Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Trump meet in the Oval Office on Monday for talks on bringing an end to the war between Russia and Ukraine. Several European leaders are joining Zelenskyy, as they try to find a way to end Russia's offensive. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP
Smoke rises to the sky following an Israeli army airstrike in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip on Aug. 18, 2025. Mariam Dagga/AP hide caption toggle caption Mariam Dagga/AP UNITED NATIONS — A record 383 aid workers were killed in global hotspots in 2024, nearly half of them in Gaza during the war between Israel
A view of Amir Kabir Dam, one of the five main reservoirs supplying water to Tehran, as the Iranian capital faces one of its most severe water crises in recent years, with dam levels dropping to historic lows Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images A long lasting
Palestinians carry a wounded man who was injured while rushing to collect humanitarian aid airdropped by parachute into Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Aug. 7. Jehad Alshrafi/AP hide caption toggle caption Jehad Alshrafi/AP TEL AVIV, Israel — Leaked audio recordings broadcast Friday reveal remarks by Israel's former chief of military intelligence about
FILE - Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai pauses during an interview in Hong Kong on July 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File) Vincent Yu/AP/AP hide caption toggle caption Vincent Yu/AP/AP HONG KONG — Prosecutors in Hong Kong have begun closing arguments in the national security trial of pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai, after multiple
Women, Seated by Zhang Yueran Riverhead Books hide caption toggle caption Riverhead Books A nanny for a wealthy family plots to kidnap the child in her care. Unfortunately, her plans go off the rails when the family patriarch gets arrested on corruption charges. It's a premise to a novel that could take place in Washington
FILE - A voter casts ballot at a polling station on Nov. 8, 2020, in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw, File) Thein Zaw/AP/AP hide caption toggle caption Thein Zaw/AP/AP Myanmar's military has announced the first phase of a general election to be held in late December, in a poll widely seen as an attempt to
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 is expected to welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the White House today, along with several key European leaders. The
