Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secretly visited the United Arab Emirates during the Israeli-US war with Iran, further strengthening ties with a Gulf nation that normalized relations with Israel in 2020,

Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa — a senator, former national police chief and ally of imprisoned former president Rodrigo Duterte — faces crimes against humanity charges in The Hague.

Israel expanded its attacks on Lebanon, carrying out drone strikes on vehicles along the coastal highway south of Beirut and killing at least 12,

U.S. President Donald Trump heads to Beijing this week insisting he doesn't need China's help to end the war with Iran. "We'll win it one way or the other, peacefully or otherwise," he told reporters before departing from Washington.

Nickolay Mladenov, who is overseeing the U.S.-led truce in Gaza, has tried to convince the militant group to give up its arms, but it has so far refused amid Israeli cease-fire violations.

The Trump administration is suspending a requirement for visitors from certain countries to post bonds of as much as $15,000 to obtain a visa, an effort aimed at easing the financial burden for foreign soccer fans attending the World Cup.

Senate Republicans on Wednesday again blocked Democratic legislation that would halt President Donald Trump's war with Iran, but the number of GOP senators voting against the war grew. Republican Sen.

Somalia is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate shocks, and now it is in the grip of another deadly drought.