The leader of Iran’s joint military command has threatened to halt trade in the Gulf region if the U.S. does not lift its blockade of Iranian ports, while U.S. Central Command says no vessels have made it past U.S. naval forces during the first 48 hours of the blockade
April 15, 2026
DNI Tulsi Gabbard sends criminal referral over Trump’s 2019 impeachment to Justice Department
April 16, 2026
With his previous insults towards African countries and his gutting of foreign assistance, U.S.
April 16, 2026
Human Rights Watch, in a detailed new report, says Chinese authorities are increasing pressure on underground Catholic communities to join the state-controlled official church while tightening surveillance and travel restrictions on all of China’s estimated 12 million Catholics
April 16, 2026
Paramedic groups say the Israeli military has killed four Lebanese rescue workers and wounded six others in three consecutive, targeted strikes
April 15, 2026
USC student who lost an eye at ‘No Kings’ protest disputes federal account of crowd warnings
April 16, 2026
Pakistan’s army chief is meeting with Iranian officials for talks in Tehran in the latest diplomatic move to ease tensions in the region and arrange a second round of negotiations between the United States and Iran
April 15, 2026
Reports that the White House has requested a ceasefire in the Iran war are wrong, press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Wednesday but added that
April 16, 2026
By Nazih Osseiran and Jihed Abidellaoui BEIRUT April 15 - Brothers Ali and Wael Sabbagh stood facing the remains of the building that contained their family home for more than 50 years.
April 16, 2026
Iran could let ships sail freely through the Omani side of the Strait of Hormuz without risk of attack under proposals it has offered in
April 16, 2026
A group of officials from developing economies launched on Wednesday the Borrowers' Platform, an effort backed by the United Nations to give
April 16, 2026
The U.S. envoy to the United Nations, Mike Waltz, appeared to torpedo the candidacy of former Chilean President Michelle
April 16, 2026
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday the Israeli military continued to strike at Hezbollah and was about to overcome what he described as the militia's
April 16, 2026
President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell from his separate seat on the U.S. central bank's Board
April 15, 2026
U.S.
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The U.S.
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A majority of the U.S.
April 16, 2026
U.S. stock indexes returned to new highs on Wednesday, putting fears of economic disruption driven by the war with Iran in the rearview mirror.
April 16, 2026
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has stepped up her criticism of the conservative-majority U.S.
April 16, 2026
Russia attacked Ukraine overnight and throughout the day on Wednesday with hundreds of drones and missiles, targeting port infrastructure in the south, killing two people and
April 15, 2026
The Trump administration expressed optimism on Wednesday about reaching a deal to end the war
April 15, 2026
The Ukrainian military is participating in consultations on the Strait of Hormuz, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday, adding that Ukraine's maritime defence
April 08, 2026
The World Bank is seeking to play a constructive role in aiding Gaza's recovery from the two-year war between Israel and Palestinian militants in the
April 08, 2026
U.S.
April 08, 2026
A personal envoy of U.N.
April 08, 2026
Brazil's government is preparing a new credit renegotiation program backed by federal guarantees to curb rising household debt, two sources with direct
April 08, 2026
Acting U.S.
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April 08, 2026
The world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R
April 16, 2026
The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it carried out a court-authorized disruption of a DNS hijacking network controlled by a Russian military intelligence unit.
April 08, 2026
U.S. stocks ended mixed on Tuesday amid signs of progress in negotiations as the minutes ticked down to President Donald Trump's
April 07, 2026
Protesters stormed the Kuwaiti consulate in the Iraqi city of Basra, police sources said on Tuesday, after a rocket attack fired from the direction of Kuwait killed
April 07, 2026
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday welcomed a ceasefire in the Middle East struck between the U.S., Israel and Iran, while criticising
April 08, 2026
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on Tuesday evening that his government would submit an economic emergency decree and a new tax reform bill to Congress to balance the
April 08, 2026
U.S.
April 08, 2026
Vietnam's top leader To Lam is planning a visit to China next week to meet his counterpart Xi Jinping, three people briefed on the
April 08, 2026
The Iran-aligned Iraqi armed group Kataib Hezbollah has released abducted U.S. journalist Shelly Kittleson, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday.
April 08, 2026
The FBI warned U.S. state and local law enforcement of an elevated threat posed by Iran's government to targets in the United States
April 08, 2026
Republican Clay Fuller, a former prosecutor endorsed by President Donald Trump, on Tuesday won a runoff election in Georgia to replace
April 08, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States will help with the buildup of shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.
April 08, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump told AFP on Tuesday that the United States had won a "total and complete victory" after agreeing to a two-week ceasefire deal with Iran.
April 08, 2026
U.S.
April 07, 2026
A U.S. historians' organization and a government transparency group are suing President Donald Trump to force his administration to comply with a
April 07, 2026
U.S.
April 08, 2026
Israel supports U.S.
April 08, 2026
The Trump administration is setting the stage to shift its war campaign toward a more economically focused effort aimed at choking Tehran into submission rather than relying on bombs alone
April 16, 2026
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected on Wednesday to announce a ban on access to social media for children under the age of 15, according to a government briefing.
April 08, 2026
Benin Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni is expected to make the leap from behind-the-scenes technocrat to head of state on
April 08, 2026
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will make his fourth trip to China in as many years this month, as had been widely expected, as Madrid seeks to build on its
April 08, 2026
EU leaders on Wednesday welcomed the two-week ceasefire agreed by the United States and Iran. "I welcome the two-week ceasefire the US and Iran agreed last night.
April 08, 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron said about 15 countries were planning to facilitate the resumption of traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the
April 08, 2026
China and Russia on Tuesday vetoed a U.N. resolution encouraging states to coordinate efforts to protect commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, calling
April 07, 2026
South Korea's presidential Blue House said on Wednesday that the government would do its best to ensure the country's ships can pass through the Strait of Hormuz as soon as
April 08, 2026
Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun pledged on Wednesday to channel the spirit of her party's founder Sun Yat-sen and seek
April 08, 2026
The Kremlin on Wednesday welcomed a two-week ceasefire agreed between the United States and Iran, and said Russia hopes that the U.S. will now have the time and scope to
April 08, 2026
Turkish authorities have detained 10 people in connection with Tuesday's gun attack near the Israeli consulate in Istanbul as the investigation widened, Turkish media
April 08, 2026
The U.S. and Iran have confirmed a two-week ceasefire following mediation by Pakistan. U.S.
April 08, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday he welcomed the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, adding that Kyiv was ready to "respond in kind" if Moscow
April 08, 2026
France plans to add a further 36 billion euros ($39 billion) to its defence spending between now and 2030 under an updated military planning law that expands
April 08, 2026
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit North Korea this week, his ministry said on Wednesday, signalling efforts by the East Asian neighbours to revitalise ties that
April 08, 2026
Peruvians will go to the polls on April 12 to elect a new president and members of Congress, following years of political upheaval, impeachments and corruption scandals that
April 08, 2026
U.S.
April 08, 2026
U.S.
April 08, 2026
Russia said on Wednesday that some political forces in the European Union were opposed to the re-election bid of Hungarian Prime
April 08, 2026
Hungary's opposition party Tisza is on track to win a two-thirds parliamentary majority in Sunday's election, allowing it to amend the constitution and key laws needed to
April 08, 2026
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday welcomed a ceasefire declared in the Iran war, urging its full implementation on the ground and warning against any
April 08, 2026
Italy will not send any ships to help police the Hormuz Strait area following a ceasefire between the United States and Iran unless it is authorised by the
April 08, 2026
The Norwegian Nobel Committee said on Wednesday it was condemning "Russia's attempt to criminalise Memorial" and to designate the human rights group, a co-recipient of the
April 08, 2026
Pope Leo on Wednesday praised the two-week ceasefire in the Iran war, hours after calling U.S.
April 08, 2026
Turkey’s intelligence agency played a key role in diplomatic efforts leading to a two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran, Turkish media reported on Wednesday
April 08, 2026
Iran could open the Strait of Hormuz in a limited and controlled way on Thursday or Friday ahead of a meeting between U.S. and Iranian officials in Pakistan, a senior
April 08, 2026
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday that Ukrainian intelligence assessments that Russian and Iranian hackers have joined forces, reported
April 08, 2026
Iranian authorities see the truce with the United States and Israel as a strategic victory, but they emerge battered and isolated with an
April 08, 2026
Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Wednesday after the U.S. and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire, sending crude prices lower on expectations that energy supplies
April 08, 2026
Iran will approach peace talks with the U.S. with greater caution than in the past due to a deep lack of trust, and the war will affect the future
April 08, 2026
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz spoke with U.S.
April 08, 2026
Almost every day for the last month, Hussein Saleh has made a somber pilgrimage to the plot of land in south Lebanon where his home once stood,
April 08, 2026
The United States will work closely with Iran and the two countries are discussing tariff and sanctions relief, U.S.
April 08, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Wednesday there was still a lot of work to do to reopen the Strait of Hormuz following the U.S.-Iran ceasefire, speaking during
April 08, 2026
Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, the speaker of Iran's parliament who has taken a more central role as Israeli and U.S. strikes pick off the Islamic Republic's
March 19, 2026
By Colleen Goko JOHANNESBURG, April 8 (Retuers) - Wealthy nations slashed their development aid in 2025, probably by record-breaking amounts, a debt group said, ahead of data set to be released on
April 08, 2026
U.S. carmakers say rules under consideration by Brussels could keep full-size pickup trucks including the Ford F-150, the Chevy Silverado and the
April 08, 2026
U.S.
April 08, 2026
Protesters calling for further government help to lower the cost of fuel clogged up busy thoroughfares and motorways with parked
April 08, 2026
U.S.
April 08, 2026
Bangladesh on Wednesday sought to increase fuel purchases from India, as foreign minister Khalilur Rahman made the new government's first ministerial visit to New
April 08, 2026
Former U.S.
April 08, 2026
Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip killed four people on Wednesday, including an Al Jazeera journalist, local health authorities said and the Qatari television network
April 09, 2026
President Donald Trump wants to see the Strait of Hormuz open up for oil tankers and other traffic without any limitations, including tolls, White
April 09, 2026
Italy summoned the Israeli ambassador on Wednesday to demand an explanation over shots fired at an Italian convoy in a U.N. mission in Lebanon, the foreign
April 08, 2026
The top U.S. general said on Wednesday U.S. troops stood ready to resume fighting if Tehran failed to strike a negotiated settlement as
April 08, 2026
Paraguay's President Santiago Pena on Wednesday appointed Oscar Lovera as the South American nation's new economy and finance minister, the government said in a statement
April 09, 2026
A Canadian opposition legislator defected to the ruling Liberal Party on Wednesday, leaving Prime Minister Mark Carney on the verge of a
April 08, 2026
The United Nations on Wednesday condemned a massive wave of Israeli strikes across Lebanon, saying reports that hundreds of people, including civilians had been killed and injured
April 09, 2026
Mediation efforts to halt the war in Iran were hours from collapse when Pakistan mounted an overnight
April 08, 2026
Mexico's Senate confirmed Roberto Velasco, the current undersecretary for North America, to be the new foreign ministry, assuming the role at a pivotal
April 09, 2026
Inside the sudden downfall of Eric Swalwell
April 16, 2026
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F.
April 09, 2026
Oil futures sank below $100 a barrel while equity and bond prices rallied sharply on Wednesday after the United States
April 08, 2026
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke to astronauts on the Artemis II mission on Wednesday, celebrating the first Canadian to fly around the moon and marking a lighter
April 09, 2026
The Republican-led Senate has rejected the latest Democratic attempt to halt President Donald Trump’s war in Iran
April 16, 2026
For months, New York Gov_ Kathy Hochul has resisted calls to increase taxes on the wealthy, beating back progressives who have hounded her from Manhattan to San Juan bellowing chants of “tax the rich.”
April 16, 2026
The U.S. Senate Banking Committee is no longer planning to hold a confirmation hearing for Kevin Warsh, U.S.
April 10, 2026
President Donald Trump's profanity-laced threats to wipe out Iran's civilization have led some Democrats to discuss attempting to remove him from
April 11, 2026
A U.S. team led by Vice President JD Vance left for Islamabad on Friday for weekend talks with Iran, even as both sides accused each
April 11, 2026
Top U.S. and Iranian officials gathered in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Saturday to hold talks that seek to end their war https://www.reuters.com/world/iran/ in the Middle
April 11, 2026
April 13 - EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hailed Hungary's election https://www.reuters.com/world/hungary/elections/ as "a victory for fundamental freedoms", and compared the ousting of
April 13, 2026
The Serbian army should create units with attack drones, President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday, as the Balkan country seeks to modernise its armed forces from its
April 15, 2026
U.S.
April 15, 2026
President Donald Trump’s budget director is telling Congress that it'll take a massive upfront investment to ramp up U.S. weapons production and build more ships, planes and drones
April 16, 2026
The departure of California gubernatorial candidate Eric Swalwell helps Democrats narrow the field in a June primary election, which could hurt Republicans who
April 15, 2026
Investors are banking on a positive new chapter for Hungary as incoming Prime Minister Peter Magyar insists there is no time to waste following his
April 14, 2026
The international community has failed in Sudan, British Foreign Minister Yvette Cooper said on the sidelines of a Berlin conference on the war in the country, as she called for
April 15, 2026
Election winner Peter Magyar said on Wednesday that President Tamas Sulyok would ask him at the inaugural session of parliament to form Hungary's next government, which
April 15, 2026
Hungary's election winner Peter Magyar, leader of the TISZA party which won a landslide victory in Sunday's election, arrived for a meeting with President Tamas Sulyok
April 15, 2026
China is employing ships and a barrier to tighten control of the entrance to the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea amid
April 15, 2026
U.S.
April 15, 2026
China and Vietnam should maintain high strategic clarity and prioritise political security, Chinese President Xi Jinping told his
April 15, 2026
Ukraine's Defence Ministry said on Wednesday it was introducing a new model of operations integrating drone warfare with infantry activity and pointed to successes announced by
April 15, 2026
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro are statistically tied in a potential runoff in
April 15, 2026
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Ankara was working to extend a ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, ease tensions, and ensure the continuation of
April 15, 2026
Australia on Wednesday said it would raise defence spending to 3% of gross domestic product by 2033 from about 2% currently, in response to the most "
April 15, 2026
South African opposition politician Julius Malema was back in court on Wednesday, as prosecutors pushed for him to be given the
April 15, 2026
The U.S.
April 15, 2026
Global shipowners are warning it is too risky to transit through the Strait of Hormuz, as US President Donald Trump’s naval blockade collides with Iran’s assertion of control over the vital waterway. CNN's Kristie Lu Stout reports.
April 15, 2026
The United States needs to reduce its fiscal deficit by about four percentage points of GDP from the current level of 7% and needs a robust, credible plan to do so,
April 15, 2026
The war in Sudan entered its fourth year on April 15 overshadowed by other regional and global turmoil, despite having created what the United Nations calls the world's worst
April 15, 2026
Pope Leo said on Wednesday that the world needs to hear a message of peace and coexistence, in remarks hours after U.S.
April 15, 2026
U.S.
April 15, 2026
Although Germany is not involved in the Iran war, the country is feeling its economic impact directly, German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said
April 15, 2026
Three large advertising agencies settled a U.S.
April 15, 2026
Leftist Peruvian congressman Roberto Sanchez shifted into second place in a presidential vote tally heading down to
April 15, 2026
U.S.
April 15, 2026
Colombia's Constitutional Court ordered President Gustavo Petro's government on Wednesday to return funds collected during an economic emergency that was declared
April 16, 2026
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte expressed optimism Wednesday that the alliance would successfully fund defence aid to Ukraine through the Prioritised Ukraine
April 15, 2026
The Trump administration dramatically reduced efforts to pursue tax cheats in 2025, government data shows, shedding tens of thousands of employees at
April 15, 2026
The Netherlands will spend 248 million euros ($293 million) on producing drones for Ukraine, Dutch Defence Minister Dilan Yesilgoz-Zegerius said on Wednesday.
April 15, 2026
Argentina reached a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund on the second review of its $20 billion program, the IMF said on Wednesday,
April 15, 2026
Pope Leo on Wednesday urged Cameroon's government to root out corruption and resist "the whims of the rich and powerful", in
April 15, 2026
Thailand has not yet decided whether it will increase its internal ceiling on a key debt ratio, Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas said on Wednesday.
April 15, 2026
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has enacted legal reforms allowing life imprisonment for minors as young as 12 convicted of homicide, terrorism,
April 15, 2026
The war in the Middle East has intensified strains on an already fragile global fiscal situation, with higher interest rates and rising energy prices
April 15, 2026
A woman has accused Rep. Eric Swalwell of sexually assaulting her, saying at a news conference that the congressman raped her in 2018 at a Los Angeles-area hotel. A lawyer for Swalwell responded in a statement that “Swalwell categorically and unequivocally denies each and every allegation of sexual misconduct and assault that has been leveled against him.”
April 15, 2026
The Kremlin's spokesman was quoted as saying on Wednesday that the United States had rejected its proposal that Russia take all of Iran's enriched uranium out of the country as a
April 15, 2026
Finance ministers from almost a dozen countries led by Britain called on the U.S., Israel and Iran to implement their ceasefire in full on
April 15, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his country's top priority is securing help to buy and build more air defense systems
April 15, 2026
Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday said Tehran's negotiators thought the U.S.-Iran ceasefire agreed to on Tuesday included Lebanon, but the U.S. had in fact not agreed
April 09, 2026
US and Hamas hold first direct talks since Gaza truce as ceasefire process stalls
April 16, 2026
Oil plummeted on Wednesday, falling below $100 a barrel, on hope of the Strait of Hormuz reopening after U.S.
April 08, 2026
Federal prosecutors made an unannounced visit this week to a construction site at Federal Reserve headquarters that is the focus of an investigation into a $2.5 billion renovation project, according to two people familiar with the visit
April 15, 2026
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday it would be unacceptable for ships to have to pay a fee to cross the Strait of Hormuz as Iran has suggested, and
April 09, 2026
A Washington, D.C., federal appeals court on Wednesday declined to block the Pentagon's national security blacklisting of AI company Anthropic for now, a
April 09, 2026
Venezuela's Acting President Delcy Rodriguez said on Wednesday her government will make a "responsible increase" to workers' income on May 1, as her administration looks to
April 09, 2026
Israel carried out its heaviest strikes on Lebanon since the conflict with Hezbollah broke out last
April 08, 2026
Myanmar's parliament approved a list of 30 ministers to serve in the cabinet of junta chief Min Aung Hlaing on Thursday following his appointment as president last week, with the
April 09, 2026
Donald Trump's dramatic climbdown from his chilling threat to wipe out Iran's civilization has exposed the limits
April 09, 2026
U.S.
April 09, 2026
Taiwan's parliament should pass a stalled special defence budget to send a signal to China and the world that it is serious about peace through strength, U.S.
April 09, 2026
Even as the U.S. and Iran seek to cement a ceasefire, Israel is seizing more territory from its neighbours in preparation for
April 09, 2026
A lawyer says guards severely beat and pepper-sprayed detainees at a state-run immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Florida Everglades
April 15, 2026
British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper will say on Thursday that shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, which carries around a fifth of the world's oil and gas, must be toll-free,
April 09, 2026
The ceasefire agreed by Iran and the United States must also cover military actions in Lebanon, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Thursday, adding France
April 09, 2026
Israel pounded Lebanon with its heaviest strikes yet on Wednesday, killing
April 08, 2026
Vietnam's top leader To Lam will visit China next week, Chinese state news agency Xinhua said on Thursday, as ties between the two nations continue to warm.
April 09, 2026
British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said on Thursday that Israel's pounding of Lebanon was "deeply damaging" and risked destabilising the ceasefire between the United
April 09, 2026
The tax filing deadline for most Americans is Wednesday, and President Donald Trump's administration is highlighting the impacts of Republicans' massive tax and spending law
April 15, 2026
Millions of Indians queued to vote in local elections in two states on Thursday, kicking off four key contests this month amid a war in the Middle East that has
April 09, 2026
Lebanon has spent the last 24 hours advocating for a temporary ceasefire to allow for broader talks with Israel, a senior Lebanese official told Reuters, saying it would be
April 09, 2026
European Union authorities should consider a temporary suspension of budget deficit rules if the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran flares up again, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
April 09, 2026
Pope Leo leaves on Monday for a visit to four countries in Africa, in an ambitious tour to urge world leaders to address the needs of the continent.
April 09, 2026
Birds not missiles should fly in the skies, Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun said on Thursday in Shanghai in a plea for peace, as government lawmakers in Taipei
April 09, 2026
Romania's centrist President Nicusor Dan appointed seven chief prosecutors and deputies late on Wednesday despite opposition from civil society and the country's top
April 09, 2026
China's foreign ministry said it hoped the "relevant parties can grasp this chance at peace and bring the region back to stability as soon as possible" after the U.S. and
April 09, 2026
The ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran should extend to Lebanon, EU's top diplomat Kaja Kallas said on Thursday, adding that Iran-backed Lebanese
April 09, 2026
Nearly six weeks of war in Iran have ended, for now, with President Donald Trump claiming victory, but the U.S.-Iran ceasefire locks in a harsh reality: an
April 08, 2026
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Thursday that restoring freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz was of vital interest
April 09, 2026
U.S.
April 08, 2026
The West African affiliates of al Qaeda and Islamic State have clashed in Niger for the first time, according to a statement from one of the groups, a
April 09, 2026
Woman's handmade tribute honors 58 fallen Vietnam sailors
April 15, 2026
By Bianca Flowers and Nolan D.
April 09, 2026
More than a million Sudanese refugees face drastic cuts in life-saving aid such as food and water unless donors fill a funding shortfall of over $400 million,
April 09, 2026
A U.S. court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal by former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez and ordered a prior judgment to be vacated, a court document showed, following his
April 09, 2026
A U.S.
April 09, 2026
Russia's Supreme Court designated human rights group Memorial as an "extremist" movement on Thursday, a move the group said marked
April 09, 2026
Pope Leo XIV is again emphasizing the need for peace and dialogue despite criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump
April 15, 2026
The Swedish government says a pro-Russian actor was behind a cyberattack on a heating plant in western Sweden last year
April 15, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's long-running corruption trial will resume on Sunday, the courts' spokesperson said on Thursday, hours after
April 09, 2026
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday that Israeli strikes on Lebanon violate the ceasefire agreement and would render negotiations meaningless.
April 09, 2026
Hungary's centre-right Tisza party leads Prime Minister Viktor Orban's ruling Fidesz ahead of a parliamentary election scheduled for Sunday, a poll showed on Thursday.
April 09, 2026
The Paris Public Prosecutor's office has dropped a probe into illegal drug possession against Rima Hassan, a French far-left member of the European Parliament, it said on
April 09, 2026
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni's relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump appears strained
April 15, 2026
‘Textbook blasphemy’: Notre Dame students surprised and dismayed by Trump’s feud with Pope Leo
April 15, 2026
White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Thursday that he was confident Kevin Warsh would start as Federal Reserve chairman in May and that he did not expect
April 09, 2026
Peruvians head to the polls on April 12, hoping to break a cycle of political turmoil that has prevented any president from completing a
April 09, 2026
Pakistan said Lebanon Prime Minister Nawaf Salam had sought Islamabad's support for bringing an immediate end to the attacks targeting Lebanon and its people in a phone
April 09, 2026
Nearly 200 organizations are urging the Trump administration and Puerto Rico’s governor to restore $350 million in federal funding that was meant to finance the installation of rooftop solar and battery systems for 12,000 low-income families across the U.S. territory
April 15, 2026
Beijing stands ready to work with North Korea to further improve ties, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his North Korean counterpart on Thursday during a visit to
April 09, 2026
Austria's foreign ministry on Thursday called on Israel to stop attacking civilian targets in Lebanon, and said the Austrian members of a U.N. peacekeeping force there must
April 09, 2026
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Thursday he did not want the NATO alliance to split over the Iran war but played down reported threats by U.S.
April 09, 2026
Israel has approved the establishment of dozens of new Jewish settlements in the West Bank, an Israeli watchdog group
April 09, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that he has given an instruction for Israel to begin peace talks with Lebanon that would also include the
April 09, 2026
Brazil will keep trimming its budget this year despite elections and will likely turn in 2027 to an unprecedented use of stricter
April 09, 2026
An Iranian delegation will arrive in Pakistani capital Islamabad on Thursday night for talks to resolve conflict with the U.S. and Israel, Iran's ambassador to Pakistan
April 09, 2026
Viktor Orban, uniquely endorsed by both U.S.
April 09, 2026
Dozens of states issued a joint statement at the United Nations on Thursday condemning "unacceptable aggressive behavior" toward U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon and calling for
April 09, 2026
Spain decried Israeli strikes on Lebanon as well as the broader war on Iran on Thursday, cementing Madrid's role as an outspoken critic of
April 09, 2026
American Airlines said on Thursday it aims to resume flights to Venezuela as soon as April 30 after winning approval from the U.S.
April 09, 2026
Hezbollah lawmaker Ali Fayyad said on Thursday that the group rejected direct negotiations with Israel and that the Lebanese government should demand a ceasefire as a
April 09, 2026
The International Monetary Fund needs to complete the 16th quota review approved in 2023 to ensure that it has "scary" financial
April 09, 2026
The U.S.
April 09, 2026
House Democrats are launching what they call an anti-corruption task force in an attempt to strengthen ethics rules and protect voting access
April 15, 2026
U.S.
April 09, 2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin's special envoy Kirill Dmitriev is currently in the U.S. and is meeting members of U.S.
April 10, 2026
U.N.
April 09, 2026
The United Nations says at least 250 people including Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi nationals are either feared dead or missing after a boat capsized in the Andaman Sea recently
April 15, 2026
The White House warned staff against improperly leveraging their positions to place bets in futures markets in an email on March 24, a day after President Donald Trump ordered a
April 10, 2026
U.S.
April 10, 2026
Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino on Thursday sought to calm tensions with China, striking a conciliatory tone a day after his foreign minister
April 10, 2026
MSCI's global equities gauge gained modestly on Thursday while the dollar lost ground and oil's rally narrowed, after Israel sought
April 09, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke with U.S.
April 10, 2026
U.S.
April 10, 2026
The U.S.
February 03, 2026
Here is what we know following Tuesday evening's dramatic reversal by U.S. President Donald Trump of his threats to attack Iran's civilian infrastructure.
April 08, 2026
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel told NBC News that the country has asked U.S.
April 10, 2026
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F.
April 10, 2026
The next president at the University of Michigan says he can’t take the job because of brain cancer
April 15, 2026
President Donald Trump said on Thursday Iran should not charge fees to tankers going through the Strait of Hormuz, which has been blockaded since the
April 10, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he is seeking direct talks
April 09, 2026
A Brazilian banker arrested last month on fraud allegations had paid millions to powerful figures across the political spectrum,
April 10, 2026
Venezuela's ruling party-controlled National Assembly on Thursday approved a mining law expected to open the sector to private and
April 10, 2026
Israel's military said on Friday that Hezbollah launched a missile at Israel, triggering air raid sirens in parts of the country, including in Tel Aviv.
April 10, 2026
U.S.
April 10, 2026
Trump says he’ll fire Powell next month if he stays in his role at the Fed
April 15, 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday said the Iran war must become a turning point for Britain after two decades of crises, and he promised to
April 10, 2026
Venezuela's acting president Delcy Rodriguez arrived in Grenada on Thursday for her first foreign visit since assuming power in January, images on state television channel VTV
April 10, 2026
Russia will never abandon or betray Cuba and plans to help the Communist island tackle energy issues linked to a U.S. embargo, a Russian deputy foreign minister was quoted as
April 10, 2026
U.S.
April 10, 2026
Americans could see a first-of-its-kind fight as
April 10, 2026
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the spring and summer months would be difficult for Ukraine as it would face pressure on the battlefield and also
April 10, 2026
Taiwanese officials are tracking what they view as a worrying rise in Chinese naval activity and military pressure against the island, even
April 10, 2026
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese held talks in Singapore on Friday with counterpart Lawrence Wong, in which they vowed
April 10, 2026
A court in Eswatini has ruled that the first five migrants the Trump administration sent to the African kingdom have a right to a lawyer, after they
April 10, 2026
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the president of Kazakhstan, said on Friday that a parliamentary election in the resource-rich Central Asian country would take place in August, but
April 10, 2026
Ambulances arriving at a Beirut hospital on Thursday bypassed the emergency room and drove straight to the morgue, where exhausted medics
April 09, 2026
First lady Melania Trump denied on Thursday that she had any relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and said she was not one of his victims, thrusting the
April 10, 2026
Trump recalls how Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death affected the Supreme Court as he discusses Samuel Alito’s future
April 15, 2026
Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni said on Friday he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and is undergoing treatment in China.
April 10, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump has discussed with his advisers the option of removing some U.S. troops from Europe, a senior White House official told Reuters on Thursday.
April 10, 2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced a 32-hour ceasefire over a two-day period for Orthodox Easter and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Kyiv
April 10, 2026
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto ordered prosecutors on Friday to file criminal charges against companies that refuse to cooperate with a task force he launched to
April 10, 2026
The Kremlin said on Friday that a visit to the United States by Russian President Vladimir Putin's special investment envoy did not mean that negotiations on a possible
April 10, 2026
Lebanon is facing a food security crisis due to Israel's offensive against militant group Hezbollah, which has disrupted supplies of goods and pushed
April 10, 2026
Ukraine and Russia are moving towards a potential deal to end the war, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing the top aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
April 10, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Friday that he discussed military capabilities and the logistics of moving vessels though the Strait of Hormuz when he spoke to
April 10, 2026
Mali supports Morocco's autonomy plan for Western Sahara, Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop said on Friday, becoming the latest African country to endorse Rabat's vision for
April 10, 2026
U.S.
April 10, 2026
Hungarians vote in a landmark parliamentary election on Sunday that is being closely watched in the European Union, the United States, Russia and beyond.
April 10, 2026
The U.S. and Iran are set to hold peace talks in Pakistan, which has been mediating, but remain deeply divided on key issues, even though President Donald Trump has said proposals
April 08, 2026
Ukrainian officials urged Russia on Friday to extend a ceasefire it announced for Orthodox Easter this weekend and restart talks to end the war, but people on the streets of
April 10, 2026
Germany's economy minister on Friday proposed higher tax breaks to commuters but dismissed proposals by the government's junior
April 10, 2026
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked to postpone giving testimony in his long-running corruption trial that was set to resume next week, citing
April 10, 2026
NATO member Estonia will refrain from detaining Russia's "shadow fleet" vessels in the Baltic Sea, worried that seizing oil tankers
April 10, 2026
Thousands of people have been killed across the Middle East in the Iran war, which began when the U.S. and Israel struck Iran on February 28
March 04, 2026
The Brazilian government on Friday announced a joint initiative with the U.S. to combat organized crime, involving the integration of data from Brazil's
April 10, 2026
When government officials hold prayer services, quote scripture and engage in religious proselytizing at the workplace, is it religious freedom – or an old-fashioned First Amendment violation?
April 15, 2026
East Africa's Djibouti is set to vote for a president on Friday, with incumbent Ismael Omar Guelleh expected to extend his 27-year rule after parliament removed age limits that
April 10, 2026
When JD Vance arrives in Islamabad for talks on Saturday with Iranian officials, it will fulfill a wish
April 10, 2026
Hungary's centre-right Tisza party leads Prime Minister Viktor Orban's ruling Fidesz ahead of Sunday's parliamentary election, a poll published by newspaper Nepszava
April 10, 2026
Sophisticated online operators are posting coordinated waves of content in the Telegram messaging app to spread fear about what will
April 10, 2026
The White House considered but decided against a national televised address by President Donald Trump on Tuesday about his ceasefire
April 11, 2026
Colombia's leftist government will propose a $4.39 billion tax reform to congress in the coming days, Finance Minister German Avila said on Friday, though the bill is
April 11, 2026
Americans are souring on the U.S. economy to a degree never before seen, with the stiffest inflation in four years exacerbating the political risk for
April 11, 2026
Former Vice President Kamala Harris, who was the Democratic Party's nominee for the presidency in 2024, said on Friday that she was considering running for president again in 2028
April 10, 2026
China will "absolutely not tolerate" independence for Taiwan, which is the chief culprit in undermining peace in the Taiwan Strait, President Xi Jinping told
April 10, 2026
Colombia will raise tariffs on neighboring Ecuador to 100% from 30%, Colombia's trade ministry said on Friday, matching Ecuador's measure from a day earlier amid an
April 11, 2026
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met China's foreign minister, state media KCNA said on Saturday.
April 11, 2026
China and North Korea should further enhance communication and coordination in major international and regional affairs, China's foreign minister said in a meeting with
April 10, 2026
A panel of trade court judges challenged the legality of President Donald Trump's 10% tax on most imports, suggesting a large trade deficit might not
April 10, 2026
U.S.
April 11, 2026
Gavin Newsom faces growing pressure to intervene in a scrambled California governor’s race
April 15, 2026
President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday that the U.S. will have the Strait of Hormuz "open fairly soon" but did not elaborate
April 11, 2026
Donald Trump's Board of Peace has received only a tiny fraction of the $17 billion pledged for Gaza, preventing the U.S.
April 10, 2026
Iran's negotiating team arrived in Islamabad on Friday for peace talks with the
April 10, 2026
The U.S.
April 11, 2026
U.S.
