Iran has sent hundreds of missiles and drones across the region this weekend. The government claims it is only targeting U.S. military sites and personnel, but strikes are much more widespread.

U.S. and Israeli airstrikes killed Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Saturday. His death closes a nearly four-decade chapter in Iran marked by iron-fist rule and resistance to the U.S. and Israel.

Israeli civilians have been accustomed to hearing air-raid sirens and running to shelters. But after weeks of building anticipation of some new conflict with Iran, they awoke Saturday to messaging from their leaders that the stakes in this war would be far higher.

Iran missile strikes in the Gulf mark the first time Tehran has attacked the UAE, Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait.

U.S. and Israeli strikes hit at least five Iranian cities overnight, targeting missile sites and top leaders’ offices. Iran retaliated across the region.

At one time, cricket was a bridge between India and Pakistan. But in recent years, Delhi has increasingly used the sport as an extension of its foreign policy, overshadowed players from Pakistan, and, some argue, changed the spirit of the game.

Tensions between former allies Pakistan and Afghanistan have yet again come to a head, with Pakistan’s defense minister saying the neighbors are now in “open war.”

The investigation into the former Prince Andrew has put the British monarchy under a harsh glare. But the institution’s evolution is already underway.

After anti-regime protests were suppressed with unprecedented lethality, students at more than half a dozen Iranian universities have courageously protested for days, despite the hard-line leadership’s portrayal of all protesters as “terrorists” and “criminals.”

The United States has amassed the largest force since the war in Iraq. Iran threatens an all-out response to any attack, even if limited. As they prepare for nuclear diplomacy in Geneva to avoid conflict, each side appears to be misreading the other.

As the world clamors for Greenland’s rare earth minerals and energy potential, will its people be able to choose their own path?

“If children couldn’t come to the library, the library had to go to them,” says the head of the nonprofit Alif Laila Book Bus Society.

Four years on, Russia has now been engaged in war in Ukraine longer than the Soviet Union fought in World War II, and the cost is starting to wear.

During visits to the now-ruined and occupied Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, a Monitor reporter fell in love with its roses, for the hope and inspiration they provided the city’s warm and welcoming residents in time of war.

Taking down a drug cartel leader is a win for a country. But the swift violence that often follows is a public reminder that peace might not be imminent.

Security and violence are top concerns for Latin American voters heading to the polls this year, seeking iron-fist policies.

The U.S. State Department had offered a reward of up to $15 million for information leading to the arrest of Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho."

At the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Games, Norway was the undisputed Winter Olympics champion with the most gold medals (18) and overall medals won (41).