Brent crude oil prices, the global benchmark, surged above $125 per barrel on Thursday morning, as President Donald Trump mulls an extended blockade of Iranian ports. Kristie Lu Stout reports.
April 30, 2026
Florida House, Senate approve DeSantis-backed redistricting map
May 01, 2026
Trump pulls controversial surgeon general pick and makes third nomination for the role
May 01, 2026
FISA: What to know about the government’s key spy powers that Congress just extended
May 01, 2026
Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says it is her “understanding” that Iranian soccer officials were denied entry into her country ahead of the FIFA Congress meeting in Vancouver just weeks before the start of the World Cup
April 30, 2026
Parents of Loyola student Sheridan Gorman shot dead in Chicago vow to "get justice" as suspect pleads not guilty
May 01, 2026
People who are wrongfully incarcerated then exonerated, sometimes after spending decades behind bars, face yet more challenges finding jobs and rebuilding their lives after their release
April 30, 2026
Britain raised its national terrorism threat level to "severe" from "substantial" on Thursday, a day after an antisemitic stabbing
April 30, 2026
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Thursday that unless the U.S. government presents "clear evidence" linking Sinaloa
April 30, 2026
An independent commission created by Illinois Governor JB Pritzker in the wake of an aggressive immigration crackdown in the Chicago area last year has
April 30, 2026
The Republican-controlled U.S.
April 30, 2026
Mali's former defense minister Gen. Sadio Camara, who played a key role in the country's shift toward Russia, was buried in a ceremony broadcast on state television
April 30, 2026
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says she won't let the U.S. meddle in the country's affairs
April 30, 2026
The man accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump at a black-tie press gala in Washington agreed on Thursday to remain in custody while his case moves forward.
April 30, 2026
How Janet Mills was boxed out of the Maine Senate race by Graham Platner’s rise
April 30, 2026
Saleha Bibi, 40, was one of hundreds of Afghan refugees waiting at the Pakistani border on Thursday to be repatriated to Afghanistan - a
April 30, 2026
Paraguayan President Santiago Pena will travel to Taiwan from May 7 for a state visit aimed at deepening diplomatic and economic ties, his office and Taiwanese
April 30, 2026
ArcelorMittal said on Thursday it had donated steel for a White House ballroom project backed by U.S. President Donald Trump.
April 30, 2026
Leaders of major media companies are urging Israel to lift a ban preventing foreign journalists from independently entering Gaza
April 30, 2026
U.S.
April 30, 2026
Activists attempting to break Israel’s maritime blockade of Gaza say Israeli forces have intercepted their flotilla near the southern Greek island of Crete
April 30, 2026
Maine Governor Janet Mills, a fierce critic of President Donald Trump, dropped her bid to unseat Republican U.S.
April 30, 2026
China and the U.S. should prepare for "important high-level exchanges", Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in a call with U.S.
April 30, 2026
Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to be moved to house arrest, state media reported on Thursday, more than five years after the military ousted the civilian
April 30, 2026
The Trump administration is appealing a judge’s order as it tries to cut the number of vaccines recommended for every child in the United States
April 30, 2026
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday that the billions of dollars the United States owes to the world body is "non-negotiable," after reports that
April 30, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump has renewed an old threat that Washington could reduce its military presence in Germany
April 30, 2026
Lawyers for suspected gunman at press dinner agree to keeping him in jail before trial
April 30, 2026
The Dutch military is looking to more than double the number of volunteer reservists in its ranks as it boosts recruitment to tackle new threats
April 30, 2026
Ship allegedly carrying stolen Ukrainian grain seen sailing away from Israel, after importer refuses to unload cargo
April 30, 2026
U.S.
April 30, 2026
Mark Sanford has ended his bid to reclaim his old congressional seat
April 30, 2026
Italy condemns Israel's seizure of aid ships bound for Gaza and demands the immediate release of all Italians who have been "unlawfully detained," Prime Minister Giorgia
April 30, 2026
Scared, angry at the government, and wondering whether they need to
April 30, 2026
Ukraine will seek clarification from U.S.
April 30, 2026
Voters head to the polls on Thursday in Antigua and Barbuda in a snap general election dominated by concerns over U.S. visa restrictions, with
April 30, 2026
Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Thursday that the OPEC+ group of leading oil producers would continue
April 30, 2026
Kosovo's acting President Albulena Haxhiu called a snap election for June 7 on Thursday, after the parliament failed to elect a new president.
April 30, 2026
A vessel carrying grain that Ukraine says was stolen from areas occupied by Russia will not unload in Israel, Ukraine said on Thursday, after Kyiv requested Israel to
April 30, 2026
US cyber team hasn’t been activated yet to protect midterm elections from foreign meddling
April 30, 2026
The Supreme Court’s ruling that a Black-majority voting district in Louisiana is unconstitutional adds to a long and dismal history of government attempts to limit the power of minority voters.
April 30, 2026
NYC Mayor Mamdani encourages King Charles to return Koh-i-Noor diamond. Here's why the jewel is controversial.
April 30, 2026
Top U.S. military leaders including Admiral Brad Cooper, the head of Central Command, will brief President Donald Trump later on Thursday on potential military action
April 30, 2026
US economy showed solid growth in the first quarter as Iran war began
April 30, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he's seeking more details about a short-term ceasefire that Russia proposed to U.S. President Donald Trump
April 30, 2026
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits tumbled to their lowest level more than 50 years last week despite a number of economic headwinds including the war in Iran
April 30, 2026
Defense supplier L3Harris Technologies lifted its 2026 profit forecast after beating first-quarter revenue estimates on Thursday, as it banks on strong demand from the Pentagon
April 30, 2026
South Africa will hold its next municipal elections on November 4, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a post on X.
April 30, 2026
Gerard Hutch, named in a 2023 court case as the head of a well-known crime family in Ireland, will seek election to the Irish parliament in a by-election next month after
April 30, 2026
Due to uncertainty caused by the Iran war, the Bank of England moved away from a single economic forecast in its April 2026 Monetary Policy Report and instead produced
April 30, 2026
The latest criminal charges against James Comey are fundamentally flawed and will be dismissed on free speech grounds, according to legal experts, who said the former
April 30, 2026
The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russian forces would stay in Mali to help the military-led government battle insurgents as West Africa's al Qaeda affiliate
April 30, 2026
China's military said on
April 30, 2026
The wife of Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has filed a legal complaint against a far-right political campaigner and social media influencer for alleged assault on
April 30, 2026
U.S.
April 30, 2026
First Choice, the crisis pregnancy center chain that brought the case, argued that merely issuing a subpoena can deter donors from making a gift.
April 30, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faces a second day of grilling from Democrats on Capitol Hill, with senators getting their first opportunity to confront or praise the Pentagon chief over his handling of the Iran war
April 30, 2026
The United States is unlikely to serve as an effective mediator in international conflicts, given its actions on the global stage, senior Russian security official Dmitry Medvedev
April 30, 2026
Colombia's central bank on Thursday surprised the market by unanimously holding its benchmark interest rate at 11.25%, as
April 30, 2026
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 has often been called the crown jewel of the U.S. civil rights movement. But under a U.S.
April 30, 2026
Canada is set to host a proposed multilateral defence bank designed to help fund the rearmament of nations facing heightened geopolitical risks, Prime
April 30, 2026
Pakistan's Navy will be getting a fleet of advanced Chinese submarines, a statement from the military and a government official said on Thursday, a move
April 30, 2026
Ukraine's top general ordered on Thursday a mandatory two-month time limit for front-line troops serving in forward positions, a week after photos of
April 30, 2026
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said that a vessel carrying grain that Kyiv says was stolen from its territories occupied by Russia would not unload its cargo in Israel,
April 30, 2026
With fighting between the United States, Israel and Iran at a fragile standstill, Iran's large North American diaspora is divided over what should come next.
April 30, 2026
Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda said he was supportive of his country joining the U.S. freedom of navigation mission in the Strait of Hormuz, adding that he would
April 30, 2026
The Israeli military warned residents of eight Lebanese towns outside of the "buffer zone" to leave their homes immediately on Thursday ahead of strikes.
April 30, 2026
Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said in a published written message on Thursday that a new chapter for the Gulf and Strait of Hormuz has been taking shape since the
April 30, 2026
Imprisoned Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi has suffered a sharp deterioration in his health and has been urgently transferred from prison to hospital, his Ennahda
April 30, 2026
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Thursday that she will continue all diplomatic efforts to ensure the passage of all vessels though the Strait of Hormuz.
April 30, 2026
Oil briefly touches $126, its highest price in four years
April 30, 2026
John Roberts’ effort to gut the Voting Rights Act is complete
April 30, 2026
Inside the GOP’s barely functioning Congress
April 30, 2026
‘It’s a mess’: With no Trump endorsement in Texas Senate race, Cornyn and Paxton are locked in an expensive brawl
April 30, 2026
White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting yields debates over security, new ballroom — but not guns
April 30, 2026
A New Jersey Republican hasn’t voted in weeks, sparking questions over lengthy absence on Capitol Hill
April 30, 2026
President Donald Trump, who has criticized Germany and other NATO allies for not sending their navies to help open the Strait of
April 30, 2026
A Cambodian appeals court on Thursday upheld a 27-year sentence for former opposition leader Kem Sokha for his treason conviction, his lawyer said, another blow to an
April 30, 2026
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry told Republican House candidates on Wednesday that he planned to suspend next month’s primary elections to allow state lawmakers to pass a new
April 30, 2026
An interim report into last year's Bondi Beach mass shooting on Thursday advised increased security around Jewish public events and further gun reforms among
April 30, 2026
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir fired his foreign and trade ministers and senior security officials, a decree on Wednesday said, the latest in a series of government
April 30, 2026
Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been given a further one-sixth reduction in her sentence as part of an amnesty, a member of her legal team said on Thursday,
April 30, 2026
King Charles' courting of President Donald Trump on his state visit will not repair the recent fraying of U.S.-British relations but
April 29, 2026
In a parking lot strewn with rubbish near Beirut's Mediterranean coast, Hassan Yahya has taped a cardboard sign to a traffic signal pole beside the
April 30, 2026
The U.S.
April 30, 2026
The Italian economy grew slightly more than expected in the first quarter from the previous three months, preliminary data showed on Thursday, with turmoil in the Middle
April 30, 2026
Germany's economy grew by more than expected in the first quarter of 2026 despite the shock to energy prices from the war in Iran, but unemployment rose
April 30, 2026
Tariffs on digital displays used in TVs and smartphones could help prevent the U.S. military from becoming dependent on China for the critical
April 30, 2026
Black members of Congress are bracing for a crippling shake-up of their ranks after a Supreme Court ruling gutted a key section of the Voting Rights Act that had protected minority communities in political redistricting and helped boost their representation
April 30, 2026
The U.S. government has charged the governor of Mexico's Sinaloa state and nine other current and former Mexican officials with drug trafficking and weapons offenses in a federal indictment
April 30, 2026
Repairing damaged US military bases will add billions to Iran war cost, sources say
April 30, 2026
Orleans Parish sheriff and CFO indicted after last year’s jail escape of 10 Louisiana inmates
April 30, 2026
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said on Wednesday he encourages Britain's King Charles to return the Koh-i-Noor Diamond, with his comments coming during the
April 30, 2026
Two Jewish men were stabbed in north London on Wednesday by an attacker who ran down a street targeting Jews in what police said was a
April 29, 2026
The Bank of Japan effectively committed to a June rate hike this week as it talked up the risks of an inflation overshoot, a gambit that rests on a shaky
April 30, 2026
The U.S. is pushing for other countries to form an international coalition to restore freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz,
April 29, 2026
President Donald Trump is leveling a new threat against NATO ally Germany by suggesting he could soon reduce the U.S. military presence there
April 30, 2026
The U.S.
April 30, 2026
U.S.
April 30, 2026
Two U.S. senators on Wednesday introduced legislation to toughen a U.S. government ban on Chinese automakers from entering the American market, weeks before President
April 30, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision weakening a landmark voting rights law opens the door for Republican lawmakers to dismantle Democratic-held U.S.
April 30, 2026
Brazil's Senate on Wednesday rejected the nomination of Solicitor General Jorge Messias for an open seat on the Supreme Court, making President Luiz
April 30, 2026
King Charles III and Queen Camilla have begun their trip to New York City with a visit to the National 9/11 Memorial, honoring victims of the 2001 attacks
April 29, 2026
A grand jury indicted Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson on 30 felony counts Wednesday following a state probe into one of the largest jailbreaks in the nation’s history that occurred under her watch last year
April 30, 2026
A Romanian man has been sentenced to four years in prison for organizing a wave of swatting calls and bomb threats against dozens of U.S. government targets, including members of Congress, cabinet-level officials, federal judges and the heads of federal law-enforcement agencies
April 30, 2026
Several states already are taking steps to respond to a U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down a majority Black congressional district in Louisiana
April 30, 2026
US charges governor of Mexico’s Sinaloa state and 9 others with drug trafficking and weapons charges
April 30, 2026
Royals leave handwritten message of ‘enduring solidarity’ at New York’s 9/11 memorial
April 30, 2026
Brazil’s Senate dealt a political blow to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Wednesday by rejecting his appointee to the Supreme Court, the first in more than 130 years
April 30, 2026
Cultural and historic preservation groups are urging a federal judge to block President Donald Trump from renovating the Kennedy Center
April 30, 2026
US will deny visas to applicants who say they fear persecution at home
April 30, 2026
The U.S. government's effort to renew its warrantless domestic surveillance powers cleared the House of Representatives
April 30, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced nearly six hours of questioning Wednesday from House lawmakers for the first time since President Donald Trump’s administration launched the war against Iran
April 29, 2026
Iran has executed at least 21 people since the start of the war with the United States and Israel two months ago and has arrested more than 4,000 on national security-related
April 30, 2026
The U.S.
April 30, 2026
Florida Republicans on Wednesday approved a new congressional map aimed at flipping four Democratic-held U.S.
April 30, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority has handed Republicans their biggest victory yet in the battle to control the House of Representatives and statehouses across the country
April 30, 2026
Former FBI Director James Comey appeared in federal court in Virginia on Wednesday, a day after being indicted over a
April 29, 2026
The Trump administration is expected to issue the first tariff refunds by around May 11, according to an order filed on Tuesday in the U.S.
April 30, 2026
The Trump administration rejected all four women farmers chosen by their peers to represent them in an industry group called the United Soybean Board
April 29, 2026
Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla commemorated victims of the September 11, 2001, al Qaeda attack on New York City on Wednesday, laying a floral
April 29, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced withering questioning in his first appearance before Congress since the Trump administration went to war against Iran
April 29, 2026
A redistricting battle among states has reshaped voting districts for the U.S. House ahead of the November midterm elections
April 14, 2026
Justice Department officials are moving to roll back and modify a slate of gun regulations in a dramatic shift in firearm policy pushed by Second Amendment supporters in President Donald Trump’s base
April 30, 2026
Prosecutors detail timeline and suspect’s extensive arsenal in White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting
April 29, 2026
Justice Department seeks to roll back gun control measures days after Trump assassination attempt
April 30, 2026
The Supreme Court has weakened a key tool of the Voting Rights Act that has helped combat racial discrimination in voting for over 50 years
April 29, 2026
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump hosted a white-tie dinner at the White House with King Charles III and Queen Camilla
April 30, 2026
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency is back on Capitol Hill defending the administration's plan to cut in half the EPA's budget
April 29, 2026
Republicans have scored another victory in the nationwide redistricting battle
April 30, 2026
What is the ‘perimeter’ for presidential security?
April 30, 2026
Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted Tuesday over a photo of seashells that officials said threatened President Donald Trump, marking the administration’s second attempt to prosecute one of his largest political opponents, three sources first told CNN. Comey responded to the indictment in a video posted to his Substack account.
April 29, 2026
New maps of Gaza quietly issued by Israel a little more than a month ago have put thousands of displaced
April 29, 2026
U.S.
April 29, 2026
The United Arab Emirates' decision to quit OPEC and OPEC+ has brought years of tensions with Saudi Arabia out into the open, marking a strategic break with
April 29, 2026
Federal prosecutors in Chicago on Wednesday said they will drop the main conspiracy count against four people, including a former Democratic congressional
April 30, 2026
The Federal Reserve will not cut interest rates this year, and traders of short-term U.S. interest-rate futures are now betting the U.S. central bank will raise in the first half
April 30, 2026
The U.S.
April 29, 2026
The Supreme Court has heard arguments in a case about the Trump administration’s push to end legal protections for migrants fleeing war and natural disaster
April 29, 2026
Kevin Warsh, U.S.
April 29, 2026
Hungary's election winner Peter Magyar said he had "extremely constructive and successful" talks on Wednesday with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on
April 29, 2026
The United Nations is facing a critical moment with its financial sustainability under threat and it should do "less with less", Costa Rica's Rebeca Grynspan
April 29, 2026
Three men with links to Ukraine carried out a series of arson attacks on property connected to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on behalf of a mystery
April 29, 2026
Ukraine has asked Israel to seize a vessel carrying grain it says was stolen from areas occupied by Russia, its top prosecutor said on Wednesday, amid a
April 29, 2026
Saturday's foiled attack at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner has deepened questions about whether the event should continue in its
April 29, 2026
More than 1 million people in Lebanon are expected to face a food insecurity crisis in the months ahead as a result of renewed conflict
April 29, 2026
Donald Trump discussed how to mitigate the impact of a possible months-long U.S. blockade of Iran's ports with U.S. oil companies, a White
April 29, 2026
Trump sees blockade extension as best option for forcing Iran back to the negotiating table
April 30, 2026
The House has taken a crucial step toward funding the Department of Homeland Security
April 29, 2026
The U.S. State Department accused China of violating Panama’s sovereignty over a port dispute in the Central American nation, triggering another fierce back-and-forth on Wednesday as the Chinese government called the Trump administration hypocritical
April 30, 2026
The Russian Defense Ministry says the traditional Victory Day parade will take place without military equipment
April 29, 2026
Louisiana DCFS concerns: Report reveals new fatality data, foster care children held in hospitals
April 30, 2026
Billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer is selling himself as a class traitor in his bid for California governor
April 29, 2026
Former FBI Director James Comey surrenders and appears in court over alleged threat against Trump
April 29, 2026
Takeaways: Supreme Court signals it will side with Trump on Haitian and Syrian migrants
April 29, 2026
The Supreme Court is siding with a faith-based pregnancy center that raised First Amendment concerns about an investigation into whether it misled people to discourage abortions
April 29, 2026
Bondi will testify in House Oversight Committee’s Jeffrey Epstein probe
April 29, 2026
A British court has heard that two men from Ukraine and a Romanian man were allegedly offered payment by a Russian-speaking contact to set fires last year to property linked to Prime Minister Keir Starmer
April 29, 2026
Federal appeals court won’t rehear Trump’s appeal of E. Jean Carroll’s $83 million jury award
April 29, 2026
Union representatives and safety consultants say the case of the man charged with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump at a media dinner is the latest example of someone allegedly trying to use the country's passenger trains to smuggle guns for an attack
April 29, 2026
The Senate Banking Committee voted on party lines to approve Kevin Warsh as the next chair of the Federal Reserve, to replace Jerome Powell, a longtime target of President Donald Trump’s insults for not cutting borrowing costs as far as the president wanted
April 29, 2026
U.S.
