Allegations of grave misconduct have surfaced against the councilor of Kolkata Corporation’s ward no. 138, affiliated with the Trinamool Congress (TMC). The councilor is accused of demanding a hefty one crore rupees bribe from a local businessman, subsequently seizing the…

For more than a week, world leaders gathered at the United Nations General Assembly to debate the world’s most pressing problems: war in Ukraine, poverty, a warming planet and pandemics. They also acknowledged that the U.N.’s premier body, the Security…

Flanked by two bickering ministers, Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to shrivel in his seat. It was late July in the Knesset, the last week before the summer recess, but there was no anticipatory buzz in the air. While lawmakers were preparing…

Federal government shutdowns have become so common in recent years that forecasters have a good read on how another one would affect the American economy. The answer is fairly simple: The longer a shutdown lasts, the more damage it is…

U.S. officials say Chinese and Russian spy agencies are trying to steal technology from private American space companies and preparing cyberattacks that could disable satellites in a conflict. Chinese and Russian intelligence agencies are targeting American private space companies, attempting…

A group of Ukrainian Army soldiers pierced by Russian grenades and mortar shells arrived at a hospital recently in need of surgery. It would have been a familiar scene from the bloody war grinding on in Ukraine, except for two…