive...
A decade after the Islamic State group declared a caliphate, it’s defeated but remains lethal
BAGHDAD — A decade after the Islamic State militant group declared its caliphate in large parts of Iraq and Syria, the extremists no longer...
Why China’s Communist Party expelled two former defense ministers
China’s expulsion of two former defense ministers from the Chinese Communist Party this week signaled a sharp escalation in Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s years-long...