Yet another billionaire entrepreneur is set to ride into space this week, strapped inside the capsule of a SpaceX rocketship as part of an astro-tourist team poised to make history as the first all-civilian crew launched into Earth orbit.
North Korea says it successfully test fired what it described as newly developed long-range cruise missiles over the weekend, its first known testing activity in months that underscored how it continues to expand its military capabilities amid a stalemate in nuclear negotiations with the U.S.
The head of Iran's civilian nuclear program says Tehran will allow United Nations inspectors to install new memory cards into surveillance cameras at its sensitive atomic sites and to continue filming there.
Visitors to Paris were surprised on Sunday when strolling on the Champs-Élysées as dozens of workers began enveloping in a shimmering wrapper a posthumous installation by artist Christo at the Arc de Triomphe monument.
Women in Afghanistan will be allowed to study in universities as the country seeks to rebuild after decades of war — but gender-segregation and a dress code will be mandatory, the Taliban's new higher education minister said on Sunday.
When HBO launched a cartoon show mocking eight-year-old Prince George this summer, it was only the latest instalment in a long history of royal satire. But reaction to The Prince may point to an evolving public distaste for any kind of parody that puts a young or vulnerable royal at its core.
A return to a freer level of international air travel likely won't be possible until there's greater agreement among nations on the COVID-19 tests and vaccination documentation needed to travel abroad, experts say.
Britain's health minister says he doesn't expect the country to see any more lockdowns to fight the COVID-19 crisis and has ruled out the use of vaccine passports to allow people to attend mass events.
