Three Disney films could top $1 billion this year after box office rut
After years of starts and stops at the box office, Disney appears to have hit a groove in 2024. Its latest Pixar...
ISIS-inspired suspect planned suicide attack at Taylor Swift concert, Austrian authorities say
Police in Austria have questioned three teenagers suspected of plotting a suicide attack at a Taylor Swift show, sparking renewed...
Russia says it halted a Ukrainian incursion into its territory. Evidence suggests it hasn’t
Russia claims to have halted a Ukrainian incursion into its territory on Thursday, although latest evidence from the ground suggests...
July ends 13-month streak of global heat records as El Nino ebbs, but experts warn against relief
Earth’s string of 13 straight months with a new average heat record came to an end this past July as the natural El...
Kenyan youth call for ‘mother of all protests’ as president swears in new cabinet
Young protesters in Kenya returned to the capital’s streets for an eighth week of demonstrations on Thursday as President William...
Why Ukraine’s generals may have rolled the dice on an incursion into Russia
Kyiv needed a win, but not a gamble. Ukraine’s decision to launch a large amount of its scant military resources...
Residents of a frontline Israeli city feel Hezbollah’s war ‘getting closer’
In Israel’s northern city of Nahariya, a sense of anxiety lingers among residents as they struggle to maintain daily life...
Iran mulls scrapping plans to take revenge on Israel in exchange for a Gaza ceasefire
The Middle East, and indeed much of the world, is bracing for Iran to carry out a revenge attack on...
A columnist wrote Gaza made him feel the urge to stab ‘every Jew’ he meets. His publisher says it’s ‘bored’ by the backlash
A Belgian publisher has apologized but refuses to take down a column that has been accused of inciting antisemitic hatred....
After Venezuela’s contested presidential vote, experts say government results are a ‘statistical improbability’
For over a week, Venezuela has been in suspense after a hotly contested presidential election left both the opposition and...
