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Iran-backed Houthi rebels captured Perim Island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait Sept. 11, opening a new front at a vital global shipping chokepoint as a former Pentagon official warned Sunday the militants had entered a "kill box." The island's capture came after a month-long offensive along Yemen’s ...

FIRST ON FOX: Africa could become the next major frontier for data centers and Artificial Intelligence, experts say. The Trump administration is backing and promoting American companies to make AI development , in their words, ‘the gold standard’. The U.S. is trying increasingly to grab business ...

Swedes head to the polls Sunday as Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s center-right party is slightly behind the center-left Social Democratic Party led by Sweden's former Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, with the election dominated by fears of mass migration, crime and the economy. "Years of gan...

A passenger ship carrying 240 people vanished from contact in the Java Sea on Sunday local time, triggering an urgent search as Indonesian crews raced to locate the vessel. The Virgo Transport 8 was traveling from Surabaya, East Java, to Banjarmasin on the island of Borneo when communications wit...

Saudi Arabia is urging Washington to take direct military action against Iran-backed Houthis, Fox News Digital learned after the terrorist group seized key positions along Yemen’s Bab al-Mandab Strait on Friday. The dramatic strengthening of Houthi's positioning along the coastline of Yemen is in...

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Javed Ali drove past the Pentagon on his way to work in northern Virginia. Roughly half an hour later, American Airlines Flight 77 slammed into the building. From his office in Falls Church, Ali could see smoke rising from the Pentagon. A year later, in a turn th...

All eyes will be on New Delhi this weekend, as the presidents of Iran, Russia and China gather in India for the 18th BRICS summit. The meeting comes at a critical time as conflicts roil the Middle East and Europe, putting the bloc to one of its biggest tests since its founding 20 years ago. The S...

Iran-backed Houthi forces seized Yemen’s strategic port city of Mocha on Thursday and pushed toward positions overlooking the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, opening a potentially dangerous new front for global trade as shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remains severely constrained. The advance threate...

A cargo ship docked for repairs at a port on the northeastern coast of China caught fire Thursday, killing at least 25 people who were on board at the time, according to Chinese state media. The ship was being fixed by Beihai Shipbuilding Co. in the port of Qingdao — one of the country's major sh...

At sundown on Friday, Sept. 11 , as America marks 25 years since the terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people, Jewish families across the country will welcome in Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year marking 5787. They will enter synagogues at the moment of peak annual attendance, walking p...

A plane carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Norway for the king’s state funeral was "almost hit" by a drone as it prepared to take off from Moldova on Tuesday, according to Reuters . Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre told public broadcaster NRK about the incident Wednesday...

A Spanish opposition leader branded the country's socialist prime minister a traitor over his government's handling of the influx of migrants in a North African enclave. Santiago Abascal, leader of the Vox party, spoke during a parliamentary session when he asked if Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez w...

Ukrainian drones struck deep into Russia’s Arctic north Wednesday, sparking a fire at an industrial facility in Novy Urengoy, a city in the heart of Russia’s most important natural-gas producing region, according to Russian officials and the Associated Press . Regional Gov. Dmitry Artyukhov said ...

Israel’s move to advance construction in the strategically significant E1 area between Ma’ale Adumim on the West Bank and Jerusalem has triggered growing backlash, with Britain announcing sanctions and 11 other countries threatening or considering trade restrictions on Jewish communities in the d...

U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) announced on Tuesday that the U.S. sank another vessel characterized as a "floating refueling station" linked to drug trafficking efforts. "On September 8, under the direction of #SOUTHCOM, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere (JTF-WHEM) forces successfully interdi...

The State Department said Tuesday it is aware of approximately 70 Americans who remain unaccounted for in the Nepal-China border region following last month's catastrophic flooding, while 18 Americans have now made it to safety. "We extend our deepest sympathy to all those affected by the floodin...

Gilberto C. Teodoro, the Defense Secretary for the Philippines, publicly bashed China after he was handed a note outlining China's position on the South China Sea while he was speaking during the Seoul Defense Dialogue in South Korea on Tuesday. While Teodoro was in the middle of speaking, a man ...

