Iran is seeking to establish a land corridor to the Mediterranean to enlarge its regional influence. Tehran is also reportedly building weapons factories in Lebanon to supply Hezbollah with missiles.
Recently the head of the Israel Defense Forces' (...)
President Donald Trump is scheduled to preside over the commissioning on July 22 of the Navy's newest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford. The $12.9 billion vessel is the first in a new generation of aircraft carriers, featuring a host of (...)
Google and Facebook look set to control 60 percent of the U.S. digital advertising market this year, maintaining their grip on online revenues publishers desperately need as traditional print sales continue to fall.
Media buying agency, Magna (...)
A new global Ipsos MORI survey finds the public sees Canada as the country with the most positive influence on world affairs -- only four in ten people think the influence of the U.S. is positive.
A survey of 18,055 adults aged 16-64 in 25 countries (...)
Ground movement around Campi Flegrei, an ancient supervolcano, is nearing a critical stage where further unrest could lead to a massive eruption that would affect at least 360,000 inhabitants of the area.
"By studying how the ground is cracking and (...)
China and Japan are pushing different visions of a massive Asian trade pact that excludes the United States. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) will account for 30% of global gross domestic product.
Together, RCEP members include (...)
Theresa May's snap general election will be decided in 112 marginal constituencies -- seats with majorities of 10% or less that require a swing of 5% for the incumbent party to lose.
The Prime Minister, who has a working majority of just 17 seats in (...)
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has discovered hydrogen and carbon dioxide erupting from Saturns moon Enceladus – critical ingredients that sustain microbial life in extreme environments on Earth.
In 2015, during the Cassini spacecraft's deepest-ever dive (...)
The European Union is the UK's biggest trading partner, taking 44% of all British exports and supplying 53% of its imports. If Britain fails to strike a trade deal with the EU, it will have to adopt World Trade Organization rules -- known as "most (...)
The Champions League quarter-finals take place across Europe. For the fifth successive season three Spanish teams feature in the Champions League quarter-finals -- Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid -- while Leicester City are England's sole (...)
Satellite imagery of North Korea's main nuclear test site indicates that Pyongyang could be in the final stages of preparations for a sixth nuclear test in defiance of United Nations sanctions. The latest unclassified imagery suggests communications (...)
Apple is paving the way for a future invested in augmented reality (AR), whereby our senses are supplemented by computer-generated content.
Augmented reality has overtaken Apple's Titan car project as the company's next big launch, beyond the (...)
British Prime Minister Theresa May will trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon treaty by sending a seven-page letter to Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council, on Wednesday.
The EU's response comprises two steps -- so-called "guidelines" (...)
Nearly four in 10 U.S. colleges have seen drops in applications from international students following Donald Trump's campaign rhetoric about travel bans, according to a report by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions (...)
The brand new hybrid-electric TX5 – the biggest leap forward in the history of London's iconic black cab – is due to hit the streets of London by the end of the year and cities across the world from 2018.
London Taxi Company (LTC) opens its new (...)
More than 50,000 people have reportedly been displaced since Iraqi forces began the operation to recapture western Mosul from so-called ISIS on February 19.
The number of people uprooted since the start of the offensive in October exceeded 206,000 (...)
Pocahontas died 400 years ago in England, an ocean away from her home in North America. Gravesend, the town where the fabled Powhatan Native American woman was buried on Mar 21, 1617, plans a number of commemorative events. The anniversary promises (...)
French car maker PSA Groupe, owners of Peugeot and Citroën, is in advanced talks to buy General Motors' lossmaking European Opel division — leading to fears of widespread job losses.
If France's PSA buys Anglo-German and American-owned (...)
Amid speculation Nepal's deadly 2015 earthquake might have caused Mount Everest to shrink, India is dispatching an expedition to the summit to confirm whether the world's highest mountain is indeed still 8,848 meters above sea level.
Data from the (...)
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras needs European creditors to release a third tranche of cash from the latest bailout -- which is effectively frozen -- in order to repay €22.8 billion of debt due by the end of August.
The next meeting of eurozone (...)
Chinese military technology is reaching "near-parity" with the West and western dominance in advanced military systems can no longer be taken for granted, reports the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
China's overall defence budget last (...)
Bolivian President Evo Morales has declared a state of emergency to fight a plague of locusts that is decimating crops in the country's agricultural heartland.
Bolivian President Evo Morales has declared a state of emergency to fight a plague of (...)
The share of U.S. jobs in manufacturing has fallen from a peak of 19.5 million in 1979 to 12.3 million at the end of 2016. Over that period 53 million non-manufacturing jobs replaced the 7.2 million lost jobs.
The primary explanation for the (...)
With major elections coming up in France, Germany, the Netherlands and possibly Italy, Europe is preparing for a campaign of cyber attacks and misinformation similar to that seen in the recent U.S. election.
On December 29, President Barack Obama (...)