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House Democrats ask former Prince Andrew to appear for questioning about Jeffrey Epstein Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, then Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, attends an Easter Sunday service at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, April 20, 2025, in Windsor, England. Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Democrats on the House Oversight Committee sent a letter on Thursday to the former Prince Andrew, now Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, requesting that the disgraced British royal appear before Congress for questioning over his former ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. "The Committee is seeking to uncover the identities of Mr. Epstein's co-conspirators and enablers and to understand the full extent of his criminal operations," said the letter, which was signed by the top...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, November 08, 2025 3:54pm |
Sex offender mistakenly released from U.K. prison re-arrested after manhunt Mistakenly released sex offender Brahim Kaddour-Cherif is shown in this undated photo. Metropolitan Police A convicted sex offender who was mistakenly released early from a London prison was re-arrested Friday after more than a week of freedom, police said. Brahim Kaddour-Cherif was one of two men set free in accidental releases from Wandsworth Prison over the past two weeks that have caused a political headache for the government and focused renewed attention on an overcrowded and overwhelmed prison system. The other inmate, Billy Smith, 35, who was sentenced to nearly four years for fraud and accidentally released on the same day as Cherif, turned himself in at the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, November 08, 2025 4:05pm |
3 killed, 12 injured in Russian drone strike on Ukrainian tower block In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters evacuate a resident following a Russian rocket attack that hit a multi-story apartment building in Dnipro, Ukraine, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP) Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP A Russian drone slammed into a tower block in eastern Ukraine early on Saturday while many were sleeping, killing three and injuring 12 people, Ukrainian authorities reported. The attack in Dnipro, Ukraine's fourth-largest city, was part of a large Russian missile and drone barrage across the country that targeted energy infrastructure. In eastern Ukraine, fighting for the strategic city of Pokrovsk has reached a...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, November 08, 2025 4:18pm |
Spanish police arrest 13 suspected members of Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang Spanish police arrested 13 suspected members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua across five cities, seized a stash of illegal drugs and dismantled two drug laboratories, authorities said Friday. The arrests followed an investigation Spanish police opened last year after the brother of "Niño Guerrero," the leader of the Tren de Aragua gang, was arrested in Barcelona under an international arrest warrant issued by Venezuelan authorities, police said. This was Spain's first operation meant to dismantle a suspect cell of the Venezuelan prison gang, police said in a statement. The two laboratories that police dismantled had been used to make...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, November 08, 2025 4:21pm |
UPS and FedEx ground MD-11 planes after deadly Kentucky crash UPS and FedEx said they are grounding their fleets of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 cargo planes "out of an abundance of caution" following a deadly crash at the UPS global aviation hub in Kentucky. The crash on Tuesday at UPS Worldport in Louisville killed 14 people, including the three pilots on the MD-11 that was headed for Honolulu. National Transportation Safety Board official Todd Inman said Thursday that the crashed plane was a 1991 McDonnell Douglas 2 that had been "altered" into a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 Freighter. MD-11 aircrafts make up about 9% of of the UPS airline fleet and 4% of the FedEx fleet, the companies said. "We made this decision proactively at the recommendation of the aircraft...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, November 08, 2025 4:26pm |
U.S. to boycott G20 summit in South Africa as Trump repeats claims about treatment of Afrikaners No U.S. government officials will attend the Group of 20 summit this year in South Africa, President Trump said on Friday, repeating the claim that the country's white farmers were being killed and abused. Mr. Trump had already announced he would not attend the annual summit for heads of state, with Vice President JD Vance being scheduled to attend in the president's place. However, a person familiar with Vance's plans who was granted anonymity to talk about his schedule said the vice president would no longer travel for the summit. "It is a total disgrace that the G20 will be held in South Africa. Afrikaners (People who are descended from Dutch settlers, and also French and...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sun, November 09, 2025 4:59pm |
Powerful tornado flattens Brazilian town, killing at least 6 and injuring hundreds Aerial view of destroyed houses after a tornado hit Rio Bonito do Iguacu, Parana state, Brazil, on Nov. 8, 2025. Parana State Government/Handout via REUTERS A powerful tornado hit Brazil's southern state of Parana, killing six people and injuring more than 400 others Friday night, state officials said Saturday. The tornado, which hit speeds of more than 155 mph, destroyed dozens of homes in Rio Bonito do Iguacu and Guarapuava and prompted the government to declare an emergency in the affected region. "It destroyed everything. It destroyed the town, houses, schools. What will become of us?" Roselei Dalcandon told AFP as she...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sun, November 09, 2025 5:05pm |
Thousands of Sudanese flee to overcrowded camps after paramilitary captures el-Fasher This photo released by The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), shows displaced women and children from el-Fasher at a camp where they sought refuge from fighting between government forces and the RSF. AP Tens of thousands of Sudanese have fled to overcrowded camps to escape reported atrocities by a paramilitary force since it captured el-Fasher in the western Darfur region, an aid group said Saturday. The U.N.'s human rights chief warned that many others are still trapped. Those who reach shelter in Tawila, about 43 miles from el-Fasher, find themselves stranded in a barren area with barely enough tents, many of them improvised from patched tarps and sheets, according to a video posted by...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sun, November 09, 2025 5:08pm |
Syrian president arrives in U.S. for meeting with Trump Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York City on Sept. 24, 2025. KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Image Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa arrived in the U.S. on Saturday for ahead of his landmark meeting with President Trump, his country's state news agency reported, a day after Washington removed him from a terrorism blacklist. Al-Sharaa, whose rebel forces ousted longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad late last year, is due to meet Mr. Trump at the White House on Monday. It's the first such visit by a Syrian president since the country's independence in 1946, according to analysts. Al-Sharaa addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sun, November 09, 2025 5:12pm |
Powerful earthquake rattles the northern coast of Japan; earlier tsunami advisory lifted A strong earthquake and several subsequent tremors rattled northern Japan on Sunday evening, triggering tsunami advisories along the coast, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. The earthquake, with an upgraded magnitude of 6.9 and depth of 20 kilometers — or about 12 miles — struck off the coast of Iwate prefecture at 5:03 p.m. Japan time, according to the meteorological agency. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, or any reports of abnormalities at the two nuclear power plants in the area. The agency issued advisories for areas along Japan's northern coast where the tsunami could reach 1 meter, or 3 feet, although meteorologists initially...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sun, November 09, 2025 5:14pm |
BBC's director and head of news resign amid Trump speech edit controversy Former BBC Director-General Tim Davie is pictured at BBC World Service offices in London, Thursday, April 28, 2022. Hannah McKay / AP The head of the BBC and its CEO of news resigned Sunday after criticism of the broadcaster's editing of a speech by President Trump. The BBC said Director-General Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness both announced their resignation on Sunday. Britain's public broadcaster has been criticized for the way it edited a speech Mr. Trump made on Jan. 6, 2021, before protesters attacked the Capitol in Washington. Portions of the speech were included in a documentary on its high-profile Panorama program and critics said they had been misleadingly edited,...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, November 10, 2025 2:00pm |
Ecuador prison riot death toll at 31, officials say Police officers stand guard at the entrance of the prison after an armed riot that left four dead and dozens more injured in Machala, Ecuador, on Nov. 9, 2025. LUIS SUAREZ/AFP via Getty Images At least 27 inmates were found dead from asphyxiation Sunday at a prison in Ecuador where a riot broke out that left four others dead and dozens injured earlier in the day, officials said. The inmates found at the Machala prison in El Oro province in southwestern Ecuador had "among themselves committed asphyxiation, which caused immediate death by suspension," officials said in a statement, Agence France-Presse reported. The deadly day at Machala's prison marks the latest spasm of prison unrest in the South American...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, November 10, 2025 2:07pm |
Typhoon Fung-wong kills at least 6 in Philippines, continues on path toward Taiwan Residents stand in front of their flood-hit house in Tuao town, Cagayan province, Philippines, Nov. 10, 2025, after a river overflowed due to heavy rains brought by Super Typhoon Fung-wong. JOHN DIMAIN/AFP/Getty Typhoon Fung-wong blew out of the northwestern Philippines on Monday after setting off floods and landslides, knocking out power to entire provinces, killing at least six people and displacing more than 1.4 million others. Fung-wong lashed the northern Philippines while the country was still dealing with the devastation wrought by Typhoon Kalmaegi, which left at least 224 people dead in central provinces on Tuesday before pummeling Vietnam, where at least five were...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, November 10, 2025 2:18pm |
Paris court orders former French President Nicolas Sarkozy's release from prison, but he's not quite free France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy waves to supporters as he leaves his residence to present himself to La Sante Prison to serve a five-year prison sentence after being convicted of criminal conspiracy over a plan for late Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi to help fund his 2007 electoral campaign, in Paris, France, Oct. 21, 2025. Jerome Gilles/NurPhoto/Getty A Paris appeals court decided Monday to release former French President Nicolas Sarkozy from prison and place him under judicial supervision. Monday's announcement came less than three weeks after Sarkozy began serving a five-year sentence for criminal conspiracy in a scheme to finance his 2007 election...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, November 10, 2025 3:48pm |
U.K. sends anti-drone troops to Belgium as airports shut down amid warnings of Russian "hybrid warfare" A sign reading "No drone zone" is seen as an aircraft lands at Brussels Airport in Zaventem, Belgium, Nov. 5, 2025. NICOLAS TUCAT/AFP/Getty Britain is sending anti-drone equipment and personnel to Belgium after a spate of sightings near airports and military bases, the head of the U.K. military said Sunday. While Belgium and the U.K. have not accused anyone of flying the unidentified drones, they're the latest in a growing trend of airspace violations by mysterious aircraft in about half of a dozen European nations, including around NATO military bases, that at least one U.S. ally calls part of escalating Russian "hybrid warfare." In the past week...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, November 10, 2025 4:00pm |