Hungary has demanded that 10 individuals with the Russian mission depart the country. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Orban — who is not related to Hungary's former Prime Minister Viktor Orban — noted in a post on X that the 10 people had participated in actions that w...

A supermarket manager in Mexico leapt to action Sunday, diving into the road to save a 3-year-old girl from oncoming traffic, security footage shows. Luis Cruz, a manager at the Super King El Rey del Ahorro grocery store, sprinted after the girl who had wandered into the busy road and grabbed her...

The United Kingdom unveiled sweeping new measures targeting Israeli settlements in the West Bank on Tuesday, triggering an immediate diplomatic rupture with Israel and a sharp warning from a senior Trump administration official. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar announced Tuesday, with Prime ...

Thieves made off with two valuable Renoir paintings after breaking into a small museum on the French Riviera early Tuesday, dropping two other stolen works in the garden as police raced to the scene, officials said. The two thieves cut through a garden fence and entered the Renoir Museum in Cagne...

JERUSALEM — With Israel’s stunning capture of the strategically valuable Ali al-Taher ridge in south Lebanon on Sunday, a major Hezbollah and Iran stronghold, the campaign to degrade Tehran’s so-called "Axis of Resistance" suffered a severe blow. While the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) triumph is n...

Russia attacked Kyiv with ballistic missiles on Tuesday, after U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visited Ukraine's capital as part of an effort to resume stalled peace negotiations. Ukrainian officials said the attack involved ballistic and cruise missiles, according to CNN, and residen...

The United Kingdom is expected to announce restrictions targeting trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank on Tuesday, a move already drawing strong pushback Monday from U.S. and Israeli officials. According to The Times , a US State Department said Washington was "tracking the plans close...

A popular Egyptian TV host on Saturday was sentenced to death by hanging in a major drug case that accused dozens of suspects of forming an organized criminal group to manufacture and traffic synthetic drugs. Sarah Khalifa is among 12 defendants facing execution for their alleged roles in the ope...

Russia’s quieter new-generation nuclear-powered submarines are pressuring NATO’s northern defenses as the alliance races to secure Arctic and North Atlantic approaches to North America, a former NATO commander warned, citing President Vladimir Putin’s emerging "new super weapons and super capabil...

Another European nation has stopped funding the U.N. agency that aids the Palestinians. Finland has followed the U.S. and Sweden in halting donations to the terror-tainted agency. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), is presently being invest...

Travel restrictions have been placed on U.S. government employees in the Mexican border city of Nogales, Sonora, according to officials. The U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Mexico on Saturday issued a warning restricting government activity over an unspecified threat in Nogales, Sonora, in Mexico....

The far-right party Alternative for Germany, or AfD, was projected to win a strong victory in a regional election on Sunday, in a major blow to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's center-right party, the Christian Democratic Union. Merz's party was projected to be hit with a disastrous result in t...

Rome has declared a "red zone" around the Colosseum after predatory crime, drug dealing and a violent confrontation involving roughly 50 people turned one of the world’s most famous tourist destinations into a security flashpoint. The "enhanced-control zone" covers the Colosseum, Imperial Forums ...

The Trump administration’s push to compel the new Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi to dismantle pro-Iran terrorist militias is moving forward — even with some setbacks. As Mideast experts are taking a wait-and-see approach tinged with mild optimism, a senior Iraqi official announced in late Augu...

A political earthquake is brewing in Germany's east as working-class and young voters appear set to deliver an unprecedented victory for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Sunday’s state elections in Saxony-Anhalt. The AfD, which was famously backed by Elon Musk in last year’s n...

A day at the air show turned fatal on Saturday when a Greek air force jet crashed north of Athens as thousands of spectators watched. Both pilots were killed in the crash at Tanagra air force base but no civilians were hurt. The twin-seat Phantom F4 jet flew into the ground during a low-altitude ...