April 29, 2026
Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum on Wednesday announced a rule that all federal work projects use steel from Mexican companies, after attempts to reach a deal to
April 29, 2026
Supreme Court lets faith-based pregnancy centers fight subpoena on First Amendment grounds
April 29, 2026
NH state lawmaker faces possible discipline over social media post referencing 'final solution'
April 29, 2026
A billboard in Des Moines is urging people to leave the MAGA movement
April 29, 2026
On a chilly spring day in 2017, Jerome Powell made a six-hour round trip by car through heavy mountain fog from Washington to West Virginia
April 29, 2026
Iowa lawmakers approve MAHA bill targeting SNAP limits, school nutrition rules
April 29, 2026
Russia will hold a slimmed-down version of its annual parade to celebrate victory in World War Two, without the usual display of weaponry, the Kremlin
April 29, 2026
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri and Albania's KAYO have set up a joint venture to build and maintain vessels in Albania, which is seeking to modernise its military
April 29, 2026
Britain's terrorism watchdog on Wednesday said the government risked stretching counterterrorism laws beyond their original purpose by using such powers
April 29, 2026
Russia plans to stay in OPEC+ despite a decision by the United Arab Emirates to leave, the Kremlin said on Wednesday, expressing
April 29, 2026
Dozens of cancer cases in N.J. could be linked to contaminants at former landfill
April 29, 2026
In the world of diplomatic faux pas it could have been a lot worse
April 29, 2026
Maine Gov. Janet Mills has decades of experience in public office and the backing of the party establishment as she seeks the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate
April 29, 2026
Ukraine struck what it said was an oil pumping station 1,500 km (900 miles) into Russia near the Ural Mountains with drones overnight, and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Kyiv
April 29, 2026
A coalition of historic preservation and architecture groups will ask a judge on Wednesday to halt plans by President Donald Trump’s administration
April 29, 2026
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Wednesday his relationship with U.S.
April 29, 2026
Greece said on Wednesday it had agreed with Qatar to bolster cooperation in areas including trade, energy and defence, extending a deal first struck in 2024.
April 29, 2026
Slovakia's Supreme Court upheld on Wednesday a 21-year jail sentence for a man who shot at Prime Minister Robert Fico two years ago, rejecting his appeal against terrorism charges
April 29, 2026
The United Arab Emirates is reassessing its role and contributions across multilateral organisations but is not considering any further withdrawals at this time, a UAE
April 29, 2026
President Donald Trump has suffered a string of courtroom setbacks in his battles with the American media, but the rulings have done little to blunt a
April 29, 2026
Ukraine is claiming responsibility for a drone attack on a distant Russian oil facility
April 29, 2026
U.S.
April 29, 2026
Trump budget officials urge House Republicans to concede in DHS standoff
April 29, 2026
A slim majority of Swiss are backing an upcoming referendum proposal to limit Switzerland's population to 10 million, and support for it is growing, an opinion poll showed
April 29, 2026
Taiwan's economy would gain see unprecedented opportunities if it unites with China, Beijing said on Wednesday, stepping up a campaign to persuade Taipei to accept
April 29, 2026
The Philippine House justice committee on Wednesday found probable cause to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte, moving a step closer to a process that
April 29, 2026
Big Four firm KPMG is exiting its federal government audit business and will redeploy staff, a spokesperson said on Wednesday.
April 29, 2026
A South Korean appeals court on Wednesday increased the jail term for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges linked to his short-lived 2024
April 29, 2026
A South Korean appeals court on Wednesday sentenced ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol to seven years in prison for resisting arrest and bypassing a legitimate Cabinet meeting before his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024
April 29, 2026
Virginia's top court on Tuesday left in place a county judge's order temporarily blocking the state from certifying the results of last week's referendum, when voters
April 29, 2026
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, overseen by Secretary Robert F.
April 29, 2026
The Republican-led U.S.
April 29, 2026
President Donald Trump's administration has mandated what it calls "enhanced" security checks for immigration applicants, according to
April 29, 2026
A U.S. advisory committee appointed by Health Secretary Robert F.
April 29, 2026
The United States, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Guyana, Paraguay, and Trinidad and Tobago released a joint statement in support of Panama's sovereignty on Tuesday, saying recent actions
April 29, 2026
A Ukrainian drone attack caused a major fire at a Russian oil refinery in the city of Tuapse on Tuesday, officials said, in what President Vladimir Putin described as
April 28, 2026
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday Britain's King Charles did not want Iran to have a nuclear weapon, introducing the fraught
April 29, 2026
Kosovo is set for another snap election after parliament failed to elect a new president on Tuesday, pitching Europe's youngest nation back into the thick of a political
April 29, 2026
The Taiwanese minister in charge of the Coast Guard visited a second Taiwan-controlled islet deep in the South China Sea, she said on Wednesday, adding that complaints by
April 29, 2026
The leader of Mali's military government, Assimi Goita, on Tuesday made his first public appearance since insurgents launched coordinated attacks over the weekend, vowing
April 28, 2026
Kimmel’s message to Trump in wake of FCC challenge to ABC: The show goes on
April 29, 2026
Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel responded to criticism from President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump about a monologue Kimmel gave two days before a gunman opened fire at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. CNN's Elex Michaelson reports.
April 29, 2026
El Jardinero: What to know about ‘The Gardener,’ the Mexican cartel figure arrested in a ditch
April 29, 2026
The United States has set specific conditions for the release of billions of dollars it owes to the United Nations, such as more cost-cutting and moves to
April 29, 2026
Federal agents have served search warrants in Minnesota in an ongoing fraud investigation of publicly funded social programs for children
April 28, 2026
King Charles III has marked the 250th anniversary of American independence from Britain with gratitude that the two countries united to build “one of the most consequential alliances in human history.”
April 28, 2026
Eight candidates running to become governor of California have lobbed heated criticism at each other in a chaotic televised debate
April 29, 2026
Australia is proposing to tax digital giants Meta, Google and TikTok on a part of their revenue to pay for news reporters
April 28, 2026
The United Arab Emirates has announced it will leave OPEC and the OPEC+ group, effective May 1
April 28, 2026
Exclusive: Former FBI Director James Comey indicted over alleged ‘threat’ against Trump
April 29, 2026
A Mexican man in the United States has pleaded guilty to impersonating a Border Patrol agent and following federal immigration officers to divert them while they were out on immigration enforcement missions in Southern California
April 29, 2026
Ministers and officials are gathered in Colombia for a high-level conference aimed at accelerating the shift away from fossil fuels, with financing emerging as a key challenge
April 29, 2026
The UAE and Saudi Arabia have long been at odds over oil policy. The latest move is also likely to further their broader regional rivalry.
April 29, 2026
Elie Honig joins The Lead.
April 29, 2026
San Francisco has settled a legal dispute with Oakland over the naming of its neighbor's airport
April 29, 2026
Senate Republicans have rejected legislation from Democrats that would have required President Donald Trump to end the U.S. energy blockade on Cuba unless he receives approval from Congress
April 29, 2026
Ukraine accuses Israel of aiding Russian trade in stolen grain
April 29, 2026
Melania Trump and Queen Camilla play supporting roles during state visit
April 29, 2026
The Trump administration has indicted a former National Institutes of Health official over allegations of evading federal records requests related to COVID-19 pandemic
April 29, 2026
By Erin Banco and Gram Slattery April 28 - U.S. intelligence agencies are studying how Iran would respond if President Donald Trump were to declare a unilateral victory in the two-month-old war that
April 29, 2026
Efforts to end the Iran conflict were at an impasse on Tuesday with U.S.
April 28, 2026
The State Department says it's preparing a limited release of commemorative U.S. passports celebrating America’s 250th birthday and featuring a picture of President Donald Trump
April 29, 2026
After a joke by late-night host Jimmy Kimmel drew calls from the White House for ABC to fire the comedian,
April 28, 2026
The U.S.
April 28, 2026
The United Nations on Tuesday imposed sanctions on Algoney Hamdan Daglo Musa, younger brother of the head of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF), and three Colombian mercenaries
April 29, 2026
State lawmaker faces possible discipline over social media post referencing 'final solution'
April 29, 2026
U.S. federal and state law enforcement agencies searched more than 20 locations in Minnesota on Tuesday as part of investigations
April 28, 2026
Former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted again, this time over a social media photo of seashells arranged on a beach that officials say constituted a threat against President Donald Trump
April 29, 2026
Former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted a second time by Trump’s Justice Department, two sources familiar told CNN. The specific charges were not immediately clear.
April 29, 2026
A federal judge says fired prosecutor Maurene Comey's wrongful termination claims belong in court rather than in administrative proceedings despite the government's efforts to move it out of court
April 28, 2026
The U.S. military has boarded another commercial vessel during its blockade of Iran’s ports, but unlike in previous cases, the ship was ultimately allowed to carry on its way
April 29, 2026
READ: Indictment of James Comey
April 29, 2026
A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected the Trump administration's practice of subjecting most people arrested in its immigration crackdown to mandatory
April 28, 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer's decision last month to let the British military board ships of Russia’s so‑called "shadow fleet" has had no
April 28, 2026
The Justice Department on Monday night asked a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit that has impeded President Donald Trump's plans for a White House ballroom, saying
April 28, 2026
Hungarian election winner Peter Magyar has proposed a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in western Ukraine to discuss minority rights of ethnic
April 28, 2026
Argentine President Javier Milei, a libertarian who has long cited former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as one of his political role
April 28, 2026
Britain said on Tuesday the Iranian ambassador to London had been summoned over what the government described as the Iranian embassy's "unacceptable and inflammatory"
April 28, 2026
Pro-tariff and human rights groups asked the Trump administration on Tuesday to impose new import bans, duties and quotas to combat forced labor
April 28, 2026
Two successive Israeli strikes on a building in a southern Lebanese town killed five people on Tuesday, including three rescuers who went to help those wounded in the
April 29, 2026
Ukraine has stepped up attacks on civilian infrastructure in Russia, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday, citing a recent drone strike on an oil refinery in the
April 29, 2026
Senegal's National Assembly overwhelmingly approved on Tuesday changes to the country's electoral code, introducing provisions that could pave the way for
April 29, 2026
The Justice Department is pressing for the dismissal of preservationists’ lawsuit over the planned $400 million White House ballroom after the shooting at Saturday’s media gala
April 29, 2026
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said on Tuesday he is not worried about inflation, but added among the worst-case scenarios for the economy is the
April 28, 2026
US to issue passports featuring Trump’s picture to commemorate America’s 250th anniversary
April 29, 2026
Neighbors breathe sigh of relief after explosives removed from home
April 29, 2026
Trump administration challenges ABC station licenses amid Kimmel controversy
April 28, 2026
Soldier accused of betting on Maduro raid, winning $400,000, pleads not guilty
April 29, 2026
Ukraine’s defense minister says the country's armed forces shot down more than 33,000 Russian drones of various types in March, a record monthly figure since Moscow launched its all-out invasion more than four years ago
April 28, 2026
A jury in Virginia is deliberating in the trial of an alleged Islamic State militant accused of helping plan a deadly suicide bombing at a Kabul airport during the U.S. military’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021
April 29, 2026
President Donald Trump's approval rating sank to the lowest level of his current term, as Americans increasingly soured on his handling of the cost of
April 28, 2026
CNN’s Kyung Lah reports from the hometown of the suspect charged in the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting
April 28, 2026
Epstein scandal lingers in background of King Charles’ visit to Washington
April 29, 2026
Ron DeSantis is back in the national spotlight as he pushes for a new congressional map in Florida
April 28, 2026
The Supreme Court seems likely to grant tech giant Cisco’s bid to shut down a lawsuit claiming that the company’s technology was used to persecute members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement in China
April 28, 2026
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has avoided a parliamentary inquiry over appointing Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington
April 28, 2026
A former senior adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci has been indicted on federal charges alleging he conspired to hide his communications related to COVID-19 research as the pandemic unfolded
April 28, 2026
Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM Party issued one of its strongest criticisms yet of the government's handling of a fragile peace process, highlighting on Tuesday a growing stand-
April 28, 2026
Tax authorities in Hungary have blocked transfers of funds abroad by unidentified people linked to a top aide to outgoing Hungarian leader Viktor Orban, election winner
April 28, 2026
The minority government of Romania's pro-European Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan could fall in early May after his former coalition partner, the leftist Social Democrats,
April 28, 2026
The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday said it was quitting OPEC, dealing a blow to the oil producers' group as an unprecedented energy crisis caused by the
April 28, 2026
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has praised soldiers who committed suicide while fighting against Ukrainian forces in Russia's Kursk region, confirming an extreme battle
April 28, 2026
General Motors is expecting a $500 million tariff refund after the Supreme Court struck down some of President Donald Trump’s most sweeping levies
April 28, 2026
In Trump-like tone, government lawyers ask court to undo ruling halting work on White House ballroom
April 28, 2026
UAE quits OPEC in blow to cartel that could reshape global oil markets
April 28, 2026
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has been invited to attend next month's summit of the European Political Community (EPC) in Armenia, European Council President Antonio Costa
April 28, 2026
Italian magistrates said on Tuesday they had opened urgent checks into whether Nicole Minetti, an ally of late Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, lied to
April 28, 2026
More than 65,000 victims of a Malian Islamist who was a key figure in the police force that imposed sharia law on Timbuktu in 2012 and ordered public floggings and
April 28, 2026
Italy's parliament on Tuesday backed a government plan to donate an ageing aircraft carrier to Indonesia, a move the administration said would strengthen
April 28, 2026
Hungary's outgoing prime minister, Viktor Orban, offered his resignation as leader of his right-wing Fidesz party on Tuesday but a party congress in June will decide
April 28, 2026
The United States and U.S. companies signed deals worth billions of dollars with Balkan countries on Tuesday, boosting Washington's energy presence in the
April 28, 2026
Ukraine and Israel traded diplomatic blows on Tuesday as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy condemned what he said were grain purchases from occupied Ukrainian
April 28, 2026
Britain on Tuesday sought to uphold a ban on pro-Palestinian group Palestine Action, which it has designated a terrorist organisation, after a court ruling that the move
April 28, 2026
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Iran has said it was in a state of collapse and wants the United States to open the Strait of Hormuz while it sorts out its
April 28, 2026
Israeli strikes killed five Palestinians, including a 9-year-old boy, in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, health officials said.
April 28, 2026
The United States said on Tuesday it is not funding any security units tasked with policing or guarding mines in Democratic Republic of Congo after
April 28, 2026
Two months into a war with the U.S. and Israel, Iran no longer has a single, undisputed clerical arbiter at the pinnacle of
April 28, 2026
The Southern Poverty Law Center has told a federal court that law enforcement agencies knew for years that the nonprofit was paying informants to report on the movements of hate groups
April 28, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's one-time closest aide, Morgan McSweeney, backed his former boss on Tuesday by
April 28, 2026
A French fact‑finding inquiry — normally a dull parliamentary ritual — has turned into a polarising political spectacle, giving France's far right an
April 28, 2026
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro were tied in a simulated run-off, an AtlasIntel/Bloomberg poll showed on Tuesday, ahead of
April 28, 2026
The United Arab Emirates says that it will leave the oil cartel OPEC effective May 1
April 28, 2026
The U.S. administration is bringing forward immigration hearings for deportations of migrant children in custody by weeks or even months in a bid to accelerate the process, CNN
April 28, 2026
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman chaired a consultative meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council in Jeddah on Tuesday, state media said, the first in-person meeting of Gulf
April 28, 2026
The Philippines is not worried about any reduction in U.S. deterrence capabilities in the Indo-Pacific due to the war in the Middle East,
April 28, 2026
The European Union's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas urged partner countries in Southeast Asia on Tuesday not to turn to Russia for oil supplies as they try
April 28, 2026
Some U.S. defence equipment deliveries to Europe are being delayed because of the war in the Middle East, the presidents of Finland and Estonia said on Tuesday.
April 28, 2026
As the U.S. midterm elections approach, Democrats are winning legal challenges to the Trump administration's push to obtain states' voter rolls, dealing a blow to the
April 28, 2026
It has been nearly two months, but Rabih Khreiss still has trouble recognising his new life.
April 28, 2026
Switzerland's Federal Criminal Court has discontinued a money laundering trial against Gulnara Karimova, a daughter of Uzbekistan's former president, on the grounds that
April 28, 2026
King Charles set to emphasize the US and UK’s shared history in address to Congress
April 28, 2026
When the Supreme Court killed his favorite tariffs in February, President Donald Trump rolled out temporary import taxes to replace them
April 28, 2026
Iran is ready to share its defensive weapons capabilities with "independent countries, especially members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)", Deputy Defence
April 28, 2026
Ukraine needs to adopt a law introducing a value-added tax on inexpensive parcels from abroad to ensure its $8.1 billion programme with the International
April 28, 2026
The Australian government said on Tuesday that Meta, Alphabet's Google and TikTok could face multimillion-dollar charges if they did not
April 28, 2026
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April 27, 2026
Displaced people in a South Sudan village have been denied lifesaving aid by the government, according to eyewitnesses and aid groups
April 28, 2026
Kimmel pushes back on Trump calls for his firing, in first major test for Disney’s new CEO
April 28, 2026
China denounced remarks by Japan and the European Union about the South China Sea at a U.N.
April 28, 2026
President Donald Trump's administration has terminated the entire National Science Board of more than 20 members, two fired members of the board said
April 28, 2026
Businesses working with Iranian airlines risk U.S. sanctions, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Monday, calling the warning a part of a
April 28, 2026
The White House has withdrawn President Donald Trump's nomination of a hospitality company executive to be director of the National Park Service more
April 28, 2026
A series of attacks in Colombia's southwest has raised security concerns before the May presidential election
April 28, 2026
A U.S. official said on Monday that President Donald Trump is unhappy with an Iranian proposal because it did not address
April 28, 2026
Over 1,000 U.S.
April 28, 2026
Taiwan has spotted two Chinese warships operating in waters near the Penghu islands in the Taiwan Strait and has sent its own naval and air forces to keep watch, the
April 28, 2026
Kid Rock and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth both flew in Army Apache attack helicopters at a base in Virginia on Monday
April 28, 2026
Republicans in Congress have launched new efforts to approve and pay for President Donald Trump’s proposed ballroom at the White House
April 28, 2026
Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov held talks in Kyrgyzstan on Monday with Iran's Deputy Defence Minister Reza Talaei-Nik, state-run TASS news agency reported.
April 28, 2026
Two Republican members of Congress are calling on the Trump administration to empower the National Guard to address potential drone-related threats and
April 28, 2026
Legislation to fund the U.S.
April 28, 2026
British finance minister Rachel Reeves should explicitly aim to bring public debt below its current level within the next three years, rather than simply halt its current
April 28, 2026
Two days after a shooting at a dinner that President Donald Trump was attending, Republicans in the U.S.
April 28, 2026
Iran has offered to end its control over the Strait of Hormuz if the U.S. lifts its blockade and ends the war
April 27, 2026
Iran has offered to end its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz without addressing its nuclear program
April 27, 2026
Line of succession: Who was and was not at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
April 28, 2026
Hill GOP braces for ‘nightmare week’ as pressure mounts to end DHS funding standoff
April 28, 2026
The man who authorities say tried to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner with guns and knives has been charged with the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump
April 27, 2026
Canada is still reviewing its plan to buy 88 Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets, Defence Minister David McGuinty said on Monday, adding that Ottawa could also purchase some
April 28, 2026
U.S.
April 28, 2026
The U.S.
