Iran is staging a week of mass funeral processions for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed in February by U.S. and Israeli airstrikes at the start of the war.

Iran prepared Friday for the dayslong funeral of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with banners across Tehran urging the public to rise up in support of the Islamic Republic after the devastating war that killed the 86-year-old cleric.

The ceremonies arranged by the authorities eclipse even those held for Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of Iran’s Islamic Republic. Whereas Khomeini's funeral, in 1989, lasted two days and reportedly drew 10m mourners (though some estimates put it at 2.

Red and black pennants hang above a street as vehicles pass by during preparations for a farewell ceremony for Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who was k

A ferocious Russian attack on Kyiv Thursday killed at least 30 people, making it the third deadliest assault against the Ukrainian capital since the start of the war.

Russia launched hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles at Ukraine's capital Kyiv in the ⁠early ⁠hours of Thursday, killing at least 30 people, wounding scores more and damaging ⁠around 130 buildings in the deadliest attack on the capital this year.

Rescuers sifted through ​rubble in a search for survivors in Kyiv on Friday as the Ukrainian capital observed ‌a day of mourning, a day after a Russian missile and drone attack killed at least 30 people in the deadliest strike on the city this year.

Russian forces have launched a major drone and missile attack on Kyiv overnight, in what the city's mayor described as the 'most massive attack' on the Ukrainian capital.

Iran’s most senior clerics have called for the assassinations of President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, declaring the leaders “mahdour al-dam” — or deserving of death. The

US officials were gripped by fears that Israel was plotting to assassinate Iran's top negotiators during highly sensitive, secret peace talks with the administration.

As President Donald Trump pursued a negotiated end to the Iran war, senior U.S. officials grew increasingly concerned that Israel could derail the peace process by targeting Tehran's top negotiators,

The US believed Israel was plotting to kill Iran’s head negotiators in the middle of the peace talks, with America going as far as to warn Tehran through third party countries of the risks, officials said.

Interpol has named the suspect in the Monaco bombing that reportedly targeted a Ukrainian tycoon with links to Russia

A Ukrainian woman identified as the main suspect for a parcel bombing in Monaco was "disguised as a man", according to the city-state's deputy prosecutor. Anastasiia Berezovska, 39, is suspected of leaving a package in the entrance hall of an apartment building,

A Ukrainian woman is ⁠the ⁠main suspect in a bomb ⁠attack that targeted a wealthy businessman in Monaco, officials ​said on Friday, adding that the suspect had fled to Germany and had likely ‌not acted alone.

Anastasiia Berezovska is accused of targeting Russia-linked tycoon Vadym Yermolaiev in the attack Interpol on Friday named the suspect in the Monaco bombing that reportedly targeted a Ukrainian tycoon with links to Russia.

Lam Wing-kee, a former Hong Kong bookseller and symbol of resistance to Beijing's crackdown on free speech, has died in Taiwan

Lam Wing-kee, who defied China by selling material critical of Beijing, passed away after battling lung cancer.

Lam Wing-kee, a former bookseller in Hong Kong who became a symbol of resistance to Beijing's crackdown on speech freedom after he was seized by Chinese authorities in late 2015, has died in Taiwan, the island's official Central News Agency reported,

Lam's incarceration was part of a coordinated operation by China's security apparatus that led to five booksellers disappearing from locations in China, Hong Kong and Thailand in

Goncalo Ramos headed in a pass from Rafael Leao in stoppage time to give Portugal a 2-1 victory over Croatia on Thursday in the Round of 32 at the World Cup.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first World Cup knockout round goal! And it boosted Portugal to the round of 16. The 41-year-old soccer icon netted the goal in the second half of Portugal’s 2-1 World Cup win over Croatia on Thursday,

Cristiano Ronaldo saves the day for Portugal vs. Croatia by scoring off a penalty kick. See his goal in the World Cup round of 32.

The first game on Thursday and the last one were pretty straightforward affairs for Spain and Switzerland. But in between, Portugal and Croatia served up more drama.