Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin each spoke by phone with U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday, marking Trump's 80th birthday and ahead of this week’s G7 summit
June 14, 2026
Trump holds phone calls with Putin and Zelensky on his 80th birthday
June 15, 2026
Lewis Hamilton has won his first race since joining Ferrari two years ago while Formula 1 leader Kimi Antonelli broke down at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix
June 14, 2026
The tanker disabled by the American military while trying to run the U.S. blockade of Iran had dismissed nearly 60 verbal warnings as well as other shows of force before being fired upon
June 14, 2026
Geneva police on Sunday fired teargas at protesters who set fire to a Tesla vehicle and smashed windows at a United Nations agency as they vented
June 14, 2026
An early morning storm soaked Germany and Curacao fans arriving early at the stadium for their teams' World Cup opener on Sunday, sending them scrambling for umbrellas,
June 14, 2026
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday met distant cousins in his grandparents' home village in the west of Ireland on a visit to
June 14, 2026
Israel said its military attacked Hezbollah targets in Beirut's southern suburbs on Sunday
June 14, 2026
The Somali referee who was denied entry to the United States for the World Cup will still be paid his full tournament fee
June 14, 2026
Swiss voters have rejected a proposal to cap the country's population at 10 million
June 14, 2026
British anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson said he was detained at Heathrow Airport on Saturday and had his phone seized, after a week when he posted heavily online about
June 14, 2026
The European Commission said on Sunday that it is assessing the practical implications of a U.S. export control directive impacting artificial intelligence company
June 14, 2026
General Roberto Vannacci launched his new far-right party on Sunday, posing a direct challenge to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's grip on power as he seeks
June 14, 2026
Dissent grows against deal in Iran – but the regime is likely to have final say
June 14, 2026
Gaza’s Health Ministry says the Palestinian death toll from the Israel-Hamas war has surpassed 73,000
June 14, 2026
‘Who are we cheering for?’ Iranian Americans face their most complicated World Cup
June 14, 2026
‘A bird that flies never leaves a trace’: Why is Japan always so tidy at the World Cup?
June 14, 2026
Russia’s overwhelming manpower advantage against Ukraine is starting to wane
June 14, 2026
Some 25 miles (40 km) south of the U.S.-Mexico border, nestled between taquerias in the suburbs of Tijuana, hangs a flag in
June 14, 2026
A World Cup bus was set alight and a teenager suffered a gunshot wound during chaotic scenes in Midtown Manhattan as thousands of basketball
June 14, 2026
After the Kpangba displacement camp became the first in this part of war-torn Congo to record deaths from
June 14, 2026
British commandos boarded and intercepted a sanctioned Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the Channel on Sunday, leading for the first time an operation to
June 14, 2026
A senior Iranian official told Reuters a final draft of the memorandum of understanding with the U.S. covered a range of issues, from Tehran’s nuclear work
June 14, 2026
UK intercepts Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker for first time
June 14, 2026
Britain’s armed forces have boarded and detained a sanctioned tanker, the Smyrtos, in the English Channel
June 14, 2026
Steven Spielberg’s career has been an alien crusade culminating in ‘Disclosure Day’
June 14, 2026
Nestory Irankunda and Connor Metcalfe scored and Australia spoiled Turkey’s return to the World Cup for the first time in 24 years with a 2-0 victory on Saturday night
June 14, 2026
Romania's centrist President Nicusor Dan on Sunday designated Adrian Vestea, a member of the liberal party, as prime minister, after independent candidate Eugen Tomac
June 14, 2026
Japan is preparing to send a delegation to Greenland this summer to evaluate possible rare earth extraction, the Nikkei newswire reported on Sunday.