April 28, 2026
Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla arrived in the United States on Monday for a four-day trip, welcomed by self-proclaimed
April 27, 2026
The United States and Iran clashed at the United Nations on Monday over Tehran's nuclear program and its selection to be one of dozens of vice presidents at a
April 28, 2026
Suspected shooter’s social media posts show shift from video games to political rage
April 28, 2026
Supporters of a controversial California proposal to implement a one-time tax on billionaires say they have enough signatures to qualify it for the November ballot
April 28, 2026
Press dinner shooting suspect charged with attempting to assassinate the president
April 28, 2026
Virginia's Supreme Court is considering whether a voter-approved redistricting amendment complied with the state's constitutional requirements
April 27, 2026
King Charles III and Queen Camilla have made it to the White House on his first visit to the United States since he became king in 2022
April 27, 2026
U.S. officials discussed a designated survivor and the line of succession prior to the White House Correspondents' Association dinner
April 27, 2026
Iraq's alliance of Shi'ite political blocs, the Coordination Framework, on Monday named Ali al-Zaidi as its nominee for the post of prime minister, said a coalition statement.
April 28, 2026
Saturday's attack at a black-tie Washington gala that featured President Donald Trump did not result in any deaths, but it did raise the question about who would take
April 28, 2026
The United States and Iran have clashed over Tehran’s nuclear program as a review of the treaty meant to prevent the spread of atomic weapons got underway at the United Nations
April 28, 2026
Conspiracy theories flooded the internet minutes after the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner attended by President Donald Trump
April 28, 2026
The Trump administration has fired members of an independent board that oversees the National Science Foundation
April 27, 2026
Facts compete with conspiracy theories after WHCD attack
April 28, 2026
New York City will hold a series of free events for soccer fans hoping to catch World Cup matches, but don't want to spend an arm and a leg on tickets
April 28, 2026
Singing protesters speak out against lifting of mining ban near Boundary Water
April 28, 2026
U.S.
April 27, 2026
FIFA should press the U.S. government to establish an "ICE Truce" for this year's World Cup, including a public guarantee from federal authorities to
April 27, 2026
Malta will hold a parliamentary election on May 30, Prime Minister Robert Abela said on Monday, calling the vote a year before his current five-year term expires.
April 28, 2026
The White House is reviewing security protocols this week following Saturday's shooting at a Washington hotel where President Donald
April 27, 2026
The Supreme Court seems inclined to rule that police could use geofence warrants that collect the location history of cellphone users to find people near crime scenes
April 28, 2026
Afghan officials say mortars and missiles fired from Pakistan have struck a university and homes in northeastern Afghanistan, killing seven people and wounding at least 85
April 27, 2026
13 surviving sloths from Sloth World delivered to Central Florida Zoo in Sanford
April 28, 2026
FBI Director Kash Patel says witness interviews are in progress related to the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
April 26, 2026
Trump calls on ABC to fire Kimmel after he joked Melania was an ‘expectant widow’
April 27, 2026
Canada's prime minister says the country is developing a government-owned investment fund
April 27, 2026
A man convicted in the 2024 shooting death of a New York City police officer has been sentenced to 115 years to life in prison
April 27, 2026
The Senate Banking Committee is expected on Wednesday to advance Kevin Warsh's nomination as Federal Reserve Chair to the full Senate, with a vote now set for 10 a.m.
April 27, 2026
NATO is considering ending its recent practice of holding annual summits, six sources told Reuters, a move that
April 27, 2026
Mortar and rocket attacks launched by Pakistan against Afghanistan killed four people on Monday and wounded 70 more, the Taliban government said, as
April 27, 2026
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday described the foiled attack at the White House Correspondents Association dinner as the third major
April 27, 2026
Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis proposed a new congressional map on Monday aimed at flipping four Democratic U.S.
April 27, 2026
A Kazakh court has convicted 19 Kazakh activists after a protest against Beijing’s crackdown in China’s far-western Xinjiang region last year, in what advocates call an extraordinary move by the Kazakh government to silence dissident at the behest of Beijing
April 16, 2026
Hospital nurses voice concern over HR-1 cuts
April 28, 2026
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Monday that Tehran was looking into U.S.
April 27, 2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday praised the Iranian people for battling to stay independent in the face of U.S. and Israeli pressure and said Moscow would do
April 27, 2026
Britain's plans to ban future generations from buying cigarettes will become law this week, ushering in a policy still overshadowed by
April 27, 2026
Britain's parliament will vote on Tuesday on a possible inquiry into Prime Minister Keir Starmer, looking at whether he misled the House of Commons over
April 27, 2026
MSCI's global equities index advanced modestly on Monday after the White House said President Donald Trump was reviewing a
April 27, 2026
Family shares their story behind the push for the Purple Alert bill
April 27, 2026
CNN's Wolf Blitzer describes hearing the moment possible shots were fired at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, DC, on Saturday. President Donald Trump was swiftly escorted off the stage by Secret Service.
April 26, 2026
Six tankers loaded with Iranian oil have been forced back to Iran by the U.S. blockade in recent days, ship-tracking data shows, underscoring the impact
April 27, 2026
Top EU officials and Hungary's incoming government will discuss on Wednesday the changes Budapest needs to push through to release 17 billion euros in EU funds that have
April 27, 2026
Two of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's top rivals announced they would join forces in an upcoming election to oust his coalition government, with a focus
April 27, 2026
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday Iran's leadership was humiliating the United States and getting U.S. officials to travel
April 27, 2026
Around 60 governments, including Brazil, Germany, Canada and Nigeria, will hold the first international meeting this week to discuss phasing out fossil
April 27, 2026
The Israeli military began carrying out strikes in eastern Lebanon on Monday, expanding the scope of its bombing campaign during a ceasefire that has failed to fully halt
April 27, 2026
Supreme Court grapples with whether police may seek sweeping cellphone location data in investigations
April 27, 2026
Latino leaders are gaining ground in U.S. politics despite ongoing challenges
April 27, 2026
North Dakota lawmaker dies in Twin Cities plane crash, according to state's Democratic Minority leader
April 27, 2026
The combined deficit of Russian regional budgets will grow by 27% to 1.9 trillion roubles ($25.4 billion) in 2026, largely due to lower corporate
April 27, 2026
Pope Leo's four-nation Africa tour featured firm denunciations by the pontiff of despotism and war and also unprecedented attacks from U.S.
April 27, 2026
Russia's foreign ministry said on Monday it had summoned the German ambassador over a meeting in Kyiv between a German lawmaker and a Chechen separatist who Moscow says
April 27, 2026
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz suggested on Monday that Ukraine may have to accept that parts of its territory could remain outside Kyiv's control in a future peace deal
April 27, 2026
Argentina's assembly of Catholic bishops called for dialogue to find a prompt resolution to the government's decision to block the entry of accredited journalists to government
April 27, 2026
Since voters live longer, casting a ballot may be seen as another healthy habit, like going for a run or eating lots of vegetables.
April 27, 2026
Authorities in New Mexico are trying to determine how many local women and girls were abused by the late sex offender
April 27, 2026
As simulated enemy boats and unmanned craft closed in on the shores of Palawan island facing the South China Sea, Philippine and U.S.
April 27, 2026
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro are statistically tied in a simulated runoff for this year's presidential election, a BTG
April 27, 2026
Romania's largest party in parliament, the Social Democrats, will team up with the hard-right opposition Alliance for Uniting Romanians in a bid to topple the pro-
April 27, 2026
A Supreme Court case over pesticides is bringing out the ‘MAHA moms’ — and threats of consequences for the midterms
April 27, 2026
JAKARTA, April 27 - Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has appointed a labour union chief as the country's new environment minister, the palace said on Monday, replacing Hanif Faisol Nurofiq, who
April 27, 2026
Mali's government is facing new questions about how long it can hold on to power two days after insurgents launched attacks across the country, hitting the main army base outside
April 27, 2026
King Charles set to meet Trump for the toughest mission of his reign
April 27, 2026
German consumer sentiment is expected to worsen heading into May as households' income expectations have become bleaker in the face of rising inflation, driven higher by
April 27, 2026
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP party strengthened its position in parliament’s upper house after seven opposition lawmakers joined it, a parliamentary list
April 27, 2026
Elderly residents in Old Havana gather for meals at the Church of the Holy Spirit, a crucial support amid Cuba’s economic crisis
April 27, 2026
Israeli strikes killed 14 people and wounded 37 on Sunday, Lebanon's health ministry said, as the Israeli military warned residents to leave seven towns beyond the "buffer zone"
April 26, 2026
The top U.S. diplomat in Taiwan on Monday pressed the island's opposition-majority parliament to pass a "comprehensive" defence budget, saying integrated air and missile
April 27, 2026
The latest U.S. military strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean killed three people Sunday
April 27, 2026
Taiwan's defence minister downplayed on Monday the impact of Chinese sanctions on seven European companies over arms sales to the island, saying it was not the first time
April 27, 2026
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan offered his support for U.S.
April 27, 2026
A soldier betting on an operation to oust Venezuela’s leader
April 26, 2026
President Donald Trump said on Sunday Iran could telephone if it wants to negotiate an end to their two-month
April 26, 2026
Colombia's ruling left-wing coalition appears poised to retain power, with Ivan Cepeda leading the presidential race on 44.3% support and on track to continue President
April 27, 2026
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April 27, 2026
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country would continue to support Russia's policies and discussed bolstering military ties with Moscow, state media
April 27, 2026
U.S.
April 26, 2026
Pakistan’s leaders are seeking to revive peace talks between the United States and Iran after President Donald Trump canceled plans for his top envoys to travel to Islamabad this weekend for negotiations
April 26, 2026
Oil prices increase after Iran doubles down on Strait of Hormuz closure, accuses US of undermining trust
April 27, 2026
Donald Trump's tuxedo still looked freshly pressed when he stepped to the White House podium Saturday night, barely an hour after the
April 27, 2026
Suspected gunman at White House Correspondents’ Dinner raises questions about event’s security protocol
April 27, 2026
Iran's foreign minister has briefly visited Islamabad again as Pakistan's leaders work to restart ceasefire talks between Tehran and Washington
April 26, 2026
The Justice Department is pushing to dismiss a lawsuit blocking President Donald Trump's $400 million White House ballroom project
April 27, 2026
Strikes across Ukraine, Russian-occupied territory and Russia have killed at least 16 people
April 26, 2026
The moral dimension of political polarization in the US, where each side views the other as immoral, helps fuel attacks like the one against Trump at the Washington Hilton.
April 27, 2026
The man accused of opening fire at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner referred to himself as a “Friendly Federal Assassin” in writings sent to family members minutes before the shooting
April 26, 2026
More often than not, big stories happen out of the sight of journalists
April 27, 2026
Palestinian authorities say local elections in Gaza and the West Bank are a success and mark a step toward a long-delayed presidential election
April 27, 2026
The sound of gunfire at the Washington Hilton Hotel carried echoes of President Ronald Reagan's shooting outside the same hotel more than four decades ago
April 27, 2026
Buckingham Palace said on Sunday that the four-day trip to the United States by King Charles and Queen Camilla would go ahead as planned following a shooting at a dinner
April 26, 2026
King Charles' state visit to the U.S. will go ahead as planned on Monday despite a shooting at a White House dinner attended by
April 26, 2026
President Donald Trump is calling for unity after what he says he feels was a third assassination attempt
April 26, 2026
The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner is one of Washington’s curious rituals
April 26, 2026
Visualizing the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting incident in maps
April 26, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sold a vision to Israelis as the country entered the war with Iran and invaded Lebanon
April 26, 2026
Right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori is heading for a dead-heat presidential runoff against leftist Roberto Sanchez, a new poll showed on Sunday, as Peru's vote count drags
April 26, 2026
President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Iran can reach out to the United States if it wants to negotiate an end to the war between
April 26, 2026
President Donald Trump said in an interview on Sunday on Fox News' "The Sunday Briefing" that the suspected shooter at the White House Correspondents' Dinner was
April 26, 2026
The Republican senator who had effectively blocked confirmation of President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Reserve says he's dropping his opposition after the Department of Justice ended its investigation of the current central bank chair
April 26, 2026
Ukraine commemorated the 40th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster on Sunday, amid fears that Russia's four-year war could spark a repeat of the world's
April 26, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and U.S.
April 26, 2026
Loyalists of President Mahmoud Abbas won most races in Palestinian municipal elections, election officials said on Sunday, in
April 26, 2026
Syria has opened its first public trial of officials linked to former President Bashar Assad
April 26, 2026
Ohio's Republican primary for governor is a few weeks away, but there are few signs that the top candidate sees it as a competitive race
April 26, 2026
U.S.
April 26, 2026
Israel's president said on Sunday that he will consider Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's pardon request in his long-running corruption trial only after efforts to
April 26, 2026
Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong on Sunday said she would visit Japan, China, and South Korea this week for talks on energy security in the face of disruptions
April 26, 2026
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi held talks in Oman on Sunday and discussed security in the Strait of Hormuz and broader Gulf waters and diplomatic efforts to end the Iran-
April 26, 2026
Indiana GOP lawmakers defied Trump on redistricting. Now GOP voters may thwart his push for revenge
April 26, 2026
Until this month, Democrats have displayed military-like discipline in staying on message about the economy. Then came U.S.
April 26, 2026
Switzerland will charge Rome for the costs its health system sustained to treat Italian nationals wounded in the New Year's Eve fire at the Crans-Montana ski resort,
April 26, 2026
Hungary's incoming prime minister Peter Magyar said on Sunday he would go to Brussels on Wednesday for informal talks with European Commission President Ursula von der
April 26, 2026
Bombers have targeted a police station in Northern Ireland for the second time in less than a month
April 26, 2026
The shooting on Saturday night of a Secret Service agent at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner raises
April 26, 2026
Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov has arrived in North Korea, Russia's defence ministry said on Sunday, the second senior Russian official to visit Pyongyang in
April 26, 2026
A gunman fired shots in the hotel hosting the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on Saturday, causing President Donald Trump and his
April 26, 2026
An Egyptian family which was released from more than 10 months of immigration
April 26, 2026
How Washington’s biggest annual dinner transformed into chaos — and a crime scene
April 26, 2026
Officials say the suspect in the White House Correspondents' Association dinner shooting was believed to be a hotel guest
April 26, 2026
A man armed with guns and knives stormed the lobby outside the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner attended by President Donald Trump on Saturday night
April 25, 2026
King Charles III embarks on a state visit to the U.S. on Monday, aiming to strengthen ties between the two nations
April 25, 2026
Four candidates vying to lead the United Nations have spent hours being grilled about their views on issues from restoring global peace to ending escalating poverty
April 26, 2026
CNN’s Wolf Blitzer witnesses ‘terrifying’ ordeal as gunman opens fire a few feet away at White House Correspondents’ Dinner
April 26, 2026
Trump rushed off stage after shots fired at White House Correspondents’ Dinner
April 26, 2026
Highway bombing in Colombia kills at least 14 amid a ‘wave’ of attacks
April 26, 2026
Taiwan Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung arrived in Eswatini saying Taipei would not be held back by "authoritarian forces", after the government accused China of pressuring
April 26, 2026
Hung Cao said the military should be filled with ‘alpha males and alpha females.’ Now he’s Trump’s acting Navy secretary
April 25, 2026
Authorities in Colombia say that an explosive device on a bus has killed 13 people in the country's southwest region as violence there escalates
April 26, 2026
The investigation of a stolen $1 billion from Moldovan banks more than a decade ago should continue after the conviction of a prominent business
April 26, 2026
Former Idaho Gov. and U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne has died at age 74
April 26, 2026
Palestinians have voted in local elections, the first in two decades in Gaza and the first in the Israeli occupied West Bank since the start of the war in Gaza
April 25, 2026
Israel said on Saturday it would attack Hezbollah targets forcefully, further testing a fragile ceasefire with Lebanon that U.S.
April 25, 2026
Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) rose to a record 28% in the latest weekly INSA voting intention poll published on Saturday, widening
April 26, 2026
Russian forces pounded the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Saturday in waves of attacks with drones and missiles that also
April 25, 2026
President Donald Trump cancelled a trip by two U.S. envoys to Iran war mediator Pakistan on Saturday, dealing
April 25, 2026
The latest attempt at ceasefire talks between the U.S. and Iran appears to have failed
April 25, 2026
Outgoing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will not take his seat in parliament after a landslide election loss
April 26, 2026
U.S.
April 25, 2026
Slovenia was left without a prime minister-designate in the wake of last month's election after President Natasa Pirc Musar said on Saturday she would not nominate one
April 25, 2026
Palestinians voted in local elections on Saturday that for the first time in two decades include Gaza and are a gauge of the
April 25, 2026
US agrees Venezuelan government can pay Maduro’s legal fees, ending weekslong standoff
April 25, 2026
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi laid out Iran's demands and its reservations about U.S. positions on
April 25, 2026
The speaker of Russia's parliament, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, arrived in North Korea on Saturday to attend an event to commemorate Pyongyang's deployment of
April 25, 2026
Russian drone and missile strikes have killed at least five people and wounded 46 in Dnipro and other areas of Ukraine
April 25, 2026
At the peak of the crackdown, carloads of masked immigration officers were a common sight in the streets of Minneapolis, while thousands of people were being arrested every week in Texas, Florida and California
April 25, 2026
Among President Donald Trump's main arguments at the U.S.
April 25, 2026
A Ukrainian drone hit a multi-storey apartment building in Russia's fourth-largest city, Yekaterinburg, the regional governor said on Saturday, in the first attack on the city
April 25, 2026
With U.S. gas prices up, President Donald Trump's approval
April 25, 2026
Palestinians have buried a pregnant woman and her two children killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza
April 25, 2026
President Donald Trump's attempts to cancel offshore wind projects have drawn opposition not only from environmentalists but also from Republicans
April 25, 2026
President Donald Trump, famous for his clashes with reporters and denunciations of the “fake news” media, will attend the White House Correspondents’
April 25, 2026
Afghanistan’s foreign ministry says Afghans who helped the U.S. war effort and are stuck in Qatar can safely return home
April 25, 2026
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said that Turkey could consider taking part in demining operations in the Strait of Hormuz following a possible peace agreement
April 25, 2026
Authorities in Tunisia have ordered a one-month suspension of the Tunisian League for Human Rights
April 25, 2026
Top European Union officials say the bloc is looking into funding alternative energy infrastructure in the Middle East that would circumvent conflict hot spots like the Strait of Hormuz
April 25, 2026
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India has dismissed as "uninformed" comments shared by U.S.