April 11, 2026
A U.S. naval blockade of Iran is a major, open-ended military endeavor that could trigger fresh retaliation from Tehran and put tremendous strain on an
April 13, 2026
Resignations came quickly this week from two congressmen accused of sexual misconduct toward staff members
April 15, 2026
Taiwan's defence ministry said on Saturday that it spotted 16 Chinese warplanes operating near the island the previous day, around the same time China's president was
April 11, 2026
A U.S. government plane carrying top U.S. officials landed in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Saturday for peace talks with Iran, two Pakistani sources told Reuters.
April 11, 2026
Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is still recovering from severe facial and leg injuries suffered in the airstrike that killed
April 11, 2026
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto will depart to Russia in the coming days and is expected to meet President Vladimir Putin during the visit, Indonesia's foreign
April 11, 2026
Ukraine can play a useful role in international efforts to secure the Strait of Hormuz, Britain's armed services minister said, praising its drone technology
April 11, 2026
Dozens of boats carrying activists and aid for Palestinians in Gaza have set sail from the northeastern Spanish city of Barcelona
April 15, 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday that he had discussed the Iran ceasefire https://www.reuters.com/world/iran/ talks and the situation in Ukraine https://
April 11, 2026
The luxury five-star Serena Hotel in Pakistan's capital has become the unlikely venue for peace talks aimed at ending the Iran war https://
April 11, 2026
Irish police took action to clear protesters blockading the country's only oil refinery on Saturday after a senior government minister said protests over surging fuel
April 11, 2026
Designs were unveiled on Friday for a 250-foot (76-meter) arch in Washington sought by U.S.
April 11, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that many tanker ships are en route to the United States to transport oil and gas to other countries.
April 11, 2026
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro have remained statistically tied in a potential runoff in the October general elections, a
April 11, 2026
Britain's government said on Saturday it had put on hold its deal to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands - home to the U.S.-
April 11, 2026
The U.S. military said on Saturday that it had started “setting conditions" for clearing mines in the Strait of Hormuz, with two U.S. warships passing through the key
April 11, 2026
Czech and Slovak leaders backed Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Saturday on the eve of Hungary's parliamentary election, saying he was the best choice for the country's
April 11, 2026
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Roelf Meyer as the country's ambassador to the United States
April 15, 2026
Pope Leo https://www.reuters.com/world/pope/ on Saturday urged world leaders to end what he called the "madness of war," in an impassioned appeal
April 11, 2026
U.S. intelligence indicates China is preparing to deliver new air defense systems to Iran within the next few weeks, CNN reported late on Friday, citing three people familiar
April 11, 2026
Police said on Saturday they had arrested 523 people at a protest in London's Trafalgar Square opposing Britain's banning of the Palestine Action group.
April 11, 2026
At least 30 people were killed on Saturday in a stampede in the northern countryside of Haiti, authorities said, warning that the death toll could
April 12, 2026
Costa Rica on Saturday received the first group of migrants from other countries deported from the United States under an agreement signed in March
April 12, 2026
Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar says the country's president has assured him that his new government could take power in the first week of May
April 15, 2026
The top U.S. diplomat in Taiwan said China should abandon its threats and military pressure against Taiwan and talk to the island's leaders as that would avoid
April 12, 2026
CNN's Lauren Fox reports on Reps. Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales resigning from Congress, moments before their House colleagues were prepared to set in motion their swift removal.
April 15, 2026
China on Sunday unveiled 10 new incentive measures for Taiwan, including easing tourist curbs, allowing in "healthy" television dramas and facilitating food sales,
April 12, 2026
Hungarians will write history at an election on Sunday when they choose "between East and West" and the opposition Tisza party will win the vote, party leader Peter
April 12, 2026
Israel's far-right police minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem on Sunday, saying he was seeking greater access for
April 12, 2026
The Philippines said on Sunday that any decision to pursue oil and gas cooperation with China would be made strictly in line with its constitution and respect its
April 12, 2026
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will visit Brunei and Malaysia this week, continuing diplomatic efforts to secure fuel supplies from Asian allies after
April 12, 2026
Saudi Arabia said on Sunday it had summoned Iraq's ambassador over what it described as threats targeting the kingdom and other Gulf states from drones launched from Iraqi
April 12, 2026
U.S.
April 12, 2026
President Donald Trump said on Sunday the U.S.
April 12, 2026
‘Remigration’ and Russian lessons: German far-right party promises radical measures if elected
April 15, 2026
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday that any military vessels attempting to approach the Strait of Hormuz will be considered a violation of the two-week U.S.
April 12, 2026
Irish police on Sunday cleared tractors and trucks that had been blocking traffic and blockading oil infrastructure across the country during a wave of
April 12, 2026
Djibouti's President Ismael Omar Guelleh nL8N3W50Q9 has won re-election with 97.8% of the vote, state-owned Radio Television Djibouti said on Saturday, handing him a
April 11, 2026
Dearborn, Michigan, home to the nation's largest Arab American community, is grappling with ongoing crises
April 15, 2026
Hungary's opposition centre-right Tisza party appeared on track to win Sunday's national election https://www.reuters.com/world/hungary/elections/, partial results
April 13, 2026
Right-leaning candidate Keiko Fujimori is leading Peru's presidential vote with 16.6%, an early exit poll by Ipsos Peru showed on Sunday.
April 13, 2026
When Peter Magyar was a child, he taped a photo of Viktor Orban nL8N3ZL0R8, then an anti-Communist firebrand, on his bedroom wall, thrilled by Hungary's
April 13, 2026
Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a key opponent of European Union efforts to help Ukraine fend off Russia's invasion, lost power after 16 years on Sunday
April 13, 2026
U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell said on Sunday he is suspending his campaign for California governor as he deals with sexual assault allegations.
April 13, 2026
Peter Magyar's landslide victory in Sunday's Hungarian election has handed his centre-right Tisza party a sweeping mandate that
April 13, 2026
Right-leaning candidate Rafael Lopez Aliaga is leading Peru's presidential race with 23.4% of the votes, early results of the official vote count showed Sunday.
April 13, 2026
They're called meat raffles, and they're a tradition in a few pockets of the U.S. They're featured mainly at neighborhood bars or at American Legion or VFW posts in Minnesota, Wisconsin and New York state
April 15, 2026
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te will visit Eswatini next week, his office said on Monday, the island's last remaining diplomatic ally in Africa.
April 13, 2026
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April 13, 2026
Haiti declared three days of national mourning on Sunday, a day after a deadly stampede killed 25 people during an annual celebration thronged by students and
April 13, 2026
Taiwan's engagement with China on looser controls proposed by Beijing for trade and tourism should be led by the government rather than private party-to-party contacts, a
April 13, 2026
Italy's economic vulnerabilities are being laid bare by war in the Middle East, with Rome's heavy reliance on imported energy and the threat of rising
April 13, 2026
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk agreed on Monday to upgrade ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership, with the leaders
April 13, 2026
Benin's finance minister Romuald Wadagni was expected to coast to victory in a presidential election on Sunday, buoyed by strong economic growth and the absence of a
April 12, 2026
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico congratulated Hungary's incoming leader, Peter Magyar, on Monday, offering "intensive cooperation", while expressing gratitude to outgoing Prime
April 13, 2026
Russia and Ukraine accused each other L1N40U064 on Sunday of breaching the 32-hour ceasefire L1N40S124 in their four-year war, reporting more than a thousand drone
April 12, 2026
Indonesia and the United States are discussing a proposal to give U.S. military aircraft access over Indonesian
April 13, 2026
Millions of people in Sudan are surviving on just one meal a day, as the country's food crisis deepens and threatens to spread, according to a report
April 13, 2026
Hungary's election shows that Europe is not on an inevitable path toward authoritarian rule, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Monday, after the center-right Tisza
April 13, 2026
The United States and Australia joined the Philippines for their second joint maritime exercises in the South China Sea this year, amid tensions with China in the disputed
April 13, 2026
Worried about the midterms, Republicans mobilize rural Virginia voters against redistricting
April 15, 2026
Nearly two-thirds of Israelis oppose the Iran https://www.reuters.com/world/iran/ ceasefire but the public is divided over whether Israel should respect
April 13, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday that whatever the pressure, Britain would not be dragged into the Iran war nor be involved in a blockade of the Strait
April 13, 2026
Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Monday he hoped two former Polish ministers who were granted political asylum in Hungary would be sent home to face justice
April 13, 2026
A separatist alliance in Cameroon's English-speaking regions said it would observe a three-day "safe travel passage" later this week to allow
April 13, 2026
Ghana said France was open to having discussions with a coalition of countries that are calling for reparations for transatlantic slavery, following a meeting
April 13, 2026
(This April 11 story has been repeated without any changes to the text.)
