U.S. President Donald Trump’s third visit as president to the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting is set for Wednesday.
Iran's foreign minister has issued a direct threat against the United States, warning of retaliation if attacked.
Asian shares are mixed while gold prices hit a record high as concerns over U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threats over Greenland fueled unease among investors.
President Donald Trump’s plane, Air Force One, has safely returned to Joint Base Andrews about an hour after departing for Switzerland on Tuesday evening.
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has announced a national election will be held Nov. 7.
Netflix capped last year with another solid financial performance despite slowing subscriber growth that underscored the importance of its contested $72 billion bid to take over Warner Bros.
U.S. forces have boarded and taken control of a seventh oil tanker connected with Venezuela.
Brooklyn Beckham has accused his parents, David and Victoria Beckham, of trying to sabotage his marriage and putting branding ahead of family.
An Associated Press videographer in Haiti was filming a group of tactical police patrolling the capital on Monday when gang members attacked.
The Trump administration says China has fulfilled its initial commitment to buy 12 million metric tons of soybeans, but it’s not clear if the trade agreement announced in October can withstand President Donald Trump’s ever-shifting trade policy as American farmers are still dealing with high production costs.
Israeli settlers are celebrating the inauguration of a new settlement in the West Bank on land where Israel and the U.S. once hoped to build a hospital for Palestinian children.
International health officials plan to meet in a few months to reevaluate the United States’ measles-free status.
Iran has warned Donald Trump not to take any action against the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, days after the U.S. president called for an end to Khamenei’s near 40-year reign.
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish political party says that violence against Kurdish groups in Syria risks undermining reconciliation efforts with Kurdish militants in Turkey.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says the bid by U.S. President Donald Trump to take over Greenland poses a “deep crisis” for NATO and raises questions about the alliance’s preservation as a single military-political bloc.
Grim humanitarian conditions remain in Gaza months after the ceasefire paused two years of war between Israel and Hamas militants.
President Donald Trump has shared private messages from world leaders about Greenland, revealing softer tones behind public criticism.
Britain’s government has approved a massive new Chinese Embassy in central London, despite strong criticism from lawmakers.
Guards from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have abandoned a camp in northeast Syria, allowing detainees linked to the Islamic State group to escape.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Russia has launched more than 300 drones and missiles in a nighttime attack on Ukraine's power grid.
Senegal's team receives a heroes' welcome in Dakar following their Africa Cup of Nations victory.
Israeli forces have targeted two United Nations facilities as part of their crackdown on the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees.
The British government is defending its decision to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after U.S. President Donald Trump criticized the move.
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a bombing at a Chinese restaurant in Afghanistan’s capital that killed at least seven people including a Chinese national and wounded more than a dozen others.
Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has welcomed the Parliament passing anti-hate speech and gun laws following a deadly attack at a Jewish festival in Sydney last month.
A Barcelona commuter train has crashed after a retaining wall fell onto the tracks, killing one person and injuring 15 others.
The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting attracts corporate executives, academics, philanthropists and media to the Swiss Alps town of Davos.
On the anniversary of his inauguration, President Donald Trump is heading to the World Economic Forum in Davos, an annual gathering of the global elite.
A new study finds that warming temperatures are causing Antarctic penguins to breed earlier, threatening some species with extinction by century's end.
Latin American progressive leaders are increasingly being backed into a corner on organized crime by pressure from the Trump administration and their own voters, who point to the results from El Salvador's war on gangs.
A surfer had minor injuries from being bitten by a shark in the fourth attack off the coast of Australia’s most populous state in three days.
Stocks sank on Wall Street after President Donald Trump threatened to hit eight European countries with new tariffs as tensions escalate over his attempts to assert American control over Greenland.
In the wake of spiraling tensions between the United States and Iran over Tehran’s violent crackdown of protests, analysts warn that internal upheaval or a potential collapse of the Iranian government could carry nuclear risks.
A deal between the Syrian government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces seems to be unraveling.
Valentino Garavani, the iconic Italian designer known for his glamorous gowns and signature “Valentino red,” has died at 93.
European Union leaders are using strong language like "intimidation" and "blackmail" to describe U.S. President Donald Trump's threat of new tariffs over Greenland.
The death toll from suspected gang attacks on Guatemalan police has risen to 10, as Guatemalans saw heavier security in the streets and curtailed rights after Congress approved President Bernardo Arévalo’s emergency declaration.
