China and the US have been urged to back a UN resolution seeking a ruling from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on climate change. Jotham Napat, foreign minister of Vanuatu, said: “We are hoping that China and the US will probably raise their hand to call for full (consensus).”...

 Iran-backed fighters were on alert in eastern Syria on Saturday, a day afte r U.S. forces launched retaliatory airstrikes on sites in the war-torn country, opposition activists said. The airstrikes came after a suspected Iran-made drone killed a U.S. contractor and wounded six other...

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders Friday played down the risk of a banking crisis developing from recent global financial turbulence and hitting the economy even harder than the energy crunch tied to Russia’s war in Ukraine. After a meeting in Brussels, the EU government heads said...

When an Iranian drone struck a U.S. base in northeastern Syria, killing a contractor and wounding several U.S. troops, it was just the latest in a growing number of attacks on American forces in Syria. But its lethality was rare. In most recent cases, no U.S. forces have been hurt in such...