Vanessa Sarno of the the Philippines competes during the women’s 71kg weightlifting event, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Top sports officials are expected to get together to resolve issues that cropped up towards the end of the Philippine campaign in the Paris Olympics in an … Read more
Russian officials said Wednesday they were fighting off Ukrainian cross-border raids in a southwestern province for a second day, as Kyiv officials remained quiet about the scope of the operation. Russian President Vladimir Putin described the incursion into the south-western Kursk region as a “large-scale provocation” and said he will hold a meeting with top … Read more
The Justice Department has charged a Pakistani man with alleged ties to Iran with orchestrating a plot to assassinate U.S. government officials, including former President Donald Trump. Iran has vowed to retaliate against Trump and other officials for ordering the 2020 killing of Qasem Soleimani.