Hurricane Isaias is testing emergency preparedness along the northern Gulf of Mexico, with coastal communities in Florida, Alabama and Mississippi facing the prospect of dangerous storm surges, torrential rainfall and prolonged power outages. The storm's approach has triggered evacuations,...

U.S. Seizes Seven Internet Domains as Cybersecurity Pressure Mounts Over Suspected China-Linked Operations

The United States has intensified its efforts to counter suspected foreign cyber operations by seizing seven internet domains allegedly connected to digital infrastructure used to...

Hurricane Isaias is emerging as a significant test for communities and critical industries along the northern Gulf Coast, with Florida and Alabama preparing for a potentially disruptive landfall late Friday or early Saturday.

The storm has strengthened to hurricane intensity, with maximum...

A death at a plague research institute in Siberia has placed Russian public-health authorities under heightened scrutiny, even as officials insist that the situation remains contained and that the quarantine measures introduced after the incident were precautionary.

The case involves a...

Brazil’s presidential election has emerged as a consequential test of the country’s political direction, with the outcome carrying implications well beyond the domestic political arena. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is seeking another term against Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, whose political...

Kyiv’s transportation network has become an increasingly important pressure point in the Russia-Ukraine war, after a Russian strike damaged the capital’s Northern Bridge and forced authorities to suspend traffic across the crossing.

The latest attack left at least six people dead across...

Ethiopian federal forces have regained control of the main airport in Mekelle, the capital of the northern Tigray region, in a significant battlefield development that comes as renewed fighting threatens to reopen one of the country's most difficult political and security crises.

Alula Aba...

The Flydubai cockpit attack has exposed a difficult dimension of aviation security: the possibility that a serious threat can emerge from inside the flight deck itself.

Captain Smit Machchhar, who is recovering in an Abu Dhabi hospital, described the incident during a video call with...

France is facing a widening school protest movement that has moved beyond the Paris region and disrupted education across the country, exposing the financial and operational pressures facing one of the government's largest public-service commitments.

Around 400 high schools, equivalent to...

The destruction of public housing towers in Venezuela’s coastal state of La Guaira has turned a long-running housing strategy into a wider test of construction policy, disaster planning and the economics of reconstruction.

The immediate trigger was the pair of powerful earthquakes that...

Iraq has entered a new phase in its relationship with the United States after the U.S. military completed the withdrawal of its remaining troops from the country on September 30, ending a 12-year campaign centered on defeating the Islamic State as an organized military threat.

The final...

A highly active Pacific hurricane pattern is putting several communities across Mexico and Hawaii under pressure, while the potential movement of storm-related rainfall toward the U.S. Southwest adds another layer to the regional risk.

Hurricane Polo was approaching Mexico’s Baja...