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Israel's military says it's striking Hezbollah sites as Netanyahu vows to 'increase the blows'

New Delhi, May 27 -- Israel's air force targeted sites belonging to Hezbollah in Lebanon, including in the country's eastern Bekaa Valley, late on Monday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu v... Read More


Cypriot social media star Fidias will keep his European Parliament job after winning Cyprus seat

New Delhi, May 27 -- Cypriot YouTuber and TikToker Fidias Panayiotou, who translated his online popularity into a meteoric political career at home and in Europe, said Monday that he'll hold onto his ... Read More


What we know and don't know about the emerging deal to end the Iran war

New Delhi, May 27 -- The United States and Iran appear to be closing in on a deal to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that negotiations are "proceedin... Read More


Parts of Europe swelter in record May heat as deaths at amateur sports events spur warnings

New Delhi, May 27 -- Europe is baking under unseasonal heat that is shattering temperature records, including in the United Kingdom on Monday, and prompting government warnings after deaths were repor... Read More


A Palestinian woman and a young girl were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza, officials say

New Delhi, May 26 -- A Palestinian woman and a young girl were killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza on Monday, hospital authorities said. The strike hit a tent sheltering a displaced famil... Read More


UAE accused of training Colombian mercenaries for Sudan's war

New Delhi, May 26 -- The United Arab Emirates trained Colombian mercenaries before sending them to fight alongside a notorious paramilitary group in Sudan's devastating war, Human Rights Watch said Tu... Read More


Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Vatican's role in legitimizing slavery

New Delhi, May 26 -- Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology on Monday for the Holy See's role in legitimizing slavery and for having failed to condemn it for centuries, calling the Vatican's record a "w... Read More


America's schools face a backlash on digital devices as screens saturate classrooms

New Delhi, May 26 -- Just a few years ago, America's public schools were rushing to get every child a laptop. Los Angeles middle school teacher Anna Soffer remembers it well: "The idea was that techno... Read More


Bruce Dern takes a bow at the Cannes Film Festival with a new documentary on his life

New Delhi, May 26 -- When Bruce Dern was leaving the Actors Studio to try to make it in Los Angeles, Elia Kazan and Lee Strasberg warned him that he wasn't going to be landing leading man parts. He wa... Read More


Officials lift evacuation orders for some California residents living near a damaged chemical tank

New Delhi, May 26 -- Emergency officials lifted an evacuation order for some of the people who live near a damaged tank containing a hazardous chemical in Southern California after temperatures inside... Read More