June 14, 2026
Taiwan's government launched a website on Sunday to encourage Chinese nationals to report intelligence tips, saying it was offering a secure channel to what it says is an
June 14, 2026
Curaçao is preparing for its historic World Cup debut against Germany with excitement and pride
June 14, 2026
John McGinn deflected a shot off an opposing defender and past goalkeeper Johny Placide in the 28th minute, and Scotland defeated Haiti 1-0 in Group C of the World Cup
June 14, 2026
Vinícius Júnior scored an equalizing goal in the 32nd minute to give five-time champion Brazil a 1-1 draw against Morocco in a pulsating, high-profile group match at the World Cup
June 14, 2026
China's absence from G7 summits seems increasingly odd given its global economic influence
June 14, 2026
Who was Niño Guerrero? The alleged drug kingpin the US killed in Venezuela
June 14, 2026
Jackson Suber has his first 54-hole lead on the PGA Tour and goes after his first win at the RBC Canadian Open
June 14, 2026
Iran open their World Cup Group G campaign against New Zealand in Los Angeles on Monday in a match shaped as much by events off the pitch as by the
June 14, 2026
Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto lost a bid for a no-hitter when Tristan Peters hit a leadoff homer for the Chicago White Sox in the ninth inning
June 14, 2026
Tarik Skubal was tagged for a two-run homer by Cleveland’s Daniel Schneemann in the two-time reigning Cy Young winner’s return from elbow surgery and the Guardians downed the Detroit Tigers 3-1
June 14, 2026
Boualem Khoukhi scored an equalizing goal on a header in the fourth minute of stoppage time, and Qatar spoiled a dominant day by Switzerland in a 1-1 draw in Group B of the World Cup
June 14, 2026
Soaring temperatures failed to dampen the spirits of World Cup supporters who used portable fans, umbrellas and lots of cold liquids to beat
June 14, 2026
North Korea said on Sunday denuclearisation is a matter that is terminated irreversibly, as it condemned recent nuclear deterrence talks between the U.S. and South Korea.
June 14, 2026
Momentum for a deal to end the Iran war is growing
June 13, 2026
The letters spelling out President Donald Trump’s name on the facade of Kennedy Center are now gone
June 13, 2026
The death of a woman from Haiti seeking asylum in the U.S. who died from hypothermia days after her release from federal custody was ruled a homicide by a Pennsylvania county medical examiner's office
June 14, 2026
Jaccob Slavin is one win away from becoming the second American to win an Olympic gold medal and the Stanley Cup in the same year
June 14, 2026
The United States and Iran appear close to a deal to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz
June 13, 2026
Tens of thousands of people marched in Rome in rival demonstrations over migration
June 14, 2026
Gio Reyna's goal might go down as one of the iconic moments of the 2026 World Cup
June 13, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer discussed efforts to end the Iran conflict during a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump, Downing Street said on Saturday.
June 13, 2026
Judge orders Trump administration to restore signs changed at national parks
June 13, 2026
President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron will meet over dinner at the Palace of Versailles after the upcoming G7 summit of leading industrialized nations in France
June 13, 2026
The World Cup hits full gear on a massive Saturday
June 13, 2026
A Ukrainian drone attack has killed one person and injured three in Russia’s Krasnodar region, according to local officials
June 13, 2026
Thousands of demonstrators have gathered in Belfast to denounce anti-immigrant rioters
June 13, 2026
Kennedy Center says it has fully removed Trump’s name from its building
June 13, 2026
Hungary's main opposition Fidesz party re-elected former Prime Minister Viktor Orban as its leader on Saturday for another year despite the party's loss of power in an
June 13, 2026
Some 200 protesters on Saturday tore down metal and razor wire fences surrounding a luxury development site on Albania's Adriatic coast, in another sign of growing
June 13, 2026
U.S.
June 13, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Saturday he would publish the government's defence investment plan before the alliance's
June 13, 2026
Switzerland’s ‘Brexit moment’: Vote on a population cap sets up potential collision with EU
June 13, 2026
Brazil hopes to end a 24-year wait for World Cup glory. The pressure has never been greater
June 13, 2026
Top Tren de Aragua leader killed in US military strike, Trump announces
June 13, 2026
The Lebanese army has withdrawn its troops from a base in a southern village after Israeli forces advanced nearby
June 13, 2026
Pope Leo’s plane was grounded. Then the King of Spain stepped in to help
June 13, 2026
The exact timing of the signing of the Islamabad memorandum will not be on Sunday, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said, according to state media on Saturday.
June 13, 2026
A perfectly American start to the USA’s 2026 World Cup
June 13, 2026
Melinda French Gates has ‘visceral reaction’ recalling ‘abhorrent’ Epstein in new interview
June 13, 2026
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and now first-ever trillionaire, controls a lot of different businesses
June 13, 2026
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Saturday that the United States and Iran have agreed to a framework for a peace deal that would end the months-long conflict in the
June 13, 2026
China says it firmly opposes the U.S. adding several prominent Chinese businesses to its list of military-linked companies
June 13, 2026
Legislation in two of the nation's most populous states could force 3D printers to come equipped with technology blocking them from making guns
June 13, 2026
Funeral for Iran's late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will begin in Tehran on July 4 and conclude with his burial in the northeastern city of Mashhad on July 9, state media
June 13, 2026
Exclusive: Iran sealed uranium cache and placed mines amid fears of US operation to seize material
June 13, 2026
Drones and lone wolf attacks are key concerns as FBI works to secure 11 World Cup cities
June 13, 2026
Republicans want President Donald Trump to put his money where his mouth is: behind his scandal-plagued ally, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
June 13, 2026
CNN's Carolina Peguero speaks with a survivor of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando. Nearly 300 people were at the club when a gunman opened fire.
