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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a peace agreement signing ceremony between Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda

Rwanda, DR Congo Sign Peace Deal In US After Rebel Sweep

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo signed a peace agreement Friday in Washington to end fighting that has killed thousands, with the two countries pledging to pull back support for guerrillas -- and President Donald Trump boasting of securing mineral wealth.
US President Donald Trump takes questions during a news conference in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House on June 27, 2025, in Washington, DC.  President Trump claimed a "GIANT WIN" Friday as the US Supreme Court curbed the power of lone federal ju

Trump Says Would Bomb Iran Again If Nuclear Activities Start

US President Donald Trump said Friday he had saved Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei from assassination and lashed out at the supreme leader for ingratitude, declaring he would order more bombing if the country tried to pursue nuclear weapons.
A satellite picture provided by Maxar Technologies shows air strike damage on tunnel entrances at Isfahan nuclear enrichment facility in central Iran on June 22, 2025

Trump Insists Iran Nuclear Programme Set Back 'Decades'

President Donald Trump insisted Wednesday that US strikes led to the "total obliteration" of Iran's nuclear capabilities and set the country's atomic programme back "decades", while Israel said it was still early to fully assess the damage.
Jyoti Thorat (left), a sugarcane worker who was married as a child bride, prays with her husband, Ravindra, in their home at Kathoda village in Beed district of India's Maharashtra state

Indian Activists Seek To Save Child Brides

When wedding season comes in India, the phone of child rights activist Tatwashil Kamble never stops ringing with appeals to stop girls from being married off due to poverty.

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