Screens at the White House display AI-modified videos of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) that were shared on social media by President...
France’s government is set to meet Monday to discuss a highly controversial budget bill that has left Prime Minister Sebastian Lecornu and political parties at an impasse. Lecornu is moving closer to ...
An overnight Russian bombardment on Kyiv left thousands of residential buildings and parliament without heating and water in -14C temperatures on Tuesday, just as the Ukrainian capital was scrambling ...
Teneo Vice Chairman & Former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan speaks about the kind of populism seen in President Donald Trump's administration, his hopes the US Supreme Court will rule against some of ...
Kurdish-led forces withdrew from Syria's largest oil field on Sunday, according to a conflict monitor, as government troops expanded their control over vast areas in the country's north and east. As t...
The nationwide protests challenging Iran’s theocracy appeared increasingly smothered Thursday, a week on from authorities shutting the country off from the world and escalating a bloody crackdown that...
UN human rights chief Volker Turk said Tuesday he was "horrified" by the violence in Iran as a government crackdown continued. The Human Rights Activists News Agency estimated the death toll at 646 w...
President Donald Trump holds an image showing the scale of Meta's new data center under construction in Louisiana. MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images ICE arrested two drivers on Wednesday near a Meta co...
Russia targeted energy infrastructure in Odesa region overnight on Sunday, according to Ukraine’s Emergency Service. A fire broke out and was promptly extinguished. At least six people were wounded in...
François Picard welcomes Venezuelan author Vicente Ulive‑Schnell who offers a thoughtful assessment of recent geopolitical developments in Venezuela, following the US military operation, and the reali...
Greenland’s prime minister said the Arctic island’s population and its authorities need to start preparing for a possible military invasion, even as it remains an unlikely scenario, as US President Do...
China has condemned Monday’s suicide attack on a Chinese restaurant in Kabul, urging the Taliban to take further measures to protect the safety of its citizens in Afghanistan. Foreign ministry spokesm...
Witnesses and lawmakers at a foreign affairs hearing blasted the Trump administration’s approval for the sale of Nvidia’s H200 AI chips to China and called for it to reverse the decision, as the White...
A police complaint against one of Indonesia’s best-known comedians has reignited debate over satire, blasphemy and free expression in the world’s third-largest democracy. The case involves 46-year-old...
The US expected resistance from dozens of Venezuelan air defense systems during the Maduro raid. Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP via Getty Images The US expected "significant resistance" from...
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A Seoul court says an independent counsel has demanded a death sentence for former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on rebellion charges in connection with his imposition of martial law in Decembe...
US President Donald Trump’s abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been held up as an example of American military power. As Venezuela is not a producer of fentanyl – despite the United ...
US President Donald Trump ramped up economic pressure on the Iranian regime on Monday by announcing he was imposing import duties on the goods of any country that trades with Tehran. The move could fu...
The number of foreign students enrolling in US universities has declined Eduard Figueres/Getty Images Graduate international student enrollment in US colleges fell by 5.9% in fall 2025. The drop comes...