U.S. military blows up 2 more alleged drug boats in Pacific, killing 6 "narco-terrorists," Pentagon chief says The U.S. military has killed six more people in strikes on what it claims were drug-running boats, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday, bringing the total death toll in the series of attacks to 76. Pete Hegseth/X The U.S. military has killed six more people in strikes on what it claims were drug-running boats, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday, bringing the total death toll in the series of attacks to 76. Hegseth said in a post on X that the U.S. carried out two strikes on Sunday in international waters in the eastern Pacific, targeting two boats that were "carrying narcotics" with three "male narco-terrorists" on board...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, November 10, 2025 5:13pm |
Car explodes near historic Red Fort in India's capital New Delhi, killing at least 8 people Security personnel stand beside charred vehicles at the blast site after an explosion near the Red Fort in the old quarters of New Delhi, India, Nov. 10, 2025. SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP/Getty A car exploded near the historic Red Fort in India's capital Monday, killing at least eight people, injuring several others and triggering a fire that damaged several vehicles parked nearby, New Delhi police said. Several fire engines rushed to the scene after the blast was reported near one of the gates of the Red Fort metro station, the city's fire services said. The cause of the explosion remained unclear. Sanjay Tyagi, a spokesman for the city's police force, told The...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, November 10, 2025 5:22pm |
U.N. climate talks start in Brazil with a call for faster action, but without the U.S. U.N. climate negotiations get underway Monday at a meeting on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon, with leaders pushing for urgency, cooperation and acceleration after more than 30 years fighting to curb global warming by drastically reducing the carbon pollution that causes it. André Corrêa do Lago, president of this year's conference, known as COP30, emphasized that negotiators engage in "mutirão," a Brazilian word derived from an Indigenous word that refers to a group uniting to work on a shared task. "Either we decide to change by choice, together, or we will be imposed change by tragedy," do Lago wrote in his letter to negotiators Sunday. "We can change. But we must do it...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, November 10, 2025 5:26pm |
Trump proposes $2,000 dividend funded by tariffs. Here's what experts say about the plan. President Donald Trump on Sunday said he wants to give most Americans a $2,000 payment funded from tariffs as he defended what's become one of his administration's signature policies. Mr. Trump touted his tariff policy as helping the U.S. raise new revenue, which he said has driven "record investment" in U.S. manufacturing. "A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone," Mr. Trump wrote Sunday in a Truth Social post. He didn't provide additional details on how such rebates would be disbursed to Americans. Mr. Trump has previously floated the idea of tariff rebates for individuals. In July, he said the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, November 11, 2025 1:13pm |
Trump meets with Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa after U.S. removes him from terrorist list Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa waves as he greets supporters outside of the White House, Nov. 10, 2025, in Washington, D.C., following a meeting with President Trump. Jacquelyn Martin/AP Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa met President Trump at the White House on Monday, continuing a stunning reversal of fortunes for a man branded until three days ago as an international terrorist by the U.S. government with a $10 million bounty on his head. The former leader of an al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria disavowed Islamic extremism after rising to lead his war-torn country. Nearly a year ago, he led his rebel militia to force long-time dictator Bashar al-Assad out of office and into exile...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, November 11, 2025 1:55pm |
British journalist Sami Hamdi to be released after being held by ICE, lawyer says A British journalist and political commentator who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents late last month at San Francisco International Airport will be released, his lawyer told CBS News on Monday. Sami Hamdi's expected release comes after he accepted the U.S. government's offer to leave the country voluntarily, according to his family and the Council on American-Islamic Relations. "The government agreed to allow our client Sami Hamdi to return home voluntarily, with no order of removal and no allegations," Hamdi's attorney told CBS News in a statement on Monday. "We are currently working out the logistics of his return." Hamdi was in the U.S. for a...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, November 11, 2025 2:01pm |
Pakistan blames neighbors Afghanistan and India as bomb blast kills 12 outside Islamabad courts Firefighters douse a car at the scene of a suicide bombing in Islamabad, Pakistan, Nov. 11, 2025. AFP/Getty A suicide bombing outside district court buildings in a residential area of the Pakistani capital killed at least a dozen people on Tuesday, Pakistan's interior minister said, as senior Pakistani officials accused the country's neighbors India and Afghanistan of being complicit in the attack. "At 12:39 p.m. (0239 Eastern), a suicide attack was carried out at the Kachehri (district courts) ... so far 12 people have been martyred and around 27 are wounded," Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi told reporters at the scene of the incident. "As I entered...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, November 11, 2025 2:18pm |
As NATO allies accuse Russia of hybrid warfare, U.S. joins war games in Sweden focused on disrupting sabotage Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge of the U.S. Navy is seen at right, next to the HSwMS Belos submarine rescue ship of the Swedish Navy (left) in the harbor in Stockholm, Sweden, in a June 3, 2022, file photo taken ahead of a NATO exercise in the southern Baltic Sea. HENRIK MONTGOMERY/TT News Agency/AFP/Getty A rising number of mysterious drone sightings near airports and military bases has fueled concern in Europe over alleged Russian incursions into NATO airspace, with some of America's allies already saying the continent is in a gray zone between peace and war — accusing Moscow of escalating "hybrid warfare." NATO, the North...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, November 12, 2025 12:17pm |
Trump administration skips COP30 climate summit, leaving California's Newsom to hurl criticism from Brazil California Governor Gavin Newsom answers questions on the sidelines of the COP30 U.N. Climate Change Conference in Belem, Para State, Brazil, Nov. 11, 2025. MAURO PIMENTEL/AFP/Getty In Belém, the bustling Brazilian gateway to the Amazon rainforest, leaders from nearly 200 nations have gathered for the United Nations' 30th Climate Change Conference, known as COP30, to chart difficult next steps in the global fight against climate change. But the absence of the leaders from the world's three largest greenhouse gas emitters — China, the United States and India — cast a shadow over the summit as it kicked off. Beijing and New Delhi did dispatch senior-level...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, November 12, 2025 1:03pm |
Air pollution in Indian capital Delhi closes schools, draws protests and a warning for the sick to escape A woman holds a sign reading ''breathing is killing us'' during a protest against the hazardous air pollution situation in New Delhi, India, No. 9, 2025. Bilal Kuchay/NurPhoto/Getty Authorities in India's capital have urged elementary schools to hold classes online, banned construction and urged people to work from home as the annual plague of air pollution hit the "severe" category in a health warning system for the first time this season. For the first time, the toxic air has drawn protests against the government, and a warning for people with health issues to simply leave Delhi if they can. The severe designation indicates potentially serious health...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, November 12, 2025 1:12pm |
Thailand says ceasefire with Cambodia brokered by Trump on hold after landmine kills troops Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul looks on after chairing a National Security Council (NSC) meeting at Government House in Bangkok, Nov. 11, 2025. CHANAKARN LAOSARAKHAM/AFP/Getty Thailand said it has indefinitely paused implementation of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire until Cambodia apologizes for a land mine explosion Monday that injured four Thai soldiers at their border. Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul visited the injured troops at the border Tuesday as the Thai army accused Cambodia of laying new mines in violation of the truce agreement Thailand and Cambodia signed last month. Territorial disputes between the Southeast Asian neighbors led...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, November 12, 2025 1:37pm |
TikTok influencer who posted videos supporting military is publicly executed by armed men in Mali, authorities say Armed men in Mali killed a TikTok influencer who had posted videos in support of the West African nation's military, authorities said Monday. "The young TikTok user Mariame Cissé was abducted by armed men on Friday while she was at the weekly market in Echel ... The following day, at dusk, the same men brought her back to Independence Square in Tonka and executed her in front of a crowd," Yehia Tandina, the mayor of Timbuktu, told The Associated Press. The mayor of Tonka in the Timbuktu region, Mamadou Konipo, confirmed the killing but said he didn't have more information. Tonka is a village along the Niger River, roughly 93 miles from...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, November 12, 2025 1:41pm |
Dominican Republic hit with widespread power outage A rare blackout hit the entire Dominican Republic on Tuesday, snarling traffic and paralyzing businesses in the country of nearly 11 million people. Officials blamed a failure in the grid's transmission system, although it wasn't immediately clear what caused it. Generation units in San Pedro de MacorÃs and the Quisqueya Power Plant shut down, triggering a cascade of failures at other transmission and generation plants, according to the Dominican Electricity Transmission Company, a decentralized state agency. It wasn't immediately clear how quickly power would be restored. The blackout disrupted mass transit systems, including aerial cable cars and the metro in the capital, Santo Domingo....more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, November 12, 2025 1:46pm |
42 migrants presumed dead after boat sinks off Libya, and only 7 rescued after 6 days adrift, U.N. says A member of the Red Crescent stands next to a body bag in a location given as near Surman, Libya, after a migrant boat capsized west of Libya's capital Tripoli, in this handout image released on Oct. 28, 2025. Libyan Red Crescent Society in Sabratha/Handout/REUTERS The United Nations said Wednesday that 42 migrants were missing and presumed dead after a rubber boat capsized off the Libyan coast, with only seven survivors rescued after six days adrift. "Tragically, 42 individuals remain missing and are presumed dead, including 29 from Sudan, eight from Somalia, three from Cameroon, and two from Nigeria," the U.N.'s International Organization for Migration said in a...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, November 12, 2025 1:49pm |
Turkish military cargo plane crashes in neighboring Georgia, killing 20 troops Members of emergency services work at the site of the Turkish C-130 military cargo plane crash near the Azerbaijani border, in Sighnaghi municipality, Georgia, November 12, 2025. Irakli Gedenidze/REUTERS Turkey's Ministry of Defense confirmed that 20 soldiers were killed on Tuesday when a military cargo plane crashed in neighboring Georgia on its way back from Azerbaijan. Georgian Interior Minister Gela Geladze said 18 bodies had been found at the crash site of the Turkish C-130 plane, adding that the search continued for two more bodies, according to the Reuters news agency. Communication with the plane was lost 27 minutes into its flight to Turkey, according to media...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, November 12, 2025 2:52pm |