Three U.S. Catholic cardinals have urged the Trump administration to use a moral compass in foreign policy.
An Israeli official says the nation has been asked to join U.S. President Donald Trump’s new Board of Peace that will supervise the next phase of the Gaza peace plan.
Nearly 3,000 high-level participants from business, government and beyond plus untold numbers of activists, journalists and observers are converging on the Swiss town of Davos for the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting.
Authorities in South Africa say a collision between a truck and a school minibus in Gauteng province has killed at least 13 children.
U_S_ President Donald Trump has linked his aggressive stance on Greenland to last year’s decision not to award him the Nobel Peace Prize, telling Norway’s prime minister that he no longer feels “an obligation to think purely of Peace."
Regional officials have confirmed at least 40 people are dead after a high-speed rail collision in southern Spain.
The Swiss town of Davos hosts the annual meeting of elites from business, government and culture this week.
European shares mostly fell and U.S. stock futures skidded Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to slap a 10% extra tariff on imports from eight European countries because they oppose having America take control of Greenland.
Hackers have disrupted Iranian state TV to air footage supporting the exiled crown prince.
Vietnam’s Communist Party has opened a meeting to decide the country's top leadership and policies for the next five years.
Chinese police have detained those in charge of a steel factory in Inner Mongolia after an explosion killed two people.
China has reported its economy expanded at a 5% annual pace in 2025, buoyed by strong exports despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
Authorities in Chile say that wildfires raging across central and southern areas of the country have left at least 18 people dead.
At least eight more countries say the United States has invited them to join President Donald Trump’s new Board of Peace overseeing next steps for Gaza.
Republican lawmakers are scrambling to contain President Donald Trump’s threats of taking possession of Greenland.
Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo has declared a state of siege after suspected gang members in Guatemala’s capital killed seven police officers.
Kremlin-installed authorities in Russia-occupied parts of southern Ukraine say Ukrainian drone strikes have damaged energy networks.
President Yoweri Museveni says his landslide victory in Uganda's election shows his party's dominance.
Venus Williams became the oldest player ever in the Australian Open women's singles draw on Sunday and went ever-so-close to celebrating the record with a win.
The eight European countries targeted by U_S_ President Donald Trump for a 10% tariff for opposing American control of Greenland have criticized the move in an unusually strong joint statement, warning that his threats “undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral.”.
The Syrian government has announced a ceasefire with the Syrian Democratic Forces, taking almost full control of the country.
Zeynep Sönmez has stopped a game to help an ailing ballkid during her first-round win over Ekaterina Alexandrova at the Australian Open.
Indonesian rescuers have recovered a body while searching for 11 people aboard a plane that crashed on Sulawesi island.
André Ventura, the leader of Portugal's hard-right Chega party, has placed second in the country's presidential election.
A third round of retaliatory strikes by the U.S. in Syria has resulted in the death of an Al-Qaeda-affiliated leader.
Thousands of people have rallied in Serbia as university students announced a new stage in their struggle against President Aleksandar Vucic’s government.
President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” that was initially seen as a mechanism focused on ending the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza is taking shape with ambitions to have a far broader mandate of other global crises.
Thousands of Greenlanders carefully marched across snow and ice to take a stand against U.S. President Donald Trump.
The European Union and the Mercosur bloc of South American countries have formally signed a long-sought landmark free trade agreement.
Israel’s government is objecting to a White House announcement about leaders overseeing the next steps in Gaza as the ceasefire enters its challenging second phase.
President Donald Trump’s new Gaza ceasefire plan includes a committee to manage Gaza's daily affairs.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has criticized U.S. President Donald Trump for supporting Iranian protesters.
Hundreds of people in Spain have watched horses gallop through flames as part of the centuries-old tradition called Las Luminarias.
A Ukrainian delegation has arrived in the United States to discuss a U.S.-led diplomatic push to end the nearly 4-year-old war.
President Donald Trump says he'll impose a 10% import tax starting in February on goods from eight European nations because of their opposition to American control of Greenland.
The family of a 23-year-old Iranian college student believes she was killed by a bullet fired by Iranian security forces.
Emmy Award-winning actor Timothy Busfield’s attorneys told a court he should be released while he awaits the outcome of child sex abuse charges against him.