Street vendors chat on the Malecón during a blackout in Havana, Monday, March 16, 2026.
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Street vendors chat on the Malecón during a blackout in Havana, Monday, March 16, 2026.
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K-pop megastars BTS released their fifth studio album on Friday, their first in nearly four years, ahead of a major comeback concert in Seoul.
The 14-track album “ARIRANG” is named after a traditional Korean folk song.
It is billed as…

Iranian-linked facilities in Dubai have been closed as the Iran war has seen the United Arab Emirates repeatedly targeted by Iranian fire.
The Iranian Hospital, opened in 1972 under the shah in Dubai, stood closed Friday. Its website…

On one of the holiest days on the Islamic calendar, Iran fired on Israel and energy sites in neighboring Gulf Arab states, insisting that it can still build missiles and issuing a new threat, to deny safety to its enemies in “parks,…

Many Singaporeans remember Amos Yee for his rants insulting state authorities and religion.

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The war in Iran is exposing the world’s reliance on fragile fossil fuel routes, lending urgency to calls for hastening the shift to renewable energy.
Fighting has all but halted…

The band’s 10th album sees them return to the rebellious, rap-heavy sound of their early days.

The US-Israeli war against Iran is forcing a new look at the nature and limits of alliances in the 21st century.
In the second half of the 20th century, international politics rested on a relatively simple logic. The…

What’s gold, round and bears US President Donald Trump’s image? A commemorative coin marking the United States’ 250th anniversary, of course.
A Trump-appointed federal arts commission has approved the design of a 24-carat gold commemorative coin…