Israeli president responds to Trump's letter asking him to pardon Netanyahu in corruption cases President Trump talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a ceremony to lay a wreath at Yad Vashem to honor the victims of the holocaust, May 23, 2017, in Jerusalem, with first lady Melania Trump and Sara Netanyahu. Evan Vucci/AP Israeli President Isaac Herzog said he received a letter from President Trump on Wednesday asking him to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on trial in three separate corruption cases. Netanyahu has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing in the ongoing court cases, with no ruling yet delivered, and his supporters have dismissed the trials as politically motivated. In a speech to the Israeli parliament in October,...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, November 12, 2025 4:52pm |
Venezuela launches huge military exercise as U.S. Navy flotilla nears Caribbean waters Members of the Venezuelan Armed Forces participate in the "Plan Independencia 200" defense deployment, ordered by Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, amid rising tensions with the U.S., in Merida, Venezuela, in a handout picture made available on Nov. 11, 2025. Merida Governorate/Handout/REUTERS Venezuela announced Tuesday that it was launching a massive military exercise across the country, reportedly involving some 200,000 forces, in response to the increasing presence of U.S. military assets in the region. The announcement by Venezuela's military came as the U.S. Department of Defense confirmed the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford had entered the Southern Command's...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, November 13, 2025 11:19am |
BBC apologizes to Trump over editing of his Jan. 6 speech in documentary The BBC has issued an apology to President Trump over editing of a speech he gave on Jan. 6, 2021, that aired in its documentary "Trump: A Second Chance." Mr. Trump had threatened to sue the corporation for $1 billion over the program about the Capitol riot, and the BBC noted in a statement Thursday that the broadcaster "strongly disagree[s]" that there's a basis for a defamation claim. BBC lawyers wrote to Mr. Trump's legal team in response to a letter they received Sunday, the BBC Press Office said. In the letter, lawyers working for Mr. Trump alleged that the Oct. 28, 2024, episode of the network's "Panorama" documentary program, which was produced by an external production company, sought to mislead viewers...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, November 14, 2025 2:34pm |
Iranian forces reportedly seize tanker in Strait of Hormuz in first such attack on shipping in months A 2012 file photo shows an Iranian Revolutionary Guards speedboat escorting a passenger ship, unseen, in the Persian Gulf. Vahid Salemi/AP Iran seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker as it traveled through the narrow Strait of Hormuz on Friday, a U.S. official and a private maritime risk group said, turning the ship into Iranian territorial waters in the first-such interdiction in months in the strategic waterway. Iran did not immediately acknowledge the seizure, though it comes as Tehran has been increasingly warning it can strike back after facing a 12-day war in June with Israel that saw the U.S....more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, November 14, 2025 3:09pm |
U.S. reopens shuttered Puerto Rico naval base as Caribbean military buildup continues A U.S. naval base in Puerto Rico that was closed more than 20 years ago is now back in operation as the United States builds up forces in the Caribbean ahead of possible military action against Venezuela. Naval Station Roosevelt Roads closed in 2004 after having been in operation since 1943. But the Roosevelt Roads base has been reopened and is now one of five locations where U.S. forces are operating in Puerto Rico, an American territory strategically positioned north of Venezuela. In early September, a source confirmed to CBS News that the U.S. sent 10 F-35 fighter jets to Puerto Rico for operations targeting drug cartels. Samuel Rivera Baez, the mayor of Ceiba, a town located...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, November 15, 2025 4:41pm |
At least 9 killed and 32 injured in explosion at Indian-administered Kashmir police station; officials rule out foul play A veiled Kashmiri woman is stopped by an Indian police officer before being allowed to pass a temporary checkpoint near the site of an explosion inside a police station in Srinagar, Kashmir, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025. Dar Yasin / AP A cache of confiscated explosives detonated inside a police station in Indian-administered Kashmir, killing at least nine people and injuring 32 others, police said on Saturday. The blast occurred in the Nowgam area of Srinagar, the region's main city, late Friday when a team of forensic experts and police were examining the explosive material, said Nalin Prabhat, the region's police director-general. He ruled out any foul...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, November 15, 2025 4:48pm |
Iran confirms seizure of oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz In this Jan. 19, 2012 file photo, a plane flies over the mountains of northern Oman as trading vessels are seen in the Strait of Hormuz, near the town of Khasab, Oman. AP Iran on Saturday confirmed the seizure of a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker as it traveled through the narrow Strait of Hormuz over violations, including carrying an illegal consignment, state media reported. A report by the official Irna news agency carried a statement by the Revolutionary Guard that said the tanker was taken to Iranian waters. It did not elaborate on the "illegal consignment," the crew or say where the ship was now heading. It said the seizure came following a court order and the operation...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, November 15, 2025 5:39pm |
Japan protests after China tells citizens not to visit in escalating feud over leader's Taiwan remarks Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi after she was selected as Japan's new prime minister in Tokyo on October 21, 2025. Philip Fong / AFP via Getty Images Japan raised objections Saturday after China advised its citizens to avoid visiting Japan, as a feud over the new Japanese leader's remarks on Taiwan showed no signs of dying down. The government in Tokyo lodged a protest and its top spokesperson, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara, urged China to take "appropriate measures," Japan's Kyodo News Service reported. China advised its citizens Friday to refrain from traveling to Japan in the near future. It cited earlier attacks against...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, November 15, 2025 5:43pm |
Climate protesters march on COP30 with costumes and drums demanding to be heard An Indigenous group blocks an entrance to the COP30 U.N. Climate Summit as attendees walk around them, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, in Belem, Brazil. Fernando Llano / AP Some wore black dresses to signify a funeral for fossil fuels. Hundreds wore red shirts, symbolizing the blood of colleagues fighting to protect the environment. And others chanted, waved huge flags or held up signs Saturday in what's traditionally the biggest day of protest at the halfway point of annual United Nations climate talks. Organizers with booming sound systems on trucks with raised platforms directed protesters from a wide range of environmental and social movements. Marisol Garcia, a Kichwa woman from Peru marching at...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, November 15, 2025 6:15pm |
U.K. plans to drastically reduce protections for refugees in overhaul of its asylum policies U.K. Secretary of State for the Home Department Shabana Mahmood walks through Downing Street to attend the annual National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph in London, United Kingdom on Nov. 9, 2025. Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publishing via Getty Images The United Kingdom will drastically reduce protections for refugees and end automatic benefits for asylum seekers, the Labour government announced late Saturday, under new plans aimed at slashing irregular immigration and countering the hard-right. The measures, modelled on Denmark's strict asylum system, were announced as Prime Minister Keir Starmer comes under pressure from surging popularity for the anti-immigrant...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, November 17, 2025 6:10am |
Ukraine working on another prisoner exchange with Russia, Zelenskyy says Ukraine is working with Russia to resume prisoner exchanges that could bring home 1,2000 Ukrainian prisoners, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday. "We are working to ensure another start to negotiations, so that after all there is a prospect to end this war," he wrote on X. "We are also counting on the resumption of POW exchanges – many meetings, negotiations, and calls are currently taking place to ensure this." Rustem Umerov, Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, said Saturday he held consultations mediated by Turkey and the United Arab Emirates on resuming exchanges. He said the parties agreed to activate prisoner exchange agreements brokered in...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, November 17, 2025 6:12am |
U.S. to designate Venezuela's Cartel de los Soles as a foreign terrorist organization as USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier arrives in Caribbean The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier leaves Naval Station Norfolk on June 23, 2025, in Norfolk, Virginia. John Clark / AP The U.S. is set to designate Cartel de los Soles — a group that the Trump administration has claimed is headed by Venezuela's president — as a foreign terrorist organization, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Sunday night, hours after the most advanced aircraft carrier in the nation crossed into the Caribbean Sea, the U.S. Navy said. Rubio's announcement and the arrival of the USS Gerald R. Ford mark a major moment in what the Trump administration says is a counterdrug operation but has been seen...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, November 17, 2025 6:17am |
Bangladesh's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death for crimes against humanity Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ruled for 15 years. INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP via Getty Images A special tribunal sentenced Bangladesh's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death on charges of crimes against humanity involving last year's mass uprising that killed hundreds of people and ended her 15-year rule. The tribunal also sentenced former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan to death in the case while a third suspect — a former police chief — was sentenced to five years in prison as he became a state witness against Hasina and pleaded guilty. Hasina and Khan faced the charges of crimes against humanity over the killing of hundreds of people during...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, November 17, 2025 12:56pm |
Japan says warplanes scrambled as Chinese drone detected near southern island close to Taiwan Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi answers a question during a session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee at the National Diet (parliament) in Tokyo, Nov. 12, 2025. KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Japan said Monday that it had scrambled aircraft after detecting a suspected Chinese drone near its southern island of Yonaguni, which is close to Taiwan, on Saturday, as tension between the Asian adversaries spiked. On Sunday, Chinese coast guard vessels spent several hours in Japan's territorial waters around the disputed Senkaku Islands, known as the Diaoyu in China and a frequent flashpoint, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said. The...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, November 17, 2025 2:34pm |
Ukraine to buy 100 French fighter jets to boost defenses as Russia continues attacks, seizes more ground French President Emmanuel Macron (right) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shake hands after signing an agreement at the Villacoublay airbase near Paris, France, Nov. 17, 2025. Christophe Ena/Pool/REUTERS Smiling on the tarmac of an airbase outside Paris, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a deal with French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday for his country to buy as many as 100 of France's most advanced Rafale fighter jets over the next decade. The aircraft is the best military jet that France has for air-to-air combat, missile interceptions and for longer-range strikes — capabilities that are crucial to defend Ukraine's cities from...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, November 17, 2025 4:02pm |
