President Trump's proposed Golden Dome missile shield could cost $1.2 trillion over 20 years, including a massive up-front cost to deploy the cutting-edge space-based missile interceptors widely seen as crucial to the project's success, according to a new report released this week.

13 May 2026 12:04 ✍️ RSS THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A Russian ship that sank in the Mediterranean after its engine room exploded may have been carrying pieces for nuclear reactors used in submarines, a Spanish government document shows.

13 May 2026 11:50 ✍️ RSS THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The Vatican on Wednesday issued a final warning to a breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics that their planned consecrations of bishops without papal consent constitute a schismatic act that incurs automatic excommunication.

13 May 2026 11:44 ✍️ RSS THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Israeli drones struck three vehicles on the main highway south of Beirut Wednesday, killing eight people, including a woman and her two children, the Lebanese Health Ministry said.

13 May 2026 11:41 ✍️ RSS THE WASHINGTON TIMES

King Charles III on Wednesday will deliver the British government's legislative program for the coming year to lawmakers with all the pomp and historic trappings that accompany the ceremonial opening of Parliament.

13 May 2026 11:35 ✍️ RSS THE WASHINGTON TIMES

More than 100 Russian drones targeted areas of Ukraine on Wednesday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, hours after another barrage of missiles killed at least eight people.

13 May 2026 11:20 ✍️ RSS THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Tens of thousands of Argentines flooded the streets of major cities nationwide on Tuesday to protest funding cuts by libertarian President Javier Milei to the public university system that represents a near-universal point of pride in this crisis-prone country.

12 May 2026 22:36 ✍️ RSS THE WASHINGTON TIMES