April 24, 2026
Oil prices whipsawed in volatile trade on Friday, but were higher on the week, as traders weighed supply disruptions against the
April 24, 2026
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April 25, 2026
The Philippines, chair of the regional bloc ASEAN, on Friday encouraged more prisoner releases in Myanmar, including ousted former leader Aung San Suu Kyi and said a
April 24, 2026
The sovereignty of the Falkland Islands rests with Britain, a spokesperson for Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Friday after an internal Pentagon email suggested
April 24, 2026
Public dissent appears to be deepening in Russia
April 25, 2026
A proposal that would require California to verify proof of citizenship when a person registers to vote — and require voters to provide identification at polling places — will appear on the November ballot
April 25, 2026
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi arrived in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Friday to discuss
April 24, 2026
The U.S. military says it launched another strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people Friday
April 25, 2026
Judge appears skeptical of Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against IRS and Treasury
April 25, 2026
Tunisian authorities on Friday ordered a one-month suspension of activities by the Human Rights League (LTDH), according to a statement from the group, which was among the
April 25, 2026
A federal appeals court on Friday cleared the way for Texas authorities to enforce a Republican-backed state law that would let them arrest and prosecute people
April 25, 2026
Soldier’s arrest comes after pattern of suspicious trades on prediction markets
April 25, 2026
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves is announcing a special session for judicial redistricting following an upcoming U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a major Voting Rights Act case
April 25, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump is sending envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan on Saturday to continue talks with Iran
April 24, 2026
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the United States of abandoning internationally recognised diplomatic conventions in pursuit of its own interests, particularly in
April 25, 2026
Colombian President Gustavo Petro and his Venezuelan counterpart Delcy Rodriguez agreed intelligence-sharing measures to combat
April 24, 2026
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April 25, 2026
Melania Trump is growing the White House honey program
April 24, 2026
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the U.S. does not plan a third renewal of a waiver allowing the purchase of Russian oil that is currently at sea
April 25, 2026
A 17-year-old has been charged with murder following a deadly shooting at a Louisiana mall that injured five and killed a high school girl, authorities announced on Friday
April 25, 2026
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April 25, 2026
Pope Leo condemned capital punishment for a second day running on Friday, calling for its abolition in the United States just as President Donald Trump's
April 25, 2026
U.S.
April 24, 2026
Argentina's government on Friday reiterated its willingness to resume bilateral negotiations with the United Kingdom in regards to a sovereignty dispute over the
April 25, 2026
President Donald Trump is sending his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan to meet with Iran’s foreign minister as officials in the South Asian nation push to revive ceasefire talks
April 24, 2026
The Southern Poverty Law Center has been indicted on federal fraud charges alleging it improperly raised millions of dollars to secretly pay leaders of the Ku Klux Klan and other hate groups for inside information
April 21, 2026
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani will participate in a 9/11 memorial wreath-laying ceremony with Britain's King Charles when he visits next week, his
April 25, 2026
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his counterpart from the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, called for the resumption of talks to secure a rapid,
April 25, 2026
An Argentine appellate court has upheld a lower court decision for the assets of former Argentine President Cristina Kirchner to be confiscated in
April 24, 2026
Leading medical journal The Lancet will decline a request to provide evidence for a U.S.
April 25, 2026
New York sued the Trump administration for withholding more than $73.5 million in highway funding over the state's decision not to revoke some
April 25, 2026
Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani discussed developments in the Washington-Tehran ceasefire agreement in a phone call with U.S.
April 25, 2026
The Trump administration again plans to terminate the legal status of hundreds of thousands of migrants, after a judge blocked its initial effort to revoke
April 25, 2026
Israeli fire killed at least 12 people including six police officers across Gaza on Friday, Palestinian health officials said.
April 24, 2026
A U.S. appeals court has blocked President Donald Trump's executive order suspending asylum access at the southern border
April 24, 2026
The Trump administration’s historic move to reclassify state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug was cheered by some advocates but for others, it fell far short for the thousands incarcerated for federal cannabis-related convictions
April 25, 2026
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April 25, 2026
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April 24, 2026
Jack Thornell, the Associated Press photographer whose picture from an assassination attempt on James Meredith in 1966 won a Pulitzer Prize, has died at age 86
April 24, 2026
A U.S. soldier involved with the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been granted bond, a day after being charged with using classified information about the operation to win more than $400,000 in an online prediction market
April 24, 2026
TMZ is making a splash in Washington, D.C., bringing its Hollywood-style paparazzi tactics to politics
April 25, 2026
Speculation about links among a handful U.S. scientists who have died or disappeared in recent years was largely confined to niche online communities less than two months ago
April 25, 2026
Couple convicted in ‘kill list’ manifesto case
April 25, 2026
Exclusive: Swalwell accuser cooperating with Manhattan DA investigation
April 25, 2026
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April 24, 2026
The U.S. and the European Union on Friday deepened their coordination on critical minerals as part of a broader push by Western allies
April 24, 2026
The Justice Department is closing its investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, U.S.
April 24, 2026
April 24 - The U.S. Space Force has awarded contracts worth up to $3.2 billion to 12 companies to develop space-based missile defense interceptor systems, advancing U.S.
April 25, 2026
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April 24, 2026
The Trump administration is sanctioning a major China-based oil refinery and about 40 shipping companies
April 25, 2026
The Justice Department will adopt firing squad as a permitted method of execution as the Trump administration moves to ramp up and expedite capital punishment cases
April 25, 2026
Trump’s Justice Department is bringing back firing squads for federal executions
April 24, 2026
Jeanine Pirro drops criminal probe of Jerome Powell
April 24, 2026
U.S.
April 24, 2026
Missouri governor signs restrictions on THC products into law
April 25, 2026
Trump’s effort to bar migrants from claiming asylum at the border rejected, setting up possible Supreme Court showdown
April 24, 2026
The Russian central bank reduced its key rate by 50 basis points to 14.5% on Friday, as expected by analysts, despite pressure from
April 24, 2026
European Union countries agreed on Friday to keep pushing for a global price on shipping's CO2 emissions in U.N. talks next week,
April 24, 2026
An internal Pentagon email outlines options for the United States to punish NATO allies it believes failed to support U.S. operations in the war with
April 24, 2026
Prominent Tunisian reporter Zied Heni was detained on Friday after writing an article criticising the judiciary, according to his lawyer, a move the journalists' union said
April 24, 2026
Police raided the home of Peru's former chief electoral official on Friday as part of a new probe into alleged electoral irregularities,
April 24, 2026
A proposed bill allowing terminally ill adults in England and Wales to end their lives has failed
April 24, 2026
A former police officer was arrested in Florida on Wednesday after authorities found information suggesting he planned a mass shooting at a festival in New Orleans, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. Christopher Gillum of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is wanted in Orleans Parish on a charge of making terroristic threats. This story is breaking.
April 24, 2026
Trump’s prescription drug math makes no sense. RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz have defended it anyway
April 24, 2026
How the Supreme Court will have a major impact on the economy this spring
April 24, 2026
President Donald Trump granted a 90-day extension to a shipping waiver that makes it easier to move oil, fuel and fertilizer around the United States, the White
April 24, 2026
Norway said on Friday it would present a bill in parliament by year-end to ban children from using social media until they turn 16, making technology companies responsible
April 24, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that he had received successful treatment for early-stage prostate cancer, without specifying when the treatment
April 24, 2026
Marching bands blew horns, women ululated and men cheered on Friday to celebrate King Mswati III's 40 years on Eswatini's throne,
April 24, 2026
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz suggested on Friday that the European Union could ease sanctions on Tehran as part of a comprehensive deal that would end the Iran war,
April 24, 2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin could travel to the G20 summit in Miami in December, the Kremlin said on Friday after
April 24, 2026
The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) said it had opened an investigation into Peter Mandelson, Britain's former ambassador to the U.S. and an ex-EU
April 24, 2026
U.S. consumer sentiment fell to a record low in April as households shrugged off a ceasefire in the war with Iran, remaining focused on the inflation
April 24, 2026
A court in Pristina on Friday convicted three men on terrorism charges over a 2023 attack in northern Kosovo when Serb gunmen stormed a village and battled police in a
April 24, 2026
By Feras Dalatey April 24 - Syria's Interior Ministry said on Friday it had arrested the main suspect in the 2013 Tadamon massacre, one of the worst acts of violence attributed to the former
April 24, 2026
The Food and Drug Administration says it will offer ultra-fast review to three psychedelic drugs being studied for hard-to-treat mental health conditions, including major depression
April 24, 2026
Pope Leo XIV on Thursday denounced the Iranian regime’s killing of protesters but stressed that, “as a pastor,” he cannot support the US-Israeli war with Iran.
April 24, 2026
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is declining to engage in a dispute with the U.S. over reports that the Pentagon is considering punishing NATO members who don't support U.S. operations in the Iran war
April 24, 2026
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that a U.S. blockade on Iran is going global, adding Tehran had a chance to make a "good deal" with Washington.
April 24, 2026
State lawmakers across the U.S. are increasing security measures as political violence rises
April 24, 2026
Donald Trump’s ire and Russian criticism are helping Giorgia Meloni at home
April 24, 2026
Norway should use some of the income from its $2.2 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, to help civilians suffering from the war in Iran,
April 24, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday visited Saudi Arabia for the second time in a month, as Kyiv seeks to bolster security co-operation and advertise its
April 24, 2026
Russia said on Friday that it stood in solidarity with Cuba and would continue to provide humanitarian aid to the Communist‑run island republic, rejecting what it
April 24, 2026
Poland will file a complaint to the European Union's top court about the bloc's free trade agreement with South America, Deputy Prime Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz
April 24, 2026
Talks on forming a new Danish government are in stalemate one month on from the country's parliamentary election, slowing
April 24, 2026
The United States could seek to punish Britain for its lack of support on the Iran war by reviewing its position on London's claim to the Falkland Islands
April 24, 2026
Venezuelan women have spent the year protesting to demand the release of hundreds of political prisoners
April 24, 2026
Netanyahu reveals he quietly underwent treatment for undisclosed prostate cancer
April 24, 2026
A clear majority of Americans blame President Donald Trump for surging gasoline prices, which is weighing on his Republican Party ahead
April 24, 2026
Russia said on Friday that new European Union sanctions on its oil and gas would hurt developing countries and the EU itself, and promised to retaliate.
April 24, 2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin's approval rating has fallen for a seventh week in a row to 65.6%, its lowest level since the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022,
April 24, 2026
Moldova's parliament voted to lift the country's energy state of emergency from Saturday, which had been imposed after Russian attacks in neighbouring Ukraine knocked
April 24, 2026
The White House Correspondents’ Dinner has produced viral moments that were funny, cringeworthy or undeniably tense and that endure across social media
April 24, 2026
South Korean prosecutors are requesting a 30-year prison term for ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol
April 24, 2026
Europe's "biggest, most important question" is whether the United States is ready to be a loyal NATO partner in case of a Russian attack, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk
April 24, 2026
EU leaders have asked officials to prepare a blueprint for how the bloc's previously obscure mutual assistance clause would work,
April 24, 2026
For nearly a week, Pakistan's capital has been waiting for peace talks between the U.S. and Iran to take place there, and although there is no sign the
April 24, 2026
House Republicans are facing a fresh challenge in the 2026 midterms: the Homeland Political Action Committee, a new conservative super PAC targeting Republican
April 24, 2026
President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia's Federal Security Service's spy academy to carry the name of "Iron Felix" Dzerzhinsky, the founder of the
April 24, 2026
Trump dismisses Prince Harry’s comments on Ukraine ahead of royal visit
April 24, 2026
House Ethics Committee pushes for more staff and more authority as misconduct scandals rock Congress
April 24, 2026
Third US aircraft carrier arrives in Middle East as Trump declines to give timeline on ending Iran war
April 24, 2026
The Trump administration is vowing to crack down on foreign tech companies’ exploitation of U.S. artificial intelligence models, singling out China at a time that country is narrowing the gap with the U.S. in the AI race
April 24, 2026
The Middle East conflict will lead to slower economic growth and higher inflation in Switzerland, but the Swiss National Bank has unrestricted scope to target
April 24, 2026
China's foreign ministry on Friday rejected an accusation by U.S.
April 24, 2026
Thailand's Supreme Court said on Friday that 44 current and former
April 24, 2026
Myanmar's junta leader-turned-president Min Aung Hlaing has issued new emergency ordinances to impose military control in 60 townships, a move aimed at tightening security in
April 24, 2026
South Korea's national security adviser said on Thursday the U.S. alliance was not in crisis despite recent friction, though he acknowledged that current strains with
April 24, 2026
South Korean prosecutors sought a 30-year jail term for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday, in a case alleging he ordered a drone operation over Pyongyang to help
April 24, 2026
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April 24, 2026
President Donald Trump’s decision to reclassify state-licensed medical marijuana as a less dangerous drug is a boon for the industry
April 24, 2026
A woman and her five children, whose immigration detention of over 10 months marked the longest family detention under President Donald Trump's
April 24, 2026
The United States and the European Union will sign a memorandum of understanding on Friday for a partnership on critical minerals, the State
April 24, 2026
Thailand's Supreme Court said on Friday it had accepted a petition that accuses 44 current and former opposition lawmakers of ethics violations over their attempt in 2021
April 24, 2026
Josh Shapiro may be heavily favored to win reelection as Pennsylvania governor, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a lot on the line for him this year
April 24, 2026
Lebanon and Israel extended their ceasefire for three weeks after a high-level
April 23, 2026
President Donald Trump has ordered the U.S. military to “shoot and kill” Iranian small boats choking the Strait of Hormuz
April 23, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says U.S. weapon deliveries to Ukraine haven't stopped despite the Iran war
April 23, 2026
President Donald Trump, known for popularizing the term "fake news," seems to have shifted focus to a healthy dose of fake math in defending impossibly large cuts to prescription drug prices
April 24, 2026
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U.S. Republican Senator Steve Daines will lead a five-member bipartisan delegation to China next week, the South China Morning Post reported on Friday, citing sources. U.S.
April 24, 2026
Police say one person died and five more were wounded after a shooting inside the food court at the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge
April 24, 2026
Four-time champion Italy is not interested in replacing Iran at the upcoming World Cup in North America following a suggestion to that effect by U.S. special envoy Paolo Zampolli
April 23, 2026
President Donald Trump says Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend a ceasefire between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group by three weeks after talks at the White House
April 23, 2026
U.S.
April 24, 2026
The United States is concerned about some Chinese infrastructure in Argentina, U.S.
April 24, 2026
The Trump administration has approved only one Gold Card visa under a program granting U.S. residency to non-citizens for a $1 million fee, Commerce Secretary Howard
April 24, 2026
U.S.
April 24, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he would not use a nuclear weapon in the war against Iran. "Why would I use a nuclear weapon?
April 24, 2026
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April 24, 2026
A group of 15 Democrats in the U.S.
April 24, 2026
Iran flaunted its tightened grip over the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday with a video of commandos in a
April 23, 2026
U.S.
April 24, 2026
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Thursday the government has opened an investigation into Economy Minister Marcelo
April 24, 2026
The new U.N.-backed international force charged with combating Haiti’s violent gangs has received more pledges than the 5,500 military and police it is seeking, and Chadian troops have already deployed in the capital, Port-au-Prince
April 24, 2026
Video of 2024 Lake Fayetteville shooting shown in court as defendant testifies in murder trial
April 24, 2026
Amnesty International and U.S. civil rights groups have issued a “World Cup travel advisory," warning visitors about “rising authoritarianism and increasing violence" in the U.S. under President Donald Trump's immigration policies
April 24, 2026
US military developing plans to target Iran’s Strait of Hormuz defenses if ceasefire fails
April 24, 2026
San Francisco honors 'Grandpa Vicha' by reaffirming commitment to protecting seniors
April 24, 2026
Here's what Utah is putting inside the 'America 250' time capsule
April 24, 2026
What is the Supreme Court’s ‘shadow docket’ and why is it important?
April 24, 2026
A Republican congressman has introduced legislation that would expand the borders of Washington, D.C., and cost Virginia Democratic voters
April 24, 2026
Four European states have accused Russia of trying to destroy the memory of Soviet leader Josef Stalin's crimes against his own people after a monument to
April 24, 2026
The U.S.
April 23, 2026
Ken Griffin's Citadel has pushed back against Zohran Mamdani after the New York Mayor dragged in the billionaire investor's penthouse in his push to tax wealthy property owners in
April 24, 2026
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April 24, 2026
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April 24, 2026
President Donald Trump intends to nominate a longtime business executive and government contracting expert to head the Transportation Security
April 24, 2026
President Donald Trump announced a drug pricing deal with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals on Thursday, wrapping up the
April 23, 2026
Jurors at the Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition said on Thursday they would not consider artists from countries whose leaders are facing charges
April 24, 2026
The White House is expected to extend the Jones Act waiver for up to 90 days as early as Friday to help blunt fuel price pressures tied to the Iran conflict,
April 24, 2026
Havana won't abide by any American “ultimatums” to release political prisoners as part of new talks
April 24, 2026
Families outraged after no charges filed in Detroit gas station shooting that left three people dead
April 24, 2026
The Department of Justice’s internal watchdog is reviewing the department’s compliance with the law mandating the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files
April 23, 2026
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been disputing claims of Medicaid cuts in President Donald Trump's 2025 tax and spending law
April 24, 2026
Judges at the International Criminal Court have confirmed crimes against humanity charges against former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte for deadly anti-drugs crackdowns he allegedly oversaw while in office
April 23, 2026
Pope Leo on Thursday firmly condemned the killing of protesters in Iran, after U.S.
April 23, 2026
The U.S.
April 23, 2026
Crude oil futures spiked $5 a barrel on Thursday after reports that air defenses were engaging targets over Tehran and of a power struggle between Iran's
April 23, 2026
The United States is planning to deploy officials to observe next month's election in The Bahamas, the U.S.
April 24, 2026
RFK Jr. wants to add specialists to preventive care panel. Experts say it’s the wrong move
April 24, 2026
More than two years after an Ohio judge declared a mistrial, a murder retrial has begun for a former Ohio sheriff’s deputy charged in the December 2020 killing of a Black man
April 23, 2026
Justice Department watchdog to review handling of Epstein files
April 24, 2026
The White House on Thursday accused China of stealing U.S. artificial intelligence labs' intellectual property on an industrial scale in a
April 23, 2026
Pope Leo on Thursday decried the world's treatment of immigrants, saying that often migrants and refugees seeking to escape violence or
April 23, 2026
Millions more Americans might qualify for dual Canadian citizenship under a recent change to Canada’s requirements that has led to a surge in applications from its southern neighbor
April 23, 2026
A cannabis industry group calls President Donald Trump’s reclassification of state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug “the most significant federal advancement in cannabis policy" in decades
April 23, 2026
The Iran war is having a devastating humanitarian impact globally with higher energy prices making everything from filling the tank of an aid lorry to
April 23, 2026
At least 518 people were killed in violence that broke out during Tanzania's elections last October, a government-appointed commission of inquiry said on
April 23, 2026
The U.S.
April 23, 2026
European Union leaders will discuss the bloc's mutual assistance clause at a summit in Cyprus on Thursday, as U.S.
