In this 2017 photo, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, sits in a session to deliver his message for the Iranian New Year. A portrait of the late revolutionary founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, is next to him.
Argentine President Javier Milei gained a crucial political victory on Friday as lawmakers approved a sweeping and divisive reform to the country's labor laws. The Senate passed the government-backed initiative into law, with 42 out of 72 senators voting in favor. "Historic! We have a labor modernization," Milei said after the bill was approved.
Following Israel's strike on Iran, it remains to be seen in what way Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militia will react. In the past days, they were outspoken in their support for Tehran.
Skip next section Son of late shah says 'final victory' close February 28, 2026 Son of late shah says 'final victory' close Pahlavi appeared at protests in Germany against the Iranian regime in mid-FebruaryImage: Michaela Stache/AFP/Getty Images Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran's last shah, has said he is confident that the Iranian regime will
We're moving our coverage of this unfolding situation to our live blog here. Israel has launched a "preemptive" strike against Iran, the country's Defense Minister Israel Katz announced on Saturday. He described the attack as being done "to remove threats." He did not immediately elaborate. An explosion rang out Saturday in Iran’s capital, Tehran, witnesses said.
The figure 1.35 should set off alarm bells for policymakers: on average, each woman in Germany now has just 1.35 children — a record low, and far below the 2.1 needed to keep the population stable. These latest calculations from the Federal Statistical Office underscore the scale of the demographic challenge.
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The Swedish military said on Friday that a Russian drone had flown unauthorized off the coast of southern Sweden while a French aircraft carrier was docked in the port of Malmo. French nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is in Malmo this week to take part in regular NATO exercise activities.
The United States on Friday authorized part of its embassy staff in Israel to leave "due to safety risks," amid escalating tensions in the Middle East. The US Embassy in Jerusalem said non-emergency staff and family members of embassy employees would be able to leave Israel following approval from the US State Department.
Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021, tensions have simmered with neighboring Pakistan. On Friday, those tensions again reached a boiling point, with both sides exchanging strikes in the worst escalation in fighting since the Taliban controlled much of southern Afghanistan in the 1990s.
During talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang this week, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz emphasized expanding economic ties with China in the face of erratic US trade policy, while at the same time addressing concerns over managing competition and heavy trade imbalances.
The US public for the first time expressed slightly greater sympathy for Palestinians than Israelis in their conflict, according to a Gallup poll released Friday. The findings reflected a significant shift in US public opinion after the Gaza war and highlighted deep political divisions over Middle East policy inside the United States.