With 100 days to go until the World Cup, the Iran war has added a new layer of complexity to the tournament co-hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada.

Questions are mounting at the U.S. Capitol over the Trump administration’s shifting rationale for going to war with Iran.

President Donald Trump says “someone from within” the Iranian regime might be the best choice to take power once the U.S.-Israel military campaign is completed.

Jonathan Anderson fall-winter 2026 collection for Dior at the Paris Fashion Week has invoked an Impressionist painting, steeped in flowers, water and the art of being seen.

In the military-heavy communities surrounding Fort Campbell, the war in Iran is on a lot of people's minds.

Anthropic’s moral stand on U.S. military use of artificial intelligence is reshaping the competition between leading AI companies but also exposing a growing awareness that maybe chatbots just aren’t capable enough for acts of war.

President Donald Trump is threatening to cut off trade with Spain.

The largest U.S. diplomatic drawdown in the Middle East since the 2003 Iraq War is creating an apparently unplanned for crisis for the Trump administration.

If the adage “geography is destiny” holds true, then Cyprus should be a prime candidate as its poster child.

Jon Rahm is claiming the European tour is extorting players from LIV Golf by making them play extra tournaments if they want to regain membership.

Iranian drone strikes damaged three Amazon Web Services sites in the Middle East, exposing how vulnerable cloud data centers are in conflict.

The killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in joint U.S.-Israeli strikes has sparked anger across Shiite communities worldwide and is raising fears of wider unrest.

France is moving to tie its nuclear deterrent strategy more closely with European allies while keeping full control over any strike decision.

Tens of thousands of airline passengers are stranded by the Iran war that has spread across the Gulf region, but some wealthy travelers are getting out — by paying large sums for luxury flights to Europe via airports that are safe from attacks.

A Russian court has banned a prominent LGBTQ+ rights group and has labeled it as extremist in the latest step in the country’s crackdown on the community.

The medical charity Doctors Without Doctors says 26 staff working with the group remain unaccounted for a month after attacks in South Sudan.

The average price for a gallon of gasoline jumped 11 cents overnight in the U.S. And drivers in Europe waited in line to fill their tanks with fuel.

The U.S.-Israel war on Iran has fueled a disagreement between U.S. President Donald Trump and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Israel has sent troops into southern Lebanon and told residents of more than 80 villages to evacuate as the Iran-backed militant Hezbollah group said it was ready for an “open war” with Israel in the wake of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.

Travelers are scrambling for ways out of the Middle East as the Iran war keeps much of the region’s airspace closed and flights grounded.

Britain’s Treasury chief Rachel Reeves has sought to present a rosy picture of the state of the U.K. economy, even as oil and gas prices soared in the wake of the fast-evolving Iran war that has cast a pall over the global economic outlook.

Pakistan says that Afghan forces have attacked Pakistani military positions along the border, triggering intense clashes that left 67 Afghan troops and one Pakistani soldier dead.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has steered his country along two pillars of foreign policy throughout his political career.

U.S. President Donald Trump says “someone from within” Iran’s government might be best suited to take power once the U.S.-Israeli war on the country ends.

Israel stepped up airstrikes on Iranian missile launchers and a nuclear research site, and Iran retaliated against Israel and across the Gulf region, disrupting energy supplies and travel.

A crocodile has been caught in an Australian creek on the temperate east coast far from the species' tropical habitat.

A sell-off for stocks wrapped around the world and hit Wall Street, while oil prices climbed even higher on worries about the widening war with Iran.

China’s progress in building a modern economy, evident in its kung-fu fighting robots and self-parking cars, is hitting limits as a downturn in its housing industry drags on and young people struggle to find jobs.

The leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel has been buried in a shiny golden casket with enormous flower wreaths and a large military presence in the state that gave name to one of Mexico’s most powerful cartels.

Many in the Iranian American diaspora spent the weekend glued to their TVs, watching news of U.S. and Israeli bombs falling on Iran, some hoping for a brighter future for their homeland but terrified relatives would suffer harm.

The Trump administration took more than 48 hours to make any live, public communication with the American people about why it had decided to go to war with Iran.

The Associated Press is referring to fighting between Iran and the United States and Israel as the “Iran war.”.

