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CNN chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour will leave the network next year after 43 years, she announced Monday. In a statement, the 68-year-old said she had decided to separate from CNN, her partner of 43 fantastic years, after…
2026-10-19 · 4 MIN READCBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford apologized on Sunday and deleted a social media post that praised a man who questioned Democratic Michigan US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed about the Muslim Brotherhood at a town hall the…
2026-10-18 · 4 MIN READUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday in Brussels that the Ukrainian military's Starlink satellite internet access has not been fully restored, calling the reported limits a "very dangerous and unpleasant surprise." The…
2026-10-16 · 3 MIN READIsraeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers harvesting olives across the occupied West Bank on Friday, beating a Washington Post photographer and injuring at least six people near Ramallah, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent…
2026-10-16 · 3 MIN READUkrainian forces said their access to Starlink satellite communications was throttled on Wednesday, slowing their drones, while President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine did not receive the partner warnings that usually enable its air…
2026-10-15 · 3 MIN READDecember oil futures declined Thursday as traders weighed signs of recovering Middle East crude supplies and a weaker demand outlook against persistent shipping risks around the Strait of Hormuz, The Wall Street Journal reported. December…
2026-10-15 · 3 MIN READElon Musk appeared to suggest the Trump administration was behind restrictions on the speed of SpaceX's Starlink satellite technology used by Ukraine's military, according to the Guardian's Europe Live blog on October 15, 2026. In a…
2026-10-15 · 4 MIN READUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told British broadcasters he feels personally betrayed by President Donald Trump after an overnight US restriction on Starlink satellite communications left Ukrainian military drones inoperable, The…
2026-10-14 · 5 MIN READIsrael is refusing to allow a US-led construction contract for a key Gaza military outpost to proceed, blocking the first building project authorized by the Board of Peace — the international organization authorized in 2025 by the UN and…
2026-10-14 · 4 MIN READThe Singapore-flagged container ship GFS Pride sank near the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday after being attacked the day before, with the Antigua and Barbuda-flagged Cape Dao reportedly also sinking close to the strait, maritime security…
2026-10-14 · 4 MIN READUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday that Russia has "never before shown such ostentatious disrespect" toward the United States after a night of strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure that left at least 600,000 people…
2026-10-14 · 4 MIN READA Pentagon report finds China's nuclear weapons stockpile is now over 600 warheads and is on track to surpass 1,000 by 2030, The Wall Street Journal reported. The Trump administration has quietly held talks with Beijing about the arsenal's…
2026-10-12 · 3 MIN READTaiwan's August allocation of more than $7 billion for drone spending over six years drew at least 13 U.S.-Taiwan drone collaboration agreements since September 2025, The Wall Street Journal reported. U.S. drone-tech startups — encouraged…
2026-10-13 · 6 MIN READBurnham told Parliament on Monday that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps were "almost certainly" behind the late-September incident near RAF Fairford, the firmest UK attribution of responsibility so far in the case. The prime…
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A Houthi missile attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Saturday killed 12 people, one of them an American, and left President Donald Trump forced to reconsider the diplomatic and political strategy he had unveiled the…
2026-10-11 · 6 MIN READThe Houthis on Sunday warned travelers and airlines against using Saudi airports, issuing their first public statement since a deadly attack a day earlier on Riyadh's main international airport, according to The Guardian's live coverage.…
2026-10-11 · 3 MIN READSweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland are sinking more money and manpower into defense and hardening their payment systems, supply chains and trade relations as Russia's threat to the region grows. Sweden's central bank enabled…
2026-10-10 · 3 MIN READThe Wall Street Journal published a video explainer Friday that attributes the Colorado River's deepening crisis to a century-old legal framework and an extended drought, and reports that a federal plan threatening deep cuts has ignited a…
2026-10-09 · 4 MIN READOil futures retreated on Friday after President Trump said the U.S. is not planning to strike Iran before the November 3 midterm elections, according to a Wall Street Journal energy and utilities roundup. West Texas Intermediate fell 0.8%…
2026-10-09 · 4 MIN READHouse Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Wednesday he is 'very confident' Democrats will win back the House in the November 3 midterm elections. He outlined a Democratic agenda that would reverse Trump-era Medicaid cuts, push back…
2026-10-08 · 5 MIN READEuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told EU lawmakers on Tuesday that exporters would get an extra year to comply with incoming European Union methane-emission rules, citing high fuel costs, according to the Wall Street…
2026-10-07 · 4 MIN READFormer Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon told the New York City Council on Monday that AI companies are "being extremely reckless" and that humanity is "more likely than not" to lose control of the technology, in testimony that opened the…
2026-10-05 · 3 MIN READGerman Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in Kyiv on Saturday for an unannounced visit, and Russia's North Bridge was struck shortly after his arrival, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko confirmed. The bridge, one of several connecting central…
2026-10-04 · 4 MIN READOman had previously banned the co-pilot whom FlyDubai hired for the route between the United Arab Emirates and Israel, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.
