Which is the tallest building in the world? You will answer without hesitation that it is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, U.A.E. What if I were to ask you which building held that spot before the Burj Khalifa? The fact-seekers and quiz-heads might be able to answer that one (Psst… It is Taipei 101 in…
Republicans struggled Thursday (May 21, 2026) to find the votes to dismiss legislation that would compel President Donald Trump to withdraw from the war with Iran, delaying planned votes on the matter into June. The House had scheduled a vote on a war powers resolution, brought by Democrats, that would rein in Mr. Trump’s military…
File photo of U.S. President Donald Trump | Photo Credit: Reuters President Donald Trump on Thursday (May 21, 2026) said the U.S. will send an additional 5,000 troops to Poland, stirring confusion following weeks of changing statements from Mr. Trump and his administration about reducing — not increasing — the American military footprint in Europe….
Republicans struggled Thursday (May 21, 2026) to find the votes to dismiss legislation that would compel President Donald Trump to withdraw from the war with Iran, delaying planned votes on the matter into June. The House had scheduled a vote on a war powers resolution, brought by Democrats, that would rein in Mr. Trump’s military…
Nickolay Mladenov, the Gaza high representative of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Gaza high representative of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace warned Thursday (May 21, 2026) that the status quo in the divided and devastated territory — including an imperfect ceasefire — risks becoming “permanent” reality….
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. File Photo: Pool AP via AP U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday (May 21, 2026) renewed criticism of NATO for not supporting the U.S. war on Iran, as he headed to alliance talks in Sweden. “There are many countries in NATO that agree with us that Iran…
Representative image. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Gunmen opened fire in two separate attacks on Thursday (May 21, 2026) on the Honduran coast, killing at least 16 people, including six police officers, police said. The first incident took place at a ranch in the municipality of Trujillo in northern Honduras, where at least 10 workers…
U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday (May 21, 2026) returned to a more definitive tone on controlling Iran’s uranium. Last week, Mr. Trump suggested that he might be OK with some 970 pounds of highly enriched uranium believed to be buried beneath Iranian nuclear facilities that…
A health worker takes the temperature of a woman passing through the Kanyaruchinya checkpoint, as authorities and aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain, in the northern entry into the city of Goma, North Kivu province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, May 20, 2026. | Photo Credit:…
Hamza Burhan, believed to be one of the masterminds behind the 2019 Pulwama terror attack that claimed the lives of over 40 CRPF personnel, was killed on Thursday (May 21, 2026) when unknown gunmen opened fire on him in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), sources said. Burhan alias Arjumand Gulzar Dar, alias Doctor, a commander of the…