Iranian media reported on Wednesday that the national women’s soccer team has returned to the Islamic Republic after several of the players had sought asylum in Australia. The outlets shared footage of the women entering Iran after landing in Turkey and taking a bus to the border.

The latest World Happiness Report 2026 says that heavy social media use has contributed to a stark decline in well-being among young people, with the effects particularly worrying in teenage girls

The militant group’s attacks on Israel have sparked anger even among its most loyal Shiite supporters in Lebanon, weakening its clout as the war widens.

Andrea Stricker warns U.S. must neutralize Iran's Pickaxe Mountain nuclear site and secure uranium stockpiles before ending combat operations.

Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez announced a major Cabinet shake-up Wednesday with the appointment of a new defense minister to replace

The U.S. intelligence community said China "prefers to achieve unification" with Taiwan "without the use of force, if possible."

Pakistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday declared a temporary pause in escalating fighting, two days after Kabul blamed Islamabad for a deadly airstrike in the Afghan capital that it said killed hundreds of people at a drug rehabilitation hospital.

President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday named the nation’s next aircraft carrier “Free France,” in a homage to the World War II resistance movement as the nuclear power moves to bolster its naval capabilities.