
Trump’s Strait of Hormuz blockade threat raises risks and leaves predicaments unchanged
The conflict is now a test of wills – Iran’s capacity to absorb strikes versus Trump’s tolerance for the war’s costs.
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The conflict is now a test of wills – Iran’s capacity to absorb strikes versus Trump’s tolerance for the war’s costs.

Pope Leo XIV’s four-nation, 11-day trip to Africa is so dizzying in its complexity it recalls some of the globetrotting odysseys of St. John Paul II in his early years.

The world waits for Trump’s verdict after the talks failed to yield a deal, writes the BBC’s Lyse Doucet.

Over eight million Hungarians are eligible to vote in elections that could topple Viktor Orban, a European ally of President Trump.

The U.S and Iran did not reach an agreement to end the war in Iran at a high-level meeting on Saturday.

The star spent much of the gig singing along to YouTube videos of early hits like Baby and Never say Never.

In a rare interview, a wounded Hezbollah commander tells NPR about his secretive Shia Muslim militia’s new command structure and how it has managed to keep firing rockets into northern Israel.

The United States and Iran failed to reach an agreement after a day of highly anticipated face-to-face peace talks, Washington’s lead negotiator Vice President J.D. Vance announced on Sunday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says his nation’s forces would respond “symmetrically” to Russian attacks.

Her infectious voice got fans dancing and singing, becoming the soundtrack for generations of Indians.

The incident occurred at a “tourist event attended by many young people”, Haiti’s prime minister says.

The BBC’s Europe Editor Katya Adler reports from Prime Minister Victor Orbán’s home town of Felscút.

Many who support the president have expressed frustration with how Trump’s former attorney general Pam Bondi handled the Epstein files.

Chiraiya, which has drawn an audience of millions, has prompted conversations on social media around consent and misogyny.

The Iran war could not have come at a worse time for Sri Lanka, reeling from devastating floods and an economic crisis.

The four astronauts flew around the Moon in a nine-day voyage that took them further from Earth than any humans in history.

The high-profile Democrat, a leading contender in California’s governor race, has firmly denied the accusations.

In Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, officials from the US and Iran met to discuss a possible end to the war that’s engulfed much of the Middle East.

At a concert in Budapest, musicians and concertgoers express criticisms of Hungarian President Viktor Orbán’s leadership.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has long been accused of corruption. Sightseers now flock to his hometown as groups aim to raise awareness of what they say are the leader’s excesses.

In Hungary, voters head to the polls Sunday. At stake: the future for populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Europe’s longest-serving leader – and an ally of Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.