Politics
BBC director-general Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness resigned after the broadcaster apologized for misleadingly editing President Trump's Jan. 6 speech, and Trump threatened a $1 billion lawsuit.
The US Senate voted to advance a Republican-led funding measure in Washington to end the government shutdown after eight Democratic senators broke ranks, sparking sharp backlash within their party.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review an appeal seeking to overturn its 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage, denying a Kentucky county clerk's bid.
President Donald Trump pardoned Rudy Giuliani and 76 others linked to attempts to overturn the 2020 election, a federal-only clemency that cannot block state prosecutions.
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was released from Paris's La Santé prison pending appeal and placed under judicial supervision after three weeks of a five-year sentence for Libyan campaign financing.
Global stocks rallied and Wall Street climbed after U.S. senators advanced a measure to end the government shutdown, pushing the FTSE 100 to a record high.
The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene to permit withholding full SNAP benefits after an appeals court blocked its effort, leaving millions in limbo.
BBC director-general Tim Davie and news director Deborah Turness resigned after revelation that a documentary misleadingly edited a Donald Trump speech, prompting Trump's threat of a $1 billion lawsuit.
Benjamin Netanyahu met U.S. envoy Jared Kushner to discuss a second-phase Gaza ceasefire plan aiming to disarm Hamas, while the UAE said it likely would not join a stabilization force.
President Donald Trump met Syrian interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House, in a historic first, and the United States extended a partial suspension of sanctions on Syria.
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was released from a Paris prison under strict judicial conditions after about three weeks in custody while his appeal was pending.
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces captured El-Fasher in Darfur and advanced toward El-Obeid in North Kordofan, displacing thousands amid allegations Abu Dhabi supplied weapons.
Ukraine’s anti-corruption bureau conducted large-scale raids across the energy sector, searching Energoatom and properties linked to a justice minister and businessman Timur Mindich, alleging kickback schemes.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen offered concessions to the European Parliament, softening a proposed budget reform and pledging to preserve the Common Agricultural Policy budget to avert rejection.
A Paris appeals court released former president Nicolas Sarkozy from prison and allowed him to serve his five‑year sentence under judicial supervision at home pending appeal, after three weeks jailed.
The Ukrainian anti-corruption agency searched offices of the state nuclear energy company as part of an investigation into alleged bribery and corruption in the energy sector.
U.S. strikes on two suspected drug boats in the eastern Pacific killed six, raising the death toll to 76, officials said; the UN rights chief urged an investigation.
Russian forces claimed to have captured three villages in Zaporizhia and one in Donetsk, while Kyiv denied that Pokrovsk had been encircled.
Ghislaine Maxwell asked President Donald Trump for a commutation of her 20-year sex‑trafficking sentence, a whistleblower told House Democrats and media reported.
President Prabowo Subianto declared former dictator Suharto a national hero in Indonesia, drawing condemnation from activists and rights groups who said it whitewashed mass abuses.
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Sahra Wagenknecht gave up the chair of the Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht in Germany, naming Fabio de Masi and Amira Mohamed Ali as successors while saying she would remain politically active.
Zohran Mamdani won New York’s mayoral race and delivered a victory speech invoking socialist figures and immigrant communities, a result commentators said reflected a shifting U.S. political landscape.
Justice Minister James Timpson said HMP Wandsworth was cleared to use AI chatbots to prevent mistaken prisoner releases, as regulators and commentators pushed for greater chatbot transparency and legal protections.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi defended that Japan could intervene militarily if China attacked Taiwan, after a Beijing diplomat on social media threatened to behead her, provoking outrage in Tokyo.
President Donald Trump hosted Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House, a meeting critics said legitimized an internationally isolated regime.
President Donald Trump pardoned 77 people in the United States, including Rudy Giuliani and several attackers from the Capitol assault, a gesture critics said sought to rewrite the 2020 election narrative.
La jueza de Catarroja rechazó abrir pieza por falso testimonio contra la periodista Maribel Vilaplana en la causa por DANA y pidió a Presidencia información sobre el sistema de alertas.
Nicolas Sarkozy was released from a Paris prison after an appeals court granted conditional release, imposing surveillance and bans on meeting co‑defendants and witnesses in the Libyan dossier.
Israel's Knesset gave initial approval to reinstate the death penalty for convicts of terrorism, a move Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu backed as he vowed firm enforcement.
Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa met President Donald Trump at the White House after the United States removed him from its terrorism list, marking a sharp policy reversal.
Sahra Wagenknecht gab den Parteivorsitz der von ihr gegründeten deutschen BSW ab und will künftig als Leiterin einer «Grundwertekommission» weiter in der Partei mitarbeiten.
Former Finnish president Sauli Niinistö urged EU leaders to follow Donald Trump and speak directly with Vladimir Putin to try to end the war in Ukraine.
Estimates of about 150–200 Hamas fighters were trapped in tunnels under the Gaza Strip, including Rafah, and some sources said hunger and fears of a deadly Israeli intervention persisted.
Donald Trump promised to pay at least $2,000 to all Americans except high earners, funded by tariff revenue, as the Supreme Court expressed skepticism about the tariffs' legality.
Belgium's Defense Ministry sent letters to about 150,000 17-year-olds inviting them to a voluntary one-year military service paying €2,000 monthly, starting September 2026.
German Economy Minister Katherina Reiche called for an "Agenda 2030" urging structural reforms and subsidy reviews in a Berlin keynote, a move likely to displease SPD colleagues.
PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo accused Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of breaking judicial independence and interfering with the Supreme Court after Sánchez publicly defended the attorney general as "innocent."
The U.S. Supreme Court heard the case of Damon Landor, a Rastafarian whose dreadlocks prison guards shaved, and appeared skeptical he could sue the officials for damages.
The Evangelical Church in Germany published a 2025 peace paper that said absolute renunciation of violence was no longer mandatory, calling into question Christian pacifism.
Iraqi security forces and displaced people voted early on Sunday ahead of this week’s parliamentary election, raising fears of a Baghdad power struggle and a contest over Tehran’s influence.
Kremlin officials said Sergei Lavrov was working and dismissed rumours he had fallen from Putin’s favour after reports he missed a Kremlin meeting and was left off Russia’s G20 delegation.
Thailand suspended the Trump-era peace agreement with Cambodia after a border mine explosion, halted release of 18 Cambodian soldiers, and Cambodia's foreign ministry expressed concern and denied recent mine-laying.
Israel handed over 15 bodies to Gaza’s health ministry, which said the transfers under the U.S.-brokered ceasefire brought the total returned to 315.
Ukraine's air force said Russia launched two Kinzhal hypersonic missiles at Ukrainian targets overnight, which Kyiv said were nearly impossible to intercept with standard air defenses.
South Korea’s former president Yoon Suk Yeol was indicted on charges of aiding an enemy after prosecutors said he conspired to provoke conflict with North Korea to justify martial law.