April 23, 2026
The government of Argentina's President Javier Milei blocked the entry of accredited journalists to government house Casa Rosada
April 23, 2026
The U.K. and French governments have signed a new multimillion-euro deal to reduce migrant crossings in the English Channel
April 23, 2026
An AP-NORC poll finds many of the groups that helped elect Donald Trump as president again are deeply unhappy with his performance
April 23, 2026
Three Democratic U.S. senators asked a federal watchdog to investigate if the head of the Federal Aviation Administration violated his ethics
April 23, 2026
Israeli airstrikes killed at least four Palestinians in Gaza on Thursday, and Israeli soldiers shot and killed a 15-year-old
April 23, 2026
The dollar edged higher and was on track for a weekly gain on Thursday, as a standoff between Iran and the United States
April 23, 2026
Mauritius said it would wait up to the end of July for Britain to finalise a deal to hand over the Chagos Islands after London put the agreement on hold following
April 23, 2026
The son of the former Shah appealed to Western countries to join the war against Iran and criticised the decision of the German government not to meet him during his visit
April 23, 2026
‘They are going to be rejected again’: NASA chief faces grilling on Trump’s budget proposal
April 23, 2026
Slovakia and Hungary said they began receiving crude oil through the Druzhba pipeline on Thursday after a months-long outage that had blocked European Union aid to
April 23, 2026
Seven ministers from Romania's largest party, the Social Democrats, resigned from the pro-European coalition government of Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan on Thursday,
April 23, 2026
Some form of ongoing U.N. presence might continue after a peacekeeping mission in Lebanon ends later this year, U.N. peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix
April 23, 2026
Italy's deal to send migrants to Albania while their asylum claims are processed is compatible in principle with EU rules, an adviser to the bloc’s top court said on
April 23, 2026
The suggestion by an envoy of Donald Trump that Italy should replace Iran at this year's World Cup provoked embarrassment from Azzurri fans on
April 23, 2026
President Donald Trump has turned to naval blockades to pressure the governments of Venezuela, Cuba and now Iran to meet his demands
April 23, 2026
Netflix's "Love on the Spectrum" star advocates for new Georgia law
April 23, 2026
Slovenia’s national broadcaster RTV Slovenia won’t air the Eurovision Song Contest this year after the small European country previously pulled out of the event over Israel’s participation
April 23, 2026
A commission in Tanzania formed to investigate postelection violence says that at least 518 people died after the October vote
April 23, 2026
President Donald Trump loves to keep people guessing about his next policy moves, a reality TV, cliffhanger governing style that is helping “events” wagering companies, including some backed by one of his sons
April 23, 2026
When the European Union outlines looser state aid rules next week to help governments cushion the blow from energy prices driven
April 23, 2026
Lebanese PM accuses Israel of war crimes after strike kills journalist
April 23, 2026
Britain said on Wednesday it would pay France up to 660 million pounds ($892 million) under a three-year border security deal to curb illegal migrant crossings of the
April 23, 2026
A dispute over the remains of Zambia's former President Edgar Lungu continues as a court orders his body returned to his family
April 23, 2026
The U.S. military hsa seized another tanker associated with the smuggling of Iranian oil
April 22, 2026
Brazil’s Vice President Geraldo Alckmin says the trade deal between South American bloc Mercosur and the European Union offers some solace at a time when unilateral moves have dominated the geopolitical landscape
April 23, 2026
Deported from the only home she knew, a DACA recipient fights her way back to the US
April 23, 2026
Judges at the International Criminal Court confirmed murder charges against former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte as crimes against
April 23, 2026
President Donald Trump's years-long campaign to undermine faith in U.S. elections has gained broad traction with the American public, a
April 23, 2026
Brazil's government expects the country's exports to increase 13% by 2038 through the full enforcement of the free trade deal between the South
April 23, 2026
The Trump administration has cut more than 4,000 employees from some of the nation’s top law-enforcement agencies, even as it vowed
April 23, 2026
President Donald Trump's administration is considering more than doubling an annual refugee limit to bring more white South Africans into the U.S.,
April 23, 2026
Pope Leo returns to Rome on Thursday after wrapping up an ambitious four-nation Africa tour in which he forcefully decried the
April 23, 2026
Senate takes key step toward funding ICE and border patrol with only GOP votes
April 23, 2026
US Navy Secretary Phelan fired as naval blockade of Iran continues
April 23, 2026
The Israeli army has been destroying homes in areas of southern Lebanon it has occupied since agreeing last week to a ceasefire with Hezbollah
April 23, 2026
Finland will increase defence spending to 3.2% of gross domestic product by 2030, the government said, as it decided to cut other expenditure and drafted its budget for
April 23, 2026
What to know about the Trump Justice Department’s case against the Southern Poverty Law Center
April 23, 2026
China's foreign ministry on Thursday said it firmly opposes Washington's criticism of Chinese pressure on some African countries to revoke overflight clearances for
April 23, 2026
The Senate has taken the first steps in a new effort to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, voting to adopt a budget plan that would fund ICE and Border Patrol over Democratic objections
April 23, 2026
The Pentagon has abruptly announced that Navy Secretary John Phelan is leaving his job
April 23, 2026
Colombian President Gustavo Petro is visiting Venezuela for key talks on border security and trade with the country's acting president, Delcy Rodríguez
April 23, 2026
China teased in a video an aircraft carrier that could be its fourth, and the first
April 23, 2026
Malaysia's King Sultan Ibrahim said on Thursday that he will select the next head of the country's anti-graft body, with the agency's current chief under growing
April 23, 2026
Houston city officials amended on Wednesday an ordinance that halted cooperation with federal immigration authorities after the Texas governor
April 23, 2026
Voting in one of India’s most closely watched state elections has begun after a national voter roll revision removed millions of names and raised concerns over disenfranchisement
April 23, 2026
Takeaways from the first California governor’s debate since Eric Swalwell’s exit
April 23, 2026
North Korea and Russia aim to open a road bridge connecting the
April 23, 2026
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says that Washington cannot dictate the terms of the continental trade deal known as USMCA
April 23, 2026
Peru's defense and foreign ministers have resigned after the country's president stalled a $3.5 billion deal for U.S. F-16 fighter jets
April 23, 2026
Taiwan's minister in charge of the coast guard has made a rare visit to a Taiwan-controlled island in the South China Sea for exercises, including practising the armed
April 23, 2026
Ukraine could face increased risks in securing U.S. anti-missile defences if the war in Iran goes on for an extended period of time, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said
April 23, 2026
The Trump administration has taken the unusual step of sending a government plane to Cuba to return a 10-year-old at the center of a complicated and contentious custody fight involving the child’s gender identity
April 23, 2026
The New York Times says it has learned that the FBI investigated one of its reporters, Elizabeth Williamson, after she wrote about its agents being assigned to protect and transport the girlfriend of that agency's director, Kash Patel
April 23, 2026
U.S.
April 23, 2026
Navy Secretary John Phelan has been fired, a U.S. official and a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, in another wartime shakeup at the
April 23, 2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday criticised the former leadership of the International Olympic Committee as "shameful" and "cowardly" and said he hoped for a new
April 23, 2026
U.S.
April 23, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States was indefinitely extending its ceasefire with Iran as a new round of peace talks was on hold
April 22, 2026
Judge bars certification of Virginia redistricting results; state AG promises appeal
April 23, 2026
New Zealand's opposition Labour Party said on Thursday it would support a free trade deal with India, paving the way for the agreement to clear parliament after one of
April 23, 2026
Officials at the John F.
April 23, 2026
A Virginia court on Wednesday halted a new Democratic-drawn congressional map approved by voters that could flip four Republican seats in the U.S.
April 23, 2026
Mexico's Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard acknowledged on Wednesday that tariffs on the country's automotive, steel and aluminum
April 23, 2026
Anthropic on Wednesday told an appeals court that it can’t manipulate its artificial intelligence tool Claude once it is deployed in classified Pentagon military networks
April 23, 2026
A Colorado district attorney has charged an immigration agent after a protester said she was held in a chokehold during demonstrations against the detention of an immigrant father and two children
April 23, 2026
Trump administration settles lawsuit with ex-Trump adviser Carter Page
April 23, 2026
Mexico's government is boosting security at tourist sites in preparation for the World Cup after a man opened fire at the Teotihuacan pyramids
April 22, 2026
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has concluded a marathon of budget hearings with federal lawmakers
April 23, 2026
Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon on Wednesday killed Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil and wounded a photographer accompanying her, according to a senior
April 23, 2026
Argentina’s government on Wednesday said it sent Congress an electoral reform bill it said would cut costs, boost
April 23, 2026
The U.S. military has intercepted at least three Iranian-flagged tankers in Asian waters and is redirecting them away from their positions near India, Malaysia
April 23, 2026
U.S.
April 23, 2026
Iran seized two ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, tightening its grip on the strategic
April 22, 2026
An appeals court has blocked a California law passed in 2025 requiring federal immigration agents to wear a badge or some form of identification
April 22, 2026
The Trump family's alternative to Facebook and Twitter is shaking up its leadership in hopes of reviving the struggling business
April 23, 2026
The Trump administration is in discussions to potentially send more than 1,000 Afghans who assisted America’s war effort and relatives of U.S. service members stuck in Qatar to a third country
April 23, 2026
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones had an old friend drop by on the final day of preparations for the NFL draft: former President Bill Clinton
April 23, 2026
Spirit Airlines close to a $500 million bailout from Trump administration
April 23, 2026
The Kennedy Center is poised to undergo major renovations, with President Donald Trump calling it “tired, broken, and dilapidated.”
April 23, 2026
If a Supreme Court justice retires before the November midterms, this is how Trump and Senate Republicans can successfully confirm a successor.
April 23, 2026
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is working on a book inspired in part by a massive immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis-St. Paul earlier this year and the local pushback
April 23, 2026
Prediction markets platform Kalshi said on Wednesday it has suspended three U.S. congressional candidates for "political insider trading," building on
April 23, 2026
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Iran had agreed not to execute eight women protesters in a sign of respect for him, while officials in Tehran denied the
April 23, 2026
Trump claims Iran’s regime is fractured. The reality is more complicated.
April 23, 2026
HHS rejects publication of study showing Covid-19 vaccines prevent hospitalizations, ER visits
April 23, 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer came to power on a promise to govern Britain efficiently after years of political
April 22, 2026
Candidates to become the next head of the United Nations vowed on Wednesday to revitalize the troubled organization by pursuing reforms,
April 22, 2026
The United States is concerned that several African countries revoked overflight clearances for Taiwan's president at China's behest, the State
April 22, 2026
A Colombian man, who is linked to a woman convicted for the murder of Colombian senator and presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe, was arrested in Argentina, Argentine
April 23, 2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin can only meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for the purpose of finalising agreements on the conflict, Russian news agencies quoted
April 23, 2026
Turkey is making efforts to revive negotiations between Russia and Ukraine and bring together the leaders of the warring sides, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told NATO
April 23, 2026
Wall Street stocks gained ground on Wednesday following U.S.
April 22, 2026
Iran said it had captured two container ships seeking to exit the Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday
April 22, 2026
President Donald Trump wants to see a "unified" response from Iran's leadership to U.S. proposals to end hostilities, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on
April 23, 2026
Pope Leo XIV is urging Equatorial Guineans to work for freedom, justice and to close the gap “between the privileged and the disadvantaged.”
April 22, 2026
Georgia's Democratic congressman David Scott has died at age 80
April 22, 2026
Congress wants answers about 10 missing scientists, 4 are from New Mexico
April 23, 2026
A Republican senator juggling three roles — lawmaker, doctor and political candidate seeking reelection — has walked a fine line as he questioned Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Sen. Bill Cassidy supported Kennedy's confirmation as health secretary but is a strong vaccine advocate and has clashed with him over vaccine policies
April 22, 2026
Confusion is deepening in the Strait of Hormuz after Iran attacked three ships near the crucial waterway that has plunged the world into an energy crisis
April 23, 2026
Six former security officials accused of plotting the violent overthrow of President Bola Tinubu's government last year pleaded not guilty on Wednesday as
April 22, 2026
Oil prices settled up by more than $3 on Wednesday after a surprise gasoline and distillate stock draw in the U.S., and on reports of gunfire
April 22, 2026
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a Senate hearing on Wednesday that he had nothing to do with the U.S.
April 22, 2026
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F.
April 22, 2026
Former boxing champion Oscar De La Hoya appeared before the U.S.
April 22, 2026
The U.S. breach of commitments and its blockade of Iranian ports and threats are the main obstacles to "genuine negotiations", Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on
April 23, 2026
Pope Leo's
April 22, 2026
Minnesota counties push Legislature to shore up support for software upgrades decades overdue
April 23, 2026
Peruvian interim President Jose Balcazar said on Wednesday that the payment for a purchase of F-16 aircraft has been postponed until the next government takes power in July.
April 23, 2026
Embattled Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigned from the US House of Representatives Tuesday, staving off a high-stakes vote on whether she should be forced out of Congress. CNN's Annie Grayer has the details.
April 22, 2026
Longtime Georgia Democrat US Rep. David Scott dies at 80
April 23, 2026
Newly released documents show the Trump administration set up a legal framework allowing hundreds of millions of dollars in anonymous private donations to fund
April 22, 2026
DHS warns it will run out of money to pay airport security workers in coming weeks
April 22, 2026
A man who stole a purse from then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem while she dined at a restaurant under the protection of Secret Service agents has been sentenced to three years in prison for a string of thefts in the nation’s capital
April 22, 2026
Trump advisers privately strategize around a new midterm push: Democrats would be worse
April 22, 2026
France's far-right National Rally would reintroduce border controls and seek to limit Europe’s free‑movement zone to EU
April 22, 2026
A Colombian woman deported from the United States to the Democratic Republic of Congo under a new agreement with the Trump administration said she was
April 22, 2026
U.S. stocks climbed on Wednesday after U.S.
April 22, 2026
A Spanish prosecutor has asked a judge to close a corruption investigation into the business dealings of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's wife, in a case brought by far‑
April 22, 2026
European Union countries decided to start work on drafting an accession treaty for Montenegro on Wednesday, marking a new phase in the country's path toward joining the
April 22, 2026
The U.S. is aiming to get agreement on a broader range of farm goods purchases by China beyond soybeans during President Donald Trump's planned visit there next month, U.S.
April 22, 2026
Nvidia's powerful H200 AI chips have not yet been sold to Chinese companies, Commerce Department Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Wednesday, citing
April 22, 2026
The Supreme Court is clearing the way for a veteran wounded by a suicide bomb in Afghanistan to sue the government contractor for whom the attacker was working when he built the explosive
April 22, 2026
Zelensky tells CNN talks on Ukraine cannot wait until after the war in Iran is over
April 22, 2026
President Donald Trump has read a notable Bible passage in a livestreamed marathon
April 21, 2026
Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Wednesday after U.S.
April 22, 2026
Russian oil flowed through the Ukrainian section of the Druzhba pipeline on Wednesday after a halt lasting months, officials
April 22, 2026
Hungary's new government will open up the historical archives of its communist-era secret police, according to the man who will run the office of Peter Magyar, winner of
April 22, 2026
At least four people were killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, Lebanon's state news agency reported, and
April 22, 2026
Parliament has passed a bill to make cigarettes inaccessible to future generations in the U.K. Children born after Dec. 31, 2008, will never be able to buy cigarettes under the new Tobacco and Vapes Bill
April 22, 2026
Embattled Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigned from the US House of Representatives Tuesday, staving off a high-stakes vote on whether she should be forced out of Congress. CNN's Annie Grayer has the details.
April 22, 2026
The president of Cyprus says fellow European Union leaders meeting on the island nation need to start preparing a playbook on what should happen if an EU country under attack puts out the call to bloc partners for help
April 22, 2026
Frontrunners in the race for California governor came under fire from trailing candidates in a televised debate on Wednesday, as former Fox News host Steve Hilton
April 22, 2026
Are you a DHS employee worried about getting future paychecks? Tell us about it
March 31, 2026
After securing a majority government in Canada last week, Prime Minister Mark Carney faces his biggest challenge: redefining trade with the U.S. under
April 22, 2026
A report showing the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines has been blocked from being published in the U.S.
April 22, 2026
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung called for expanding cooperation with Vietnam beyond trade and investment to areas including energy security and infrastructure during
April 22, 2026
EU ambassadors approved on Wednesday the disbursement of a promised 90 billion euro ($106 billion) loan to Ukraine as well as a new package of sanctions against Russia,
April 22, 2026
Nepal's Minister of Home Affairs, Sudan Gurung, resigned on Wednesday saying there had been questions over his investments and other matters, the second
April 22, 2026
Palestinians in one of the only Gaza cities not overrun by Israeli ground forces during the war will vote this weekend
April 22, 2026
Ibogaine is drawing new interest from the Trump administration. Here’s what to know about the psychedelic
April 22, 2026
Virginia voters approve a map giving Democrats a chance at four more House seats
April 22, 2026
Tom Barrett tapped into voter frustration over high gas prices as part of his successful 2024 run for Congress in Michigan.
April 22, 2026
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will make an official visit to London this week for talks on the wars in Iran and Ukraine, a Turkish diplomatic source said on
April 22, 2026
Britain should brace for a rise in cyberattacks linked to hostile states, the head of the country's cybersecurity agency said on Wednesday, as the
April 22, 2026
European Union envoys are set to adopt a 20th package of sanctions against Russia, with Slovakia and Hungary expected to drop their opposition to the move
April 22, 2026
Thailand's government has room to borrow up to 500 billion baht ($15.55 billion) by October without raising the public debt ceiling, its finance minister said on
April 22, 2026
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April 22, 2026
The natural gas demand destruction currently resulting from the Iran war as governments implement measures to mitigate the crisis risks becoming
April 22, 2026
Myanmar's new president is considering "good things" for detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Thailand's foreign minister said on Wednesday, as the
April 22, 2026
Turkey's central bank held its key interest rate at 37% as expected on Wednesday, deciding not to hike but warning that fallout from the
April 22, 2026
Appeals judges ruled on Wednesday that the International Criminal Court has jurisdiction over former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, dismissing a bid to throw out
April 22, 2026
The Trump business behind Truth Social is replacing a former congressman and big supporter of the U.S. president as leader of the social media platform after a stock collapse in the past year
April 22, 2026
Palestinian schoolboy among two killed by Israeli settlers, amid spate of attacks on education in the West Bank
April 22, 2026
Italy posted a budget deficit of 3.1% of gross domestic product last year, statistics bureau ISTAT reported on Wednesday, confirming previous data and dashing Rome's hopes
April 22, 2026
European shares dipped on Wednesday, extending losses for a third straight session, as a fragile U.S.-Iran truce weighed on sentiment, while
April 22, 2026
The US-Iran war is spilling into the Indo-Pacific. That could make it harder to end
April 22, 2026
Germany set out a military strategy on Wednesday that sticks with a target of 260,000 active troops despite demands by senior military officials to raise total troop
April 22, 2026
China has issued a new proposal urging cities to integrate youth development into urban planning, housing, healthcare, education and public services, in a broader push
April 22, 2026
An Israeli invasion of southern Lebanon, bombings in Beirut, massive displacement and rising sectarian friction.
April 22, 2026
Ukraine has asked Turkey to host a meeting between President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russian President Vladimir Putin, its top diplomat said, as Kyiv seeks to reinvigorate
April 22, 2026
The United States has halted a shipment of about $500 million in cash bound for Iraq and suspended parts of its
April 22, 2026
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer has told American allies they must pay more for critical minerals sourced from outside China, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
April 22, 2026
Armed men burst into the apartment where student Mohamad lived with his Alawite family in the Syrian city of Jableh on March 7 last
April 22, 2026
China said a group of its
April 22, 2026
Authorities say a man charged in a string of shootings near Atlanta that left three people dead has died in jail
April 22, 2026
Virginia voters on Tuesday approved a new congressional map drawn by Democrats who hope to flip as many as four Republican seats in the U.S.
April 22, 2026
President Donald Trump says he is extending the ceasefire with Iran at Pakistan’s request while awaiting a “unified proposal” from Tehran, even as the U.S. military maintains its blockade of Iranian ports
April 21, 2026
Virginia voters have approved a congressional redistricting plan that could help Democrats win up to four additional U.S. House seats in this year’s midterm elections
April 21, 2026
Feud between Mace and Mills flares as the Republicans trade barbs, expulsion threats
April 22, 2026
Why President Trump extended his ceasefire with Iran
April 22, 2026
Voters in Virginia are deciding whether or not to approve a drastic redestricting effort. CNN's Jeff Zeleny speaks to voters.
