The largest-ever war fighting drills in Australia, Exercise Talisman Sabre, is underway and expected to attract the attention of Chinese spy ships. Talisman Sabre began in 2005 as a biennial ...

France celebrates Bastille Day on Monday with parades, fireworks, and festivities nationwide. The holiday marks the 1789 storming of the Bastille prison, a pivotal moment in the French Revolution.

The Philippine Defense Department says Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. renounced his Maltese citizenship and disclosed it to Filipino authorities before taking office. Philippine law ...

European trade ministers are meeting in Brussels after U.S. President Donald Trump announced 30% tariffs on the European Union. The tarrfois againt the EU, America’s largest trading partner, ...

President Donald Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine and Russia, retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, has arrived in Kyiv. A senior Ukrainian official says the visit focuses on defense, security, ...

Shares are mixed in Asia after the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq composite edged away from the records they set last week. Chinese shares advanced after the government reported that exports rose last ...

Clashes between Druze militias and Sunni Bedouin clans in Syria's Sweida province have killed more than 30 people and injured nearly 100. The interior ministry said Monday that military forces ...

The multistage restoration of Copenhagen’s Old Stock Exchange is taking shape 15 months after a fire destroyed more than half of the 400-year-old building. Workers are now laying a new copper ...

Swedish meatballs and build-it-yourself furniture is coming to San Marcos this week as the newest IKEA store opens Wednesday.

Search crews are expecting to resume looking for flood victims in Texas after more heavy rains temporarily paused their efforts. The July Fourth floods killed at least 132 people. Rescue efforts ...

Armies of Texan volunteers are leading flood recovery and cleanup, supplementing official efforts even as more flooding hits and the search for the missing continues. One devastated property ...

Pope Leo XIV has called for compassion for the poor, victims of tyranny, and those affected by wars. On Sunday, he celebrated Mass at St. Thomas of Villanova church in Castel Gandolfo, which has ...