Saudi Arabia said a drone hit the country’s SAMREF refinery in the port city of Yanbu on the Red Sea on Thursday. The Saudi Defense Ministry said damage assessment was underway, without elaborating. The strike comes after drones hit two oil refineries in Kuwait.

Japan’s super-popular prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, will visit the White House on Thursday, as President Donald Trump looks to allies for military help against Iran.

Anutin becomes the first Thai premier to be voted back to office in two decades, underlining the upheaval that has dogged Southeast Asia's second-largest economy.

The latest World Happiness Report 2026 says that heavy social media use has contributed to a stark decline in well-being among young people, with the effects particularly worrying in teenage girls

Peace talks between the United ​States, Russia and ‌Ukraine are on pause amid the Iran war, ​Izvestia reported ​on Thursday, citing Russian officials.

President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday named the nation’s next aircraft carrier “Free France,” in a homage to the World War II resistance movement as the nuclear power moves to bolster its naval capabilities.

Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez announced a major Cabinet shake-up Wednesday with the appointment of a new defense minister to replace

Mexican authorities have arrested an Ecuadorian fugitive accused of helping organize the 2023 assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio