Russia said on Friday it was open to dialogue with European countries but would not accept ultimatums, as signs increase that the EU may seek talks with
June 19, 2026
Switzerland said U.S. talks with
June 19, 2026
French police banned the Paris-based NCRI Iranian opposition from holding a rally on Saturday, saying there was a risk of clashes between activists holding
June 19, 2026
International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Karim Khan, who has been accused of sexual misconduct, has been suspended by
June 19, 2026
White House officials have for months delayed the release of a U.S. government report that outlines what it describes as
June 19, 2026
Lawmakers from more than a dozen African countries have pledged to push new bills restricting LGBT rights, after a conference in
June 19, 2026
Norway will open a consulate general in Greenland's capital Nuuk, headed by a Norwegian diplomat, Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said on Friday. U.S.
June 19, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Friday he would stand in any leadership contest, after potential rival Andy Burnham won a vote for a parliamentary seat to
June 19, 2026
President Donald Trump has insisted that the deal he has reached with Iran is superior to the one that President Barack Obama
June 19, 2026
Race for UK leadership looms after Prime Minister Starmer’s main rival Burnham wins seat in parliament
June 19, 2026
A new AP-NORC poll finds that Trump’s approval on Iran remained low, at 34%, even as a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restart negotiations materialized
June 19, 2026
The Czech Republic will not meet NATO's minimum defence spending target again this year, but will aim to meet it from 2027, Prime Minister Andrej Babis said on Friday.
June 19, 2026
France wants to play a role in talks dealing with Iran's nuclear programme and will not approve the lifting of UN sanctions unless it is satisfied by the terms of a final
June 19, 2026
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Friday that U.S.
June 19, 2026
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Friday that the country's election management system needed a major overhaul, calling a series of controversies involving the
June 19, 2026
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June 19, 2026
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June 19, 2026
Cambodia’s Supreme Court has upheld the incitement conviction of prominent opposition politician Rong Chhun but suspended the remainder of his prison sentence, allowing him to remain free while barring him from politics for years
June 19, 2026
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has set up secretive new cells in Iraq to carry out attacks on Gulf countries that host American forces, bypassing established
June 19, 2026
A territory-wide shutdown in Pakistan-administered Kashmir has brought daily life to a standstill after the region's deadliest unrest in
June 19, 2026
Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon killed at least 15 people on Friday, state news agency NNA said, while Israel said the attacks launched overnight were aimed at what it
June 19, 2026
Police have charged a third suspect with an arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue that was allegedly directed by Iran
June 19, 2026
The U.S.
June 19, 2026
Talks that had been planned for Friday between the United States and Iran at the Burgenstock mountaintop resort in Switzerland have been postponed, according to a Swiss foreign
June 19, 2026
KPMG Australia staff shared sensitive information about telecom firm Optus with another internal team bidding for an audit contract for its
June 19, 2026
Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, won a parliamentary seat on Friday, a vital step towards fulfilling his ambition to
June 19, 2026
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June 19, 2026
About a hundred Colombian guerrilla dissidents have surrendered their weapons as part of a peace process with President Gustavo Petro's government
June 19, 2026
Indonesia will halt the government's flagship free meals programme for children during school holidays and will also scale back the reach of the scheme, an official said
June 19, 2026
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June 18, 2026
A rapid expansion of Indonesia's sovereign wealth fund Danantara's mandate is entrenching its role as a key vehicle for President
June 19, 2026
Pakistani mediators spent weeks juggling late-night calls and competing drafts before a Qatari push
June 19, 2026
Zohran Mamdani sharply criticizes Democratic Party as he rallies with progressive challengers
June 19, 2026
The White House says Vice President JD Vance is delaying his trip to Switzerland to lead nuclear negotiations with Iran
June 18, 2026
Jonathan David scored three goals and Canada won its first World Cup match while all but securing a spot in the knockout round with a 6-0 victory over Qatar
June 19, 2026
Islamic Society of Milwaukee President Salah Sarsour, a Palestinian American detained by U.S.
