The blitz expanded Russia's almost daily bombardment of Ukrainian cities as Moscow apparently looked to exploit Kyiv's critical shortage of Western-supplied anti-ballistic missile defenses.

The United States and Iran each fired barrages of missiles Thursday, as the pattern of back-and-forth strikes took hold again and hope dimmed for any quick resolution. After a brief respite, the risk of a return to all-out war emerged once more,

The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a contract worth up to $58.6 billion to produce Patriot interceptor missiles, the Pentagon ​said on Wednesday, as conflicts in Iran and Ukraine strain U.S. weapons stockpiles.

The European Union plans to invest 10 billion euros to build seven AI gigafactories, aiming to catch up with the U.S. and China. The European Commission hopes this public funding will attract

The Fed's "family fight" returns U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to give Iran a "beating," and investors actually gave one to Meta.

Oil prices have slipped in a day of volatile trading, while world shares are mixed HONG KONG — Oil prices bounced between gains and losses on Thursday and world shares were mixed, with South Korea’s Kospi falling again after losing more than 16% over the past two days due to selling of stocks related to artificial intelligence-related.

The death toll from an overnight deadly militant attack on a police post in northwestern Pakistan rose to 11 early Thursday, police and a government official said.

Three firefighters died while fighting wildfires in parts of Greece as extreme heat continues to cause deadly problems throughout southern Europe.