Trump cuts tariffs on beef, coffee, bananas and other food imports  President Trump exempted foods like beef, coffee and bananas from his sweeping country-by-country tariffs on Friday, as his administration grapples with cost-of-living frustrations and quickly rising prices for some types of food. The new exemption covers a range of tropical products that are often imported to the United States, including coffee, tea, bananas, mangoes, avocados, coconuts, pineapples, cocoa and spices such as nutmeg, according to an executive order. It also covers beef, oranges and tomatoes. The White House said Mr. Trump decided to exempt the products on Friday because he's made "substantial progress" in negotiating trade deals with other countries. A day earlier, Mr. Trump announced trade...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, November 17, 2025 4:52pm |
Palestinians dying at "alarming rate" in Israeli prisons since Oct 7, 2023, rights group says Relatives of Palestinian doctors and medical workers who were detained by Israeli forces stage a demonstration in front of Nasser Hospital, calling for the release of their loved ones still held in Israeli prisons, in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, Oct. 18, 2025. Abdallah F.s. Alattar/Anadolu/Getty At least 94 Palestinians died in Israeli custody between Oct. 7, 2023, and August 2025, according to a report by an Israel-based human rights group led by medical professionals, representing a dramatic surge in prisoner deaths during the war in Gaza. The report by Physicians for Human Rights — Israel (PHRI) says its figures may only represent a portion of the total...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, November 18, 2025 11:42am |
25 schoolgirls abducted after gunmen attack high school in Nigeria File photo: Nigerian police deployed in June 2021. PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP via Getty Images More than two dozen schoolgirls have been abducted and one staffer has been killed after gunmen attacked a high school in northwestern Nigeria, police said in the region. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the abductions of 25 girls from the boarding school in Kebbi state, and the motivation for the attack is unclear. Nigeria has been facing a multi-dimensional security challenge with threats from a range of different groups. Armed bandits who specialize in kidnapping for ransom — sometimes totaling thousands of dollars — have been responsible for several high-profile abductions across...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, November 18, 2025 12:33pm |
Trump says the U.S. will sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia President Trump said Monday the U.S. would sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, a day before he's set to meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House. "I will say that we will be doing that, we'll be selling F-35s, yeah," the president said when he was asked by reporters in the Oval Office if the U.S. would be selling the fighter jets to the Saudis. Mr. Trump said the Saudis "want to buy" them, and they've "been a great ally." The president aims to lock in major business and national security deals with Saudi Arabia during the crown prince's visit. Mr. Trump and his son-in-law Jared Kushner have fostered close relationships with the Saudis and the crown prince in...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, November 18, 2025 12:36pm |
U.N. Security Council approves U.S.-brokered Gaza peace plan The U.N. Security Council on Monday approved a U.S. plan for Gaza that authorizes an international stabilization force to provide security in the devastated territory and envisions a possible future path to an independent Palestinian state. Russia, which had circulated a rival resolution, abstained along with China on the 13-0 vote. The U.S. and other countries had hoped Moscow would not use its veto power on the United Nations' most powerful body to block the resolution's adoption. The vote was a crucial next step for the fragile ceasefire and efforts to outline Gaza's future following two years of war between Israel and Hamas. Arab and other Muslim countries that expressed interest in providing troops for an...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, November 18, 2025 12:40pm |
Venezuela's Maduro says he's open to face-to-face talks with Trump as U.S. warships close in Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks during an event in Caracas, Venezuela, Nov. 15, 2025. Pedro Mattey/Anadolu/Getty Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro indicated Monday that he is open to direct talks with the Trump administration, calling for diplomacy instead of confrontation as the U.S. Navy's most advanced aircraft carrier joined almost a dozen other American warships off his country's shores in a tense standoff. The administration accuses Maduro of facilitating drug trafficking into the United States, but the Venezuelan leader says the U.S. is trying to overthrow him. "Those who want to speak with Venezuela will speak," Maduro said in Spanish,...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, November 19, 2025 2:05pm |
Trump won't rule out sending troops to Venezuela as U.S. military buildup draws mixed reaction in the region U.S. Air Force troops empty the cargo of a Lockheed C-5M Super Galaxy, at the Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, Sept. 12, 2025, in Ceiba, Puerto Rico. Kendall Torres Cortes/Anadolu/Getty President Trump said Monday that he would not rule out sending U.S. troops into Venezuela, as his administration considers taking military action against the Caribbean nation led by a man the White House accuses of leading a drug cartel. The U.S. military continues to add firepower to an already major presence in the Caribbean, stepping up both asset deployments and military exercises across the region over recent weeks. With the USS Gerald R. Ford, the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, November 19, 2025 2:29pm |
Poland accuses Russia of "an act of state terror" with railway sabotage attack Two Ukrainian citizens working for Russia are suspected of blowing up a railway line in Poland over the weekend, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Tuesday. On Wednesday, the row between the NATO member and Russia escalated, with Poland's top diplomat labeling the incident an "act of state terror." Speaking to the Sejm, the lower house of the Polish parliament, Tusk said the two suspects had been collaborating with Russia's secret services for a long time. He said their identities were known but could not be revealed to the public because of ongoing investigations. The pair have already left Poland. As NATO allies accuse Russia of hybrid warfare, U.S. joins war games in Sweden focused...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, November 19, 2025 3:09pm |
MBS tells Trump Saudis will increase investments in U.S. to near $1 trillion Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told President Trump Tuesday that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will increase its investments of $600 billion in the U.S. to near $1 trillion. The new figure was raised by the president during bin Salman's White House visit. "I want to thank you because you've agreed to invest $600 billion into the United States, and because he's my friend, he might make it a trillion, but I'm going to have to work on him," Mr. Trump said during their Oval Office meeting. Bin Salman, who goes by MBS, agreed that the figure would be close to $1 trillion. During Mr. Trump's first administration, the president touted $450 billion in Saudi investments...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, November 19, 2025 3:22pm |
Trump says he's making Saudi Arabia a major non-NATO ally President Trump said Tuesday he will designate Saudi Arabia as a major non-NATO ally, marking a step up in defense ties between the United States and the Gulf monarchy. Mr. Trump announced the move at a black-tie dinner at the White House in honor of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto leader of Saudi Arabia. The two leaders signed a new strategic defense deal earlier in the day, and Mr. Trump said Monday the U.S. will sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia. The designation could open the door to further collaboration between Saudi Arabia and the U.S. military, including easier access to U.S.-made military equipment. It's also a symbolic move: Mr. Trump said in brief remarks Tuesday evening that it...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, November 19, 2025 4:00pm |
Warning signs appear on Mexican beach declaring area restricted by U.S. as Mexico rejects Trump offer to strike cartels Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during her daily press conference at Palacio Nacional in Mexico City on Nov. 17, 2025. YURI CORTEZ/AFP via Getty Images Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday ruled out allowing U.S. strikes against cartels on Mexican soil, a day after President Trump said he was willing to do whatever it takes to stop drugs entering the U.S. Meanwhile, Mexican and American diplomats were trying to sort out what may have been an actual U.S. incursion. On Monday, men arrived in a boat at a beach in northeast Mexico and installed some signs signaling land that the U.S. Department of Defense considered...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, November 19, 2025 4:11pm |
Britain warns Russia after spy ship comes close to its waters: "We are ready" A screen displaying an image of the Russian spy ship Yantar, operating off the northern coast of Scotland, is pictured as British Defense Secretary John Healey (unseen) delivers a speech in the Downing Street briefing room in central London on Nov. 19, 2025. STEFAN ROUSSEAU/POOL/AFPvia Getty Images Britain warned Russia on Wednesday that it was ready to deal with any incursions into its territory after the spy ship Yantar was detected on the edge of U.K. waters north of Scotland. Defense Secretary John Healey said the Russian vessel had directed lasers at pilots of surveillance aircraft monitoring its activities. "This is the first time we've had this action from Yantar directed...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, November 19, 2025 4:18pm |
Russia pummels Ukraine with missiles and drones, killing at least 25 as U.S. tries to revive peace talks Ukrainian rescue personnel operate at the site of a heavily damaged residential building following Russian strikes on the city of Ternopil, in western Ukraine, Nov. 19, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. YURIY DYACHYSHYN/AFP/Getty A massive volley of Russian missiles and drones killed at least 25 people — including two children — across Ukraine overnight in one of the biggest aerial attacks since Moscow launched its full-scale war in February 2022. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia launched 476 drones and 48 cruise and ballistic missiles at his country. Ukraine's military said six or seven missiles and nearly three dozen...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, November 19, 2025 4:53pm |
Pentagon officials arrive in Ukraine to discuss military tech, explore peace efforts Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll arrived in Kyiv on Wednesday as part of a delegation of senior Pentagon officials on a fact-finding mission to discuss military technology and explore ways to restart peace talks, according to multiple U.S. officials. The delegation includes Driscoll, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George, the commander of U.S. Army Europe and Africa Gen. Chris Donahue, and Sergeant Major of the Army Michael Weimer. The White House picked Driscoll to lead the delegation, according to one U.S. official. It opted to send a delegation from the Pentagon in part because the officials will be able to speak from a military perspective, which may be more effective in...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, November 20, 2025 10:32am |
Trump vows U.S. help in settling Sudan war, at request of Saudi crown prince Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia and President Trump wave as they leave the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 19, 2025. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images President Trump said the U.S. is getting involved in efforts to strike peace in Sudan amid an ongoing civil war there, at the request of his "very good friend" Mohammad bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia. Mr. Trump made the announcement Wednesday as he spoke at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum at the Kennedy Center in Washington, one day after a lengthy meeting with the crown prince, known as MBS, in the Oval Office. The State...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, November 20, 2025 10:39am |
Israeli military strikes in Lebanon, Gaza kill dozens of people Palestinian rescue workers check the scene where an Israeli strike on Tuesday night hit the Ein el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Nov. 19, 2025. Mohammad Zaatari/AP The Israeli military carried out airstrikes in southern Lebanon Wednesday on what it said were Hezbollah weapons storage facilities after a drone strike earlier in the day killed one person and wounded several others, including students on a bus. The new strikes came as tensions between Israel and Lebanon are escalating. An airstrike Tuesday night killed 13 people in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh, in southern Lebanon. It was the deadliest Israeli attack reported since a ceasefire in the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, November 20, 2025 10:49am |
2 killed in church attack in Nigeria, days after dozens of schoolgirls abducted A view of the school bus of the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, where gunmen on Monday attacked the school dormitory and abducted schoolgirls, is seen in Kebbi, Nigeria, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Tunde Omolehin / AP Two people were killed in an attack on a church in central Nigeria, authorities said, just days after dozens of schoolgirls were abducted and one staffer killed in the country's north. No group has claimed responsibility for Tuesday night's attack in Eruku town in central Nigeria. Police responded to gunfire and found one person fatally shot inside the church and another nearby, Kwara state police spokesperson Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi said in a statement....more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, November 20, 2025 10:57am |
Trump approves 28-point Ukraine-Russia peace plan, but no indication Ukraine is on board yet A senior White House official confirmed to CBS News on Thursday that President Trump has approved a 28-point plan to end the war Russia launched nearly four years ago with its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. There was no indication, however, that Ukraine has backed the proposal. Mr. Trump's endorsement of the plan was first reported by NBC. In an interview with Axios on Monday, Kirill Dmitriev, an adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin, said he and Trump envoy Steve Witkoff had written a 28-point peace plan during a face-to-face visit last month in Miami. Just days after the Trump administration...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, November 20, 2025 4:13pm |
As Russia is accused of hybrid warfare against the West, vital undersea cables show their vulnerability Finnish patrol boat Uisko escorting the Eagle S. Finnish Border Guard Over 95% percent of the world's internet traffic and voice and communication data flows through a vast network of fiber optic cables laid across the floors of oceans and seas. The cables are faster, more reliable and cheaper data carriers than alternatives such as satellites, and they have become indispensable to modern life. They are the veins and arteries that link our deeply interconnected world, transmitting data for everything from sensitive government and military information and text messages between friends, to trillions of dollars worth of financial transactions every day,...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, November 21, 2025 11:30am |
Justice Department charges 4 men in U.S. in scheme to export AI chips to China Two Chinese nationals and two Americans have been arrested for allegedly illegally exporting cutting-edge Nvidia chips with artificial intelligence applications to China, the Justice Department said Thursday. The two Chinese nationals are Cham Li, 38, residing in California, and Jing Chen, 45, who is on an F-1 nonimmigrant student visa and resides in Tampa, Florida, the department said. The two Americans are Hon Ning Ho, 34, who resides in Florida, and Brian Curtis Raymond, 46, who resides in Alabama. The four men are charged with conspiring to violate the Export Control Reform Act and money laundering. It wasn't immediately clear if they had lawyers who could speak on their behalf....more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, November 21, 2025 11:58am |
Here's what's in the Trump administration's proposed 28-point Russia-Ukraine peace plan Trump administration officials have proposed a 28-point peace plan designed to end the Russia-Ukraine war — a framework that would require Ukraine to give up its eastern Donbas region and Crimea, and swear off NATO membership, according to a draft shared publicly by a Ukrainian opposition politician and confirmed by a White House official. The 28-point plan is the most recent working document offered by the administration, reflecting feedback from Russian and Ukrainian officials, the White House official said. It still remains unclear whether both sides will agree to it; diplomatic conversations are ongoing and further changes are being negotiated, according to multiple...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, November 21, 2025 2:30pm |
Armed men abduct children at Catholic school in Nigeria days after previous kidnapping A general view of the school from which school children were kidnapped by gunmen in Kebbi, Nigeria, on Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. Deeni Jibo/AP Armed men attacked a Catholic boarding school in northwestern region of Nigeria and abducted several schoolchildren and staff early Friday. It's the latest in a spate of abductions in Africa's most populous country and came just days after 25 schoolgirls were kidnapped in a neighboring state. The latest abduction comes as Lagos is facing scrutiny from the Trump administration amid ongoing concern about violence against Christians in the West African nation. The attack and abductions took place at St. Mary's School in Niger State. Local officials...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, November 21, 2025 2:43pm |
Nobel laureate Maria Corina Machado will be a "fugitive" if she leaves Venezuela to accept peace prize, AG says The Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado attends a protest called by the opposition in Caracas, Venezuela, on January 9, 2025. Jonathan Lanza Nobel laureate and Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado will be considered a "fugitive" if she emerges from hiding to collect the honor in Norway, Venezuela's attorney general told Agence France-Presse on Thursday. Machado has expressed interest in attending the ceremony, which will be held in Oslo on December 10. "By being outside Venezuela and having numerous criminal investigations, she is considered a fugitive," Attorney General Tarek William Saab told the AFP. Saab added...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, November 21, 2025 5:11pm |
Zelenskyy talks with allies on Ukraine-Russia peace plan as Trump suggests Thanksgiving deadline Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that he has spoken with the leaders of France, the U.K. and Germany about a proposed 28-point peace plan from the Trump administration to end Russia's war in Ukraine. He said the leaders "value the efforts of the United States, President Trump, and his team aimed at ending this war." In a separate video posted on social media Friday, Zelenskyy said, "Ukraine may find itself facing a very difficult choice: Either loss of dignity, or the risk of losing a key partner. Either a difficult 28 points, or an extremely difficult winter." A Ukrainian official said Zelenskyy also discussed the peace plan with Vice President JD Vance...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, November 22, 2025 4:58pm |
Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's former president, arrested days before starting decades-long prison sentence Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro waves from his home in Brazil on Sept. 11, 2025. SERGIO LIMA/AFP via Getty Images Brazil's federal police arrested former President Jair Bolsonaro preemptively on Saturday, days before he was set to begin his 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt, officials said. A close aide said the embattled former leader was taken to the police force headquarters in the capital, Brasilia, from his house arrest. The force said in a short statement, which did not name Bolsonaro, that it acted on the request of Brazil's Supreme Court. Neither Brazil's federal police nor the Supreme Court provided more...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, November 22, 2025 6:19pm |
G20 summit in South Africa adopts declaration despite U.S. boycott and opposition South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the opening session of the G20 leaders' summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. Misper Apawu / AP World leaders from the Group of 20 rich and developing economies broke with tradition and adopted a declaration at the start of their summit in South Africa on Saturday despite opposition from the United States, which is boycotting the two-day talks in a diplomatic rift with the host country. Vincent Magwenya, the spokesperson for South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, said a leaders' declaration was adopted unanimously by the other members at the start of the talks in Johannesburg. Declarations are usually adopted at the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, November 22, 2025 6:23pm |
Western leaders say U.S. 28-point Ukraine peace plan needs "additional work" The 28-point peace plan proposed by the U.S. for Ukraine is a basis that "requires additional work," Western leaders gathered at the G20 summit in South Africa said. Group of Seven nations and European leaders met on the sidelines of the summit in Johannesburg to discuss the U.S. peace plan for the war in Ukraine, now in its fourth year. The Trump administration boycotted the summit. "The initial draft of the 28-point plan includes important elements that will be essential for a just and lasting peace," the leaders of the European Union, Germany, France, Britain, Canada, the Netherlands, Spain, Finland, Italy, Japan and Norway said in a joint statement. "We believe, therefore, that the draft is a...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, November 22, 2025 6:26pm |
Israel launches new strikes in Gaza after reported attacks against IDF troops  An injured Palestinian man is wheeled into Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah following Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. Abdel Kareem Hana / AP Israel's military on Saturday said it launched airstrikes against Hamas terrorists in Gaza in the latest test of the ceasefire that began on Oct. 10. Health officials in Gaza reported at least 14 people killed and another 45 wounded, including children. Similar waves of strikes have occurred during the ceasefire after reported attacks against Israeli forces. The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement that an "armed terrorist" used a road through which aid enters the territory to cross the yellow line that was...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, November 22, 2025 8:42pm |
| Some U.S. lawmakers say Ukraine-Russia peace plan appears to favor Moscow: "That is unacceptable" Some U.S. lawmakers criticized the Trump administration's proposed 28-point peace plan designed to end the Ukraine-Russia war on Saturday, saying the framework appears to favor Moscow. The deal would require Ukraine to give up its eastern Donbas region and Crimea, and swear off NATO membership, according to a draft shared publicly by a Ukrainian opposition politician and confirmed by a White House official. The plan includes feedback from Russian and Ukrainian officials, and diplomatic conversations about it are ongoing. President Trump gave Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a suggested deadline of Thanksgiving Day to respond to the plan. Members of the Senate Foreign...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, November 22, 2025 8:53pm |
U.S. considers dropping leaflets in Venezuela as it ramps up pressure on Maduro, sources say Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro gestures as he arrives for the projection of a biographical series at the National Theatre of Venezuela in Caracas on Nov. 22, 2025. Juan BARRETO /AFP via Getty Images Officials in the Trump administration on Saturday discussed the possibility of dropping leaflets on Venezuela's capital city of Caracas as it seeks to weaken the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Among the potential avenues discussed regarding operations for Venezuela was dropping U.S. leaflets on Caracas as a kind of psychological warfare to pressure Maduro, multiple U.S. officials familiar with the talks told CBS News. The operation, which was not...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sun, November 23, 2025 10:36pm |
Ukraine meets with Western allies in Geneva to discuss U.S.-proposed peace plan US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C), next to US special envoy Steve Witkoff (2nd L) and US Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll (4th L), faces the Ukrainian delegation during discussions on a US plan to end the war in Ukraine at the US Mission in Geneva, on November 23, 2025. Fabrice COFFRINI /AFP via Getty Images Top U.S. and Ukrainian officials said Sunday they were making progress toward ending the Russia-Ukraine war as they discussed a U.S.-proposed plan to achieve peace despite concerns among many of Washington's European allies that the plan was far too conciliatory to Moscow. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio described the first session of high-stakes talks in Geneva as...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sun, November 23, 2025 10:41pm |
50 of 303 abducted Nigerian students escape captivity; remaining children and teachers still missing People stand near a display local newspapers on the street of Lagos with headlines on gunmen abducting schoolchildren and staff of the St. Mary's Catholic Primary and Secondary School in Papiri community in Nigeria, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. Sunday Alamba / AP Fifty of the 303 schoolchildren abducted from a Catholic school in north-central Nigeria's Niger state have escaped captivity and are now with their families, the school authority said Sunday, bringing relief to some distraught families after one of the largest school abductions in Nigeria's history. The schoolchildren, aged between 10 and 18, escaped individually between Friday and Saturday, according to the Most Rev....more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sun, November 23, 2025 11:05pm |
Israel strikes Beirut for the first attack in months, says it targeted Hezbollah militant People gather looking at a residential building following an Israeli military strike in the Haret Hreik neighbourhood of Beirut's southern suburbs on Nov. 23, 2025. FADEL itani /AFP via Getty Images Israel's military said it targeted Hezbollah's chief of staff in the first airstrike in Beirut since June. The military did not offer further details. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an address at a government meeting on Sunday that Israel "will continue to do everything necessary to prevent Hezbollah from re-establishing its threatening capability against us." "This is also how we operate in Gaza-Hamas constantly violates the ceasefire, and we act accordingly,...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sun, November 23, 2025 11:09pm |
U.S., Ukrainian officials discussing bringing Zelenskyy to U.S., sources say U.S. and Ukrainian officials are discussing the potential of bringing President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the U.S. this week as part of President Trump's push to get an agreement on Ukraine by Thanksgiving, according to multiple U.S. and Ukrainian officials familiar with the discussions. Whether Zelenskyy's trip happens is dependent on the outcome of peace negotiations in Geneva on Sunday, the officials said. Mr. Trump himself has described the deadline as flexible, and he told reporters on Saturday the plan was "not my final" proposal. Speaking from Geneva, Secretary of State Marco Rubio touted progress in discussions with a cadre of European and Ukrainian officials, but said more work would...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sun, November 23, 2025 11:14pm |
Suicide bombers in northwest Pakistan kill at least 3 at security force headquarters Two suicide bombers attacked the headquarters of a security force in northwestern Pakistan on Monday morning, killing at least three officers and wounding 11 others, police and rescue officials said. The attack took place in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, when security forces were preparing for the morning parade at the sprawling facility located in the heart of the city, said Peshawar Police Chief Saeed Ahmad. He said one attacker detonated his explosives at the main gate of the provincial headquarters of the Federal Constabulary, while the second bomber was shot and killed by officers near the parking area. According to Ahmad,...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, November 24, 2025 12:50pm |
| 6 airlines cancel flights in Venezuela after FAA warns of dangers from "heightened military activity" Six airlines cancelled flights to Venezuela on Saturday, an industry group said, after the U.S. aviation regulator warned of dangers from "heightened military activity" amid a major buildup of American forces in the region. Spain's Iberia, Portugal's TAP, Chile's LATAM, Colombia's Avianca and Brazil's GOL have suspended their flights to the country, said Marisela de Loaiza, president of the Venezuelan Airlines Association (ALAV). She did not specify how long the flight suspensions would last. Panama's Copa Airlines, Spain's Air Europa and PlusUltra and Venezuela's LASER are continuing to operate flights for now. Turkish Airlines said Sunday...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, November 24, 2025 1:06pm |
Russia keeping "stolen" Ukrainian territory "the main problem" with U.S. peace proposal, Zelenskyy says President Zelenskyy addressed the Swedish Parliament on Monday morning. www.president.gov.ua Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that the suggested legal recognition of Russian sovereignty over captured territory in the east of his country remained a "main problem" in negotiations as President Trump pushes for a deal to end Moscow's nearly-four-year war on Ukraine. Ukrainian and American officials met over the weekend in Switzerland to discuss a 28-point proposal floated last week by the White House. They discussed the possibility of Zelenskyy visiting the U.S. this week as part of Mr. Trump's bid to get an agreement by...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, November 24, 2025 4:23pm |
U.S. ending deportation protections for immigrants from war-torn Myanmar The Trump administration on Monday said it would end yet another Temporary Protected Status immigration program, this time for nearly 4,000 immigrants from Myanmar, a country in Southeast Asia engulfed in civil war over the past several years. The announcement is the latest move by President Trump's administration to curtail humanitarian immigration programs, which it has argued have been exploited by bad actors and extended for too long, despite the intended temporary nature of the TPS policy. The administration has also said TPS encourages illegal immigration, since some of those who've benefited from the policy entered the U.S. illegally. As part of its immigration crackdown, the Trump...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, November 25, 2025 1:47pm |
Ukraine agrees to peace proposal, with only "minor details" to settle, official says, but no word from Russia President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Rustem Umerov, and Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Major General Andrii Hnatov (L to R), attend a briefing at the Office of the President following a meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Nov. 7, 2025. Ukrinform/NurPhoto/Getty A U.S. official told CBS News on Tuesday that Ukraine's government had "agreed to a peace deal" brokered by the Trump administration to stop Russia's nearly four-year assault. The American official and Ukraine's national security adviser Rustem Umerov said a common understanding on a proposal had been reached,...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, November 25, 2025 2:03pm |
Trump administration plan to exclude nursing from professional degrees sparks outcry A proposal from the Trump administration would exclude nursing from a list of professional degrees, a move that has drawn outcry from nursing advocates, who warn it could worsen the nation's nurse shortage by limiting how much students can borrow for their training. The change stems from changes authorized by the Republicans' "one big, beautiful bill" act, which introduced a new cap on borrowing for higher education. Starting July 1, 2026, students enrolled in professional degree programs will be restricted to borrowing $50,000 per year, with a $200,000 lifetime cap. Students in graduate programs that aren't deemed professional will be subject to an annual borrowing cap...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, November 25, 2025 2:23pm |
137 women and girls killed every day by partners or family, U.N. says A rose is placed with a pair of shoes in memory of a women lost to domestic violence during the annual NSW Vigil Collective, for the Unite Against Violence: No More Empty Shoes vigil at Martin Place on November 25, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. Lisa Maree Williams / Getty Images Every 10 minutes last year a woman somewhere in the world was killed by a person close to her, the United Nations said Monday as it decried a lack of progress in the battle against femicide. Some 50,000 women and girls were killed by intimate partners or family members in 2024, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and UN Women said in a report released to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, November 26, 2025 1:45pm |
Afghanistan's Taliban rulers vow response after Pakistani strikes kill 10 in latest clash between neighbors Residents dig graves for people killed in an airstrike by Pakistan, in Jige Mughalgai, in Afghanistan's Khost province, Nov. 25, 2025. AFP/Getty Afghanistan's Taliban government vowed Tuesday to "respond appropriately" to overnight border strikes it blamed on Pakistan that killed 10 people, as tension between the neighbors soared following a suicide bombing in Peshawar a day earlier. "The Pakistani invading forces bombed the house of a local civilian resident," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a social media post. "As a result, nine children (five boys and four girls) and one woman were martyred" in Khost province. Mujahid said...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, November 26, 2025 1:53pm |
Australian Senator Pauline Hanson banned from parliament for 7 days for wearing burqa to demand they be banned Independent Senator Fatima Payman looks on as One Nation party leader Pauline Hanson wears a burqa in the Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Nov. 24, 2025. AAP/Mick Tsikas/REUTERS An Australian senator who has long campaigned for the Islamic women's garment known as the burqa to be banned in the country has been suspended from parliament for a week for her protest on Monday in which she wore the full body covering into the chamber and refused to remove it. Pauline Hanson of the anti-immigration One Nation party was accused of racism by fellow lawmakers when she walked into the parliament wearing a burqa on Monday. Hanson...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, November 26, 2025 2:11pm |
Fire in Hong Kong high-rise complex kills at least 13 with others trapped inside Thick smoke and flames rise as a major fire engulfs several apartment blocks at the Wang Fuk Court residential estate in Hong Kong's Tai Po district on November 26, 2025. Yan ZHAO /AFP via Getty Images At least 13 people have been killed by a blazing fire that has engulfed a high-rise housing complex in Hong Kong, authorities said, with others reportedly still trapped inside. The Director of Fire Services, Andy Yeung, said a firefighter is among the dead. In a press release, Yeung said the 37-year-old had been a firefighter for nine years. "All of our colleagues are deeply saddened by the loss of such a devoted comrade," he added. The raging fire sent up a column of flames...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, November 26, 2025 2:30pm |
Kremlin says it's "premature" to say peace deal with Ukraine is close The regional governor in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine said a Russian air attack on the evening of Nov. 25, 2025 injured 12 people and damaged shops, as well as apartment blocks. Darya NAZAROVA / AFP via Getty Images A Kremlin spokesperson has watered down expectations that a peace deal is close to being struck to end the nearly four-year-long invasion of Ukraine. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said it's "premature" to say whether the situation in Ukraine was close to a resolution. Peskov also claimed there are people in other countries, including the United States, "who will try to derail these peaceful developments," when asked about...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, November 26, 2025 2:45pm |
Taiwan announces $40 billion budget for weapons purchases as U.S. pressures island to increase defense spending Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te delivers a speech during the inauguration ceremony of M1A2T Abrams Main Battle Tanks in Hsinchu County, Taiwan, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. Chiang Ying-ying / AP Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te announced a $40 billion budget for arms purchases on Wednesday. The plans include building an air defense system with high-level detection and interception capabilities called Taiwan Dome, as the U.S. pressures the island to increase its defense spending. According to the leader, this budget will be allocated over eight years, from 2026 to 2033, and comes after Lai already pledged to raise defense spending to 5% of the island's GDP, as part of...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, November 27, 2025 11:13am |
International Judo Federation drops ban on Russian athletes competing under their national flag Russian President Vladimir Putin is known to be a keen judoka. FILE PHOTO Mikhail Svetlov / Getty Images The International Judo Federation has decided to allow Russian athletes to compete under their national flag again in its competitions starting this weekend, the IJF said Thursday, despite the ongoing war in Ukraine that, for years, had forced them to take part under a neutral banner. The IJF executive committee voted to "reinstate full national representation" of Russian athletes, with their anthem and symbols, beginning with the 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam, taking part from Nov. 28 – 30. "Athletes have no responsibility for the decisions of governments or...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, November 27, 2025 4:12pm |
U.S.-backed peace proposal is a starting point to end war in Ukraine, Putin says Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his press conference after the Summit of Collective Security Treaty Organization, on November 27, 2025 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Getty Images U.S. proposals to end the war between Russia and Ukraine offer a starting point for talks, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday. "We need to sit down and discuss this seriously," Putin told reporters at the end of a three-day visit to Kyrgyzstan. He described U.S. President Donald Trump's 28-point peace plan as "a set of issues put forward for discussion" rather than a draft agreement. "If Ukrainian troops withdraw from the territories they occupy, hostilities will cease. If they...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, November 28, 2025 1:15pm |
Hong Kong fire that engulfed apartments finally doused as death toll nears 130, search for victims continues Firefighters rest in front of the Wang Fuk Court residential estate following a massive, deadly fire that tore through the complex in Tai Po district, Hong Kong, China, Nov. 28, 2025. Leung Man Hei/Bloomberg/Getty The death toll from a fire that tore through a Hong Kong residential complex climbed to 128 on Friday as more bodies were found in the blackened towers, authorities said. Secretary for Security Chris Tang told reporters at the scene that the search for victims was continuing and the numbers could still rise. The fire at the Wang Fuk Court complex started Wednesday afternoon and was only fully extinguished Friday morning. Dozens of people,...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, November 28, 2025 3:02pm |
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy's chief of staff Andriy Yermak has home raided by anti-corruption officials Andriy Yermak was present at top-level peace negotiations between U.S. and Ukraine in Geneva this past weekend. Martial Trezzini/AP Ukrainian anti-corruption units have raided the home of Andriy Yermak, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's chief of staff, amid a major investigation into a $100 million energy sector corruption scandal involving top Ukrainian officials. Two national agencies fighting entrenched corruption in Ukraine said they had searched Yermak's office. Yermak himself — a powerful figure in Ukraine and a key participant in ongoing talks with the U.S., as the Trump administration pushes for a ceasefire to end Russia's nearly four-year war on the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, November 28, 2025 3:14pm |
Video shows Israeli soldiers execute 2 Palestinians as they surrender in West Bank raid, rights group says The IDF says a Nov. 27, 2025 incident in which two Palestinian men were killed during an operation in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, is being investigated. AP Israeli human rights group B'Tselem shared a video on Thursday that it says shows Israeli soldiers executing two Palestinian men who had surrendered during a raid in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The video, which B'Tselem credits to Palestine TV and which CBS News has not independently verified, appears to show Israeli soldiers surrounding a garage-style door on a building as two men emerge with their hands in the air. The men can be seen lifting their shirts and kneeling on the ground as the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, November 28, 2025 3:20pm |
Here's when to find the best Black Friday deals on appliances, electronics, travel and more Discounts and deals abound around Thanksgiving, but other days may offer better prices for holiday shopping, according to retail experts. This year may be a mixed bag for discounts, as some business owners have told CBS News that rising costs are giving them less room to roll out aggressive holiday sales. Still, holiday spending this year could top $1 trillion for the first time, according to a forecast from the National Retail Federation, which expects roughly 187 million people to shop between Black Friday and Cyber Monday this year. So far in 2025, consumer spending has been driven by high-earning households, while low- and middle-income families are feeling pinched by...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, November 28, 2025 3:33pm |
| Authorities probe corruption, negligence in Hong Kong fire that killed at least 128 Firefighters rest in front of the Wang Fuk Court residential estate following a massive, deadly fire that tore through the complex in Tai Po district, Hong Kong, China, Nov. 28, 2025. Leung Man Hei/Bloomberg/Getty Hong Kong's deadliest fire in decades has raised questions about corruption and negligence in the renovations of the apartment complex where at least 128 people died. An intense fire broke out at Wang Fuk Court complex in Hong Kong's northern suburbs Wednesday afternoon, with flames covering seven of the eight towers. The complex was home to some 4,800 residents, some of whom had raised safety concerns about the renovations more than year before the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, November 29, 2025 10:08pm |
Pope visits Istanbul's Blue Mosque for meeting with Turkish religious leaders Pope Leo XIV, center, walking with Muezzin Musa Asg?n Tunca, left, Dr. Emrullah Tuncel, second from left, and Imam of Mosque Sultanahmet Fatih Kaya, visits the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. Domenico Stinellis / AP Pope Leo XIV visited Istanbul's Blue Mosque on Saturday on the second day of his trip to Turkey and stressed the need for Christian unity in meetings and liturgies with the country's Christian leaders. Leo was following in the footsteps of his recent predecessors, who all made high-profile visits to the mosque in a gesture of respect to Turkey's Muslim majority. Leo did not pray at the mosque despite an invitation by an imam. Speaking to reporters after the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, November 29, 2025 10:27pm |
Russian attacks kill 3 in Kyiv as Ukrainian delegation travels to U.S. amid peace push Rescuers search for victims after a drone hit a residential building during Russia's night missile and drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday. Nov. 29, 2025. Efrem Lukatsky / AP Russian drone and missile attacks in and around the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, killed at least three people early Saturday, officials said, as the country's representatives traveled to the U.S. to work on a renewed push to end the war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on X that the delegation, headed by national security chief Rustem Umerov, was on its way to "swiftly and substantively work out the steps needed to end the war." U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, special envoy Steve...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, November 29, 2025 10:35pm |
Death toll rises to 146 in Hong Kong apartment fire: "A wake-up call for everyone" The death toll in Hong Kong's apartment complex blaze rose to 146 on Sunday as investigators discovered more bodies in the burned-out buildings. A steady stream of people placed bouquets of flowers at an ever-growing makeshift memorial at the scene of the disaster, among the worst in the city's history. The Hong Kong police Disaster Victim Identification Unit has been going through the buildings of the Wang Fuk Court complex meticulously and has found bodies both in apartment units and on the roofs, said the officer in charge, Cheng Ka-chun. The buildings remain structurally sound, but the search has been slow, he told reporters, still wearing his white coveralls with his hard hat and...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sun, November 30, 2025 3:43pm |
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu submits formal request for pardon in long-running corruption trial Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday asked the country's president to grant him a pardon from corruption charges — seeking to end a long-running trial that has bitterly divided the nation. Netanyahu, who has been battling the country's legal system over the charges, said the request would help unify the country at a time of momentous changes in the region. But it immediately triggered denunciations from his opponents, who said it would weaken Israel's democratic institutions and send a dangerous message that he is above the rule of law. In a statement Sunday the prime minister's office said that Netanyahu had submitted a request for a pardon to...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sun, November 30, 2025 3:50pm |
Pope Leo brings message of peace to Lebanon after leaving Turkey Pope Leo XIV and the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople Archbishop Sahag II Mashalian arrive to celebrate a liturgy in the Armenian Apostolic Cathedral of Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. Domenico Stinellis / AP Pope Leo XIV wrapped up his visit to Turkey on Sunday before heading to Lebanon, where he aimed to bring a message of hope to its long-suffering people and bolster a crucial Christian community in the Middle East. He preached similar messages of peace and unity, within his own Catholic community and more broadly, during his earlier stops in Turkey. Leo had two key appointments in Istanbul before flying to Beirut: a prayer at the Armenian Apostolic Cathedral and a divine liturgy with...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sun, November 30, 2025 4:04pm |
Rubio says "more work to be done" after hours of U.S.-Ukraine talks to end Russian war Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, left, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, center, and Jared Kushner attend a meeting with Ukrainian officials Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025, in Hallandale Beach, Fla. Terry Renna / AP U.S. and Ukrainian officials completed roughly four hours of talks Sunday aimed at finding an endgame to the war between Russia and Ukraine. Secretary of State Marco Rubio described Sunday's session — which included special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of President Trump, and Ukrainian delegates — as "productive and useful," but talks will continue this week in Moscow with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. "We don't just want to end the war. We also want...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, December 01, 2025 11:37am |
Southeast Asia floods and landslides kill more than 1,000 as climate change turbocharges monsoon season People wade down a flooded road, Nov. 30, 2025, in Sumatra, Indonesia, amid flooding caused by torrential monsoon rains that killed over 1,000 people in four countries. Li Zhiquan/China News Service/VCG/Getty The toll in deadly flooding and landslides across parts of Asia climbed past 1,000 on Monday as hardest-hit Sri Lanka and Indonesia deployed military personnel to help survivors. Separate weather systems brought torrential, extended rainfall to the entire island of Sri Lanka and large parts of Indonesia's Sumatra, southern Thailand and northern Malaysia last week. Much of the region is currently in its monsoon season but scientists say climate...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, December 01, 2025 1:19pm |
