More than 250,000 people across the two countries have been forced to evacuate, and the European Commission has said that Europe’s firefighting capacity is struggling to keep pace with what is proving to be an intense wildfire year.

The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a contract worth up to $58.6 billion to produce Patriot interceptor missiles, the Pentagon ​said on Wednesday, as conflicts in Iran and Ukraine strain U.S. weapons stockpiles.

An explosion at a port on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast set fire to two ships, including a U.S. gas storage tanker, according to maritime tracking firms.

Funerals are held for fighters from Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces after U.S. and Saudi strikes targeted Tehran-backed militias. Six Iranian advisers were also killed

Since former Macao pro-democracy lawmaker Au Kam San was arrested under a national security law in July 2025, little about his case has been made known.

India’s main opposition Congress Party has sought the resignation of Home Minister Amit Shah, a close aide of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, over the police crackdown on student protesters in New Delhi last week.

The Fed's "family fight" returns U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to give Iran a "beating," and investors actually gave one to Meta.

Former President Barack Obama endorsed Iowa Democrat Josh Turek for US Senate in a basketball court cameo, boosting his bid for an open GOP-held seat.