NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened Wednesday to seize European vessels in retaliation if European countries begin seizing Russian merchant ships after Ukraine launched a major overnight attack on a key Russian Black Sea naval and commercial hub and Moscow staged large-scale war…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! JOHANNESBURG: As the Iran-backed Houthis step up their threat to Red Sea shipping, analysts say the U.S. could consider a major change in strategy.Houthi attacks on ships passing through a vital chokepoint may lead Washington to cement relations with more reliable partners…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A new defense pact linking Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan is fueling debate over whether the three countries are laying the groundwork for a competing regional bloc — potentially challenging the U.S.-backed architecture built around Israel and the Abraham Accords — or…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! North Korea launched another ballistic missile Tuesday, marking its second reported ballistic missile launch in less than a week.Japan’s prime minister’s office announced the latest launch Tuesday. Details about the missile’s trajectory, range and where it landed were not immediately available.The U.S.…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Five years after the Taliban reclaimed reclaimed Afghanistan, 2.4 million girls remain locked out of secondary school, wiping away decades of progress and leaving a generation of young women without access to the classroom.Afghanistan is now the only country in the world…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! More than 3,000 are reported missing in Colombia on Tuesday following a massive 7.4-magnitude earthquake, prompting a desperate search for survivors and a pledge from the Trump administration of $15.5 million in relief.Videos and photos emerged from Colombia showing first responders combing…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Syrian court sentenced ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad along with his younger brother to death in absentia on Tuesday for crimes against humanity and war crimes during Syria’s 14-year conflict that left about half a million people dead.The sentences at the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations said new data showing sharply lower child malnutrition in Gaza undermines wartime accusations that Israel deliberately starved Gazans, calling those claims a “blood libel” fueled by Hamas figures.The remarks by Ambassador Danny Danon follow a newly…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei formally appointed six senior military commanders Monday, cementing a wartime reshuffle as Tehran rebuilds a command structure impacted by months of U.S. and Israeli strikes.The appointments, announced by Khamenei’s office and promoted on social media, fill posts…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump is signaling, at least for now, he is prepared to let mounting economic pressure on Iran do more of the work rather than immediately expand military action against Tehran.”We are only semi-negotiating with them. We are just watching Iran…