Politics
President Donald Trump threatened to sue the BBC for $1 billion over a reportedly misleading edit of his Jan. 6 speech, after the broadcaster apologized and two top executives resigned.
The US Senate approved a 60-40 spending package to end the record-long government shutdown after eight Democrats joined Republicans, and the measure now heads to the House.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a challenge to its 2015 same‑sex marriage ruling, rejecting former Kentucky clerk Kim Davis’s bid and preserving nationwide marriage rights.
Donald Trump pardoned Rudy Giuliani and 76 others who sought to overturn the 2020 election, a federal-only clemency that does not block ongoing state prosecutions.
The United States partially suspended sanctions on Syria after President Donald Trump met Syrian interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House on Monday.
President Donald Trump ordered U.S. air-traffic controllers to return to work, threatening pay deductions and offering bonuses as the government shutdown caused widespread flight cancellations and delays nationwide.
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to intervene in a bid to withhold full SNAP funding, intensifying a legal fight during the federal shutdown that left millions without benefits.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday he would enforce ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon "with an iron fist" after the Knesset gave initial approval to death penalty legislation for terrorists.
Nicolas Sarkozy was released from a Paris prison under strict judicial supervision, banned from leaving France or contacting the justice minister as he awaited appeal of his Libyan funding conviction.
Israel's Knesset approved in a first reading on Monday night a bill allowing the death penalty for people convicted of anti‑Israeli terror attacks.
President Donald Trump promised to pay Americans at least $2,000 funded by tariff revenues, except high earners, while critics warned it could stoke inflation and faced legal hurdles.
Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist, won New York’s mayoral election last week, and his campaign said it reached young male voters through podcasts and YouTube.
BBC director-general Tim Davie and news chief Deborah Turness resigned after the broadcaster acknowledged a misleading edit in a Donald Trump documentary, and Trump threatened a $1 billion lawsuit.
Ukraine’s anti corruption bureau carried out large raids in the energy sector, searching properties linked to the justice minister and Timur Mindich over alleged kickbacks at Energoatom.
Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces seized El-Fasher in Darfur, carried out mass killings allegedly aided by weapons from Abu Dhabi, and pressed toward El-Obeid in North Kordofan.
Jared Kushner visited Israel to discuss with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a second-phase ceasefire plan for Gaza aiming to disarm Hamas and demilitarize the strip, though key details remained unclear.
Ursula von der Leyen offered concessions to the European Parliament to secure its support for the EU budget, pledging to preserve Common Agricultural Policy funding amid backlash.
Russia claimed it captured three villages in eastern Ukraine's Zaporizhia and Donetsk oblasts, while Ukrainian officials denied Pokrovsk was encircled and acknowledged supply problems.
President Donald Trump proclaimed a "Week of Anti-Communism" in the United States for Nov. 2–8 and attacked New York's new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, as a "communist."
Ghislaine Maxwell sought a commutation from President Donald Trump while serving a 20-year sentence at a federal prison in Texas, according to multiple reports and a whistleblower.
Justice minister James Timpson approved HMP Wandsworth’s use of AI chatbots to prevent mistaken prisoner releases, coinciding with EU rules requiring firms to disclose chatbot interactions.
President Donald Trump received Syrian President Ahmed al Sharaa at the White House, marking a diplomatic outreach to Damascus that signaled a potential shift in U.S. policy.
Indonesia declared former president Suharto a national hero, prompting protests from activists, human rights groups and victims’ families who said the honor whitewashed alleged mass killings and abuses.
The U.S. struck two suspected drug boats in the eastern Pacific on Monday, killing six, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said, raising the campaign’s death toll to 76 in 19 attacks.
A judge in Catarroja rejected opening a false-testimony investigation into journalist Maribel Vilaplana over her courtroom statements in the penal probe into the Generalitat’s handling of the 'dana'.
Former Finnish president Sauli Niinistö urged EU leaders to speak directly with Vladimir Putin to try to end the war in Ukraine, saying they should emulate Donald Trump's approach.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi defended her suggestion that Japan could intervene if China attacked Taiwan after a Beijing diplomat threatened to behead her, prompting outrage in Tokyo.
The League submitted about 400 amendments to Italy’s budget bill, seeking to expand a tax amnesty and curb survivor pensions for civil unions ahead of the Nov. 14 deadline.
Nicolas Sarkozy left prison in a police‑escorted car to attend a Paris hearing on his request for supervised release, as his wife Carla Bruni arrived.
President Donald Trump met at the White House with Syrian interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former Al Qaeda-linked figure, a day after the U.S. removed him from its terrorist list.
Belgium's Defense Ministry sent letters to about 150,000 17‑year‑olds inviting them to a one‑year voluntary military service, starting September 2026, offering €2,000 monthly.
Germany's Economy Minister Katherina Reiche unveiled an "Agenda 2030" urging structural reforms, subsidy cuts and a tighter state focus, saying the situation was serious and risking friction with the SPD.
Sahra Wagenknecht relinquished the chair of the Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht, naming Fabio de Masi and Amira Mohamed Ali as successors while saying she would remain politically active.
President Donald Trump pardoned Rudy Giuliani and 77 allies accused of trying to overturn the 2020 election, a move largely symbolic because it cannot block state prosecutions.
Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti faced praise from industry figures for pushing to make hyper- and super‑amortization tax incentives multi‑year in Italy’s budget, while unions condemned the measures as harming Italians.
Spain's Senate demanded Francina Armengol hold the Constitution Day flag-raising in the Plaza de la Marina Española on Dec. 6, after she opposed moving it from the Congreso.
Israel returned 15 bodies of Palestinian prisoners to Gaza under the U.S.-brokered ceasefire, raising the total handed over to 315, Gaza's health ministry said.
Sahra Wagenknecht trat als Vorsitzende der nach ihr benannten Partei BSW zurück, bleibt aber als Leiterin einer „Grundwertekommission“ innerhalb der Partei aktiv.
Kremlin officials denied that Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had fallen from favour after he missed a key Kremlin meeting and was omitted from Russia’s G20 delegation.
A Paris court released Nicolas Sarkozy from prison under strict judicial supervision after roughly three weeks in custody, with some outlets disputing the exact length of his detention.