April 22, 2026
With acting AG at his side, FBI Director Patel publicly addresses allegations about his conduct
April 22, 2026
Taiwan’s president has postponed a planned visit to Africa after three countries withdrew permission for his flight over their territories
April 21, 2026
Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick has resigned, doing so just moments before the start of a hearing that could have led to a recommendation that she be expelled from Congress
April 21, 2026
President Donald Trump's administration has brought criminal charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights organization that tracks extremist groups,
April 22, 2026
Military planners from more than 30 countries will hold two-day talks in London from Wednesday to advance a mission to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and draw up detailed
April 22, 2026
The chief science officer for the U.S. flagship HIV/AIDS program left his role this week and criticized the Trump administration's cuts to foreign
April 22, 2026
The Trump administration obtained a criminal indictment on Tuesday charging the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a
April 22, 2026
On Capitol Hill, RFK Jr. defends vaccine policies, ongoing shakeups
April 22, 2026
Shooting of tourists at Mexican pyramids shakes country weeks ahead of World Cup
April 22, 2026
SPLC charged with defrauding donors over paid extremism informant program
April 21, 2026
A Salvadoran court on Tuesday began a collective trial of 486 alleged gang members, one of the biggest mass trials under President Nayib Bukele's
April 22, 2026
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday thanked U.S.
April 22, 2026
President Donald Trump repeated his call for Congress to pass legislation that would rein in college sports at a time athletes are allowed to move freely from school to school and command salaries that put athletic departments in financial peril
April 22, 2026
President Donald Trump says the United States is indefinitely extending its ceasefire with Iran at Pakistan’s request as he waits for a unified proposal from the Islamic Republic
April 21, 2026
The Justice Department has withdrawn subpoenas issued in the investigation of former CIA Director John Brennan, with officials asking for voluntary interviews instead of testimony before a grand jury
April 22, 2026
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller on Tuesday said he would "absolutely" oppose any effort to try to fire Fed regional bank presidents over disagreements on interest rate
April 22, 2026
Guatemalan Attorney General Consuelo Porras, a leading adversary of President Bernardo Arevalo who has faced international sanctions, is set to
April 22, 2026
The Japanese government is in talks to invite Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to Japan as a state guest as early as next month, Nikkei Asia reported on Wednesday.
April 22, 2026
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will "remember" companies that do not seek refunds for payments they
April 21, 2026
In testimony Tuesday at the Senate Banking Committee, Federal Reserve Chair nominee Kevin Warsh never said if he agrees with President Donald Trump's view that the Fed's policy
April 22, 2026
New York state lawmakers have reintroduced legislation that would curb some investors' ability to buy distressed sovereign debt and sue for full
April 22, 2026
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Tuesday raised concerns about using government funds to rescue low-cost bankrupt airline Spirit Airlines.
April 22, 2026
Argentine President Javier Milei said on Tuesday he will send an electoral reform bill to Congress on Wednesday to eliminate mandatory primary elections.
April 22, 2026
The safety of Russian citizens in Moldova's breakaway Transdniestria region is currently under threat and Moscow will take all steps to protect them, Sergei Shoigu, the
April 22, 2026
President Donald Trump and many of his conservative Christian supporters are participating in a marathon Bible reading event
April 21, 2026
U.S. forces have boarded an oil tanker previously sanctioned for smuggling Iranian crude oil in Asia
April 21, 2026
President Donald Trump is nominating University of Minnesota economist Christopher Phelan as the next chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers
April 22, 2026
The Senate voted on Tuesday to launch a new effort to reopen the Department of Homeland Security and end the longest partial government shutdown in history
April 22, 2026
A federal judge in Massachusetts has struck down some of the Trump administration’s orders slowing down the development of clean energy
April 22, 2026
President Donald Trump is suggesting the federal government could help keep Spirit Airlines afloat while also calling for a buyer to step in
April 22, 2026
A group of 37 Democratic U.S. senators on Tuesday urged the U.S.
April 22, 2026
The head of Peru's electoral authority, Piero Corvetto, resigned on Tuesday as pressure grows over the long-delayed results from the country's April 12 general election.
April 22, 2026
Ukraine will resume pumping oil through the Druzhba pipeline on Wednesday afternoon, an industry source told Reuters, as Kyiv seeks to unlock a 90 billion euro EU loan it
April 22, 2026
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing a series of permitting policies that wind and solar energy
April 21, 2026
Bay Area marijuana growing business still awaiting policy changes to ease industry woes
April 22, 2026
Iran could attend talks with the United States in Pakistan if Washington abandons its policy of pressure and threats, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Tuesday,
April 22, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the U.S. military will no longer mandate the flu vaccine for American troops
April 21, 2026
The Trump administration is requiring all 50 states to explain their plans to revalidate some Medicaid providers
April 22, 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday France will help Lebanese authorities prepare negotiations with Israel even if Paris was not directly part of the
April 22, 2026
New York's attorney general sued Coinbase Financial Markets and Gemini Titan on Tuesday, claiming their prediction markets violate state laws against illegal gambling.
April 21, 2026
U.S. airports could face a new wave of long security lines as early as May after the nation's homeland security chief said on Tuesday that he will
April 21, 2026
Lebanese armed group Hezbollah said it fired rockets and drones into northern Israel on Tuesday, accusing the Israeli military of violating a ceasefire ahead of
April 21, 2026
Lebanon's Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said on Tuesday his government was not seeking confrontation with Iran-backed Hezbollah, but it would not allow itself to be
April 21, 2026
Investors in Peru's copper and gold mines are worried about the country's presidential vote count that has been slowed by allegations of irregularities, yet
April 21, 2026
U.S.
April 21, 2026
The Pentagon will no longer require members of the U.S. military to get the flu vaccine, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday.
April 22, 2026
Democratic U.S.
April 22, 2026
Europe's top diplomats are meeting in Luxembourg to address multiple crises, including the ongoing war in Ukraine and economic instability due to the conflict in Iran
April 21, 2026
U.S. military officials are calling for spending tens of billions of dollars in the next budget year on drones, air defense systems and fighter jets that have been a key part of fighting the Iran war
April 21, 2026
The United States did not move a key missile defense system from South Korea to the Middle East for the Iran war, the commander of U.S. forces in Korea said on Tuesday
April 21, 2026
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F.
April 21, 2026
The head of the U.S. command for the Indo-Pacific region on Tuesday stressed the importance of Taiwan passing its stalled
April 21, 2026
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's coalition has been shaken by internal squabbling as it grapples with a long-promised package of reforms to the tax,
April 21, 2026
Israel’s military removed two soldiers from combat duty and placed them in military detention for 30 days after they destroyed a crucifix in southern Lebanon, it said
April 21, 2026
Federal Reserve chief nominee Kevin Warsh said on Tuesday he had made no promises to President Donald Trump about cutting interest rates, as he
April 21, 2026
Italy aims to bring its budget deficit below the European Union's 3% of GDP ceiling this year despite a weakening growth outlook due surging energy costs
April 21, 2026
U.S.
April 21, 2026
Italy has summoned the Russian ambassador to protest against insults directed at Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni by a pro-Kremlin Russian television host, Rome's foreign
April 21, 2026
U.S.
April 21, 2026
A federal appeals court says a Bangladeshi immigrant is rightly serving a life prison sentence for a fizzled 2017 subway bombing attack beneath New York City's Times Square even though it tossed out the top charge against him
April 21, 2026
Senate GOP unveils $70B immigration plan to circumvent Democrats in bid to end DHS shutdown
April 21, 2026
US at risk of running out of missiles if another war breaks out after depleting stockpile in Iran operations
April 22, 2026
Pentagon makes flu shot optional for troops, rescinding requirement
April 21, 2026
Protecting girls or an attack on trans youth? Breaking down a controversial proposal on Colorado's ballot
April 21, 2026
Iran’s new supreme leader is nowhere to be seen. That might be helping the regime to survive
April 21, 2026
Could marijuana odor lead to fines in Arizona?
April 21, 2026
Authorities say an Israeli army reservist has shot and killed two Palestinians near a school in a village east of Ramallah
April 21, 2026
US officials killed in Mexico car crash following drug raid worked for the CIA, sources say
April 21, 2026
President Donald Trump told CNBC in an interview on Tuesday that he did not want to extend a ceasefire with Iran, adding the U.S. was in a strong negotiating position
April 21, 2026
The U.S. federal consumer finance watchdog agency on Tuesday formally ended certain civil-rights-era antidiscrimination requirements for the
April 21, 2026
President Trump said on Tuesday that the United States was considering helping the United Arab Emirates financially and a currency swap with the Middle East nation was
April 21, 2026
Mehmet Oz, who heads the agency that runs the U.S.
April 21, 2026
The Pentagon on Tuesday unveiled more details of President Donald Trump's $1.5 trillion defense budget request for fiscal year 2027, by far the largest
April 21, 2026
Two Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday asked JetBlue Airways to answer questions about whether it was using customer personal data to set ticket
April 21, 2026
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum spoke by phone on Tuesday and agreed to enhance their cooperation on energy, Japan's foreign
April 21, 2026
The rights of Slovakia's ethnic Hungarian minority have resurfaced as a thorn in bilateral issues after Hungarian election winner Peter Magyar protested Slovak legislation
April 21, 2026
U.S. funding cuts to South Africa have dismantled HIV prevention programmes just as they are needed to support the roll-out of the new prevention drug
April 21, 2026
U.S.
April 21, 2026
Brazil’s government could reciprocate after the expulsion of a Brazilian federal police attache from the United States, the South American country’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da
April 21, 2026
Two Palestinians, including a 14-year-old boy, were killed in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Tuesday after Israeli settlers
April 21, 2026
The European Council has imposed sanctions on two Russian entities that it said on Tuesday were linked to propaganda and disinformation from Moscow.
April 21, 2026
A former top foreign ministry official said on Tuesday he had faced "constant pressure" from Prime Minister Keir
April 21, 2026
Virginia voters on Tuesday approved a new Democratic-drawn congressional map that could flip four Republican U.S.
April 21, 2026
Voting rights activists accused the Trump administration in a lawsuit on Tuesday of laying the groundwork for voter purges that could illegally remove eligible voters
April 21, 2026
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Tuesday her government was prepared to make changes to a contested plan offering financial rewards to
April 21, 2026
European countries including Spain and Ireland pushed on Tuesday to suspend a pact governing the EU's ties with Israel but
April 21, 2026
The foreign ministers of Niger and Mali have accused neighbouring countries of sponsoring terrorism, but said they were willing to cooperate
April 21, 2026
Pope Leo warned on Tuesday that humanity's future is at risk of being "tragically compromised" because of
April 21, 2026
Romanian Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan said on Tuesday he will lead a minority government to ensure that reforms needed to tap European Union funds are met, in comments a
April 21, 2026
Protesters urge Gov. Evers to intervene in beagle rescue at Dane County farm
April 21, 2026
Inside Todd Blanche’s audition for attorney general
April 21, 2026
An unintended consequence of US immigration policy: Some fans are skipping the World Cup in the US
April 21, 2026
Community mourns as First Lady foundation offers aid for funeral costs
April 21, 2026
Pope Leo paid respects on Tuesday to his predecessor Francis on the anniversary of his death last year, remembering the first pontiff from the Americas as
April 21, 2026
Ukraine's funding needs for 2026 are covered, a senior EU official said, with the EU likely to make the first disbursement from its 90 billion euro loan at the end of
April 21, 2026
Russia is set to stop oil exports from Kazakhstan to Germany via the Druzhba pipeline starting from May 1, three industry sources said on Tuesday.
April 21, 2026
China is willing to work with African countries to address the spillover effects of the Middle East conflict, President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday while meeting with
April 21, 2026
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Tuesday he had cancelled his trip to Eswatini this week, after his government accused China of
April 21, 2026
NATO criticised Russian and Chinese nuclear arms policies on Tuesday and urged both countries to work with the United States to establish greater
April 21, 2026
Japan is scrapping a ban on lethal weapons exports, a major change of its postwar pacifist policy as the country seeks to build up its arms industry and deepen cooperation with defense partners
April 21, 2026
Pope Leo XIV’s trip to Africa was so dizzying in its complexity that it recalls some of the early globe-trotting odysseys of St. John Paul II
April 10, 2026
Nigerian authorities say they have charged six people with terrorism and treason over an alleged plot to overthrow President Bola Tinubu, including a retired major general and a serving police inspector, according to charge sheet seen by The Associated Press on Tuesday
April 21, 2026
Trump’s Bible reading streams tonight at a complicated moment for his relationship with American Christians
April 21, 2026
European equities fell on Tuesday as uncertainty over U.S.-Iran peace talks kept investors cautious, hours before a ceasefire is
April 21, 2026
Hungary's outgoing government violated European law with rules prohibiting or restricting access to LGBTQ content, which stigmatise and marginalise gay and trans people,
April 21, 2026
President Donald Trump's approval rating held at the lowest of his term in recent days as many Americans questioned his temperament amid the Iran war
April 21, 2026
The Hong Kong government is attempting to seize more than HK$127 million ($16.22 million) from jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai after the
April 21, 2026
China on Tuesday implied energy assistance for the Philippines could be tied to Manila holding military drills with the U.S. and other allies, as its top
April 21, 2026
Americans may face the next respiratory disease season without clear guidance for COVID shots and updated flu vaccines after a federal court ruling
April 21, 2026
U.S. unions and shipbuilding industry employers on Tuesday launched a coalition to rally Congress to advance legislation they say would help President Donald
April 21, 2026
The Human Rights Campaign is launching a $15 million investment targeting Republicans in battleground districts ahead of the fall's midterm elections
April 21, 2026
Petro Hurin says his health has never been the same since he was sent 40 years ago to clear the Chornobyl
April 21, 2026
Russian forces have taken 1,700 square km (656 square miles) of territory in Ukraine this year and are advancing on its so-
April 21, 2026
Myanmar's new military-backed government wants to hold peace talks with opposition armed groups by the end of July, the country’s junta leader-turned-president said, but two key
April 21, 2026
The former top official in Britain's foreign ministry who was sacked over Peter Mandelson's appointment as U.S. ambassador said on Tuesday he had come under a lot of
April 21, 2026
The 10th United Nations secretary-general will be elected this year for a five-year term starting on January 1, 2027.
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Representatives of U.S.
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Iran has granted its commanders more autonomy over militias in Iraq, allowing some to act without Tehran’s approval
April 21, 2026
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has rejected as "absurd" claims that his minister overseeing relations with North Korea revealed
April 21, 2026
Pakistan is confident it can get Iran to attend talks with the United States, a senior Pakistani government official told Reuters on Monday.
April 21, 2026
Former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden received the Champion of Writers Award from the Authors Guild
April 21, 2026
By Samia Nakhoul DUBAI, April 20 (Reuters)- - A warning by former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has crystallised fears among Gulf states that reopening the Strait of Hormuz may be the most Iran-
April 21, 2026
There is a case to be made that Pope Leo XIV found his voice on his epic and ongoing trip through Africa
April 20, 2026
The Trump administration on Monday filed a complaint against the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (D.C.
April 21, 2026
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he survived a vote on his leadership among his own party’s lawmakers, after recent slumps in the polls prompted speculation he might be ousted
April 21, 2026
Police say a Louisiana man who fatally shot seven of his children and another child used an an assault-style weapon despite a 2019 felony firearms conviction
April 20, 2026
Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said on Tuesday there has only been 'marginal' use of Philippine bases accessible to the U.S. military due to land issues.
April 21, 2026
South Korea's newly appointed central bank governor, Shin Hyun-song, said on Tuesday the country's monetary policy needed to be cautious and flexible amid heightened
April 21, 2026
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is out of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet after multiple allegations of abusing her position, including an affair with a subordinate and drinking on the job
April 21, 2026
Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev arrived in North Korea for talks on cooperation between the two allies, the ministry's spokeswoman Irina Volk said early on Tuesday.
April 21, 2026
Lori Chavez-DeRemer out as Labor secretary
April 21, 2026
A deal to end the Iran war seemed close. Then Trump started posting on social media
April 21, 2026
Johnson gets a bit of slack in his historically narrow House majority
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April 21, 2026
The Justice Department has filed a complaint against Washington, D.C., and its water authority for a massive sewage leak into the Potomac River
April 21, 2026
343 days on the front line: Ukrainian officer’s long deployment underscores Kyiv’s manpower issues
April 21, 2026
President Donald Trump is defending his Iran war strategy, attacking critics and skeptics on Monday as “TRAITORS, ALL” after a second round of talks with Iran were thrown into doubt by the U.S. Navy’s seizure of an Iranian-flagged cargo ship near the Strait of Hormuz
April 20, 2026
Virginia voters are considering a ballot measure Tuesday that would give the Democratic-majority legislature temporary power to redraw the state’s congressional districts
April 20, 2026
FBI Director Kash Patel filed a defamation lawsuit against the Atlantic and its reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick
April 20, 2026
President Donald Trump invoked the Defense Production Act on Monday to sign a series of energy-related presidential memorandums, the White House announced, as his
April 21, 2026
Mexico's economy minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Monday that formal negotiations to review the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade pact, known as the USMCA, are due to begin the
April 21, 2026
Former Hawaii Gov. George R
April 21, 2026
A trial is underway in Virginia for an alleged Islamic State militant charged in a deadly suicide bombing at a Kabul airport during the American military’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021
April 21, 2026
High-level US delegation visits Cuba as Trump ups pressure
April 21, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump is giving mixed messages about the path ahead for the U.S. war with Iran
April 20, 2026
Tigray's main political party said it was taking back control of the region's government, effectively voiding a peace deal with Ethiopia's federal government that ended
April 21, 2026
Animal welfare activists converged outside of Wisconsin Gov_ Tony Evers’ Capitol office on Monday, chanting “Free the dogs!”
April 21, 2026
President Donald Trump said on Monday he believed a nuclear deal the U.S. is currently negotiating with Iran will be better than a 2015 international agreement to curb
April 20, 2026
A Pennsylvania court has ruled that the state's constitution guarantees a right to abortion
April 21, 2026
Pilot challenges Palm Beach airport renaming to Donald Trump International
April 21, 2026
The Justice Department has subpoenaed several witnesses to testify before a federal grand jury in Washington as part of its investigation into former CIA Director John Brennan
April 21, 2026
Vice President JD Vance is still in the United States and has not yet departed for Pakistan, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters, as prospects for a second
April 20, 2026
Peru's electoral authorities began reviewing thousands of contested ballots on Monday, stalling the count in the April 12 general
April 20, 2026
The Board of Peace’s lead envoy for Gaza told Reuters on Monday that he was “fairly optimistic” a plan for disarmament of Hamas and other militant groups
April 20, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer acknowledges he made a mistake appointing Peter Mandelson as U.K. ambassador to Washington
April 20, 2026
Hungarian election winner Péter Magyar is announcing the first round of his incoming cabinet members following his party's landslide victory over Prime Minister Viktor Orbán
April 20, 2026
The Iranian-flagged container ship Touska, which was boarded and seized by U.S. forces on Sunday, is likely to have what Washington deems dual-use items
April 20, 2026
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday she was not aware U.S. embassy officials were working with the northern state of Chihuahua to combat drug cartels
April 20, 2026
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April 20, 2026
Israeli and Lebanese representatives will hold talks in Washington on Thursday, a U.S.
April 20, 2026
Israeli strikes killed at least five Palestinians in separate incidents in the Gaza Strip on Monday, Palestinian health officials said, and fighters
April 20, 2026
The U.S.