The United Nations on Friday was one vote shy of unanimously adopting a new map of the world that shows Africa's true size, making the continent appear far larger than it does on traditional maps. The United States was the only one of the 165 member nations to vote against the UN General Assembly...

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump's son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner, are visiting Moscow and Kyiv over the weekend in an effort to end the war between Russia and Ukraine, President Donald Trump said Friday. "We have an idea for peace," Trump told reporters on Frida...

Germany is pushing European partners to create a rapid-response task force in the Baltic Sea region as Berlin confronts what it says is an escalating campaign of Russian hybrid warfare, including an attempted explosives-laden drone attack on one of the country's most important cargo airports. The...

A motley crew of scientists were honored this week for their unusual contributions, which included studying cockroach milk, the evolutionary history of kissing and testing soil health by using underwear. The satirical Ig Nobel ceremony, which honors unusual but real studies, took place in Zurich ...

Migrants in the North African Spanish enclave of Ceuta were captured on video hitting a young dolphin and possibly killing it while celebrating. Video circulating online shows a group of men and boys triumphantly lifting what appeared to be a baby bottlenose dolphin calf above their heads as onlo...

Rescue teams in Nepal pulled two workers alive from a hydropower tunnel nine days after catastrophic floods swept through the country, leaving more than 1,000 people dead and thousands more missing. Nepalese lawmaker Shri Ram Neupane told The Associated Press that searchers first heard men's voic...

China is racing to build the data centers and energy infrastructure needed to power artificial intelligence, raising concerns that Beijing’s ability to rapidly construct massive projects could help it get closer to America’s commanding lead in the physical infrastructure underpinning the AI race....

Regime leaders in Iran are more content to see continued confrontation with the United States and its Gulf neighbors rather than pursuing peace in an effort to keep their disenchanted population at bay, one expert says. U.S. forces have launched airstrikes against Iran in recent days following a ...

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across Spain to protest the government's handling of a mass crossing of migrants into Spain in July. Authorities say 50,000 protesters were on the streets in Madrid alone, furious at Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez as the migrant crisis in Spain's nort...

The Trump administration is ramping up economic sanctions on Iran through "Operation Economic Outcast," while also threatening dire secondary sanctions against countries that continue Iran-related business. The new policy puts countries like India and other close U.S. partners in an awkward situa...

As the war in neighboring Ukraine moves closer to its border, the former Soviet republic of Moldova, which just marked 35 years of independence, faces growing pressure from Russia. In exclusive comments to Fox News Digital, national security advisor to Moldova’s President Maia Sandu, Stanislav Se...

The relationship between Iran and Russia is growing as both sides "need each other desperately," an expert told Fox News Digital on Wednesday after Russian President Vladimir Putin voiced support for the regime in Tehran. Putin was photographed shaking hands Tuesday with Iranian President Masoud ...

A Thai resort city began cracking down on prostitution ahead of the arrival of 5,000 U.S. sailors and Marines exhausted from months at sea in the Middle East. The USS Abraham Lincoln docked near Pattaya, one of Thailand's primary nightlife areas, on Wednesday along with two other naval vessels, T...

Rescue workers in Nepal were forced to use cable cars and ziplines to ferry stranded citizens across rivers after August's deadly flood and mudslide wiped out local bridges. Video shows teams of workers yanking ropes to ferry locals who were stranded on an embankment flanked by a flooded river. I...

President Donald Trump revived speculation over regime change in Iran Tuesday night, openly asking when Iranians would "rise up and fight" as his administration intensified military and economic pressure on a government US officials say is increasingly vulnerable. "I'm not trying to force Iran to...

A beachside party in Bali, Indonesia, erupted into chaos after a balloon reportedly exploded inside a popular restaurant, sparking a raging inferno. Videos captured flames ripping through the Chez Gado-Gado restaurant in the Seminyak resort area during the incident Sunday, which left an Australia...

An explosion at a train station in Germany injured two people, both Ukrainian citizens, on Wednesday. Police say they found a suspicious package following the explosion and ordered the Augsburg train station closed. The package was ultimately found to be harmless and trains began running again at...