June 12, 2026
Switzerland will decide on Sunday on a proposal to cap the population at 10 million in a referendum some have likened to Britain's Brexit vote that could have far-reaching
June 12, 2026
In a quiet cafe popular for its free Wi-Fi and good coffee, a Russian interior designer logs onto a virtual private network so she can chat with friends
June 13, 2026
When Kostaq Konomi approached what he says is his land on the seafront in southern Albania last month, he was met with a
June 13, 2026
The meetings have become routine.
June 13, 2026
Workers stripped U.S.
June 12, 2026
When U.S. President Gerald Ford and leaders of the five other leading democracies gathered at a 14th-century castle outside Paris on Nov. 15, 1975, they planted the seed for what subsequently became the Group of Seven nations
June 13, 2026
A woman has been critically injured by a shark off a popular Sydney beach
June 13, 2026
President Donald Trump said on Friday U.S. forces carried out a strike that killed Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, also known as Niño
June 13, 2026
Anthropic said on Friday it will "abruptly disable" its most advanced AI models for all users after the U.S. government ordered it
June 13, 2026
The United States opened their World Cup campaign with a 4-1 win over Paraguay on Friday, powered by a first-half double from striker Folarin
June 13, 2026
China is "strongly dissatisfied" with a U.S. move to add several large Chinese companies to the Pentagon's list of firms it
June 13, 2026
A woman swimmer was seriously injured in a shark attack at a Sydney beach on Saturday, authorities said, in the latest of a spate of shark attacks off Australia's coast.
June 13, 2026
The Kennedy Center is running out of options to keep President Donald Trump’s name on the facade of the iconic performing arts venue
June 12, 2026
Folarin Balogun chose to play for the U.S. and made a splashy World Cup debut
June 13, 2026
Roaring crowds wearing stars and stripes came out to support the U.S. men's soccer team in their World Cup opener against Paraguay
June 13, 2026
President Donald Trump says a “swift and lethal kinetic” U.S. strike has killed Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, whom he called “the infamous leader” of the Tren de Aragua gang
June 13, 2026
The U.S. has opened its first home World Cup in 32 years with a dynamic 4-1 victory over Paraguay
June 13, 2026
Somaliland has a right to choose its own relationships and pressure tactics from Beijing and Mogadishu have not succeeded in altering its friendship with
June 12, 2026
AI giant Anthropic says it has taken its latest artificial intelligence models, known as Fable 5 and Mythos 5, offline to comply with a directive from the Trump administration to prevent their use by foreign nationals
June 13, 2026
Storm threat shifts into the East after tornadoes, winds kill multiple people and level homes in the central US
June 11, 2026
A coalition of U.S. state attorneys general has opened a sweeping investigation into OpenAI, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday.
June 13, 2026
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to reinstall exhibits and signs on topics like slavery and climate change that
June 13, 2026
North Korea's foreign ministry condemned a U.S. decision to approve the sale of advanced air-to-air missiles and related equipment to South Korea, warning the move would
June 13, 2026
The U.S.
June 13, 2026
A man was jailed for murder. 15 years after his death, he will get a retrial
June 13, 2026
Late substitute Cyle Larin scored in the 78th minute and co-host Canada earned its first-ever point in a World Cup by rallying for a 1-1 draw against Bosnia-Herzegovina
June 13, 2026
Authorities in Texas say a man who opened fire in a shooting that left one dead and 10 injured had shot at police just days earlier during a chase
June 12, 2026
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has told employees that the social media giant has made mistakes in its AI transformation of its workforce, according to an internal memo
June 13, 2026
The United Arab Emirates has agreed to unlock billions of dollars for Iran, four sources said, in a tactical shift
June 13, 2026
Ben James is making quite the impression in his professional debut
June 13, 2026
Chinese authorities have arrested an American scholar on suspicion of espionage
June 12, 2026
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has announced economic reforms to attract investment and involve Cubans abroad in the economy
June 12, 2026
Pakistan's prime minister says the United States and Iran have agreed on a final text for a peace deal
June 12, 2026
At least three tornadoes have battered communities outside Chicago, leveling homes and ripping down trees and power poles
June 11, 2026
Attorneys say an Iranian woman is among a group of people who have been deported to the Central African Republic from the United States
June 12, 2026
Helen Mirren, one of the world’s most acclaimed actors, has joined a select group of people recognized by King Charles III for their “major contribution” to British life
June 13, 2026
San Antonio Spurs fans have been here before, and they’re not going anywhere
June 13, 2026
Japanese investors were willing to subscribe to more than 1 trillion yen ($6.2 billion) of shares in SpaceX's record-breaking IPO, two
June 13, 2026
The first day of SpaceX trading is over. Now, the parties begin.