April 20, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer put the blame firmly on foreign ministry officials on Monday over the appointment of a
April 20, 2026
Even Catholic Trump supporters feel conflicted over the president’s tiff with the pope
April 20, 2026
Pope Leo XIV said Saturday “it’s not in my interest” to debate US President Donald Trump, insisting his trip to Africa is focused on peacebuilding rather than any personal clash.
April 18, 2026
A celebrity blogger whose sharp criticism of the authorities has been watched by tens of millions of Russians has hit back after one of state TV's best-
April 20, 2026
Hungarian election winner Peter Magyar on Monday nominated Andras Karman as finance minister, Anita Orban as foreign minister and Istvan Kapitany as economy and energy
April 20, 2026
A Palestinian village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank received demolition orders for 15 shops on Monday, a day after Israeli ministers
April 20, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday said he had asked the group overseeing security standards across government to examine any security concerns raised during
April 20, 2026
Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday that Mexico is interested in reaching an agreement, prior to completing the review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade
April 20, 2026
UK PM Starmer says he shouldn’t have appointed Epstein-linked pick for US ambassador
April 20, 2026
Virginia Sen. Mark Warner's daughter has died: 'Heartbroken beyond words'
April 20, 2026
The Supreme Court will hear from Catholic preschools that say it’s unconstitutional to exclude them from a state-funded program because they won’t admit kids from LGBTQ+ families
April 20, 2026
A photo showing the desecration of a crucifix smashed by an Israeli soldier in a southern Lebanese village home to Christians
April 20, 2026
Neighbors demand road safety changes after pedestrian and biker deaths
April 20, 2026
Walk honors mothers lost to childbirth, raises awareness for health disparities
April 20, 2026
Slovenia's outgoing prime minister, Robert Golob, on Monday said that his liberal Freedom Movement (GS), which narrowly won a parliamentary vote in March, would go into
April 20, 2026
Chinese President Xi Jinping called for normal passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz to be maintained, in a phone call on Monday with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince
April 20, 2026
When Rumen Radev stepped down from his role as president of Bulgaria in January to run in Sunday's parliamentary election, he urged
April 20, 2026
Venezuela, a country subject to Western sanctions and saddled with billions in debt, was the biggest cause for optimism at last week's otherwise sombre
April 20, 2026
Israel on Monday told residents of south Lebanon to stay out of a belt of territory at the border
April 20, 2026
Bulgaria's center-left coalition led by ex-president Rumen Radev has won the parliamentary election, according to the central electoral commission
April 20, 2026
The United States and the Philippines have kicked off one of their largest combat exercises, aimed at deterring aggression in Asia
April 20, 2026
The Trump administration’s immigration detention policies appear to be, in part, inspired by the heavy-handed tactics of the former Arizona sheriff.
April 20, 2026
Europe is focusing on the Palestinians after Hungary's election defeat of Israel ally Viktor Orbán
April 20, 2026
Kevin Warsh, picked by President Donald Trump to succeed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, has big plans for the central bank once he takes the helm. Regime change.
April 20, 2026
Pro-Russian former President Rumen Radev has won Bulgaria's parliamentary election by a landslide, official results showed on Monday, crushing long-
April 20, 2026
Shares of psychedelic drug developers rose on Monday after U.S.
April 20, 2026
The Bank of Japan is likely to hold off raising interest rates next week, five sources familiar with its thinking said, as fading
April 20, 2026
Germany Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday that Brazil had great potential to expand deliveries of critical metals, adding that Germany can supply the
April 20, 2026
The Kremlin, when asked on Monday about a U.S. sanctions waiver on some Russia's oil exports, said that Russia was a responsible and important player on global energy
April 20, 2026
Pakistan has put a $1.5 billion deal to supply weapons and jets to Sudan on hold after Saudi Arabia asked for the agreement to be terminated and
April 20, 2026
Pope Leo lamented during an event in Angola on Monday that many people in the world were being "exploited by authoritarians and
April 20, 2026
Romania's ruling Social Democrats voted to withdraw their support for Liberal Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan on Monday and called on him to resign, likely
April 20, 2026
The Czech government will not make a government plane available for the Senate chief's planned trip to Taiwan and wants a more pragmatic foreign policy that does not
April 20, 2026
The Chinese aircraft carrier the Liaoning sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Monday, the Taiwanese defence ministry said, in the first transit of the sensitive waterway
April 20, 2026
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April 20, 2026
India and South Korea said on Monday that they would boost their economic ties by expanding cooperation in energy, critical minerals,
April 20, 2026
The Kremlin said on Monday that it was encouraged by Bulgarian politician Rumen Radev's desire to resolve issues with Russia via pragmatic talks after he won a landslide
April 20, 2026
Eight months after President Donald Trump declared a crime emergency in the nation’s capital and called up the National Guard, more than 2,500 troops remain
April 20, 2026
Pinwheels and the ‘lobster district’: How Virginia Democrats drew up a US House map to all but lock out Republicans
April 20, 2026
Nigeria’s broadcast regulator has barred radio and television presenters from airing personal opinions, intimidating guests or broadcasting divisive
April 20, 2026
European shares declined on Monday, following a sharp rebound in the previous session, as investors awaited progress on possible
April 20, 2026
China on Monday warned against military cooperation that could undermine trust and deepen division in the region, as the United States and the Philippines begin annual
April 20, 2026
Philippine and U.S. forces will carry out maritime strike drills on a remote Philippine island near Taiwan during annual exercises that started on
April 20, 2026
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Monday that every rational and diplomatic path should be used to reduce tensions with the U.S., but added that vigilance and
April 20, 2026
A Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Black Sea port of Tuapse sparked a fire and killed at least one person, Russian officials said on Monday, only hours after a blaze was
April 20, 2026
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada’s strong economic ties to the U.S. were once a strength but are now a weakness that must be corrected
April 20, 2026
Michigan officials on Sunday pushed back on a U.S.
April 20, 2026
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw Sunday's ballistic missile test launches as part of efforts to evaluate the performance of warheads carrying
April 20, 2026
North Korea says it test-launched ballistic missiles armed with cluster-bomb warheads for the second time this month
April 20, 2026
The U.S. says it has attacked and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship near the Strait of Hormuz that tried to get around its blockade of Iranian ports
April 19, 2026
An exit poll in Bulgaria suggests the center-left Progressive Bulgaria coalition led by ex-President Rumen Radev will win the country's parliamentary election
April 19, 2026
Pro-Russian former President Rumen Radev is set for a runaway victory in Bulgaria's election and may even secure a parliamentary
April 19, 2026
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Sunday called for closer ties between South America's largest economy and the
April 20, 2026
Europe must have its own defense system against ballistic weapons, and Ukraine is already holding talks with several countries on its creation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr
April 20, 2026
Trump wants a sculpture garden for America’s 250th birthday. Sources say it’s unlikely even one statue will be ready.
April 19, 2026
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Sunday that he spoke with Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian about the conflict in the Gulf.
April 20, 2026
Canada's close ties to the United States were once a strength but have become a weakness, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Sunday, in a video
April 19, 2026
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April 19, 2026
The Israeli military published for the first time a map of its new deployment line inside Lebanon on Sunday, bringing dozens of mostly abandoned
April 19, 2026
From reforming the UN Security Council to taxing billionaires, thousands of leftists gathered in Barcelona over the weekend to
April 19, 2026
Ukraine launches terror investigation after a gunman killed 7 and took hostages in Kyiv supermarket
April 18, 2026
Pope Leo urged Angolans on Sunday to overcome divisions after decades of war, first at a Mass in a field outside Luanda and
April 19, 2026
Eight people including a child remain hospitalised in Kyiv after being wounded in a shooting that killed six people, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Sunday.
April 19, 2026
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April 19, 2026
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April 19, 2026
South Korea says North Korea has launched multiple ballistic missiles toward the North’s eastern waters
April 19, 2026
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April 19, 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Greece next week to renew a security pact between the two countries against the backdrop of the war in Iran, a Greek
April 19, 2026
European allies fear an inexperienced U.S. negotiating team is pushing for a swift, headline‑grabbing framework deal with Iran that
April 19, 2026
LUANDA, April 19 - Pope Leo on Sunday decried the intensification of the war in Ukraine, calling "for the weapons to fall silent and for the path of dialogue to be followed."
April 19, 2026
Senior Cabinet ministers are rallying around U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, whose leadership is under threat
April 19, 2026
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April 19, 2026
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April 19, 2026
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he would be ready to meet U.S. President Donald Trump once a "big deal" between the two countries has been prepared.
April 19, 2026
Iran is not ready for new face-to-face talks with the U.S., according to a senior Iranian official
April 18, 2026
Iran has reversed course on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and fired on a tanker attempting to pass the waterway
April 18, 2026
Former President Barack Obama has met privately with New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani before joining together to read to preschoolers at a child care center in the Bronx
April 19, 2026
White House garden tours offer an inside look at Trump’s transformations
April 19, 2026
About 1,000 animal welfare protesters who tried to gain entry to a beagle breeding and research facility in Wisconsin have been turned back by police who fired rubber bullets and pepper spray into the crowd and arrested the group’s leader
April 19, 2026
Pope Leo XIV has challenged Angola's leaders to “break the cycles of interests” that have plundered and exploited Africa for centuries
April 18, 2026
Mamdani and Obama meet face-to-face in New York City
April 19, 2026
A U.S. appeals court is allowing construction to continue on President Donald Trump's $400 million ballroom
April 19, 2026
Iran now says the Strait of Hormuz is fully closed until the end of the U.S. blockade on Iranian ports
April 18, 2026
Six people were killed when a Russian-born man opened fire on passersby in a Kyiv district on Saturday before barricading himself in a supermarket with
April 18, 2026
The governments of Brazil, Spain and Mexico on Saturday vowed to step up coordinated aid to Cuba to alleviate what they described as a humanitarian crisis caused by the
April 19, 2026
Britain's Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy signalled his support for Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Saturday over the ongoing row about the decision to appoint Peter
April 19, 2026
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has hosted two events in Barcelona to rally progressive leaders from around the world who fear for a rules-based world order
April 18, 2026
Justice Department adds former Trump lawyer to investigation of Trump critic John Brennan
April 19, 2026
A French soldier was killed and three others wounded while clearing a road in southern Lebanon in an attack that UNIFIL peacekeepers and French officials said on Saturday was
April 18, 2026
Activists break into Wisconsin animal breeding facility ahead of scheduled protest
April 19, 2026
President Donald Trump has signed a bill extending a controversial surveillance program until April 30
April 18, 2026
Pope Leo addresses spat with Trump, says ‘debate’ is not focus of his Africa trip
April 18, 2026
Pope Leo sought to downplay his feud with U.S.
April 18, 2026
President Donald Trump has directed his administration to speed up reviews of certain psychedelic drugs, including ibogaine
April 18, 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron says a French soldier was killed and three others wounded in an attack on U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon
April 18, 2026
Iran said it was tightening control over the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, warning mariners the
April 18, 2026
Pope Leo sharply decried the exploitation of natural resources in Africa on Saturday, blasting "despots and tyrants" who guarantee wealth but do not
April 18, 2026
Pope Leo XIV says it is “not in my interest at all” to debate U.S. President Donald Trump about the war in Iran but that he will continue preaching the Gospel message of peace
April 18, 2026
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April 18, 2026
British counterterrorism police are investigating an attempted arson attack in London
April 18, 2026
A French soldier who was part of international Forces stationed in southern Lebanon was killed, President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday, adding that evidence suggests
April 18, 2026
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Spain's Pedro Sanchez met in Barcelona on Saturday after a summit of progressive leaders,
April 18, 2026
Discussions are under way on how to manage or mitigate a possible U.S. withdrawal from the "European security architecture", Turkish Foreign
April 18, 2026
Ukraine strikes Russian oil refineries hours after US waives sanctions on Moscow’s oil
April 18, 2026
A US citizen said she was illegally held by ICE. Surveillance video, the DHS and a million-dollar lawsuit say otherwise
April 18, 2026
The stories of Black and Indigenous men who fought during the American Revolution are sometimes overlooked
April 18, 2026
Much of the political spotlight this election year in Arizona has been focused on the office that runs elections in Maricopa County, the state’s largest
April 18, 2026
Mediators have failed to resolve a dispute between the companies involved in the Franco-German FCAS fighter jet project, though
April 18, 2026
No date has been set for the next round of negotiations between Iran and the United States, Iran's deputy foreign minister said on Saturday,
April 18, 2026
Some of the harshest words that President Donald Trump has used against a leading Democratic rival aren't about political differences but rather a learning disability
April 18, 2026
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April 18, 2026
Egypt is working closely with Pakistan on a framework aimed at securing a lasting peace between the U.S. and Iran, Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said on Saturday.
April 18, 2026
British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said on Saturday the Strait of Hormuz had yet to return to normal operations despite a ceasefire in the Iran war
April 18, 2026
Ukrainian drones struck a handful of Russia's oil facilities overnight, including two oil refineries in the Samara region, an oil depot in Crimea and a Baltic Sea port that
April 18, 2026
High gas prices become another midterm warning sign for Republicans
April 18, 2026
U.S. pressure on dissenting Latin American leaders could lead to a "rebellion" against Washington's influence, Colombian President Gustavo Petro warned in an interview
April 18, 2026
A push by Republican leaders to promote Turning Point USA chapters in public high schools is stirring a free speech debate
April 15, 2026
By Parisa Hafezi and Angus McDowall DUBAI, April 19 - Iranians striving to maintain a semblance of normal life after weeks of U.S. and Israeli bombing and a deadly crackdown on protesters in January
April 18, 2026
Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax shot and killed his wife inside their Virginia home and then killed himself, Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis said. Their two teenage children were in the house at the time, and one called 911.
April 16, 2026
The Trump administration on Friday renewed a waiver allowing countries to buy sanctioned Russian oil at sea for about a month,
April 18, 2026
Seven weeks of war have failed to topple Iran’s theocratic rulers or force them to meet all of President Donald Trump's demands
April 18, 2026
Australia extended an easing on fuel-quality standards until September, Energy Minister Chris Bowen said on Saturday, as the nation grapples with the impact of the Iran
April 18, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump and Iran’s foreign minister say the Strait of Hormuz is now fully open to commercial vessels
April 17, 2026
The U.S. Treasury Department has extended its pause on sanctions on Russian oil shipments to ease shortages from the Iran war, days after Secretary Scott Bessent ruled out such a move
April 18, 2026
Iran says it fully reopened the Strait of Hormuz to commercial vessels
April 17, 2026
A federal judge has blocked the $6.2 billion merger between local television giants Nexstar Media Group and Tegna until an antitrust lawsuit is resolved
April 18, 2026
Attorneys for Tyler Robinson, the man charged with Charlie Kirk’s killing, make case to boot cameras from courtroom
April 17, 2026
Trump’s lawyers seeking resolution of his $10 billion lawsuit against IRS and Treasury
April 18, 2026
Iran temporarily reopened the Strait of Hormuz on Friday following a ceasefire agreement in Lebanon, raising
April 17, 2026
The United Nations children's agency UNICEF said on Friday it was "outraged" after two truck drivers it contracted to deliver clean water to families in the Gaza Strip were killed
April 18, 2026
A lead prosecutor in the John Brennan investigation has been removed from the case after expressing concerns to Justice Department officials about the viability of a potential criminal prosecution of the former CIA director
April 18, 2026
Authorities have charged Olaolukitan Adon Abel with killing two people and injuring another in the Atlanta area
April 18, 2026
Lawyers for Donald Trump and the Internal Revenue Service are in talks to settle the U.S. president's $10 billion lawsuit against the tax collection agency for
April 18, 2026
White House chief of staff Susie Wiles has met with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to discuss the company's new AI model, Mythos
April 18, 2026
The U.S.
April 18, 2026
Defense witnesses in the prosecution of the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk say conjecture about the case is making it impossible to have a fair trial
April 17, 2026
Oil prices plunged and the stock market rallied after U.S. President Donald Trump and Iran’s foreign minister said that the Strait of Hormuz is fully open
April 18, 2026
The Trump administration and Anthropic's CEO on Friday discussed working together for the first time since a dispute earlier
April 18, 2026
Republicans buck Trump to reject 18-month FISA extension
April 17, 2026
Oil drops, stocks soar to wrap up a wild week. What just happened in markets?
April 17, 2026
Oil prices settled down by around 9% on Friday after Iran said passage for all commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz was open for the
April 17, 2026
Oil prices dropped back to where they were in the early days of the Iran war, and U.S. stocks raced to another record
April 17, 2026
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that Ukraine believed Russia was making preparations that showed that it would once again try to involve its ally Belarus in the four-
April 17, 2026
Myanmar has reduced the sentence of imprisoned ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi, her lawyer told Reuters on Friday, as part of an amnesty by a new president who ousted her government in
April 17, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Friday for joint efforts for an effective mission to ensure freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz and said Kyiv's wartime
April 18, 2026
Calls to remove the head of Peru's electoral authority intensified on Friday as delays and alleged irregularities clouded the presidential vote count, with
April 18, 2026
France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot says the 85-year-old French widow of an American military veteran has returned home from U.S. immigration custody
April 17, 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer, under renewed pressure to resign, expressed anger on Friday over not being informed
April 17, 2026
The Trump administration says it’s in talks with the IRS to resolve a $10 billion lawsuit over leaked tax information
April 18, 2026
The top election official in Arizona’s most populous county will get more authority in running elections after a judge sided with his office in a prolonged legal fight with the county board that shares responsibility for overseeing voting
April 18, 2026
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April 17, 2026
The U.S. government plans another oil and gas lease sale for Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
April 18, 2026
Patients and colleagues in the Virginia dental community are remembering Dr. Cerina Fairfax as a devoted mother, a caring dentist and the rock at the center of her family, after she was killed by her estranged husband, former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax
April 17, 2026
Hassan Abu Khalil's family miraculously survived six weeks of war in southern Lebanon, but tragedy struck in the final minutes
April 17, 2026
President Donald Trump told Reuters on Friday that the U.S. will work with Iran to recover its enriched uranium and bring it back to the United States
April 17, 2026
All ships can sail through the Strait of Hormuz but this needs to be coordinated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (
April 17, 2026
A career U.S. prosecutor who had been helping to lead a criminal investigation into former CIA Director John Brennan was removed
April 17, 2026
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Friday that a ceasefire agreed to by his country should be transformed into "permanent agreements," without saying whether he was
April 17, 2026
Oil prices cratered, Wall Street indexes scaled record highs and U.S.
April 17, 2026
Significant differences between Iran and the United States remain to reach a deal aimed at ending the war, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Friday, adding that
April 17, 2026
The government-owned corporation that delivers mail in Canada is taking steps to stop home delivery
April 17, 2026
A West Virginia transgender girl who competes on her high school girls' track team says she's focused on having fun with her friends
April 17, 2026
The Supreme Court is handing a win to oil and gas companies fighting lawsuits over coastal land loss and environmental degradation in Louisiana
April 17, 2026
The Republic of Congo has told investors it formally requested a fresh financing programme from the International Monetary Fund,
April 17, 2026
The threat posed by mines in parts of the Strait of Hormuz is not fully understood and avoidance of the area by ships should be considered, a U.S. navy advisory said on
April 17, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that the naval blockade on Iran will "remain in full force" until a deal with Tehran is struck.