April 12, 2026
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has sparked a diplomatic row with Israel and criticism at home after comparing Israeli military actions against
April 13, 2026
Polling station delays and early uncertainty over the runoff contenders marked Peru’s general election on Sunday, as voters chose a new
April 12, 2026
Britain and France will this week co-host talks aimed at restoring freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, including discussions on what President Emmanuel
April 13, 2026
Turkey's foreign minister raised concerns on Monday about Iran or the United States proposing any new regulations for transiting the Strait of Hormuz, and said he saw
April 13, 2026
By Mike Dolan April 13 - What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan https://www.reuters.com/authors/mike-dolan/, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets Oil prices zoomed back above
April 13, 2026
Turkey said on Monday that NATO allies should use their July summit in Ankara to reset ties with U.S.
April 13, 2026
China said a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz would go against the international community's interests and urged calm and restraint by all sides.
April 13, 2026
Social media platforms such as Instagram and TikTok need to take action to stop young users wasting hours mindlessly scrolling never-ending videos, British Prime Minister
April 13, 2026
U.S.
April 13, 2026
Fifteen years after far-right fanatic Anders Behring Breivik detonated a bomb damaging much of Norway's government quarters, the prime minister and his
April 13, 2026
Pope Leo https://www.reuters.com/world/pope/ blasted violations of international law by "neocolonial" world powers in a forceful speech on Monday during
April 13, 2026
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday said China should take on a more substantial role with issues including climate change, security, defense and the fight
April 13, 2026
A Nigerian airstrike at a village market in which more than 200 people are feared dead is the latest incident in which the military has hit civilian targets while pursuing
April 13, 2026
Wall Street's main indexes opened lower on Monday after weekend talks between the U.S. and Iran failed to deliver a deal nL6N40V09S to end the war, threatening a nascent recovery
April 13, 2026
European Union's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Monday that the situation in the Strait of Hormuz is a clear point in favour of a "strong international
April 13, 2026
U.S.
April 13, 2026
Hungary’s election-winner Peter Magyar said on Wednesday he would need to hold talks with the leadership of oil company MOL, adding that ensuring fuel security would be
April 15, 2026
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha held a call with his Israeli counterpart Gideon Sa'ar to discuss a Russian vessel carrying what he described as grain stolen from Ukraine
April 15, 2026
An international conference to raise funding commitments for Sudan has produced pledges of more than 1.5 billion euros ($1.77 billion)
April 15, 2026
Two U.S. families have gone to Italy's highest court to challenge a law limiting citizenship claims to Italian descendants removed by more than two generations
April 14, 2026
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday said the current ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran is "very fragile" and urged the global community to "unequivocally oppose
April 13, 2026
Ukraine welcomed with relief on Monday the defeat
April 13, 2026
Hungarian election winner nL8N40W0GT Peter Magyar vowed on Monday to change the constitution in a drive to restore democratic standards, following a landslide victory
April 13, 2026
Global financial policy makers gather in Washington for the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group Spring Meetings this week against the backdrop of yet another
April 13, 2026
Russian hardliners cast Viktor Orban's defeat in Hungary as a serious blow that would unlock EU funds for Ukraine to fight
April 13, 2026
NATO allies said on Monday they would not get involved in U.S.
April 13, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Iran wants to make a deal and that he will not come to any agreement that allows Tehran to have a nuclear weapon.
April 13, 2026
Oil prices climbed about 4% on Monday after the U.S. military began a blockade nL6N40V09S of ships leaving Iran's ports, drawing threatened retaliation
April 13, 2026
The U.S. military on Monday detailed the boundaries of its Strait of Hormuz blockade, saying it would extend east to the
April 13, 2026
A federal judge on Monday dismissed Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-sues-wall-street-journal-over-epstein-
April 13, 2026
A Minnesota county is investigating an arrest by federal agents who allegedly broke into a St.
April 14, 2026
Former Brazilian intelligence chief Alexandre Ramagem has been detained by ICE in the United States, the agency reported on its website on Monday, after he fled Brazil
April 13, 2026
U.S.
April 14, 2026
The Trump administration has agreed to restore a large rainbow Pride flag to New York’s Stonewall National Monument, reversing its decision to remove
April 14, 2026
Why are some ships going through the Strait of Hormuz during a blockade?
April 15, 2026
Hungary's election winner Peter Magyar said on Wednesday his cabinet could be sworn in by mid-May and take quick
April 15, 2026
Russia is ready to increase energy supplies to China ahead of an expected visit by President Vladimir Putin, Russian news agencies quoted Foreign Minister Sergei
April 15, 2026
(In April 11 story, deletes reference to CFO in third paragraph from bottom and attributes information on pawn-loan transactions to EZCORP.)
April 11, 2026
The sole opposition candidate in Benin's presidential election, Paul Hounkpe, has conceded defeat to Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni following the vote in the West
April 13, 2026
Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem on Monday called on the Lebanese government to cancel a Tuesday meeting between the Lebanese and Israeli ambassadors in Washington, describing
April 14, 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron hosted talks on Monday in Paris with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/nobel-peace-
April 13, 2026
The International Committee of the Red Cross said it was deeply
April 13, 2026
Israeli troops launched an attack on Monday to seize a key town in south Lebanon from Hezbollah fighters holed
April 13, 2026
President Donald Trump had McDonald's food delivered to the Oval Office on Monday in a bid to promote his lowering of taxes on tips, and handed the driver what
April 14, 2026
Chinese President Xi Jinping has praised the stability and certainty of China-Russia relations, calling them precious in the face of an international landscape intertwined with changes and chaos
April 15, 2026
U.S.
April 14, 2026
Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Monday said his country would not impose 100% tariffs on imports from Ecuador, reversing an announcement nL1N40T0UH made last week by
April 14, 2026
North Korea conducted another test of strategic cruise missiles and anti-warship missiles on Sunday as part of operational efficiency trials of its
April 14, 2026
Police lobbed tear gas shells and used "minimum force" on Monday to quell a factory workers' protest in the Indian national capital's suburb of
April 13, 2026
The U.S. military began a blockade of Iran's ports on Monday, President Donald Trump said, and Tehran threatened to
April 13, 2026
Israeli and Lebanese envoys will meet for U.S.-mediated talks in Washington on Tuesday as U.S.
April 10, 2026
U.S.
April 15, 2026
China and Russia must trust and support each other, deepen cooperation and defend each other's interests, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday, assuring Moscow of
April 15, 2026
Philippine National Security Adviser Eduardo Ano has resigned due to health reasons, a Palace official said on Wednesday, and will be replaced by former military chief
April 15, 2026
When anti-government protests began in Georgia in late 2024, Luka Mishveladze started sleeping on the floor at his university building to be closer
April 15, 2026
Wall Street stocks rose and oil retreated from highs above $100 a barrel on Monday as the U.S. said it continued to engage with Tehran to make a deal even
April 13, 2026
Dozens of protesters were detained by police in New York City on Monday during demonstrations calling for the blocking of arms sales to Israel and an
April 14, 2026
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April 14, 2026
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April 14, 2026
After a sleepless and at times tense night in Islamabad, Iranian and U.S.
April 14, 2026
South Korea will begin construction of a presidential office in the administrative city of Sejong in August next year, the presidential Blue House said on
April 14, 2026
Peru’s presidential race remained wide open on Monday, with roughly half the ballots still uncounted after a second day of extended
April 13, 2026
The United States made a lot of progress in talks with Iran, U.S. Vice President JD Vance said in an interview on Fox News' Special Report with Bret Baier on Monday.
April 14, 2026
The international rule of law must be upheld for peace and stability to prevail in the Middle East, China's President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday, in a rebuke
April 14, 2026
Pope Leo told Reuters on Monday that he plans to continue speaking out against
April 13, 2026
The latest round of military drills involving the Philippines, the United States and several partner nations will underscore Washington's "ironclad"
April 14, 2026
Europe and China must forge closer ties to counter threats to multilateralism, Spanish Premier Pedro Sanchez said on Tuesday after meeting Chinese
April 14, 2026
Negotiating teams from the U.S. and Iran could return to Pakistan later this week to resume negotiations to end the war in the Gulf
April 14, 2026
There have been no discussions between Qatar and Iran over the payment of funds to stop Iranian attacks on Qatar and any suggestions that such discussions took place are
April 14, 2026
Prosecutors from U.S.
