Germany's government has reached a deal on its 2024 budget and will keep current debt restrictions into next year following weeks of tense negotiations, leadership coalition partners announced Wednesday. The government is expected to save 1...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Representatives of Pacific Island states expressed frustration and disappointment at the final outcome of the COP28 climate summit in the United Arab Emirates, saying they were left out of the plenary room wh...

Russian President was asked a question by what appeared to be an AI-generated "deepfake" of himself during a QA session with the public Thursday. Putin held his annual phone-in with the Russian public, which was combined with his end-of-yea...

Ukraine has moved one step closer to membership after leaders in Brussels agreed to open negotiations with the war-torn nation. In a surprise announcement late Thursday, EU summit chair , who is the European Council president, said leaders...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen underscored her priorities aimed at stabilizing frigid ties between the United States and China late Thursday. Yellen, in for a dinner hosted by the U.S.-China Business Council, said "continuing to stabi...

The Biden administration has told the Israeli government that it wants the country to end its large-scale ground campaign in Gaza and transition to a more targeted phase of , two U.S. officials familiar with the discussions told NBC News. T...

A hacking group widely reported as being linked to Israel has taken responsibility for a cyberattack that's knocked out the majority of gas stations across Iran, leading to long lines of cars and angry crowds. Iranian state TV cited the cou...

Drone and missile attacks by Yemen-based Houthi militants have upended shipping through the Red Sea and Suez Canal, a narrow waterway through which some 10% of the world's trade sails. U.S. Central Command over the weekend said it shot down...

LONDON — European stocks closed lower on Thursday as global markets searched for new record highs to close out the year. The pan-European provisionally closed down about 0.1%, with health care stocks adding 0.6% while banks dropped 0.5%....

LONDON — European stocks ended Friday's session in the green, marking a positive end to a solid year. The regional index provisionally finished 2023 up 12.64% on the year. It follows a fall of 12.9% in 2022. On Friday, the Stoxx ended the...

Deadly blasts that killed at least 84 people in southern Iran has added to growing international concerns about the prospect of a broader Middle East conflict. The two explosions, which also injured more than 210 people in Kerman, targeted...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is due to meet with the leaders of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia in their respective countries on Monday, ahead of travel to Israel as Washington seeks to co...

Special counsel , who is overseeing the prosecution of former President in two federal cases, was the target of an attempted swatting at his Maryland residence on Christmas Day. According to two law enforcement sources, someone called 911...

Berlin -Last summer, US President Biden and his senior national security assistant also thought that the possibility of conflict with Iran and his agents had been effectively controlled. At that time, the two sides had just reached an agree...

U.S. media reports that Chinese leadership solves the problem of the bankruptcy of China -plant Group in an unusually rapid way, highlighting that Beijing more focuses on curbing financial risks when the economy is in trouble. Bloomberg Soc...