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President Donald Trump said the United States must respond after he blamed Iran for shooting down an American military helicopter off Oman, posing a new threat to the peace deal he’s said for weeks is close.

WASHINGTON − The U.S. military launched strikes against Iran on Tuesday, hours after President Donald Trump vowed retaliation over the Islamic Republic downing an American Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz.

For Jeffrey Epstein, the relief efforts following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and devastated the Caribbean nation’s economy were just another opportunity to promote himself.

The number of confirmed deaths linked to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has risen to 101, officials said on Tuesday.

BELFAST, Northern Ireland – Hundreds of anti-immigrant protesters took to the streets of Belfast on Tuesday, with some setting vehicles alight, after police charged a Sudanese man over a knife attack that left one person with serious neck and head wounds.

KYIV, Ukraine – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday he had a "positive" conversation with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner and praised what he called their readiness to work on a settlement of the Ukraine war in the coming weeks.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres will travel to Haiti next week to assess firsthand the impact of the country’s ongoing gang violence and the international community’s response. The one-day visit on Tuesday, June 16, will be Guterres’ second trip to the volatile Caribbean country following his first visit in July 2023. His visit comes amid a recent escalation in violence by ...

In June 1994, as Prince Charles admitted to an affair with Camilla Parker-Bowles during a televised interview, Princess Diana stepped out of a dark green car in London, wearing an off-the-shoulder black cocktail dress that fit her like a glove.

Iran and Israel agreed to ease strikes against each other after a flare-up in violence threatened to derail peace negotiations and led President Donald Trump to appeal for de-escalation.

YEREVAN, Armenia – Armenia's ruling Civil Contract party is leading in a parliamentary election with 54.44% of the vote, according to early ​voting results from Armenia's electoral commission that were broadcast on public TV.

TEL AVIV, Israel – Israel said it struck military targets in western and central Iran on Monday, even after U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to refrain from further attacks.

LONDON – The leaders of Britain, Germany and France said on Sunday they supported a proposal for talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin to try to secure a ceasefire, and Europe ​would play a role.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is heading to North Korea in a likely bid to reassert Beijing’s influence over an emboldened Kim Jong Un, a neighbor with a rapidly expanding nuclear arsenal and deepening alliance with Russia. The two-day visit that begins Monday marks Xi’s first to Pyongyang in seven years, and comes just weeks after he hosted President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin in ...

LIMA – Peru's conservative presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori had an early narrow lead over her leftist rival in a runoff election on Sunday, according to an exit poll, as voting drew to a close after a campaign focused on crime and the country's socio-economic divide.

PARIS – France is working with several countries to step up pressure on Israel by pressing ahead with coordinated national sanctions targeting individuals linked to violence in the West Bank, three European diplomats said on Saturday.

Ukraine launched a drone barrage at St. Petersburg on Saturday, the final day of a major investment forum, hours after President Vladimir Putin spoke there and refused a proposal for talks with Kyiv. The strikes on the city and the surrounding region set a defense ministry facility ablaze and disrupted operations at Russia’s second-largest commercial airport for several hours. Russian air ...

KEMBLE, England – King Charles and senior British royals gathered at a village in southwest England on Saturday to celebrate the wedding of Princess Anne’s businessman son, Peter Phillips, to nurse Harriet Sperling.