April 15, 2026
The White House is considering nominating former Deputy Surgeon General Erica Schwartz to run the Centers for Disease Control
April 15, 2026
British finance minister Rachel Reeves said on Tuesday she was "very frustrated and angry" over what she said was the United States' failure to have a clear exit plan or
April 14, 2026
The SAVE America Act looks set to die in Congress, but 23 mostly Republican-led U.S. states have recently changed their voting procedures to mirror key aspects of
April 14, 2026
Hungarian election https://www.reuters.com/world/hungary/elections/ winner Peter Magyar nL8N40V06U promised on
April 13, 2026
The Kremlin said on Tuesday that it was pleased that Hungarian Prime Minister-elect Peter Magyar seemed ready for pragmatic dialogue with Russia and would base its own
April 14, 2026
Russian drones attacked Ukraine's Izmail port in the southern Odesa region and struck two civilian foreign-flagged vessels overnight and early on Tuesday, Ukrainian officials said
April 14, 2026
Nigerian police have arrested a 33-member gang over a November attack in which 38 people were abducted from a church in central Kwara state, police said on
April 14, 2026
By Mike Dolan April 14 - What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets Markets are clinging to hopes that there will be an eventual breakthrough in
April 14, 2026
Diplomatic meetings led by France and Britain this week to discuss a potential future multinational mission will be structured around a series of working groups, ranging
April 14, 2026
Pope Leo paid homage to his spiritual roots on Tuesday, travelling to the ancient birthplace in Algeria of St.
April 14, 2026
Euro zone growth will slow this year and inflation surge, forcing the European Central Bank to lift interest rates, even if the economic disruptions caused by the Iran
April 14, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Iran talks could resume in Pakistan over the next two days, according to an interview with the New York Post.
April 14, 2026
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni lacks courage and has let Washington down, U.S.
April 14, 2026
In a victory for Donald Trump, a U.S. appeals court on Tuesday blocked a judge from conducting an investigation into whether the Republican president's administration
April 14, 2026
Talks to end the Iran war could resume in Pakistan over the next two days, U.S.
April 14, 2026
South Korea's Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said on Wednesday a high-level Israeli offical said it accepted Seoul's explanation of President Lee Jae Myung's social media
April 15, 2026
The Iran war was meant to deliver a defining victory over Tehran that would secure Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's place in
April 14, 2026
Johnson’s razor-thin House majority narrows after Democrat’s New Jersey special election win
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Canada will suspend the federal fuel excise tax on gasoline and diesel from April 20 to September 7 to help consumers and businesses deal with rising prices, Prime
April 14, 2026
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Hungarian election winner Peter Magyar in a phone call on Tuesday that he believed Turkey-Hungary ties would progress further as he
April 14, 2026
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday called on former intelligence chief Alexandre Ramagem, who was detained by ICE in the United States the previous
April 14, 2026
Wall Street's main indexes rallied to close sharply higher on Monday as hopes for de-escalation in the Middle
April 14, 2026
Pope Leo warned of the risk of democracies sliding into "majoritarian tyranny" on Tuesday, in a letter issued by the Vatican two days after U.S.
April 14, 2026
U.S.
April 14, 2026
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday that she spoke with Hungary's election winner Peter Magyar and
April 14, 2026
Brazil's leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is narrowly ahead of right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro in a potential runoff in the October presidential election
April 14, 2026
Indonesia's foreign ministry warned the defence ministry in an early-April letter that an American proposal to give its military "
April 14, 2026
Britain suffered the sharpest cut to economic growth forecasts for large rich economies by the International Monetary Fund due largely to the Iran
April 14, 2026
Benin's Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni secured a landslide victory in the West African nation's April 12 presidential election, garnering over 94% of votes, provisional
April 14, 2026
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April 14, 2026
No ships have made it past a U.S. naval blockade of Iran's ports and coastal areas, and six merchant ships have followed orders to turn
April 14, 2026
King Charles will have tea and a private meeting with President Donald Trump during his U.S. state visit later this month, as the
April 15, 2026
A second woman came forward to accuse Eric Swalwell of rape on Tuesday as the California Democrat and would-be governor resigned his
April 14, 2026
The U.S. on Tuesday imposed sanctions on a well-known human rights activist in Mexico who has for years levied charges of human rights abuses against
April 15, 2026
Canada, the UK, Australia, Japan and six other countries condemned the killings of UN peacekeepers in Lebanon on Tuesday while calling "for an urgent
April 15, 2026
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April 15, 2026
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday the indication the United Nations had was that it was highly probable talks to end the Iran war will restart. U.S.
April 14, 2026
The Justice Department has asked a federal appeals court to throw out the seditious conspiracy convictions of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers leaders who were sentenced to prison terms for leading members of the far-right extremist groups in attacking the U.S. Capitol over five years ago
April 15, 2026
Diplomats are working through back channels to arrange more talks between the United States and Iran
April 14, 2026
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April 15, 2026
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April 15, 2026
Billionaire investor Ken Griffin warned on Tuesday that the world could face a global recession if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed for a
April 14, 2026
The Middle East and North Africa region is expected to have sharply slower growth this year as oil-exporting countries grapple with the fallout from the Iran war, the
April 14, 2026
The U.S. will not renew a 30-day waiver of sanctions on Iranian oil at sea that expires this week, and quietly let a similar
April 14, 2026
The Lebanese government made it clear during U.S.-brokered talks with Israel that they no longer want to be "occupied" by Hezbollah and that there were conversations
April 15, 2026
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April 14, 2026
Democratic Republic of Congo is set to receive more than 30 deportees from the United States this week, four
April 15, 2026
President Donald Trump's administration plans to launch next Monday the system it will use for issuing refunds to American importers for $166 billion the companies
April 15, 2026
Partisan legislation to fund Donald Trump's immigration enforcement activities through the end of his presidency in January 2029 could begin moving
April 15, 2026
A former NATO chief and grandee of Keir Starmer's Labour Party criticised the British prime minister on Tuesday for failing to adequately fund defence,
April 14, 2026
Israeli fire killed at least 11 Palestinians, including two children, in separate incidents across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday,
April 14, 2026
The U.S. military claims it has successfully begun enforcing a blockade of Iranian ports, escalating tensions with Iran
April 14, 2026
U.S.
April 14, 2026
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday named East Harlem as the first site for a city-run grocery store, choosing a neighborhood where the
April 15, 2026
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April 15, 2026
The S&P 500 flirted with a record closing high and other Wall Street indexes advanced on Tuesday, as prospects for new peace
April 14, 2026
The U.S.
April 14, 2026
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has suspended the fuel tax in response to the Iran war
April 14, 2026
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Tuesday her government had suspended a defence
April 14, 2026
U.S.
April 15, 2026
The first full day of a U.S. blockade on vessels calling at Iranian ports made little difference to Strait of
April 14, 2026
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has recently been taking a firmer stance with the U.S., defying pressures where other countries have caved
April 14, 2026
Donald Trump's son Eric, who oversees the family business empire, will accompany the U.S. president on his
April 14, 2026
The World Bank could mobilize $80 billion to $100 billion in funding over the next 15 months for countries hit hard by the war in the
April 15, 2026
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday the underlying U.S. economy remained strong and that growth could still exceed 3% or 3.5% this year
April 15, 2026
The U.S. military has launched a strike on another boat accused of carrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing four people
April 15, 2026
Justice Department moves to dismiss Proud Boys and Oath Keepers’ seditious conspiracy convictions
April 15, 2026
Candidates for California governor have gathered for the first time since U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell’s dramatic exit over sexual assault allegations
April 14, 2026
Republican Rep. Clay Fuller of Georgia is the newest member of the House
April 15, 2026
New accuser says Rep. Eric Swalwell sexually assaulted her
April 15, 2026
Historians suing Trump administration say National Archives won’t commit to preserving presidential records during lawsuit
April 15, 2026
Republicans in Congress are forging ahead with a risky go-it-alone strategy for funding the Department of Homeland Security
April 15, 2026
An aviation safety bill seeking to address lessons learned from last year’s midair collision of a jet and an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., was approved by the House Tuesday
April 14, 2026
A 15-year-old pleaded for his life as investigators say an elaborate plot lured him to his death
April 15, 2026
Swalwell says he plans to resign from Congress amid sexual misconduct allegations
April 14, 2026
King Charles to address joint meeting of Congress and meet privately with Trump on US state visit
April 15, 2026
President Donald Trump has again denied a request from Colorado’s governor to help people affected by wildfires and flooding
April 15, 2026
Democrats in Congress are trying to overturn the Trump administration's changes to a student loan forgiveness program
April 15, 2026
Lebanon and Israel have held direct diplomatic talks for the first time in decades
April 14, 2026
Esparto fireworks explosion arraignments delayed as victims' families voice frustration
April 15, 2026
Voters in Peru face a presidential runoff in June after no candidate won the weekend election outright
April 14, 2026
A California woman says she was raped by Rep. Eric Swalwell in 2018 and now plans to make a report to law enforcement
April 15, 2026
U.S. stocks rallied to the edge of their all-time high, and crude oil prices eased as hopes climbed that the United States and Iran may try again on talks to end their war
April 14, 2026
As Ben & Jerry’s celebrated its annual Free Cone Day on Tuesday, one of the brand’s co-founders was focused on a different sort of freedom
April 15, 2026
Did Donald Trump just commit ‘blasphemy’?
