New York — Wall Street closed the week on a downbeat note as investors weighed fresh economic data that signaled renewed headwinds for the US economy.The three major indexes...

Amsterdam — Nearly half a million women in the Netherlands have had their personal and medical records stolen in a cyberattack targeting a major laboratory involved in the country’s...

Brussels — European capitals are drawing up ambitious blueprints for a massive troop deployment in Ukraine once a ceasefire is declared, a move critics say exposes both Europe’s desperation...

Moscow —Russia’s foreign ministry on Monday accused Western leaders of sabotaging peace in Ukraine, warning that talk of NATO troop deployments would escalate the crisis rather than resolve it....

Moscow — Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday, updating him on the outcomes of last week’s high-stakes Alaska summit...

Sydney — Australian authorities announced the seizure of 80 kilograms of cocaine hidden inside a shipping container that arrived from the United States, marking one of the largest narcotics...

Washington — US President Donald Trump has openly pressed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to “end the war with Russia almost immediately,” a remark that underscores a dramatic shift in...

Tel Aviv — Israel’s streets erupted in a wave of mass protests, as tens of thousands of citizens denounced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s reckless Gaza war and demanded the...

Tel Aviv — For months, famine in Gaza has been described by international agencies as one of the worst humanitarian catastrophes of the 21st century. Yet inside Israel, the...

Washington —US Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a grim assessment of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine on Sunday, conceding that despite Washington’s attempts to engineer a framework...