June 13, 2026
The United States and Iran signalled on Friday that an agreement to end their war was close, with a senior
June 12, 2026
The leader of Taiwan's main opposition party said on Friday that she had used a visit to the U.S. to correct "many misunderstandings" about her pro
June 13, 2026
Exxon Mobil was poised to name Alex Volkov as head of global trading, two sources with knowledge of the matter said.
June 13, 2026
Canada draws level with Bosnia in second half of co-host’s World Cup opener
June 13, 2026
A group of U.S. Democratic lawmakers have promised Puerto Ricans that they would try to speed up the island’s sluggish recovery from destructive hurricanes and earthquakes, a process that relies heavily on federal funds
June 13, 2026
Taiwan’s Beijing-friendly opposition leader says her party is committed to defense of the self-ruled island that China views as its own but that peace is possible by taking permanent secession off the table
June 13, 2026
U.S. stocks rose after oil prices fell again, and SpaceX soared in its highly anticipated debut on Wall Street
June 12, 2026
The final moments in each of the first four games between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs in these NBA Finals had much in common
June 13, 2026
Democrats are rallying behind Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner despite a series of controversies that might have derailed a Democratic campaign during the height of the #MeToo movement
June 13, 2026
Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey will not play in his team's World Cup opener Wednesday after Canada denied his visa application while he awaits trial in London on multiple charges of rape
June 13, 2026
New UFO files have been released by the Trump administration that include several vivid descriptions of mysterious sightings in the sky
June 13, 2026
Ambassadors from the European Union's 27 countries agreed on Friday to advance membership talks with Ukraine and Moldova, with the first phase of negotiations set to
June 12, 2026
The U.S. says it is close to signing a peace deal that would end the three-month-old war with Iran, though terms have not yet been made public.
June 13, 2026
Security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo dispersed a crowd outside the parliament building in Kinshasa on Friday, witnesses and opposition politicians said, as
June 12, 2026
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa filed an urgent court application on Friday to try to stop a parliamentary impeachment process from starting to probe
June 13, 2026
Negotiators for the United States and Iran are close to the finish line of a deal aimed at ending their three-month war and it could
June 12, 2026
Hungary's ruling Tisza party submitted legislation on Friday to overhaul public media, which critics at home and abroad say became a government mouthpiece under former
June 13, 2026
U.S. stocks ended higher on Friday as investors held out hope for a peace deal between Iran and the United States and as SpaceX shares
June 12, 2026
MSCI's global equities index rose on Friday with Wall Street ending modestly higher as shares of Elon Musk's SpaceX soared in their
June 12, 2026
A U.S. judge indefinitely blocked a $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund supported by President Donald Trump on Friday,
June 12, 2026
FIFA President Gianni Infantino has failed to deliver on promises to secure full access for the Iranian soccer federation to attend the team's three
June 12, 2026
Epstein survivor Liz Stein joins The Lead.
June 12, 2026
President Donald Trump says the U.S. is close to signing a deal with Iran to wind down the war, with a memorandum of understanding to be signed in Europe as soon as this weekend
June 13, 2026
The initial count has finished in Peru's runoff presidential election, but now the lengthy process of reviewing contested ballots is under way by
June 12, 2026
European Union countries agreed on Friday to maintain the current three-hour flight delay threshold for compensation in the EU's next set of airline passenger rights and
June 12, 2026
U.S.
June 12, 2026
The Italian economy will grow by 0.6% this year and 0.4% in 2027, the country's central bank said on Friday, confirming its previous estimate for 2026 but trimming next
June 12, 2026
Brazil's government on Friday launched a subsidized credit program for app-based delivery drivers to purchase motorcycles, in a fresh move to boost demand and support a
June 12, 2026
Pope Leo boarded a Falcon jet offered by the King of Spain after a technical issue grounded the larger papal plane on the island of Tenerife,
June 12, 2026
Russia is developing a satellite-based system for controlling combat drones, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday during a meeting with military officials, the Interfax
June 13, 2026
Israeli and Palestinian civil society groups delivered an appeal in France on Friday to urge the international community not to abandon a two-state solution,
June 13, 2026
Senior executives in the private markets sector pointed to weaker incomes and challenges raising money at the industry's largest annual conference in Berlin this week,
June 13, 2026
A federal judge has ruled the White House is allowed to stage a UFC show this weekend in an elaborate ring already built on the South Lawn to celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary — on President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday
June 12, 2026
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