Longtime Epstein accountant testifies behind closed doors for roughly 7 hours in House Oversight probe

Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime accountant testified his relationship with the late convicted sex offender “was strictly on a professional level,” as he faced investigators on Capitol Hill for roughly seven hours as part of the House Oversight Committee’s probe.

Analysis: Why Trump’s Gulf allies are resisting pressure to join the Iran war

Since the Iran war began, Gulf states have faced a barrage of Iranian missiles and drones, leaving their leaders with an unenviable choice: anger their closest ally and security guarantor, or risk the wrath of a powerful neighbor they must live beside long after the war ends.

Analysis: ‘Boom Boom’ US propaganda vs. the emerging Iran war reality

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Sarah Ferguson publicly criticized Epstein. In private, she apologized to her ‘supreme friend’

Sarah Ferguson, the ex-wife of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, was desperate. Almost a decade and a half after her highly public divorce from the former prince in 1996, Ferguson – better known to many as “Fergie” – owed tens of thousands of pounds in rent, was feeling alone, and in search of a new career.

Analysis: How Trump’s Iran exposure could hand Putin a lottery win

If Vladimir Putin’s quarter-century of expansionist rule has taught the West anything, it’s that the Russian president shouldn’t be taken at his word.

Why do Iranian athletes defect?

News that some members of the Iranian soccer team have defected after the Lionesses were knocked out of the Women’s Asian Cup in Australia this week should come as no surprise.

What we know on the 13th day of the US and Israel’s war with Iran

The US and Israel’s war with Iran is spreading to the seas, with oil tankers hit by Iranian attacks, an Omani port set ablaze, and multiple vessels hit by projectiles near the Strait of Hormuz – a critical waterway normally used to transport much of the world’s oil.

Iran war complicates the economic pivot GOP badly wants to see from Trump

President Donald Trump was touring a pharmaceutical company in Ohio Wednesday — trying again to turn attention to his domestic achievements — when talk again returned to the restive Middle East.

Nomzamo Mbatha: From South Africa to the Global Stage

South African actress Nomzamo Mbatha has portrayed some memorable characters over her career, but there’s one with a special historical significance that has given her a new-found freedom.

For nearly two weeks, Chinese fighter jets stopped buzzing Taiwan. No one seems to know why.

Taiwan’s military has grown used to the daily task of tracking Chinese warplanes flying near the island. Some days there are a handful. On others, many more. But they are a near-constant presence.

What’s in the ‘SAVE America Act’ and why is it so important to Donald Trump?

The federal elections overhaul bill that’s a top priority for President Donald Trump already faced near-impossible odds in the Senate, but the White House is making the “SAVE America Act” even more difficult to pass by insisting that Republicans load it up with additional controversial provisions.

Where is Iran’s new supreme leader?

Nearly two days after his appointment as Iran’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei has yet to appear publicly or issue a statement, while state media reports he may have been injured in the “Ramadan War.” CNN’s Senior Reporter Mostafa Salem