Responding to the U.S. demand that Iran surrender, its president said, "That's a dream they should take to their grave." ...

A new study finds North American bird populations keep dropping, and that decline is speeding up for many species.

Trump vowed Iran would be hit “very hard” as he hailed the US campaign. Tehran warned it is ready for escalation, while ...

A political analyst who lived and worked in the Middle East argues that the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran—initially framed as a surgical mission to eliminate nuclear threats—have predictably ...

Measles cases in the United States have already exceeded 1,000 in 2026, increasing at a far faster pace than last year, which marked a three-decade high. The outbreak exposes the deadly consequences ...

Stung by Donald Trump’s volatile foreign policies, New Delhi is deepening ties with the EU and ‘middle powers’ such as Canada ...

Today is Purim, the holiday that commemorates events in the ancient Persian Empire between 486-465 BCE, during the reign of King Ahasuerus—often identified with Xerxes I or Artaxerxes I. The entire ...

Ancient linkups may have happened more frequently between female humans and male Neanderthals, according to an new genetic ...

First lady Melania Trump presided over the United Nations Security Council meeting Monday, declaring that the United States ...

Known as the “godmother of civil rights,” Dorothy Height fought not just for racial justice but for women’s equality.

The latest annual report on the state of global human rights from Human Rights Watch presents a grim outlook for democracy and LGBTQ+ rights around the world. Central to that assessment: the Trump ...

A new study finds North American bird populations keep dropping, and that decline is speeding up for many species.