Author: Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY

Neither Yemen’s government nor Iran-backed Houthis reacted to the cease-fire proposal. Another Saudi-declared cease-fire collapsed last year.

For Britain’s Black community the royal family has never lived up to the image of glamour, prestige and cozy tradition that gets projected abroad.

Multiple rockets struck an airbase in Iraq hosting U.S. troops on Wednesday, according to a spokesman for U.S.-led coalition forces in the country.

Pentagon airstrikes against Iran-backed militias in Syria in response to a Feb. 15 attack in Iraq received both bipartisan praise — and criticism.

The U.S. has enjoyed global military dominance for decades. But in the face of emerging threats, some say a new strategy is in order.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce his plan Monday to loosen Britain’s lockdown. The CDC says that by late March, B.1.1.7, the more transmissible coronavirus variant first identified in Britain, could dominate the USA.

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Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed al-Maktoum, the daughter of Dubai’s ruler, says in a new video she is being held captive by her family.

The U.S. State Department said the U.S. would wait to see the WHO team’s full report before reaching conclusions about the origin of the coronavirus.

The military coup that detained Nobel Peace Prize winner and leader Aung San Suu Kyi follows a disputed election in November. The U.S. condemns it.

Relief and skepticism in Europe and tension in China and Russia greet President Joe Biden, who promises the U.S. will be a global leader by example.