SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea will send thousands of military construction workers and deminers to support reconstruction work in Russia’s Kursk region, a top Russian official said Tuesday, the latest sign of expanding cooperation between the nations. North Korea has already supplied thousands of combat troops and a vast amount of conventional weapons to…
MADRID — Spain’s government said Tuesday that the massive April power outage across Spain and Portugal that left tens of millions of people disconnected in seconds was caused by technical and planning errors that left the grid unable to handle a surge in voltage. Ecological Transition Minister Sara Aagesen, who manages the nation’s energy policy,…
With his country having killed some of Iran’s top military commanders and rattled its leadership, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his government’s aerial assault on Iran could trigger the collapse of the regime, opening the door to a popular uprising. “It’s impossible to predict, but it could be the result of our mighty action,”…
Iraq descended into a deadly insurgency and then full-blown sectarian civil war. After American troops left in 2011, the Islamic State terrorist group flourished and was able to establish its own caliphate — a religious kingdom — before America and its allies returned again to wipe ISIS out. Meanwhile, in Libya, Moammar Gadhafi responded to…
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LONDON — British lawmakers voted Tuesday to decriminalize abortion in England and Wales after a lawmaker argued it was cruel to prosecute women for ending a pregnancy. The House of Commons approved an amendment to a broader crime bill that would prevent women from being criminally punished under an antiquated law. Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi,…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is considering a range of options to resolve the worsening conflict in the Middle East, including a possible U.S. military strike against Iran, current and former administration officials said in a fresh sign of rising global tensions on his watch. Trump cut short his appearance at an international summit meeting…
LEMBATA, Indonesia — Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki erupted with giant ash and smoke plumes again Wednesday after forcing evacuations of villages and flight cancellations, including to and from the resort island of Bali. Several eruptions sent ash up to 16,400 feet into the sky Tuesday evening to Wednesday afternoon. An eruption Tuesday afternoon sent…
Share ‘The battle begins,’ Iran’s supreme leader says, vowing ‘no mercy’ on Israel Iran “must give a strong response” to Israel, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said in English in a post on X yesterday, vowing to show “no mercy.” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in 2024.Majid Saeedi / Getty Images file In a separate post…
