Politics
The Senate approved a spending bill in Washington to reopen the federal government, with eight Democrats joining Republicans, sending the measure to the House and then the president for signature.
President Donald Trump threatened to sue the BBC for one billion dollars over a misleadingly edited Jan. 6 documentary after the publicly funded broadcaster apologized and two top executives resigned.
President Donald Trump met Syrian transitional leader Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House and announced a partial suspension of U.S. sanctions, after the former militant's removal from terror lists.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a challenge to its 2015 ruling legalizing same-sex marriage, rejecting a bid by a Kentucky county clerk who had refused licenses.
U.S. Supreme Court considered whether the Trump administration must resume full SNAP food payments, as the administration asked the court to intervene amid millions left uncertain by the funding dispute.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel's confrontation with enemies in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip was far from over and vowed to enforce truces "with an iron fist."
The U.S. Senate approved a stopgap budget measure to end the federal government shutdown and sent it to the House after several Democratic senators broke ranks.
Israel's parliament approved in a first reading on Monday night a bill to allow the death penalty for people convicted of killing Israeli civilians.
Russian forces claimed advances toward Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad in eastern Ukraine, while Kyiv said its troops held positions and denied any encirclement.
President Donald Trump pardoned 77 people, including Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows, for efforts to overturn the 2020 U.S. election, a move largely symbolic because it spared only federal liability.
About 200 Hamas fighters were trapped in tunnels beneath Rafah, refused to surrender as Israeli forces took positions above, raising fears of a deadly imminent assault.
The European Union agreed to cut bureaucracy and controls for farmers, easing access to agricultural subsidies after the Commission made concessions to the European Parliament under pressure.
President Donald Trump told U.S. air-traffic controllers to return to work during the government shutdown, threatened to dock pay for absentees and offered $10,000 bonuses to on-duty staff.
UN human-rights chief said his office found credible evidence of mass atrocities in El Fasher, as medics accused RSF of burning bodies and commentators alleged Emirati arms aided attackers.
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A Paris court freed former French president Nicolas Sarkozy after three weeks in prison and placed him under judicial supervision while he awaited appeal of his Libyan‑financing conviction.
Ukraine's anti-corruption bureau carried out large raids across the energy sector, searching properties tied to the justice minister and Zelensky's associate, alleging kickbacks at state nuclear operator Energoatom.
President Donald Trump said Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene had “lost her way” after she publicly accused the White House of prioritizing foreign affairs over domestic issues.
A whistleblower told House Democrats that Ghislaine Maxwell, serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking, was preparing a commutation application to the Trump administration and had received special prison treatment.
Iraqis voted to elect a new parliament amid U.S. pressure to curb Iran-backed militias and widespread concern about historically low turnout and shifting sectarian power balances.
Thailand suspended a recently signed ceasefire with Cambodia after a landmine blast injured Thai soldiers near the border, and Cambodian authorities denied having newly laid mines.
The UN refugee agency warned displaced people in Ukraine faced severe winter hardship as U.S. funding fell and Russian strikes damaged energy infrastructure, and it appealed for private donations.
France marked the tenth anniversary of the November 13 Paris attacks as officials and researchers said intelligence missed chances to stop the cell and highlighted a memory research program.
Donald Trump pardoned Rudy Giuliani and over 70 allies tied to efforts to overturn the 2020 election, a move legal observers called largely symbolic against state prosecutions.
Japan's prime minister Sanae Takaichi said Japan could deploy Self‑Defence Forces if a conflict over Taiwan threatened Japan, prompting an angry Beijing rebuke and, officials said, a diplomat's beheading threat.
The U.S. Senate approved a budget bill to end the government shutdown, passing 60–40, and lawmakers said the federal government could reopen later this week.
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Indonesia's president declared former authoritarian leader Suharto a national hero, prompting criticism from activists, human rights groups and victims' families over his regime's mass killings and corruption.
El Gobierno belga envió cartas a 150.000 jóvenes de 17 años para ofrecer un servicio militar voluntario de un año remunerado con 2.000 euros al mes desde septiembre de 2026.
Iraq held parliamentary elections today in a vote seen as a test of whether the country can end its political crisis and restore stability, with regional implications.
UN human rights chief Volker Türk said there were strong indications that U.S. naval attacks on suspected drug‑smuggling boats constituted extrajudicial executions, urging an impartial investigation.
A Dagens Nyheter columnist argued Sweden’s government was prioritizing a proposed benefit cap unlikely to raise employment despite some 500,000 people being unemployed.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz turned 70 and kept a subdued workday instead of large festivities, while commentators warned his coalition needed a political reset.
The judge handling the dana case in Catarroja dismissed a false‑testimony probe into journalist Maribel Vilaplana and declined to seek Mazón's restaurant documents, while ordering Presidencia to detail alert recipients.
Zohran Mamdani, New York’s mayor-elect, named Dean Fuleihan as first deputy mayor and Elle Bisgaard‑Church as chief of staff, while President Trump attacked him as a "communist."
Nicolas Sarkozy was released by a Paris appeals court under strict judicial controls that barred him from leaving France and from contacting 17 probe-linked individuals, including justice ministry officials.
U.S. forces struck two alleged drug-smuggling boats in the eastern Pacific on Monday, killing six, and U.N. rights officials urged an investigation amid claims the attacks resembled extrajudicial executions.
Sahra Wagenknecht zog sich als Parteivorsitzende des Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) zurück und benannte Fabio De Masi als ihren Wunschnachfolger, will aber politisch aktiv bleiben.