President Donald Trump is pushing back on criticism that he hasn’t done enough to explain why it was necessary to start a war with Iran now or to articulate his vision for an endgame to the escalating conflict.

Haiti’s government has opened a 10-day registration period for political parties to run in an upcoming general election.

The distinctive buzz of the Iranian-designed drones has become a familiar sound in Ukraine over the past four years.

U.S. first lady Melania Trump is presiding over a U.N. Security Council meeting that will focus on children in conflict, one of her signature issues.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel says his government should “immediately” focus on implementing urgent transformations to the island’s economic and social model as oil reserves in the Caribbean country dwindle.

President Donald Trump says he was not pleased with the way that negotiations with Iran were proceeding.

Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lewis Hamilton are among the sports stars whose schedules are in doubt because of the spreading war in the Middle East.

In a story published March 2, 2026, about the European response to the Iran war, The Associated Press erroneously reported that NATO troops deployed for 20 years to Afghanistan.

Iran’s place at the men’s soccer World Cup in three months has been put in doubt amid an escalating Middle East conflict sparked by tournament co-host the United States.

Iran’s leaders are scrambling to replace Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who ruled the country for 37 years before he was killed in the surprise U.S. and Israeli bombardment.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says U.S.-brokered talks between Russia and Ukraine expected later this week may take place in Switzerland or Turkey if a planned meeting in Abu Dhabi is not possible due to the war in the Middle East.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has spoken to widening concerns the U.S.-Israeli strikes in Iran could spiral into a protracted regional conflict by declaring: “This is not Iraq.

World leaders are reacting in very different ways after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, and Iran’s retaliation across the region.

Lebanon is seeing civilians fleeing their homes in the south as Israeli strikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs after Hezbollah stepped into the U.S.-Israel war on Iran.

An official says at least 169 people were killed after insurgents raided a village in a remote area of South Sudan.

The Rijksmuseum says a painting once dismissed as “not a Rembrandt” is now confirmed as a work by the Dutch Golden Age master.

The Trump administration and its allies in Congress are presenting a shifting new justification for the U.S. attack on Iran.

Iran has opened its Women’s Asian Cup soccer tournament under the shadow of war.

The war in the Mideast is sending shudders through global energy markets.

Britain says it is not at war, despite an Iranian-made drone strike on a U.K. base in Cyprus and a decision to let the U.S. use British bases during its conflict with Iran.

French President Emmanuel Macron says France will allow the temporary deployment of its nuclear-armed aircraft to allied countries as part of its new nuclear strategy.

Malaysia has renewed Australian miner Lynas Rare Earths’ license for 10 years, but ordered it to stop producing radioactive waste by 2031.

Iran’s IAEA ambassador says U.S. and Israeli airstrikes hit Iran’s Natanz enrichment site, but the U.N. nuclear watchdog says it has no reports of damage.

India and Canada have agreed to strengthen their economic partnership, in a move aimed at boosting ties after two years of strained relationship.

The war in the Middle East has spiraled further as Israel and the U.S. pounded Iran, while Tehran and its allies hit back.

As Israel unleashed a sweeping military response to the brutal assault by Hamas on October 7, 2023, it aimed punch after punch at Iran, the militant group’s longtime sponsor, and its proxies.

The massively popular K-pop girl group Twice marks a decade together by widening its sound on and stepping into a massive Netflix hit.

The war in the Middle East spiraled further as Israel and the U.S. pounded Iran.

Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei opened Congress with a fiery 90-minute speech highlighting his government’s achievements and praising his relationship with American President Donald Trump.

Oil prices leaped on worries that war with Iran could clog the flow of crude, while U.S. stocks swung from sharp losses to tiny gains.

Palestinians in Gaza are reacting to a possible shift in the world's attention from the Israel-Hamas ceasefire to a new regional conflict with Iran.

President Donald Trump has taken the United States into war with Iran despite decades of self-professed aversion to foreign entanglements, particularly in the Middle East, and repeated pledges to focus primarily on the Western Hemisphere with an “America first” agenda.

Some of the jubilation was open and even raucous.

Iranian missiles and drones have hit the United Arab Emirates, shaking Dubai’s image as a safe, tax-free haven for foreigners.

Oil prices have jumped as U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran and retaliatory strikes against Israel and U.S. military installations around the Gulf ripple through the global energy supply chain.

