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A man on a bicycle passes a drawing of World leaders, including U.S. President Donald Trump, third right, in The Hague, Netherlands, Sunday, June 15, 2025. Peter Dejong/AP hide caption toggle caption Peter Dejong/AP This year's NATO summit opens Tuesday against the backdrop of an increasingly aggressive and unrestrained Russia, combined with an increasingly disengaged

Syarhei Tsikhanouski, a Belarusian opposition activist released from a prison by Belarusian authorities, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sunday, June 22, 2025. Mindaugas Kulbis/AP hide caption toggle caption Mindaugas Kulbis/AP VILNIUS, Lithuania — Siarhei Tsikhanouski is almost unrecognizable. Belarus' key opposition figure, imprisoned in 2020 and unexpectedly released on

As Israel and Iran continue missile attacks against one another, we look at how countries in the Middle East are viewing the conflict. Whether that war could spread and if other powers in the region are bracing for a wider conflict. And we hear from some residents of Tehran weighing the decision of fleeing the

Enlarge this image Satellite image from Planet Labs PBC from March 19, 2025, showing the Fordo nuclear site, in Iran. Graphic by Clea Peculier, Sabrina Blanchard, Fred Garet, Frederic Bourgeais/AFP via Getty Images AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption AFP via Getty Images Satellite image from Planet Labs PBC from March 19, 2025

Protesters from 'Abortion Rights' watch Alex Davies-Jones, Parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Ministry of Justice, talk in the House of Commons as they gather near Parliament, where MPs are voting on the decriminalization of abortion on June 17 in London. Alishia Abodunde/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alishia Abodunde/Getty Images LONDON — In the

Good morning. You're reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today's top stories President Trump intensified his rhetoric against Iran yesterday by threatening to target Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, claiming he is an

U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler, of New York's 17th District, marches in the 2025 Israel Day Parade, on New York's Fifth Avenue, Sunday, May 18. Richard Drew/AP hide caption toggle caption Richard Drew/AP House Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., agrees with President Trump that Iran cannot obtain a nuclear weapon and would support a move by the

Ukraine Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko, right, examines the site of a missile strike that ruined a residential building during Russia's massive missile and drone air attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday. Efrem Lukatsky/AP hide caption toggle caption Efrem Lukatsky/AP KYIV, Ukraine — One of the largest Russian attacks in months killed at least 15 people