April 15, 2026
Israel’s new spymaster is a Netanyahu aide who believed war with Iran would topple the regime
April 15, 2026
Swalwell and Gonzales resign from Congress under threat of expulsion
April 15, 2026
Court orders DC judge to end criminal contempt inquiry into Trump officials involved in deportation flights
April 14, 2026
An appeals court panel has ruled that a federal judge must end his contempt investigation of the Trump administration for failing to comply with an order over flights carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador last year
April 14, 2026
Young Hungarians have played a crucial role in ending Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's 16-year rule
April 14, 2026
Visitors to the Vatican have criticized U.S. President Donald Trump for his harsh remarks about Pope Leo XIV
April 14, 2026
The Irish government has survived a confidence vote over how it handled a week of disruptive fuel protests that cut off oil supplies and caused massive traffic jams
April 14, 2026
Antisemitic violence worldwide in 2025 killed highest number of Jews in 30 years, study finds
April 14, 2026
The timeline is tightening as some states attempt to redraw U.S. House districts ahead of the November midterm elections
April 14, 2026
Fugitive former Brazilian intelligence chief released after being detained by ICE, associates say
April 14, 2026
Confirmation hearing set for Trump’s Fed chair nominee
April 14, 2026
Tax refunds are up this season, but polling shows that most Americans still think their taxes are too high, according to recent polls
April 14, 2026
Spain's government has finalized a migrant amnesty measure that paves the way for potentially hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants to apply for legal status in the country
April 14, 2026
Trump and Putin just lost their ‘poster boy’ in Europe. What now for Hungary?
April 14, 2026
Presidential records are the public’s property. The Justice Department wants to change that and revert to a time when presidents could do what they wanted with their papers, including burning them.
April 14, 2026
The Iran war has stalled the world’s economic momentum this year, likely pushing growth lower compared to 2025, the International Monetary Fund warned Tuesday
April 14, 2026
British leader’s complacency on defense puts country ‘in peril,’ former NATO chief warns
April 14, 2026
Ukraine and Germany say they are starting work on plans for the joint production of advanced drones and other battle-tested defense systems
April 14, 2026
Early voting points to an edge for Virginia Democrats trying to enact a US House map that could flip four seats
April 14, 2026
A proposal for a new Maryland congressional map has officially died with the conclusion of the state's legislative session
April 14, 2026
Olivia Troye, former Pence adviser turned Trump critic, launches Democratic bid for US House from Virginia
April 14, 2026
Pope Leo XIV responded to criticism from President Trump and defended his position of seeking peace and opposing violence amid the war in Iran.
April 13, 2026
A senior Hezbollah official says the Lebanese militant group will not abide by any agreements made in upcoming direct talks between Israel and Lebanon in the United States
April 13, 2026
DOJ ‘weaponization’ report accuses Biden administration of biased prosecutions against anti-abortion protesters
April 14, 2026
Orbán’s defeat is also a blow to his ally Netanyahu
April 14, 2026
Economists are putting a price on the Iran war fallout in Asia. It doesn’t look good.
April 14, 2026
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has secured a majority government, allowing his Liberals to pass legislation without the support of opposition parties
April 13, 2026
President Donald Trump says the U.S. military has begun a blockade of Iranian ports and coastal areas, and Iran responded with threats on ports in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman
April 13, 2026
Man shot by ICE agents during California traffic stop arrested by FBI after hospital release, lawyer says
April 08, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump says the American military has blockaded Iranian ports to try to force Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz
April 13, 2026
The U.S. military says it carried out another strike Monday on a boat accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people
April 14, 2026
Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell’s abrupt exit from the race for California governor left his rivals scrambling to lock down his former supporters in a crowded contest with no clear leader
April 13, 2026
US eyes potential second round of in-person talks with Iran as blockade takes hold
April 14, 2026
Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas says he will retire from Congress after bipartisan calls to expel him
April 14, 2026
A Brazilian senator said on Monday that the country’s former intelligence agency chief Alexandre Ramagem was arrested by ICE and is pleading for him to get political asylum in the United States
April 14, 2026
Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California says he will resign from Congress following sexual assault and misconduct allegations
April 13, 2026
Embattled GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales announces he’s stepping down from Congress
April 14, 2026
A majority of U.S. Catholic voters supported Donald Trump in his 2024 presidential victory
April 14, 2026
The big election over the weekend was in a small European country nearly half a world away from Washington, but the defeat of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has significant reverberations in the United States
April 13, 2026
Trump deletes social media post depicting him as Jesus but refuses to apologize amid tension with pope
April 14, 2026
A Minnesota county is investigating the arrest by federal officers of a Hmong American man as a potential case of kidnapping, burglary and false imprisonment
April 13, 2026
U.S. stocks rallied and recovered the last of their losses caused so far by the U.S.-Iran war, as hope remains on Wall Street that the global economy can still avoid a worst-case scenario
April 13, 2026
Dozens of protesters were arrested at a demonstration urging Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to block the sale of U.S. bombs to Israel
April 14, 2026
Hezbollah's leader has urged Lebanon to pull out of direct talks with Israel scheduled in Washington
April 13, 2026
President Donald Trump is refusing to apologize to Pope Leo XIV after criticizing the pontiff's opposition to the war in Iran
April 13, 2026
Peruvians still don't know the outcome of Sunday's presidential election after a ballot delivery issue forced authorities to extend voting by a day
April 13, 2026
Rep. Eric Swalwell said he would withdraw from the California governor’s race in the wake of allegations of sexual misconduct that led to a nearly immediate campaign collapse, as staffers quit and prominent Democratic supporters urged him to drop out.
April 13, 2026
San Clemente neighborhood officially removes racist housing covenant after nearly a century
April 14, 2026
Trump administration agrees to keep Pride flag at Stonewall National Monument
April 14, 2026
Paul Dans has ended his Republican primary challenge against Sen. Lindsey Graham in South Carolina
April 13, 2026
A federal judge has dismissed President Donald Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over a story on his ties to Jeffrey Epstein
April 13, 2026
Pope Leo XIV has arrived in Algeria for a first-ever papal visit, calling for peace amid the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran
April 13, 2026
Attorney offers free services to rape victims
April 13, 2026
How the US Navy could blockade Iran’s ports and sweep mines from the Strait of Hormuz
April 13, 2026
White House economists estimate the United States has a shortage of 10 million houses
April 13, 2026
Pope says he has ‘no fear of Trump administration’ after president slams his Iran war criticism
April 13, 2026
Hungarian election winner Péter Magyar says he would talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin but won't initiate contact
April 13, 2026
In an exclusive on-camera interview, a former staffer details her allegations against Rep. Swalwell, a leading candidate for California governor
April 12, 2026
A former Nigerian oil minister has denied taking bribes in exchange for government contracts
April 13, 2026
CNN's Will Ripley has exclusive reporting that sources tell CNN China will send weapons to Iran.
April 11, 2026
Péter Magyar has called on Hungary’s president to convene parliament to form a new government quickly
April 13, 2026
School boards have gained attention for taking on controversial issues, such as transgender students participating in sports, but much of their work is administrative.
April 13, 2026
A newborn baby struggles in a tent along Beirut’s waterfront
April 13, 2026
Pope Leo XIV reacted to President Trump's remarks about himself enroute to Algeria.
April 13, 2026
For the Trump family, business is booming
April 13, 2026
A new study says that 2025 saw the highest number of deaths from antisemitic attacks in over 30 years around the world
April 13, 2026
US approves potential $11.9 billion sale of integrated combat system to Germany
Blackstone-backed Liftoff files for US IPO
Justice Department targets leading US egg producers in antitrust case, WSJ reports
2 Alaska-based soldiers injured in encounter with brown bear during training exercise
Spirit Airlines seeks government funding amid rising oil prices, Air Current reports
Traffic and trepidation in the Persian Gulf could keep gasoline prices from dropping quickly
Ballesteros, Hoerner and Happ homer as Cubs hand Mets their 9th straight loss in 12-4 romp