Politics
The U.S. Senate passed a stopgap spending bill to reopen the federal government, edging toward an end to the record-long shutdown after eight Democrats joined Republicans in a 60–40 vote.
Donald Trump threatened to sue the BBC for $1 billion, saying a Panorama documentary misleadingly edited his Jan. 6 speech, after the broadcaster apologised and two top executives resigned.
On Monday at the White House, President Donald Trump met Syrian transitional President Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former rebel once on U.S. terror lists, and the U.S. partially suspended sanctions.
Eight Democrats joined Republicans in Congress to pass a measure ending the U.S. government shutdown, drawing progressive accusations of betrayal and anger from party activists.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a bid by former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis to overturn its 2015 ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide, preserving that precedent.
The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block lower-court orders requiring full SNAP payments, escalating a legal fight that left millions of recipients' benefits uncertain.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would enforce ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon "with an iron fist" and that its fight was not over.
Israel's parliament approved a first reading of a bill allowing the death penalty for terrorists, aimed at Palestinians convicted of attacks on Israelis, but further readings remained required.
President Donald Trump pardoned Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows and 75 others for efforts to overturn the 2020 election, a largely symbolic action that did not shield them from state prosecutions.
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was released from a Paris prison pending appeal under strict judicial supervision, barred from leaving France and from contacting the justice minister.
Russia said its forces captured three villages in Zaporizhia and one in Donetsk as Ukraine denied Pokrovsk had been encircled and acknowledged supply problems around the city.
President Donald Trump ordered US air-traffic controllers to return to work, threatened to dock pay and offered bonuses as flight cancellations spread amid the government shutdown.
Zohran Mamdani, mayor-elect of New York, faced sharp attacks from President Donald Trump, who labeled him a "communist" and framed his victory as an ideological threat.
The European Commission agreed to cut bureaucracy and reduce controls for farmers across the EU, easing access to CAP funds after protests and pressure from the European Parliament.
Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces carried out mass killings in El Fasher, medics said they burned bodies to hide evidence, amid accusations of Emirati weapons support.
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Ukraine’s National Anti‑Corruption Bureau on Monday raided energy-sector targets, saying it uncovered kickbacks at state nuclear firm Energoatom and searched properties linked to the justice minister and a Zelensky associate.
Iraqis voted in parliamentary elections as U.S. officials urged Baghdad to disarm Iran backed militias, and turnout fears plus Sunni optimism signaled deep political uncertainty.
Ghislaine Maxwell sought a commutation from former President Donald Trump, media reported, with a whistleblower telling House Democrats she was preparing an application and receiving special prison treatment.
President Donald Trump hosted Syrian President Ahmed al‑Sharaa at the White House, saying it was part of his Middle East peace plan and prompting critics to deem it conciliatory.
Indonesia's president declared former dictator Suharto a national hero, prompting condemnation from activists, human-rights groups and victims' families over alleged mass killings and corruption.
U.S. President Donald Trump pardoned 77 people, including Rudy Giuliani and several Jan. 6 participants, a move critics said was largely symbolic and would not shield them from state charges.
President Donald Trump met Syrian interim-president Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House after the United States removed al-Sharaa from its terror list, marking a radical policy shift.
Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, said an attack on Taiwan could prompt deployment of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces, prompting angry Chinese response including a diplomat’s social-media threat to behead her.
Sahra Wagenknecht relinquished the chair of Germany’s Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW), saying she would remain politically active and naming Fabio de Masi and Amira Mohamed Ali as successors.
King Felipe VI began a state visit to China in Chengdu, inaugurated a Spain‑China business forum and urged deeper commercial ties and multilateral cooperation.
Belgium sent letters to about 150,000 17-year-olds inviting them to a voluntary one-year military service paying €2,000 a month, to begin September 2026.
Sahra Wagenknecht resigned as chair of her Germany-based BSW party and said she would not seek re-election but would remain to lead a "Grundwertekommission."
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was released from a Paris prison and allowed to serve his five-year sentence at home under judicial supervision after the Paris appeals court ordered it.
Jared Kushner met Israeli leaders in Israel to discuss implementing a proposed second phase of the Gaza ceasefire, aimed at disarming Hamas and demilitarizing Gaza.
La jueza de Catarroja rechazó abrir una pieza por falso testimonio contra la periodista Maribel Vilaplana y negó pedir los documentos que firmó Carlos Mazón en El Ventorro.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it would remove black-box warnings from menopause hormone therapies, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. praised it and critics said evidence was insufficient.
Economy Minister Katherina Reiche urged a sweeping "Agenda 2030" of structural reforms and subsidy reviews to revive Germany’s economy, drawing resistance from the SPD and parts of her party.
U.S. forces struck two suspected drug boats in the eastern Pacific on Monday, killing six and raising the campaign death toll to 76, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said.
Nicolas Sarkozy, France's former president, was released from a Paris prison under strict judicial supervision after roughly three weeks in custody pending appeal of his criminal‑conspiracy conviction.