Three American service members have been killed and five others seriously wounded during the U.S. military’s attacks on Iran.

The president of Iran’s soccer federation says he does not know if the national team can play World Cup matches in the United States following the surprise U.S. and Israeli bombardment of his country.

Trump administration officials told congressional staff in private briefings that U.S. intelligence did not suggest Iran was preparing to launch a preemptive strike against the U.S. That's according to three people familiar with Sunday's briefings who insisted on anonymity to discuss details that have not been made public.

The Associated Press is using the word “war” to refer to the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran and Iran’s retaliation.

Silvana Armani has presented her first signature Giorgio Armani collection without the iconic designer's input to close Milan Fashion Week.

Every Lunar New Year for the past 14 years, a Southern California Buddhist temple has displayed what it calls the “10,000 Buddha Relics.”.

Afghanistan says it has thwarted an attempted Pakistani airstrike on Bagram Air Base, the former U.S. military base north of Kabul.

Regime change might seem straightforward at first.

Authorities say at least 22 people were killed and more than 120 wounded in clashes with police on Sunday after protesters tried to storm the U.S. Consulate in the Pakistani port city of Karachi and U.N. offices in the north of the country.

Hundreds of thousands of stranded travelers are scrambling to make new connections and get through to airlines on jammed phone lines and online portals after the attack on Iran by the United States and Israel shut down much of the Middle East to air travel.

The U.S. and Israel are pounding targets across Iran, dropping massive bombs on its ballistic missile sites and wiping out warships.

Israel launched strikes on Iran while Tehran responded by firing drones and missiles at Jerusalem and U.S. military installations.

Three close allies of the United States say they are ready to join forces to defend their interests in the Middle East and stop Iran’s retaliatory strikes following the killing of its supreme leader.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who assembled theocratic power in Iran over the decades as its supreme leader and sought to turn it into a regional powerhouse, has been killed in U.S. and Israeli strikes.

Saturday’s military operation against Iran shows the dramatic evolution in risk tolerance that President Donald Trump has made in a matter of months.

Olivia Dean has dominated the Brit Awards, winning four trophies, including artist of the year and song of the year.

Israel has killed multiple senior officials with Iran's armed proxies like Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon since the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.

President Trump’s decision to strike Iran pulls him toward the kind of overseas conflict he once attacked.

A high-stakes dispute over how the U.S. military uses artificial intelligence has led the Pentagon to cancel its contract with rising AI star Anthropic.

Key members of Congress are demanding a swift vote on a war powers resolution that would restrain President Donald Trump’s military attack on Iran.

Archaeologists have found a prehistoric human skeleton deep inside a flooded cave system on Mexico’s Caribbean coast.

Nonstop Iranian missile fire has sent residents of central Israel scrambling in and out of shelters throughout the day.

Oil traders brace for big moves next week as the fallout from U.S. and Israeli strikes on Middle East oil supply stays unclear.

Madonna made a star appearance at Dolce & Gabbana’s Milan Fashion Week runway show — which felt like a conversation with the Material Girl herself.

Michelangelo’s “The Last Judgement” is getting a facial.

Russia has condemned U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran and urged an immediate stop to the campaign and a return to diplomacy.

World leaders have been responding cautiously amid U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, reports of its supreme leader's death and fears of a wider war.

America and Israel’s attack on Iran disrupted flights across the Middle East and beyond Saturday as countries around the region closed their airspace and three of the key airports that connect Europe, Africa and the West to Asia halted operations.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed in a major attack on Iran launched by Israel and the United States, throwing the future of the Islamic Republic into doubt and raising the risk of regional instability.

Pakistan’s military has struck deeper into Afghanistan as border fighting intensifies and both sides claim to have inflicted heavy losses.

Iranian state media have confirmed the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a major attack by Israel and the United States.

Top officials with Cuba’s Ministry of the Interior have unveiled for the first time the items they said were aboard a Florida-flagged speedboat that opened fire against troops in waters off the island’s north coast this week, with soldiers responding and killing four suspects.

An official says a cargo plane carrying money has crashed near Bolivia’s capital, damaging about a dozen vehicles on a highway, scattering bills on the ground and leaving at least 15 people dead.