The U.N. expanded the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon's mandate 20 years ago to include monitoring adherence to a ceasefire in fighting between Israel and Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah — the militant group created in 1982 to counter a second Israeli invasion.

Three reporters were blocked from the White House grounds Saturday morning, a day after President Trump said CNN, Politico, and MS NOW would be banned for reporting "FICTION and LIES."

With her 1974 book, "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek," Annie Dillard became the youngest woman to win the Pulitzer Prize. We take a moment to remember her and her work.

Five years after the return of Taliban rule, NPR visited Kabul to see how Afghans are dealing with their new government's strict social restrictions.

New research on ancient human remains suggests the habitual usage of betel nuts, a plant seed with mind-affecting properties that is popular in parts of Asia despite the health risks it presents.

Last year, remnants of a typhoon damaged homes, infrastructure and an archaeological dig site. Now, archaeologists are trying to get as many objects out as possible before the next storm.

The Federal Reserve just raised interest rates this week for the first time this year. So how does it actually work? And what does it mean for the economy — and the rest of us? Here are some answers.

Russia's parliamentary election for the first time is being held in Ukraine's regions that Moscow illegally annexed after the start of its full-scale invasion more than 4 1/2 years ago.

Italian health authorities see evidence that rising temperatures and longer warm seasons are helping mosquitoes spread West Nile virus across a wider area, during more months of the year.

President Trump says he has a deal with Denmark to bolster the U.S. military presence in Greenland. The announcement comes after months of threatening to take the island by force from the NATO ally.

Denmark and the US have reached an agreement after months of threats from Donald Trump to annex the territory.

About 280 people were evacuated from the premises at Folkestone's Grand Burstin Hotel.

A reported strike on a fuel depot at Riyadh airport caused delays on Saturday, as conflict between Saudi Arabia and the Yemen-based group continues.

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey claimed the party was aiming to beat its 2024 record of 72 MPs in any snap election.

Earl Spencer spoke exclusively with the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg about claims he has made in a new book.

Many of the Royal Family's current troubles can be traced back to the aftermath of the then-Princess of Wales' death.

A neighbourhood’s fight to save a cherished ginkgo pits them against an unlikely foe.

An embattled Trump has injected his fight with the news media with new acrimony, writes the BBC's Anthony Zurcher.

Mary Timby flew to Ireland on a whim last year and met her boyfriend at a matchmaking festival.

The retailer hosted its first-ever London Fashion Week show this week, celebrating 100 years of producing clothing.

High time to stop kicking the security can down the road, investor tells The Reg

Report says estimates focused on GPUs miss the mountains of power, cooling, and networking gear destined for scrap

From Waterfox to LibreWolf and Pale Moon, there's a browser for almost every Mozilla dissenter

Devs cheer relief from compatibility headache

The Rust compiler remains unperturbed by the antics of the LLM

Executive order puts the kibosh on NDAs, limits permitting, and calls for stiffer environmental protections

Slinging coffee and waiting tables ain't just for liberal arts grads any more, say Census Bureau economists

Running multiple Claude sessions at once means less waiting around to hit your usage limit

Agentic exploits for the win (again)

WaterPlum recruiters used bogus coding tests to backdoor jobseekers and raid more than 7,000 crypto wallets

Research suggests that bilingualism can offer cognitive benefits.

Chariklo is only about 250 km across, but it has two rings, and they're changing.

But the military's overall use of AI seems to be accelerating.

FAA plans for AI tool to help manage DC air traffic before a nationwide rollout.

FCC rejects concerns about repressive governments buying influence over CBS owner.

Rare cells with widespread connectivity seem to be able to trigger sleep.

The Federal Register website briefly used an open source Chinese AI search tool.

Ning Xu of Tsinghua University captured tiny cilia beating in airways of a child with rare respiratory disorder.

Researchers used Claude to reach an OpenAI employee account and sensitive GitHub data.

“I can tell you SpaceX has already gone captive."