North Korea and the United States have never recognized each other's governments, not for a single day since 1948. A Swedish embassy and a UN channel in New York are still the only lines either side keeps open.

Washington keeps a Marine-guarded compound in Taipei that does everything an embassy does except carry the name. The reason dates to a single 1979 decision that still shapes US-Taiwan relations.

Five coffins, three sons and one conspicuous absence: Iran's week of mourning for Ali Khamenei began with the new supreme leader nowhere in sight.

A retired volunteer sorting Royal Navy captains' letters at the UK's National Archives found one of only 11 surviving copies of a rare 1776 printing of the Declaration of Independence.

Washington let the deadline to renew the USMCA pass, keeping the pact alive but subjecting a $1.6 trillion trade zone to yearly reviews through 2036.

The bloc's duty-free window for cheap Chinese parcels closed on Tuesday. Shoppers, not just the platforms, will feel the new €3-per-item math.

The drone package is the first piece of a plan that arrives a year late and well below what the military asked for, and that already cost one minister his job.

The Kremlin is weighing a full diesel-export ban as drone strikes deep inside Russia turn a battlefield tactic into a problem at the pump.

Afghanistan reported 36 civilians killed and more than 160 wounded in eastern provinces; Pakistan said it killed 29 militants. The gap is the story.

A mid-June ceasefire between Washington and Tehran is buckling as both sides trade strikes over the Strait of Hormuz.

Washington hit four Iranian targets hours after an IRGC drone damaged a Singapore-flagged ship, straining the 60-day truce meant to reopen Hormuz.

The deadliest quake to hit the Caracas region in nearly 60 years has met an emergency system already stretched thin.

A pair of powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela's northern coast within a minute of each other, collapsing buildings in Caracas and killing dozens as officials warned the toll would rise.

For the first time, both chambers of Congress have passed a war powers resolution, telling President Trump to halt the Iran war he launched unless lawmakers authorise it.

A U.S. Treasury licence lets Iran sell oil through August 21, the firmest step yet from the Switzerland talks, even as Washington and Tehran clash over nuclear inspections.

Mediators Qatar and Pakistan say the Bürgenstock talks produced working groups and a Lebanon deconfliction cell, even after Iran's walkout over a Trump threat.

Colombia's sharpest political turn in a generation hangs on a preliminary count of fewer than 250,000 votes, and the losing side is not conceding.

A first round meant to steady a fragile ceasefire broke up within hours after Trump warned he would strike Iran again over Lebanon and the Strait of Hormuz.

The first round of talks under the interim U.S.-Iran truce opened near Lucerne even as Trump warned of fresh strikes and Tehran said it had closed the Strait of Hormuz again.

As Vance met Iran's delegation above Lake Lucerne, Trump threatened to bomb Iran again, and Tehran refused to give ground on uranium enrichment.