Politics
President Donald Trump threatened a $1 billion lawsuit against the BBC over a misleadingly edited Jan. 6 documentary, demanding retraction and apology after the broadcaster apologized and two executives resigned.
Eight Senate Democrats joined Republicans to advance a bill in the U.S. Senate to end the government shutdown, prompting internal party backlash and calls for Chuck Schumer to step down.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review an appeal seeking to overturn its 2015 decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, rejecting a challenge brought by a former Kentucky county clerk.
President Donald Trump pardoned Rudy Giuliani and 76 others for roles in efforts to overturn the 2020 election, a federal-only move that cannot shield them from state prosecutions.
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was released from La Santé prison in Paris after three weeks and placed under strict judicial supervision pending his appeal, including travel and contact bans.
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to let it withhold full SNAP funding amid a federal shutdown that left millions without benefits after an appeals court blocked its attempt.
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa met U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House, where the U.S. announced a partial suspension of sanctions, the first such summit since 1946.
BBC director-general Tim Davie and news chief Deborah Turness resigned after the broadcaster admitted a documentary included a misleadingly edited clip of Donald Trump, who threatened a $1 billion lawsuit.
Jared Kushner visited Israel on Monday to discuss the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire with Benjamin Netanyahu, who said it would seek to disarm Hamas and demilitarize Gaza.
Ukraine’s anti‑corruption bureau, NABU, conducted large-scale raids in the energy sector, seizing properties linked to the justice minister and Zelensky associate Timur Mindich over alleged Energoatom kickbacks, authorities said.
Russia claimed it captured three villages in eastern Ukraine, saying the settlements lay in Zaporizhia and Donetsk oblasts as fighting intensified along the front.
Ursula von der Leyen softened the Commission's budget reform, promising to protect the Common Agricultural Policy budget and offer targeted regulatory revisions to win European Parliament backing.
Paramilitary RSF fighters were accused of committing mass killings in El-Fasher, Darfur, and burning bodies to conceal evidence, amid allegations of weapons support from Abu Dhabi.
Israel's Knesset approved in a first reading a bill to allow the death penalty for terrorists who kill Israeli citizens, voting 39–16 Monday evening, with further readings required.
Zohran Mamdani won New York's mayoral election after reaching young voters via podcasts and YouTube and delivering a victory speech mixing socialist references, immigrant tributes and hip‑hop cadence.
Ghislaine Maxwell was preparing a commutation application seeking clemency from President Trump for her 20‑year federal sex‑trafficking sentence, a whistleblower told House Democrats.
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was released from a Paris jail after almost three weeks and allowed to serve his sentence at home under judicial supervision while preparing appeal.
U.S. forces struck two suspected drug boats in the eastern Pacific, killing six and raising the campaign death toll to 76, while the U.N. human rights chief urged an investigation.
President Donald Trump demanded air traffic controllers return to work, threatened to dock pay and offered bonuses as flight cancellations spread across the United States amid the government shutdown.
Britain’s justice minister said HMP Wandsworth was cleared to use AI chatbots to prevent mistaken prisoner releases, as EU rules and legal debate increased demands for chatbot transparency and protections.
Ukraine's air force said Russia used two hypersonic Kinzhal missiles in an overnight strike, while Moscow claimed village gains in Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk that Kyiv disputed.
Sahra Wagenknecht said she would not seek re-election as chair of the Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht, proposing Fabio De Masi and Amira Mohamed Ali as successors.
President Donald Trump hosted Syrian President Ahmed al‑Sharaa at the White House, seeking to advance his Middle East agenda in a sudden diplomatic turnaround.
Indonesia’s president declared former dictator Suharto a national hero, drawing sharp criticism from activists, human-rights groups and victims’ families over alleged mass killings, torture and corruption.
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Former Finnish president Sauli Niinistö urged EU leaders to speak directly with Vladimir Putin to try to end the war in Ukraine.
The judge in Catarroja overseeing the dana case rejected opening a false‑testimony probe into journalist Maribel Vilaplana and declined to seek documents Carlos Mazón signed at El Ventorro.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi defended her view that Japan could intervene if China attacked Taiwan after a Beijing diplomat posted a social-media threat to behead her, Tokyo said.
President Donald Trump pardoned Rudy Giuliani and 76 other allies involved in attempts to overturn the 2020 election, a largely symbolic move that does not block state prosecutions.
Netanyahu said Israel would enforce the truce "with an iron fist" and that fighting continued after clashes and settler attacks on journalists in the West Bank.
President Donald Trump met Syrian interim president Ahmed al‑Sharaa at the White House after U.S. officials removed him from the terrorism list, prompting concerns from critics.
President Donald Trump proclaimed a "Week of Anti‑Communism" in the United States for Nov. 2–8 and used the proclamation to criticize New York mayor‑elect Zohran Mamdani.
Belgium sent letters to about 150,000 17-year-olds inviting them to a voluntary one-year military service beginning in 2026, offering €2,000 per month.
Germany's Economy Minister Katherina Reiche proposed an "Agenda 2030" of sweeping structural reforms to restore growth, urging subsidy reviews and a tighter focus on the state's core tasks.
Presumed jihadists executed a young TikTok influencer in public before a crowd in Tonka, Mali, and motives and responsibility remained unclear.
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared skeptical that Damon Landor, a Rastafarian whose prison guards shaved his dreadlocks, could sue officials for damages.
Thailand suspended implementation of the peace agreement with Cambodia after a border landmine blast injured two Thai soldiers, while Phnom Penh denied laying mines and voiced strong concern.
Israel handed over 15 bodies of Palestinian prisoners to Gaza under the U.S.-brokered ceasefire, Gaza health authorities said, while Israeli officials said 315 bodies had been returned since the truce.
Sahra Wagenknecht resigned as chair of her BSW party in Germany, said she would not seek re-election and would lead a "Grundwertekommission," prompting plans to rename the party.
The Kremlin denied reports that Sergei Lavrov had fallen from favor, saying the foreign minister was working normally despite missing a key Kremlin meeting and G20 delegation.
The Evangelical Church in Germany published a new peace position paper shifting its stance on war and peace, no longer treating absolute nonviolence as mandatory and questioning pacifist doctrine.
Nicolas Sarkozy was released from a Paris prison under strict judicial supervision after a conviction for criminal conspiracy and will await his appeal under court-imposed conditions.
South Korea's former president Yoon Suk Yeol was indicted by prosecutors, who alleged he conspired to provoke tensions with North Korea — including drone flights — to justify emergency martial law.