2026-10-02 · 3 MIN READThe U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned Iran's auto and rail sectors along with a Russia-linked financial network Iran uses to circumvent sanctions, CNBC reported Thursday. The measures target state-owned rail companies and…
2026-10-02 · 3 MIN READUS diesel prices hit an all-time high of $6.52 a gallon last week, while average prices across the European Union hit a record $9.63 a gallon this week, according to Eurostat, as wars in the Middle East and Ukraine have blocked shipments…
2026-10-01 · 5 MIN READElon Musk's America Pac spent $3.4 million attacking Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan's Senate race and $6.4 million opposing James Talarico in Texas, while also spending $1 million supporting Ken Paxton, The Guardian reported, citing recent…
2026-10-01 · 3 MIN READPresident Donald Trump dismissed an Associated Press/NORC poll showing 31% approval of his job performance as "fake numbers" in a Time magazine interview published October 1, while deflecting blame for misleading Americans about the length…
2026-10-01 · 3 MIN READUkraine struck an oil facility in Russia's southern Samara region overnight, alongside hits on a Russian vessel in the Black Sea and a drone launch and storage site in the Oryol region, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Thursday. The…
2026-10-01 · 4 MIN READOil futures rose Thursday as Middle East crude exports continued to recover toward prewar levels, with December Brent gaining 0.5% to $98.56 a barrel and West Texas Intermediate up 0.4% to $88.70. Major banks including Goldman Sachs, J.P.…
2026-10-01 · 4 MIN READDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday named Emil Michael, the Pentagon's undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, to lead Project Meridian, a 120-day Defense Department project on the future of warfare, with SpaceX CEO…
2026-09-30 · 5 MIN READDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday appointed Elon Musk to co-lead Project Meridian, a 120-day Pentagon task force studying the future of warfare, alongside Palmer Luckey, CEO of defense-tech firm Anduril, and former Republican…
2026-09-30 · 4 MIN READThe United States closed its last major military base in Iraq on Wednesday, ending more than 23 years of military presence that the Wall Street Journal reported cost an estimated $1.7 trillion. Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi's Wednesday…
2026-09-30 · 4 MIN READA display set up at the National Archives Museum for President Trump's Friday meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping was removed at the last minute after Beijing objected to the planned inclusion of the Treaty of San Francisco, three…
2026-09-29 · 3 MIN READEstonia's national security agency Kaitsepolitseiamet (KAPO) on Tuesday assessed that an arson attack on robotics firm Milrem 'was a deliberate and pre-planned act commissioned by Russian security services.' KAPO assessed the operation was…
2026-09-29 · 3 MIN READIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu invited the presidents of Paraguay, Panama and Bolivia to join a U.S.-backed initiative urging member countries to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, raising the proposal during a…
2026-09-28 · 3 MIN READLebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam told the United Nations General Assembly on Friday that a security vacuum could open in southern Lebanon if no agreement is reached on a replacement international force before UNIFIL's mandate expires at…
2026-09-25 · 4 MIN READIran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi has proposed a seven-day timetable to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and begin nuclear talks with the United States, requiring US action within the first four to five days. The plan would lift the US…
2026-09-25 · 4 MIN READDP World, the Middle East's largest port operator, has seen trade at Dubai's Port of Jebel Ali — the crown jewel of its global ports network — plummet 90% after the U.S.-Iran war effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, forcing the company…
2026-09-25 · 4 MIN READPersian Gulf states are divided over how to approach negotiations to end the U.S.-Iran war, with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates lobbying the Trump administration to maintain economic sanctions and the U.S. Navy blockade, while…
2026-09-25 · 3 MIN READUK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband told Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Thursday that Britain "will not tolerate intimidation, threats or hostile activity on UK soil," the Foreign…
2026-09-25 · 4 MIN READPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the United Nations General Assembly by recorded video Thursday after the U.S. denied entry visas to the Palestinian delegation for the second consecutive year. In his remarks, Abbas rejected…
