NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! France is planning to ban children under 15 from social media and to restrict cellphone use in high schools starting next year, local media Le Monde reported on Tuesday.The proposal aims to curb excessive screen time and shield minors from online risks such…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! China will begin charging a 13% value-added tax on contraceptives starting Jan. 1 while exempting childcare services from the same tax, a move authorities say is part of a broader effort to boost births as the country faces a sustained population decline,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Iran ground to a near standstill Wednesday as businesses, universities and government offices closed under a government-ordered shutdown amid protests caused by a growing political and economic crisis.Video footage circulating online and shared by the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK) shows…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Russia’s Defense Ministry on Wednesday released nighttime video footage it claimed shows the wreckage of a Ukrainian drone intercepted during an attempted attack on a residence used by President Vladimir Putin.The video, filmed in a snow-covered, forested area in Russia, shows a…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The number of American citizens arrested and held in Venezuela has risen in recent months, according to a new report.Several Americans have been detained by Venezuelan security forces as the Trump administration stepped up efforts to isolate President Nicolás Maduro, including sanctions…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used a meeting with Evangelical Christian leaders in Florida today to underscore Israel’s reliance on faith-based allies in the United States, as divisions inside the U.S. over Israel’s war and U.S. support continue to surface.The meeting came…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Russian President Vladimir Putin used his New Year’s address to deliver a blunt message to the West and to his own troops: Russia is not backing down in Ukraine.As 2026 arrived in Russia’s far eastern regions, Putin vowed victory in the nearly…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! While the United States presses for negotiations aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, Russia is signaling a parallel strategy — deepening cooperation with U.S. adversaries and portraying itself as resistant to Western pressure.That posture was on display this week when Iran…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! U.S. and partner forces killed or captured nearly 25 Islamic State operatives in Syria in the days following a large-scale U.S.-led strike on Dec. 19, according to a new statement from U.S. Central Command, underscoring Washington’s assessment that ISIS remains an active…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Two West African nations have issued a simultaneous ban on American citizens in a diplomatic tit-for-tat move, amidst heightened tensions with both the United States and Europe, and as Russia seeks to increase its economic and geopolitical influence in the region. Mali…