June 19, 2026
A California labor union has offered to scale back a proposal to temporarily increase taxes on billionaires, but it wasn’t enough to get the governor on board
June 18, 2026
The U.S. has launched a trade investigation into a German plan to lower its spending on pharmaceutical products, to see whether it is unreasonable or
June 19, 2026
The office of Colombia's Attorney General has opened an investigation into former President Alvaro Uribe for crimes linked to the creation of a
June 19, 2026
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani plans to put World Cup matches on hundreds of kiosks across the five boroughs, as the city's leader who ran on a
June 19, 2026
The United States said on Thursday it welcomed a meeting between Jorge Rodriguez, the head of Venezuela's National Assembly legislature, and Dinorah Figuera, a former opposition
June 19, 2026
Cuban lawmakers unanimously approved sweeping reforms backed by the Communist Party and former leader Raul Castro that would privatize a
June 18, 2026
A federal judge has extended his block on enforcement of an Ohio law that would require children under 16 to get parental consent to use social media apps while a legal challenge proceeds
June 19, 2026
Democratic candidates in California have secured the two slots in a special general election to serve out the remainder of former U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell’s term
June 19, 2026
President Donald Trump has given the Medal of Honor to three veterans, honoring acts of heroism in Vietnam and Afghanistan
June 19, 2026
A police shooting in Senatobia, Mississippi, that left a 1-year-old child dead has ignited simmering tensions between police and Black residents in the town of 8,000
June 19, 2026
A South Dakota man whose sentence of life in prison was commuted by former Gov. Kristi Noem is now implicated in the death of his 14-year-old niece
June 19, 2026
Detainees at Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" migrant detention center have been relocated to other facilities, the U.S.
June 19, 2026
European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to renew sanctions against Russia over its war against Ukraine for another 12 months, a spokesperson for the chair of the
June 19, 2026
The northern English area of Makerfield votes on Thursday in a local election that could return Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham to parliament,
June 18, 2026
New Mexico legislators probing Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday subpoenaed U.S. Attorneys' offices in three states and the U.S.
June 19, 2026
Purple Heart Denial: One Vet's Mission to Change the System
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June 19, 2026
Many Lebanese from the country's south hope the U.S.-Iran deal marks the start of better times
June 18, 2026
U.S. gas prices have fallen to just below $4 a gallon on average, bringing some relief to drivers who have seen soaring costs amid Washington’s war with Iran
June 18, 2026
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said the state will exercise its right of first refusal to match Churchill Downs Incorporated's $85 million offer for intellectual property of the Preakness Stakes and Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
June 19, 2026
President Donald Trump believes that winning a second term in 2024 instead of 2020 has allowed him to return to the White House even more emboldened
June 19, 2026
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Thursday he and his team had a series of discussions on trade issues with U.S. officials at the G7 summit in France this week, including
June 19, 2026
The paint on Washington's newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Thursday was peeling away from the bottom and into the algae-tinted water,
June 19, 2026
A federal appeals court on Thursday overturned a judge's ruling that prevented President Donald Trump's administration from replacing a slavery exhibit in
June 19, 2026
Cuba`s prime minister on Thursday presented lawmakers with sweeping measures backed by the Communist Party and former leader Raul Castro that would privatize a vast swath
June 19, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that something should be done to stop mail-in voting in Utah ahead of the state's primaries next week.
June 19, 2026
Former U.S.
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Brent crude oil prices rose on Thursday after U.S.