2026-09-24 · 5 MIN READChinese President Xi Jinping used a White House summit on Sept. 24 to call for expanded US-China cooperation and regular military-to-military dialogue as a way to avoid the 'Thucydides trap' — the tensions that arise when an emerging power…
2026-09-24 · 5 MIN READNeriya Leiter, son of Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter, was seriously injured in a car ramming attack at a West Bank checkpoint on Wednesday, United Press International reported. He was evacuated to a Jerusalem…
2026-09-23 · 3 MIN READAustralian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in New York on 23 September and announced $60 million in additional Australian support for Ukraine's fight against Russia's invasion, according to The…
2026-09-23 · 4 MIN READUK officials said Wednesday there is no immediate route to adapt the UK's Chagos Islands treaty with Mauritius to satisfy US President Donald Trump while he remains opposed, with progress conditional on him changing his mind. The…
2026-09-23 · 3 MIN READSecretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday the Trump administration has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend the Group of 20 leaders meeting scheduled for Dec. 14-15 at the Trump National Doral Miami resort. Rubio spoke…
2026-09-23 · 4 MIN READThe Guardian reported Wednesday that President Donald Trump is pursuing a three-front push to reassert US dominance across Latin America, targeting Venezuela, Cuba, and Brazil's October presidential election. The newspaper also reported…
2026-09-23 · 5 MIN READPresident Donald Trump scolded a CNN anchor for covering his UN General Assembly address in New York on Tuesday, telling the anchor: "I'm surprised that CNN is here covering me. You should not be here covering me. You said you weren't…
2026-09-23 · 4 MIN READThree-hour talks between Iranian and US delegations at United Nations headquarters in New York, held under Qatari mediation on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, ended Tuesday without a confirmed shift in Tehran's position on…
2026-09-23 · 3 MIN READUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is scheduled to address the UN General Assembly late afternoon Wednesday in New York, a day after a meeting with US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the body's 81st session. Before his…
2026-09-23 · 3 MIN READUS President Donald Trump 'looked bewildered' and 'had never heard of them' when UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham raised UK sanctions on illegal settlements in the West Bank, according to a Guardian politics sketch by John Crace of their…
2026-09-22 · 4 MIN READFormer White House speechwriter Ted Widmer wrote in the Guardian on Tuesday that President Donald Trump's address to the United Nations General Assembly was "hollow" and "long on snarling belligerence and short on ideas or policy…
2026-09-22 · 6 MIN READLeaders at this week's United Nations General Assembly used speeches to renew calls for expanding the Security Council beyond its five veto-holding permanent members, with critics citing the body's failure to address the highest number of…
2026-09-22 · 3 MIN READDonald Trump said his relationship with the United Kingdom is 'more up' under Prime Minister Andy Burnham than under his predecessor Keir Starmer at their first face-to-face meeting at the UN General Assembly in New York on September 22,…
2026-09-22 · 4 MIN READPresident Trump told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that his foreign-policy record has delivered for Americans, casting himself in remarks covered by the Wall Street Journal as a man of action who has 'made peace' and…
2026-09-22 · 4 MIN READHouthi forces and Saudi-backed Yemeni government troops are fighting for control of the strategic Kahboub mountains on Yemen's Red Sea coast, with as many as 169 people reportedly killed over three days. The clashes come three weeks into…
2026-09-22 · 4 MIN READPresident Donald Trump is set to address the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday after days of social media posts on subjects from a planned Washington DC arch to artificial intelligence, according to The Guardian. His appearance is…
2026-09-22 · 3 MIN READPresident Donald Trump and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani met for one hour at Gracie Mansion on Monday in their third sit-down. The two discussed the New York Police Department, housing construction, and immigration enforcement while…
2026-09-21 · 3 MIN READThe U.N. General Assembly voted 152 in favor and three against on Thursday to allow Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to address the assembly via a pre-recorded statement, after the State Department declined to grant visas to…
2026-09-18 · 5 MIN READAll 193 UN General Assembly members are expected to vote Thursday on whether Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will be allowed to address this year's session by video, after the US State Department denied him an entry visa for…
