European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen ⁠said ⁠on Wednesday she wanted to open the door ⁠for Canada to become the European Union's first "associate member". Earlier this week, Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney — who ​was in Strasbourg to listen to von der Leyen's annual State of the Union address — said Canada was seeking a "unique alliance" with the EU but not ‌membership.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has told Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney that she wants Canada to become the European Union’s first associate member

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen extended the offer of "associate membership" of the European Union to Canada in a landmark speech.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed making Canada the EU's first "associate member" to integrate supply chains amid US tariff tensions.

The sanctions package is considered the most substantial US legislative effort against Moscow since Trump returned to the White House. It awaits the president's signature, and he has said he will sign it.

The House passed the sweeping Russia sanctions bill long championed by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham on Wednesday, sending the legislation to the White House for President Donald Trump’s signature after more than a year of congressional maneuvering.

US lawmakers are slated to vote Wednesday on sweeping new sanctions designed to squeeze Russia over its war in Ukraine, as the full-scale invasion grinds through its fifth year with no peace

The U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday to pass a Russia sanctions bill that would give President Donald Trump new authority on tariffs.

Supporters of Kosovo's former President Hashim Thaci and the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) react as they listen to the verdict on the day of a judgment in the war crimes t

Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci will learn his fate on Wednesday as international judges in The Hague deliver verdicts in his war crimes trial

The ⁠Kosovo war crimes tribunal on Wednesday will deliver its ​judgement in the case of former president Hashim Thaci and several wartime commanders ‌accused of murder and torture during ‌the territory's violent break from Serbia in the 1990s.

A European Union-backed court convicted former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci of war crimes committed during his country's war for independence from Serbia and sentenced him to 25 years in prison.

A building collapse in Gaza City overnight has killed sixteen people, including at least twelve women and children

Gaza rescuers on Wednesday ⁠combed ⁠through the wreckage of a bombed-out apartment building ⁠that collapsed overnight, killing at least 12 Palestinians, including five children, and trapping dozens of others beneath the ​rubble.

People carried bodies Wednesday as machines cleared rubble from a Gaza City building that collapsed after Israeli strikes left it unstable. Reconstruction

The collapse comes as rescuers try to unearth hundreds of bodies from buildings hit by strikes earlier in Israel’s campaign of destruction.

The kingdom said it intercepted a drone before it entered airspace over Mecca. The Iran-backed Yemeni rebels denied targeting the city in their escalating campaign against the key U.S. ally.

Muslim nations are condemning an attempted drone attack on Mecca as Saudi Arabia says that Islam’s holiest city is a “red line” for the kingdom

Saudi Arabia accused Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels overnight of trying to attack Islam's holiest city, prompting condemnation from countries in the region but no sign of military support.

Saudi Arabia is running low on missile interceptors and has turned to regional and Western allies for assistance as its standoff with Houthi rebels in Yemen drags on. That's according

The U.S. confirms operational weapons in space as officials cite rising threats from China and Russia and push for space dominance.

As headlines blared that artificial intelligence just might wipe out humanity in the next 10 years, the Pentagon confirmed this week for the first time that the U.S. has weapons in orbit. The underlying fact isn’t a huge surprise.

Officials said the U.S. military has deployed weapons in space, acknowledging for the first time a closely held government secret.

Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said the U.S. has on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the joint force against hostile adversary action.