Politics
President Donald Trump flew to Egypt on Monday to co‑chair a Sharm el‑Sheikh summit with Abdel Fattah al‑Sisi aimed at finalising a Gaza ceasefire and planned hostage release.
President Donald Trump ordered the Defense Department to use all available funds to pay U.S. military personnel on October 15 despite the ongoing federal government shutdown.
The director of the Nobel Institute in Oslo said he suspected espionage after unusually large online bets on María Corina Machado preceded her Nobel Peace Prize win.
The Trump administration moved to restore scores of CDC experts mistakenly dismissed in recent government shutdown cuts, officials said, though it was unclear when hundreds of staff would return.
A truce between Israel and Hamas entered into force Friday, allowing some 500,000 to return to northern Gaza and prompting Macron to travel to Egypt to support implementation.
Reappointed by President Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu faced refusals from Les Républicains, the UDI and the Socialist Party to join his new French government and looming censure.
Volodymyr Zelensky phoned Donald Trump on Saturday to request U.S. approval to supply Tomahawk cruise missiles after major Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power grid.
President Donald Trump threatened new 100% tariffs on Chinese goods after Beijing tightened controls on rare-earths and semiconductor exports, prompting market turmoil and heightened trade tensions.
Russian strikes targeted energy infrastructure, cutting power in Odessa and Kyiv; authorities later restored electricity to about 800,000 Kyiv residents, officials said.
Former President Joe Biden began five weeks of radiation therapy and hormone treatment for an aggressive prostate cancer with bone metastases, his spokesperson said.
President Donald Trump’s physician said he was in "exceptional" health after a Walter Reed checkup, where he received COVID‑19 and flu vaccines, amid questions about a second exam.
Beijing imposed new trade curbs and Washington threatened retaliatory tariffs, renewing U.S.-China trade hostilities and raising fears of broader economic fallout.
Heavy clashes erupted Saturday night along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border as Taliban forces and Pakistani troops exchanged fire after Kabul accused Islamabad of carrying out airstrikes earlier this week.
An appeals court allowed National Guard troops to remain federalized but left in place a block barring their deployment into the Chicago area as the legal fight continued.
Police in Bern said they used water cannon to disperse an unauthorized pro-Palestine demonstration that degenerated into clashes after demonstrators threw stones and shone lasers.
Elite Capsat soldiers joined protesters against President Andry Rajoelina in Antananarivo on Saturday, refused orders to fire and urged police and troops to abandon palace posts and block the airport.
The Green Youth elected Henriette Held and Luis Bobga as co‑chairs at its national congress in Leipzig, who said they would push the Green Party leftward and prioritize social issues.
NATO officials said they had a ready logistics plan to counter a Russian threat in Europe and would not need to improvise.
Geert Wilders suspended his Dutch election campaign after authorities said he was among potential targets of a thwarted jihadist plot tied to arrests in Antwerp.
On Oct. 12 the European Union activated its Entry/Exit System across Schengen, replacing passport stamps for non‑EU travellers with electronic biometric records (fingerprints, facial images).
Sanae Takaichi's bid to become Japan's first prime minister weakened after coalition partner Komeito quit, and the opposition sought a unified challenger to block her.
Vox leader Santiago Abascal informed King Felipe VI he would skip Oct. 12 royal reception and authorities' box in Madrid and watch from the street, calling Pedro Sánchez's government 'corrupt'.
Former Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras resigned his parliamentary seat and said he was leaving SYRIZA to pursue a new political path outside the established system.
The U.S. government laid off at least 4,000 federal workers during the shutdown, hitting Treasury and Health departments, and President Trump blamed Democrats for the cuts.
North Korea paraded a new Hwasong-20 intercontinental ballistic missile in Pyongyang at the ruling party's 80th anniversary celebrations, with Chinese and Russian dignitaries in attendance.
Das MIT lehnte Trumps Bedingungen ab und erklärte, es werde vorgeschriebene Zulassungsregeln nicht umsetzen, obwohl die Regierung bevorzugte Bundesmittel angeboten hatte.
