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Iranian and US negotiators are set to meet for talks in Pakistan's capital Islamabad this weekend to try to cement the two-week ceasefire both sides agreed to after nearly six weeks of war.   The high-stakes negotiations were still hanging in the balance on Friday as Israel and Hezbollah — the Iran-backed Shiite militant group in

"The world today is far from peaceful, making peace more precious," China's President Xi Jinping emphasized in opening remarks at a meeting with Cheng Li-wun, the chair of Taiwan's Kuomintang (KMT) party. "The leaders of the two parties are meeting today to safeguard the peace of our shared home," Xi added, speaking as head of the

Skip next section WATCH — 'No strategy, just panic,' Bolton says of Trump's Iran war April 11, 2026 WATCH — 'No strategy, just panic,' Bolton says of Trump's Iran war Former US National Security Adviser John Bolton criticizes US President Donald Trump's Iran strategy, saying that the US president "simply doesn't understand much about the wider

Ocean temperatures for March hit near-record highs, the European Union's global warming monitor, the Copernicus Climate Change Service, said on Friday. The warmest March for oceans on record was in 2024, during which the El Nino climate cycle drove temperatures up. Current records reflect once again "a likely transition toward El Nino conditions," said Copernicus. Last month, The World Meteorological Organization

Skip next section Majority of Lufthansa, CityLine flights canceled amid cabin crew strike April 10, 2026 Majority of Lufthansa, CityLine flights canceled amid cabin crew strike Munich Airport's Terminal 2 departures board carried an explicit warning of 'severe irregularities in air traffic' amid the strikeImage: Frank Hoermann/SvenSimon/picture alliance Most Lufthansa and CityLine departures in Germany

As Hungary's April 12 general election nears, opinion polls continue to point to a slight lead for Peter Magyar, the challenger to longstanding incumbent Viktor Orban, albeit with many voters still undecided and results varying by polling institute.  A poll published by IDEA in Hungary on Thursday found that 30% supported Orban's Fidesz party, 39%

Children ride a bicycle and play in the Roj camp in a Kurdish-held territory in northeast Syria in March. The detention camp houses wives and children of ISIS members. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR ROJ CAMP, Syria — This isolated detention camp doesn't look like it would be a legacy of the

The Artemis II crew — NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch as well as Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen — splashed down in an Orion space capsule Friday after a 9-day mission to the moon and back. Bill Ingalls/NASA hide caption toggle caption Bill Ingalls/NASA The crew of NASA's Artemis II

AI lab Anthropic announced this week that it had developed a powerful new model the company believes could "reshape cybersecurity." It said that its latest model, Mythos Preview, was able to find "high-severity vulnerabilities, including some in every major operating system and web browser." Patrick Sison/AP hide caption toggle caption Patrick Sison/AP In the past

Pedestrians pass election campaign signs for presidential and congressional candidates, before the weekend's election in Lima, Peru, April 10, 2026. Martin Mejia/AP hide caption toggle caption Martin Mejia/AP LIMA, Peru — Even by the chaotic standards of Peru's recent politics, this Sunday's election has the potential to confuse and frustrate the Andean nation's 27 million