Beijing aims to assert its diplomatic role, mediating talks in the region and controlling rare earth exports critical for ...

Concerns about an energy supply crunch are mounting after an Iranian official threatened on Monday to “set on fire” any ships ...

Religious freedom group says 200 troops sent complaints of superiors using extremist Christian rhetoric to justify war ...

Thomas Copeland BBC Verify Live journalist. We’ve spent today working to separate the real from the fictitious as pictures and video flood social media following three days of s ...

The Strait of Hormuz is barely 21 miles wide at its narrowest point. On a map, it looks insignificant, a thin blue line between Iran and Oman. But in reality, it is one of the most important ...

Anti-Americanism is in the process of being consecrated into an ideology. Once someone is branded anti-American, the chances are that he or she will be judged before they are heard.” — Arundhati Roy, ...

When the surface of the Sun exploded with activity in May 2024, Earth was hit by the biggest solar storm in more than two ...

A new study shows heat waves increasingly trigger sudden, severe droughts across the world as the planet warms.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the attacks on fuel storage, an expansion of the bombing campaign, were aimed at ...

Escalating wildfires, wind damage and insect outbreaks could threaten tourism, water supplies and biodiversity, a new study ...