With President Trump’s visit to Beijing looming, China is pushing Iran to negotiate even as its companies export material that could be used by Iran’s military.A government-organized march in Tehran on Wednesday in support of Iran’s new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei.
President Trump offered few details on how the new program, which he called Project Freedom, would work, but said interference would be dealt with “forcefully.”Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, near Musandam, Oman, on Friday.
Oil prices fell and futures on the S&P 500 rose slightly on Sunday as investors reacted to continued uncertainty about the war in Iran.
Plus, the complicated legacy of Spirit Airlines.A federal appeals court temporarily halted a Food and Drug Administration regulation that has greatly expanded access to the abortion pill mifepristone.
How would soldiers from places like Florida, Texas and Georgia fight and persevere in temperatures as low as minus 40 degrees?
State lawmakers declined to back a Trump-inspired plan to move 1,300 homeless people to a campus on the edge of Salt Lake City, but supporters are trying to keep the plan’s spirit alive.Tyler Clancy, Utah’s new homelessness coordinator, is leading the state’s effort to design a plan to serve “high u
The Trump administration is evicting bison herds from federal grasslands in Montana, siding with ranchers and Republican leaders over environmentalists and tribal leaders.
The teenagers, who had faced deportation after a high-profile detention, took the stage on Sunday thanks to an invitation from one of country music’s biggest stars.Luis Antonio Gámez-Cuéllar wiped a tear from his face after he and his family were released from the Dilley Immigration Processing Cente
A spokesman for the former mayor of New York City said Mr. Giuliani was critical but stable.Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York, is critically ill in a Florida hospital.
A growing number of men across the continent say they are being promised jobs in Russia, only to be forced into the war. Some go as mercenaries, but many more are drawn unwittingly.
Some see a clear explanation: Russia needs more troops, and young men in Africa desperately need jobs.Family members of people recruited by Russia for the war in Ukraine protested in Nairobi, Kenya, in March. The lack of information on missing loved ones spurred their appeal to lawmakers.
Air defenses in the Russian capital were breached as Ukraine expands long-range strikes.Damage to a high-rise residential building after a drone attack in Moscow on Monday.
Protesters have found a perfect foil in Amazon’s founder, the gala’s lead sponsor this year.In the weeks leading up to the event, an increasingly visible anti-Bezos campaign has erupted on New York’s streets and subways. On social media, users have described the event as the “Amazon Prime Gala” or “
The latest Costume Institute exhibition expands its ideas of who, exactly, belongs in fashion. Will the gala follow suit?Five of the new mannequins in the new Costume Institute exhibition, each of which have been modeled on actual people.
What to know about this year’s celebration, including the return of a superstar last seen on the Met carpet 10 years ago.Beyoncé arriving to the Met Gala in 2016, the last year she attended the event.
Cellphone bans got devices out of students’ hands, according to the first large study. But behavior and academics have not improved, at least so far.Cellphone use declined in schools that adopted strict bans, though test scores did not immediately improve.
Israel has failed to arrest a wave of violence against Palestinians, prompting military officials to urge the government to intervene.Mourners carrying the body of Amir Odeh, 28, who was killed in an attack by Israeli settlers in the village of Qusra, in the West Bank, in March.
The party’s congressional campaign arm is promoting more contenders to take down at-risk Republicans — and is taking sides in some competitive primaries.
Later this month, riders on the weekend will be able to travel directly from Hoboken to the World Trade Center for the first time in nearly 25 years.PATH trains connect Northern New Jersey and Manhattan.
Unusual opioids are infiltrating street drugs. Knoxville’s top forensic doctor is on the front lines, pressing to quickly identify the most lethal.
The drugs are 10 times more dangerous than fentanyl. They are showing up in street drugs in the South and the Midwest, and will most likely spread to other regions.A Knoxville, Tenn., police officer at the scene of a suspected overdose last month. The greater Knoxville area has seen a startling spik
Having gotten into trouble for making jokes critical of the Chinese government, the standup comic Chizi now lives in self-imposed exile. He’s finding that freedom imposes its own constraints.Chizi performed for the first time in years in Tokyo in April. The audience went to see a rebel.
One case of hantavirus infection has been confirmed in a laboratory, the organization said on Sunday. There are five additional suspected cases.The cruise ship MV Hondius off Cape Verde on Sunday. Officials identified the ship as the one with passengers infected by hantavirus.
Three passengers of the MV Hondius died after showing symptoms of the rare disease. Health authorities confirmed one case and are investigating five others.The cruise ship MV Hondius stationed off the port of Praia, Cape Verde, on Sunday.