2026-09-17 · 4 MIN READUS Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained veteran Nicaraguan journalist Luis Galeano in Florida on Monday morning shortly after he began his second job driving Lyft, according to his wife, Daykel Santamaría. As of Wednesday,…
2026-09-16 · 3 MIN READThe United States has decided not to intervene militarily to help Saudi Arabia reverse a Houthi advance in western Yemen, following a weekend meeting between US officials and Houthi leaders at the American embassy in Muscat, Oman, The…
2026-09-16 · 3 MIN READThe Congressional Budget Office has estimated that the space-based components of President Trump's "Golden Dome" missile defense system could cost as much as $542 billion over the next 20 years, adding a price tag to a program that…
2026-09-16 · 4 MIN READThe independent watchdog Global Witness documented 124 killings of nature and land defenders in 2025 — roughly one every three days — in its annual death toll. Latin America accounted for 85 percent of the deaths, with Colombia recording…
2026-09-16 · 3 MIN READU.S. forces fired 60 to 70 Patriot interceptors and more than a dozen THAAD antimissile interceptors to counter an Iranian ballistic missile attack on Jordan's Muwaffaq Salti Air Base last week, according to U.S. and regional officials…
2026-09-16 · 4 MIN READEuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is set to deliver her State of the Union address at the European Parliament on Wednesday with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in attendance, the Guardian reported in its live coverage.
2026-09-16 · 3 MIN READRussia fired about 200 drones at Ukraine overnight Monday, killing one person and injuring seven in Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials. The strikes came hours after President Donald Trump said on Truth Social that both sides had agreed…
2026-09-15 · 3 MIN READMilitary analysts told the BBC the United States' newly disclosed orbital weapon is most likely a radio-jamming platform, though more disruptive and riskier alternatives remain possible. Dr Rod Thornton of King's College London said Russia…
2026-09-15 · 4 MIN READChina's foreign ministry accused the United States of "preparing for war in outer space" on Monday after US Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink publicly acknowledged for the first time that the country has deployed weapons in orbit,…
2026-09-15 · 4 MIN READJulia Curlee, a former senior CIA officer who served across three administrations, said the Trump administration's purge of national security staff and its anti-trans policies left the US government "crippled" at senior levels,…
2026-09-15 · 4 MIN READA Russian oligarch with longstanding ties to Vladimir Putin paid hundreds of thousands of dollars toward Donald Trump Jr's wedding to Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson in the Bahamas in May, according to a ProPublica investigation…
2026-09-14 · 3 MIN READAnthropic CEO Dario Amodei called Saturday for the pace of artificial intelligence development to be slowed, drawing public support from OpenAI chief Sam Altman and Elon Musk. By Sunday, a former Anthropic researcher told the BBC that…
2026-09-13 · 3 MIN READChinese President Xi Jinping received a red-carpet welcome in New Delhi for the BRICS summit hosted by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his first visit to India in seven years and the most significant step toward reconciliation since a…
2026-09-12 · 3 MIN READThe U.S. national average price for diesel fuel crossed $6 per gallon for the first time on Friday, reaching $6.06, UPI reported, citing AAA. The new high surpasses the previous record of $5.82, set in June 2022.
2026-09-11 · 3 MIN READAt the 25th anniversary commemoration of the September 11, 2001 attacks on Friday, Terry Strada, national chairperson of 9/11 Families United, used her remarks at the New York memorial to demand accountability from Saudi Arabia 25 years…
2026-09-11 · 5 MIN READSaudi Arabia's Ministry of Energy reported multiple attacks on the kingdom's East-West pipeline on Thursday, injuring an unspecified number of people and prompting a precautionary shutdown of the crude oil conduit, Saudi officials said.…
2026-09-11 · 4 MIN READDeclassified CIA presidential daily briefs released on Friday, the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, include a September 12, 2001 report indicating the attacks had also targeted the US Capitol, according to The Guardian. The…
2026-09-11 · 3 MIN READOil reached $105 a barrel amid signs the conflict between the United States and Iran in the Gulf would not be resolved quickly, BBC News reported. The fighting has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, preventing Gulf oil and gas…
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