The might of the world's foremost military superpower was bearing down on Iran last night - an armada of American ships and ...

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World Refugee Day is an international day designated by the United Nations to honour refugees around the globe. It falls each year on 20 June and shines a light on the rights, needs and dreams of ...

Israel began pounding Iran on June 13, in a conflict that has the world holding its breath because of fears it could rapidly ...

No one got richer than Elon Musk, who tops the World’s Billionaires list for the first time ever. As of March 11, when we locked in net worths, Musk was worth an estimated $219 billion, after ...

Fears of conflict loom large after the United States inserted itself into the Israel-Iran war, raising urgent questions about ...