A.O. Scott is a Times critic who writes about literature and ideas. “The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem,” Walt Whitman wrote, but the nation was conceived in prose. Other ...

SANAA, Yemen – Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels announced a missile attack on Israel on June 8 and declared a ban on Israeli shipping in the Red Sea, raising the spectre of a return to major ...

Fireworks, of course. Anything more? As you may already know, July 4 this year marks 250 years since a fellow named John Dunlap, the official printer for the Continental Congress, printed the first ...

Iran has again claimed attacks on United States military bases in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan, and targeted two vessels in the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for renewed waves of US attacks on the ...

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to take all necessary steps to declare the Class 12 Improvement Examination results as soon as possible. The court ...

It's pandemonium in New York. The San Antonio Spurs opened a big lead early Wednesday and silenced a Madison Square Garden crowd for a second straight time in Game 4 of the NBA Finals. But a 29-point ...

Mexico got the 2026 World Cup underway by comfortably beating South Africa 2-0, in a match that saw three players sent off. The outstanding Julian Quinones scored the opening goal of the tournament ...

President Donald Trump boasted on a call with South Carolina voters Monday night that the US will declare 'total victory' over Iran in the next two weeks. Trump gave an updated timeline on the Iran ...

The United States men's national team are all set to play their FIFA World Cup 2026 opener against their Group D opponents Paraguay at the Los Angeles Stadium in Inglewood, California. Mauricio ...

Iran and Israel exchanged missile fire late Sunday night, shattering President Donald Trump's ceasefire and putting peace talks in doubt. Iran launched missiles into Israel after the IDF carried out ...

IND vs AFG highlights, One-Off Test Match Day 2: India continued their dominance in the one-off Test against Afghanistan - declaring at 564/8 in 126 overs and then reduced the visitors to 113/5 at ...

The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the A's 15-14 in a 12-inning game in Las Vegas. Christian Yelich scored the decisive run in the 12th inning on a Brice Turang grounder. The game was the first ...