June 18, 2026
Police in Chicago say a 21-year-old man has been charged with a hate crime, arson and other offenses for a cross that was set on fire in a park
June 18, 2026
Former President Barack Obama formally opened his presidential center in Chicago on Thursday with a call to defend democracy
June 18, 2026
Trump’s Iran agreement draws rare reproach from powerful Republicans
June 19, 2026
New book reveals how Trump compared himself to Mao, Stalin, Attila the Hun
June 19, 2026
Republican leaders on Capitol Hill are voicing strong reservations —- and some outright condemnation — of the Trump administration’s agreement to end the fighting in Iran
June 19, 2026
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced a six-month Pentagon review of American forces in Europe
June 18, 2026
More than $350 million from President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” has been quietly directed to White House security
June 19, 2026
Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said on Thursday he had authorised a memorandum of understanding signed by the Iranian and U.S. presidents, despite holding a different view,
June 18, 2026
A federal judge in Boston on Thursday ruled that Democratic-led states and voting rights groups could proceed with lawsuits challenging U.S.
June 18, 2026
Guyana's candidate to be United Nations secretary-general said on Thursday there is a collective responsibility to ensure the world body can continue to act as a force for good,
June 19, 2026
Slovakia's parliament backed the government on Thursday in a confidence vote triggered by a breach of the country's legal debt limits, but the move sharpened debate over fiscal
June 18, 2026
A diplomatic overture to the Kremlin by European Council President Antonio Costa has exposed divisions among EU
June 18, 2026
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is dismissing a criminal case that alleged President Donald Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and others tried to overturn Trump’s 2020 loss in the state
June 19, 2026
Several senior U.S. diplomats posted to the Organization of American States have quit or been fired amid clashes with a Trump-appointed ambassador,
June 19, 2026
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June 18, 2026
Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro is banking on a hard-line crackdown on crime to win over independent voters and shore up his base, as he looks to
June 19, 2026
A federal appeals court panel says the Trump administration can replace a slavery exhibit at George Washington’s home in Philadelphia
June 18, 2026
New Jersey Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr., who’s been absent from Congress since March with an unspecified medical issue, is set to return on June 30
June 19, 2026
The mother of a teenage girl who died after doctors in the Dominican Republic delayed treating her for cancer because she was pregnant is challenging the country’s strict abortion ban
June 19, 2026
Vice President JD Vance has embraced the role of being the chief defender of the agreement he and President Donald Trump signed with Iran over the weekend
June 18, 2026
Major stock indexes climbed on Thursday as semiconductor shares jumped, while Brent oil touched its lowest level in weeks before finishing
June 18, 2026
Right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori was on track on Thursday to win Peru's presidency by a narrow but growing margin, with only 0.6% of votes left to be
June 18, 2026
The White House provided a copy of the interim U.S.-Iran agreement to the U.S.
June 18, 2026
Ukraine's allies have announced contributions to NATO's Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List programme for $1 billion at a meeting of the Ukraine
June 18, 2026
The U.S. government on Thursday announced sanctions against Lebanese officials it said were aligned with Hezbollah and members of the previously sanctioned Alaa Hassan
June 18, 2026
The U.S.-Iran agreement — the first signed by an American and an Iranian president since Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution — is being hailed by its backers as
June 18, 2026
Colombia's next president must regain territorial control from illegal armed groups who gained ground under the current government, while also working
June 18, 2026
White House staff bids farewell to planes used as Air Force One for more than 35 years
June 19, 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron's effort to court U.S. President Donald Trump culminated in a surprise moment at the Versailles Palace
June 18, 2026
The Supreme Court has ruled against a broad federal ban on gun ownership by marijuana users
June 18, 2026
RFK Jr. visits Michigan to announce $700M plan to fight drug addiction and homelessness
June 18, 2026
Juneteenth Eats: The history behind traditional foods eaten on the holiday
June 18, 2026
A bipartisan bill top lawmakers and athletic leaders have described as the best chance to stabilize college sports has cleared a major hurdle in the Senate
June 18, 2026
Emmerson Mnangagwa's political skills may have earned him the nickname "The Crocodile", but it still took half a century of working under Robert Mugabe
June 18, 2026
The head of Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom on Thursday accused Ukraine of killing a key worker in a drone attack near the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia
June 18, 2026
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