The head of the US Space Command said the Pentagon believes that Iran's first successful launch of a military satellite into space does not pose any intelligence threat. The Nour satellite placed into orbit on April 22 is classified by the US military as a small 3U Cubesat, three adjoined...

Violence surged in Afghanistan in the weeks after the United States and the Taliban signed a deal supposed to pave the way for a peace process, a UN agency said Monday. Afghans had enjoyed a period of relative calm ahead of the February 29 accord, but the conflict resumed almost as soon as...

Joe Biden won the endorsement for US president Monday of Nancy Pelosi, who hailed him as a "voice of reason" capable of leading America out of the coronavirus crisis. Pelosi was the last leading Democrat to endorse formally Biden's run for the White House against Republican Donald Trump in...

Spain Monday counted another 331 new virus deaths, with the daily toll rising by several dozen from its lowest level in more than a month. The figure lifted the total to 23,521 in Spain, which has suffered the world's third-highest number of deaths but which on Sunday began easing lockdown...