April 17, 2026
An Indian government bill to expand assemblies that would have brought forward plans to reserve a third of the seats for women did not get enough votes to get through
April 17, 2026
Pope Leo XIV is encouraging young people in Cameroon to resist the temptation to migrate and to stay at home and fight corruption
April 17, 2026
Congress has approved a short-term renewal of a controversial surveillance program used by U.S. spy agencies just days before it was set to expire
April 17, 2026
New German search engine lets people check whether their relatives were Nazis
April 17, 2026
President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that the flow of drugs into the U.S. by sea has been nearly eradicated under his administration
April 17, 2026
The Iran war could drag euro zone growth lower and push inflation above already increased projections, requiring the European Central Bank to remain vigilant, ECB
April 17, 2026
Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Friday after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said the Strait of Hormuz was open following a ceasefire accord agreed in Lebanon.
April 17, 2026
President Emmanuel Macron on Friday defended editorial diversity after more than 100 authors quit the venerable French publishing house Grasset this week in protest at the
April 17, 2026
People uprooted by the war in Lebanon began returning to devastated towns and neighbourhoods on
April 17, 2026
Tunisian comedian and actor Lotfi Abdelli said on Friday a court in Tunisia had sentenced him in absentia to 18 months in prison over a play he performed
April 17, 2026
Leaders of Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark on Friday welcomed Iran's announcement on opening the Strait of Hormuz, and said they supported diplomatic efforts to
April 17, 2026
France and the U.K. have welcomed the announcement by Iran and the U.S. that the Strait of Hormuz is open
April 17, 2026
President Donald Trump said the United States has barred Israel from further bombing in Lebanon, striking an unusually harsh
April 17, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Friday that more than a dozen countries were ready to contribute assets to a defensive mission aimed at restoring the freedom of
April 17, 2026
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was offered a meeting with Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and his government during her visit to Spain but she declined
April 17, 2026
A federal judge on Friday rejected the U.S.
April 17, 2026
Congress has refused to exercise oversight of the Iran war, with Republicans nixing Democrats’ attempts to exercise legislators’ power over military engagements. That’s nothing new.
April 17, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has no plans to resign over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as U.K. ambassador to Washington, despite Mandelson failing security checks
April 17, 2026
Pakistan's air force escorted Iranian negotiators home from inconclusive peace talks with the U.S. last weekend, launching a major
April 17, 2026
U.S. equity funds attracted strong demand in the week through April 15 as expectations of an early resolution to the Iran conflict and resilient corporate results boosted risk
April 17, 2026
Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a U.S.-backed ceasefire in fighting between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah, a deal meant to enable broader U.S.-Iran
April 17, 2026
Spain's far-right party Vox and the mainstream conservative opposition People's Party have struck a preliminary deal to govern in coalition in
April 17, 2026
The Kremlin on Friday denied that President Vladimir Putin was insulated from bad news after a celebrity blogger accused unidentified top officials of not telling Russia's
April 17, 2026
The Kremlin said on Friday that European countries were becoming more involved in the war in Ukraine, referencing a warning from Russia's Defence Ministry about drone
April 17, 2026
Hungary's incoming prime minister Peter Magyar said on Friday he was about to start initial talks with EU officials in Budapest as there was no time to waste in his
April 17, 2026
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on Friday that he will travel to Caracas on April 24, amid attempts to meet with Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodriguez.
April 17, 2026
Hungarian election winner Peter Magyar said on Friday he hoped to take the oath of office as prime minister on May 9 or 10 depending on a presidential decision on the
April 17, 2026
An average of at least 47 women and girls were killed each day during the war in Gaza, according to figures published by U.N.
April 17, 2026
The U.S. is urging G20 members and the International Monetary Fund and World Bank to take coordinated action to ensure fertilizer access amid
April 17, 2026
The first migrants deported from the United States under a recent bilateral agreement arrived in Democratic Republic of Congo early on Friday, according
April 17, 2026
A fragile calm has settled over parts of Lebanon as a 10-day ceasefire brokered by the United States takes hold between Israel and Hezbollah
April 17, 2026
The Associated Press and Grist have collaborated on a project to analyze how federal policy changes on energy are affecting farmers
April 17, 2026
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk claims a cryptocurrency firm with “Russian money” has sponsored politicians from Poland's former government
April 17, 2026
Sri Lanka's Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody and ministry secretary Udayanga Hemapala resigned on Friday following an outcry over coal imports for
April 17, 2026
More than a dozen countries said on Friday they were willing to join an international mission to protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz when
April 17, 2026
Hungarian election winner Peter Magyar said on Friday he had reports that sensitive documents from the time of the outgoing administration were being destroyed and
April 17, 2026
Orestes Chamizo points at a scrubby patch of sand on Cuba's Bay of Pigs, showing the spot where a brigade of U.S.-trained Cuban exiles landed
April 17, 2026
When Keith Czika learned the brass-instrument factory where he had worked for nearly 18 years was closing and his job was headed to China, the 62-
April 17, 2026
Pope Leo called on Cameroonians on Friday to reject violence and be generous with their neighbours during an event billed as
April 17, 2026
A controversy has erupted over prediction markets such as Polymarket and Kalshi
April 17, 2026
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has started a two-day visit to Spain on Friday when he and his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sánchez met a day before they will gather with other leaders who are concerned with the fate of the democratic order and the rise of the populist far right
April 17, 2026
The small Balkan nation of Kosovo says it wants to commit dozens of its security troops to an international force for Gaza because it appreciates what NATO-led peacekeepers have done for its own security since the 1998-99 war with Serbia
April 17, 2026
By Lili Bayer and Feras Dalatey BRUSSELS/DAMASCUS, April 17 - The European Union plans to deepen its engagement with Syria by relaunching formal political contacts and paving the way for closer
April 17, 2026
Firefighters continued extinguishing a blaze at Russia's Black Sea port of Tuapse on Friday, more than 24 hours after Ukrainian drone attacks, local authorities said.
April 17, 2026
China's regular military activities around Taiwan are "entirely justified and reasonable" and any tensions are the fault of the government in Taipei, the Chinese defence
April 17, 2026
Congress passed a short extension to a high-profile surveillance law on Friday after failing to secure the long-term reauthorization pushed by
April 17, 2026
How the first American pope is reclaiming Christian values from the Trump administration
April 17, 2026
NATO member Estonia has no doubt that the United States would help defend it if Russia attacks, its defence minister told Reuters, while warning that
April 17, 2026
China offered to boost ties with Vietnam on rail infrastructure, from loans and technology to training, as its neighbour's top leader, To Lam, wound up a visit
April 17, 2026
Romania's broad ruling coalition of four pro-European Union parties has no choice but to continue to govern, President Nicusor Dan said, even if its biggest party will
April 17, 2026
Spain's Pedro Sanchez and Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will spearhead gatherings of the global left in Barcelona on Friday and
April 17, 2026
South Korea's Unification Ministry said on Friday it was unaware of any U.S. protest or curbs on intelligence sharing after a media report said Washington
April 17, 2026
Prosecutors in Minnesota's Hennepin County have charged a U.S.
April 17, 2026
China is accelerating its efforts to end the Iran war, walking a diplomatic tightrope as it prepares for a
April 17, 2026
Democrats running for governor in Georgia are scrambling for attention and cash
April 17, 2026
President Donald Trump is more overtly leaning into some of the spoils of his office in his second term, drawing comparisons to French Queen Marie Antoinette from political opponents
April 17, 2026
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting director Todd Lyons, a key executor of President Donald Trump’s mass deportations agenda, will resign at the end of May, federal officials announced Thursday
April 17, 2026
Myanmar's new President Min Aung Hlaing has approved an amnesty for 4,335 prisoners, state television reported on Friday, the third such move in the past six months.
April 17, 2026
The United States and the Philippines will build a 4,000-acre (1,620 hectares) industrial hub after Manila joined a Washington-led initiative to secure AI and
April 17, 2026
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April 16, 2026
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko left the United States on Thursday buoyed by what she called positive talks with top U.S. officials,
April 17, 2026
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons to step down from agency
April 17, 2026
The acting head of the U.S.
April 17, 2026
U.S.
April 16, 2026
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said on Friday he had the full support of his party's lawmakers, responding to media reports that some members will push for a
April 17, 2026
Less than a year after being fired, former FEMA chief is set to be reinstalled by Trump
April 17, 2026
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill conducted a roundtable with leading AI executives and academics to discuss the potential transformative impacts of the technology on American society
April 17, 2026
President Donald Trump has offered Cameron Hamilton the role of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's permanent administrator
April 17, 2026
A 10-day ceasefire announced by U.S. President Donald Trump and agreed on by Lebanon and Israel has started
April 16, 2026
Democrat Analilia Mejia will win House special election in New Jersey, further narrowing GOP majority
April 16, 2026
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended a more than 12% proposed cut to his department's budget and dodged arrows from angry Democrats as he kicked off an expected sprint of seven hearings in Congress over the next seven days
April 17, 2026
U.S. officials have informed some European counterparts that some previously contracted weapons deliveries are likely to be delayed
April 17, 2026
A 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel went into effect on Thursday and President Donald Trump said the next meeting
April 16, 2026
Britain's top foreign ministry official will leave his post after Prime Minister Keir Starmer and
April 16, 2026
A U.S. judge said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump cannot construct his planned $400 million ballroom on the site of the White House's
April 01, 2026
The Trump administration has agreed to resume funding a key Manhattan subway project after New York officials sued
April 17, 2026
U.S.
April 17, 2026
Senegal's president has approved a bill doubling the maximum prison term for same-sex sexual acts to 10 years and criminalising any efforts to promote homosexuality,
March 31, 2026
Mongolia's parliament on Monday confirmed Uchral Nyam-Osor as the nation's third prime minister in nine months, following his predecessor's resignation last week over
March 31, 2026
The United States has done the lion's share of the work in making Iran less of a threat and other countries now need to step up to reopen the critical
March 31, 2026
Top U.S.
March 30, 2026
More than two dozen ships sanctioned for being part of Russia's so-called shadow fleet have passed through UK waters since Prime Minister
March 31, 2026
President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged countries that did not help in the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran to buy American oil and go to the Strait of Hormuz and "just
March 31, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer discussed migration and closer cooperation on returns, border security and tackling people smuggling networks in a meeting with Syrian
March 31, 2026
The Canadian economy grew by 0.1% in January as gains in mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction more than offset a contraction in manufacturing, Statistics Canada
March 31, 2026
Taiwan should look at what happened to Hong Kong and not be naive about China's
March 31, 2026
Italy last week denied permission for U.S. military aircraft to land at the Sigonella air base in Sicily before heading to the Middle East, sources said on
March 31, 2026
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that U.S. plans to unfurl regime change in Iran and Venezuela were aimed at gaining more control over oil and gas
March 31, 2026
A foreign national has turned himself in to Czech police, admitting that he threw petrol bombs at the building of a Russian culture centre in Prague last week, police said
March 31, 2026
By Mike Dolan March 31 - What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Finance and Markets The turbulent first quarter of 2026 ends with a dull thud, as the Iran war
March 31, 2026
Italy's population has stabilised after 12 years of decline, with immigration almost entirely offsetting a shrinking number of births, while life
March 31, 2026
French senators vote on Tuesday on a draft law that aims to ban social media access for children under the age of 15, joining countries around the world
March 31, 2026
Russia will respond if other countries allow Ukraine to use their airspace to launch drone attacks on Russian Baltic ports, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.
March 31, 2026
Israel's decision to pass a law making death by hanging a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly attacks is 'very concerning' for the
March 31, 2026
Lebanese Finance Minister Yassine Jaber on Thursday said his government had good meetings this week with the International Monetary Fund and remained
April 17, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he was not sure that the ceasefire with Iran needs to be extended.
April 17, 2026
Talks aimed at edging toward a solution to the decades-old dispute between Moldova and its separatist Transdniestria region broke down without
April 17, 2026
Finance chiefs of the Group of Seven nations on Thursday said it was urgent to limit the cost to the global economy of an enduring Middle East war and "reaffirmed the
April 17, 2026
Two more Democrats, former California attorney general and cabinet secretary Xavier Becerra and San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, cleared the polling threshold and will
April 17, 2026
France and Italy have pushed back against some U.S.-Israeli military operations, sources said on Tuesday, as U.S.
March 31, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday he would ask U.S. mediators to pass Kyiv's offer of an Easter ceasefire for
March 31, 2026
The U.S. federal watchdog agency for consumer finance expects to finalize new regulations proposed in November that would narrow key civil-rights-
March 31, 2026
Israel will destroy all homes in Lebanese villages near the border and 600,000 people who fled the south will not be allowed home until northern Israel
March 31, 2026
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order on Monday that requires firms seeking contracts with the state to provide safeguards against AI misuse, including the
March 31, 2026
The trial at London's High Court to consider allegations from Britain's Prince Harry, singer Elton John and five other high-profile figures against the Daily Mail's
January 15, 2026
Israeli strikes killed at least six people in the Gaza Strip in separate attacks on Tuesday, health officials said, in the latest violence overshadowing a fragile five-
March 31, 2026
The European Union's top diplomat Kaja Kallas and several EU foreign ministers voiced their support for Ukraine's demand for
March 31, 2026
The European Union is considering reviving energy crisis measures it used in 2022 when Russia slashed gas deliveries, to address the unfolding disruption
March 31, 2026
The U.N. rights chief on Tuesday urged Israel to repeal a law making death by hanging a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly attacks,
March 31, 2026
China is stepping up a years-long anti-corruption drive against securities regulatory officials as Beijing works to improve the image of its
March 31, 2026
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Tuesday that Vice President Geraldo Alckmin will again be his running mate in an October election,
March 31, 2026
The U.S.
March 31, 2026
Lebanon is preparing for the possibility that hundreds of thousands displaced by Israeli strikes and evacuation orders will not return home
March 31, 2026
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz clarified on Tuesday comments he made about the return of Syrian refugees to their homeland after economists and politicians warned that a
March 31, 2026
The widening Iran conflict has led to airstrikes on infrastructure across the Middle East and threats to target oil facilities, electricity
March 31, 2026
King Charles will make a state visit to the United States in late April, Buckingham Palace said on Tuesday, a high-profile trip that the British
March 31, 2026
Hungary's foreign minister and his Russian counterpart discussed EU sanctions in an audio clip released by an investigative news outlet on Tuesday, days
March 31, 2026
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez condemned as a "step towards apartheid" Monday's approval by the Israeli parliament of a
March 31, 2026
President Donald Trump's administration is revoking the U.S. citizenship of a California couple who emigrated from China and pleaded guilty to
April 01, 2026
Colombia's central bank raised the benchmark interest rate on Tuesday for a second consecutive policy meeting, to 11.25%, while the
April 01, 2026
Brent futures for June delivery settled down more than $3 on Tuesday following unconfirmed media reports that Iran's president said the country was
March 31, 2026
U.S. diplomats should use social media platform X and partner with military psychological operations units in an effort to "counter foreign anti-
April 01, 2026
U.S.
March 31, 2026
Pope Leo urged U.S.
April 01, 2026
A roadside explosion appears to have struck the convoy of two Indonesian peacekeepers killed in southern Lebanon, the U.N. peacekeeping chief said on Tuesday, citing initial
March 31, 2026
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Tuesday that his country will stay out of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran unless Syria is subject to aggression and has no diplomatic
April 01, 2026
Every week, hundreds of people line up to fill a plastic container with food in an unlikely place: the humble home where
March 31, 2026
London Mayor Sadiq Khan called on British diplomats stationed around the world on Tuesday to help counter what he described as "
March 31, 2026
Discussions are under way for a U.N. investigation into the killing of more than 390 employees in the two-year Gaza war, the head of the U.N.
March 31, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declined on Tuesday to reaffirm the U.S. commitment to NATO's collective defense, saying that would be up to President
March 31, 2026
The Trump administration is organizing an international summit focused on countering the left-wing movement antifa
March 31, 2026
Drugmakers are delaying launches of some new medicines in Europe as the industry grapples with U.S. pressure and
March 31, 2026
The White House said on Tuesday that the U.S. military was prepared to thwart any attacks by Iran, responding to threats by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
April 01, 2026
Brazil’s former intelligence agency chief Alexandre Ramagem celebrated on Thursday his release by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after a two-day arrest in Orlando
April 17, 2026
The American Heart Association's new nutrition guidance, released on Tuesday, emphasized a dietary pattern rich in vegetables, fruits and whole grains, prioritizing plant-based
March 31, 2026
When government officials hold prayer services, quote scripture and engage in religious proselytizing at the workplace, is it religious freedom – or an old-fashioned First Amendment violation?
April 15, 2026
China and Pakistan on Tuesday called for an immediate ceasefire in the Gulf and the wider Middle East, urging the swift launch of peace talks and the restoration of normal
March 31, 2026
Armed men mounted further attacks in Haiti's breadbasket Artibonite region on Tuesday, days after a gang's weekend assault in the
April 01, 2026
Minnesota officials are pushing forward with investigations of federal law enforcement officers involved in the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities
April 17, 2026
Argentina has designated Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, its presidential office said in a statement on Tuesday,
April 01, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday that Army pilots would not be punished after flying attack helicopters near singer Kid Rock's house over the weekend
April 01, 2026
A three-judge panel in Wisconsin on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit from Democratic voters that had challenged the state's congressional map.
April 01, 2026
A federal judge on Tuesday declined to approve a Trump administration-crafted settlement that would have allowed churches and other houses of worship to endorse
April 01, 2026
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the U.S. could end its military campaign against Iran within two to three weeks.
April 01, 2026
U.S. average gasoline prices rose above $4 a gallon on Monday for the first time in more than three years, capping the sharpest monthly rise
March 31, 2026
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung held talks on Wednesday with Indonesian leader Prabowo Subianto, discussing energy security and agreeing
April 01, 2026
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March 31, 2026
Virginia’s former Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax is accused of killing himself and his wife while their children were home
April 17, 2026
Hungary's centre-right Tisza party widened its lead over Prime Minister Viktor Orban's ruling Fidesz ahead of an April 12 parliamentary election, two opinion polls
April 01, 2026
Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax kills his wife and then himself, police say
April 16, 2026
Trump muses about Vance vs. Rubio as Iran peace talks heat up
April 17, 2026
Indonesia has called on the United Nations to investigate the the deaths of three of its UNIFIL peacekeepers following Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, a
April 01, 2026
Ukrainian drone manufacturers are meeting Romanian defence ministry and army officials in the capital Bucharest this week to discuss potential joint production under a
April 01, 2026
U.S.
April 01, 2026
Hundreds of Serbian students clashed with police on Tuesday during a protest
April 01, 2026
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April 01, 2026
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April 01, 2026
Dubai-based airline Emirates' website said on Wednesday that Iranian nationals were not allowed to enter or transit the United Arab Emirates.
April 01, 2026
Russia said on Wednesday it would kick out a Dutch journalist in response to what it called the expulsion of a correspondent of Russian state news agency RIA from the
April 01, 2026
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese warned the economic shocks of the war in the Middle East would be felt for months and
April 01, 2026
The European Commission has released a further 2 million euros ($2.3 million) in aid for Cuba, it said on Wednesday, to tackle what it described as worsening humanitarian
April 01, 2026
The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy should have taken the difficult decision to withdraw his forces from the Donbas area "yesterday"
April 01, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he would act in the country's interest, whatever the "noise", when asked about U.S.
April 01, 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Wednesday that the global instability caused by the Iran war means Britain should pivot to focusing
April 01, 2026
Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Wednesday, building onto their biggest one-day jump in nearly a year in the previous session, following President Donald Trump's comment
April 01, 2026
Hungary's far-right Our Homeland party could become kingmaker after an April 12 election, as two opinion polls on Wednesday showed
April 01, 2026
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