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Lebanon resident recognizes family crucifix smashed by Israeli soldier in viral image

BEIRUT – Houssam Naddaf said no words could capture the shock of seeing an Israeli soldier smash a crucifix in his family’s private garden in the southern Lebanese village of Debel – an imag...

Analysis: Why Iran’s oil industry is increasingly threatened by U.S. blockade

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Even as Iran squeezes world energy supplies with its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, its own oil industry is increasingly being threatened by an American blo...

Trump says Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire

CAIRO – Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire, President Donald Trump announced Thursday, two days after the countries held their first direct diplomatic talks in decades in W...

Europe has ‘maybe 6 weeks of jet fuel left,’ energy agency head warns

PARIS – Europe has “maybe six weeks or so” of remaining jet fuel supplies, the head of the International Energy Agency said Thursday in a wide-ranging interview, warning of possible flight c...

Middle East veterans reflect on past wars as Iran conflict enters sixth week

Vet warns of risks tied to regime change

Durango artist helps wounded soldiers in Ukraine heal through art

Ukrainians fear the world has forgotten their problems, nonprofit founder says

Iran fires on Israel and Gulf neighbors as Trump claims threat from Tehran nearly eliminated

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Iran fired more missiles at Israel and Gulf Arab states Thursday, demonstrating Tehran’s continued ability to strike its neighbors even as U.S. President Donald...

Analysis: 1 month into war, Iran is using insurgent tactics and holding the world economy hostage

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – One month into their war with Iran, the United States and Israel find themselves confronting an opponent that fights more like an insurgency than a nation – usi...

All 6 crew members on a U.S. refueling plane that crashed in Iraq are dead, U.S. military says

WASHINGTON – All six crew members of a KC-135 refueling aircraft that crashed while supporting operations against Iran are dead, the U.S. military said Friday. U.S. Central Command, which ov...

Israeli officials say Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei is dead

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has died in a major attack on Iran launched by Israel and the United States, Israeli officials told The Associated Press o...

The pope in a major foreign policy address blasts how countries are using force to assert dominion

VATICAN CITY – In his most substantial critique of U.S., Russian and other military incursions in sovereign countries, Pope Leo XIV on Friday denounced how nations were using force to assert...

U.S. launches strikes against Islamic State group in Nigeria after attacks target Christians

JABO, Nigeria – Sanusi Madabo, a 40-year-old farmer in the Nigerian village of Jabo, was preparing for bed Thursday night when he heard a loud noise that sounded like a plane crashing. He ru...