Hong Kong apartment fire death toll mounts, and China stifles criticism as safety violations are revealed People lay flowers in front of the Wang Fuk Court in the aftermath of the deadly fire in Hong Kong's Tai Po district, Nov. 30, 2025 in Hong Kong, China. Anthony Kwan/Getty As the confirmed death toll from the Hong Kong apartment complex fire climbed to at least 151 on Monday, officials said their investigation into the blaze had found that mesh used to covered scaffolding for ongoing renovations was not up to fire-safety codes. Frustration over what appears to have been clear safety lapses ahead of the devastating fire — which took more than two days to extinguish as it engulfed seven of the complex's eight towers — was being met with government moves to...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, December 01, 2025 1:31pm |
Trump says he "wouldn't have wanted" a reported second strike on alleged drug boat President Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Force One en-route to Washington, D.C., on Nov. 30, 2025. Pete Marovich / Getty Images President Trump said Sunday that he "wouldn't have wanted" a reported second strike on an alleged drug boat earlier this year, while pledging to look into the matter that has sparked concern among lawmakers. "The first strike was very lethal, it was fine and if there were two people around," the president told reporters on Air Force One. "But Pete said that didn't happen. I have great confidence in him." The Washington Post reported Friday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a verbal order to leave no survivors in the first U.S. strike on...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, December 01, 2025 4:51pm |
Trump planned to meet with Rubio, Hegseth, top aides on Venezuela, sources say President Trump on Monday afternoon was expected to confer with his top deputies on the next steps for U.S. operations in Venezuela, according to a senior military official and two sources familiar with the upcoming White House meeting. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth were scheduled to attend what sources described as a decisional meeting regarding the next steps in the escalating pressure campaign against the Maduro regime. Mr. Trump said recently he's spoken with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, while the U.S. president has also built up a significant military force in the region as a part of what he's described as an anti-drug campaign against the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, December 02, 2025 1:26pm |
Kushner and Witkoff to meet with Putin in Moscow Tuesday as Trump pushes for Russia-Ukraine deal President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff are meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday, a White House source confirmed, as Mr. Trump presses for an end to the fighting in Ukraine. The meeting comes after U.S. and Ukrainian officials held talks in Florida over the weekend. Witkoff has met with Putin before, as he has turned his focus toward Ukraine after he and Kushner helped broker the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Mr. Trump told reporters after Sunday's talks, "I think that there's a good chance we can make a deal." The U.S. backed a peace proposal to end Russia's war on Ukraine last month,...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, December 02, 2025 1:46pm |
Honduras election results a "technical tie" as Trump launches a dramatic intervention, including a threat Honduran presidential candidate of the National Party Nasry Asfura gestures during a press conference in Tegucigalpa, Dec. 1, 2025, a day after the election. Marvin RECINOS /AFP/Getty A businessman who has President Trump's backing for the presidency of Honduras was locked in a "technical tie" with a rightwing TV host after a preliminary vote count, the Central American country's electoral body said Monday. Nasry Asfura, 67, led 72-year-old rival Salvador Nasralla by just 515 votes, making it a "technical tie," National Electoral Council (CNE) head Ana Paola Hall said on X after a partial digital tally of Sunday's down-to-the-wire...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, December 02, 2025 1:58pm |
Yankee Candle maker Newell Brands to close stores and cut 900 jobs Newell Brands, the maker of Sharpie and Yankee Candle, said Monday it is laying off more than 900 workers, or about 10% of its workforce, as the company seeks to cut costs. Newell also said in a statement that it will close roughly 20 Yankee Candle stores across the U.S. and Canada early next year as part of its cost-cutting plan. The layoffs are set to begin this month, according to the Atlanta-based company. Newell's other brands include Mr. Coffee, Oster, Rubbermaid and Sunbeam. The publicly listed company, whose shares have fallen nearly 62% this year amid slowing growth, launched a turnaround plan in 2023 as it tries to boost sales. The company has also said it will increase its use of automation...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, December 02, 2025 2:48pm |
Michael Dell to donate $250 each to 25 million U.S. children for "Trump accounts" Michael and Susan Dell on Tuesday said they will donate $250 in so-called "Trump accounts" to 25 million American children, a $6.25 billion investment that the Dells said is designed to jumpstart the kids' futures. The money will be given to most children ages 10 and younger who were born before the qualifying date of the Trump accounts, which were created earlier this year through the Republicans' tax and spending bill. Those accounts are designed to provide $1,000 to babies born during President Trump's second term in office. "Children older than 10 may benefit, too, if funds remain available after initial sign-ups.?It is an incredibly practical and direct step to help families begin saving...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, December 02, 2025 2:55pm |
Mosquito-borne viruses kill 33 people, including 21 children, in Cuba Twenty-one children are among 33 people who have died in Cuba of the mosquito-borne chikungunya and dengue viruses since July, authorities said Monday. Most of the deaths were attributed to chikungunya — characterized by fever and joint pain that can be debilitating but rarely fatal — while the flu-like dengue claimed 12 lives, the country's deputy health minister Carilda Pena said on state TV. The chikungunya virus emerged in Cuba's western Matanzas province in July, but soon spread to all 15 provinces of the country of 9.7 million people. The chikungunya virus was first identified in Africa in the early 1950s. Chikungunya's symptoms include severe joint aches, fever, and fatigue,...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, December 02, 2025 2:59pm |
Honduran ex-president pardoned by Trump for drug trafficking is released from U.S. prison Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, second from right, is taken in handcuffs to a waiting aircraft as he is extradited to the U.S., at an Air Force base in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, April 21, 2022. Elmer Martinez / APA former Honduran president convicted of helping to smuggle 400 tons of cocaine into the United States has left prison after being pardoned by President Donald Trump. The U.S. Bureau of Prisons confirmed his release in a statement to the Associated Press. Juan Orlando Hernandez was released from a federal prison in West Virginia on Monday and was "once again a free man," his wife, Ana GarcÃa, announced on social media. GarcÃa thanked Mr. Trump for pardoning...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, December 03, 2025 1:16pm |
Trump administration considering expanding travel ban to around 30 countries after National Guard shooting The Trump administration is considering expanding its travel ban — which currently restricts or bars the entry of nationals from 19 countries — to around 30 nations in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard soldiers in Washington, D.C., last week, multiple U.S. officials told CBS News on Tuesday. The plans are preliminary and the number of countries added to the list could change, said the officials, who requested anonymity to discuss internal deliberations. CNN reported on Tuesday morning that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was recommending expanding the travel ban to between 30 and 32 countries. After a meeting with President Trump on Monday,...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, December 03, 2025 1:21pm |
U.S. requested resumption of migrant flights to Venezuela after Trump's airspace closure assertion, Maduro's government says U.S.-operated flights returning deported migrants to Venezuela will continue despite President Trump's assertion that the airspace of the South American country should be considered closed. The government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Tuesday announced that the twice-weekly flights will go on following a request from the Trump administration. That reverses a Venezuelan government Saturday announcement indicating that U.S. immigration authorities had unilaterally suspended the flights. An overflight and landing application submitted Monday by U.S.-based Eastern Airlines requests permission for an arrival Wednesday. The agreement...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, December 03, 2025 1:44pm |
Putin aide says "much work to be done" on Ukraine peace plan after Moscow meeting with Kushner and Witkoff Russian President Vladimir Putin, third from right, Russian Presidential Foreign Policy Adviser Yuri Ushakov, fourth from right, and Russian Direct Investment Fund CEO Kirill Dmitriev, right, attend talks with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, second from left, and Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law, third, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 2, 2025. Kristina Kormilitsyna / AP A top aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin said there is still "much work to be done" after President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff met with Putin in Moscow on Tuesday, amid a push by Mr. Trump to end the war in Ukraine. The...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, December 03, 2025 1:53pm |
Gas prices dip below $3 a gallon, the lowest since 2021 Drivers are getting some relief at the pump, with the average price of a gallon of gas falling to its lowest level in more than four years, according to new data from GasBuddy, an app that helps drivers find deals on fuel. Gas now costs $2.95 per gallon on average, down 8.5 cents over the last week and 5.4 cents lower than a year ago, the data shows. That marks the lowest price at the pump since May 2021, the company said. Data from AAA shows that the national average price for a gallon of gas is $2.99. GasBuddy said the decline is due to strong refinery output and lower crude oil prices, as well as to softer seasonal fuel demand. Domestic supplies of crude oil have been strong, with the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, December 03, 2025 2:25pm |
Hong Kong fire death toll climbs to 159, including a 1-year-old baby The death toll in Hong Kong's apartment complex fire climbed to 159 on Wednesday, as six people were arrested on suspicion of deactivating some fire alarms during maintenance work at the housing complex, authorities said. The youngest person who died in the fire was a 1-year-old baby, police said. The oldest was 97. At least 91 women and 41 men were among the dead, according to Commissioner of Police Joe Chow. Police said they have completed a search for bodies inside all seven of eight high-rise residential towers ravaged in the fire that first broke out last Wednesday and took until Friday to be extinguished. About 30 people were still reported missing. "We have found 159...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, December 04, 2025 11:30am |
Ukrainian lawmaker warns Trump "cannot trade with Putin," because he's the "aggressor" who started brutal war Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to journalists during a press conference Dec. 2, 2025, in Moscow, Russia. Contributor/Getty Images A Ukrainian lawmaker told CBS News on Wednesday that President Trump should not approach peacemaking efforts with Russia like a business deal, saying the American leader must "understand he cannot trade with Putin" as the "aggressor" in the war, which is nearing its four-year mark. Lisa Yasko, a member of Ukraine's parliament from the same party as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, spoke with CBS News after high-level talks in Moscow between Putin and U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff failed to yield any...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, December 04, 2025 12:53pm |
Charles Shay, D-Day veteran who saved lives on Omaha Beach as a 19-year-old U.S. Army medic, dies at 101 WWII veteran Charles Shay is pictured at his home, March 24, 2024, in Bretteville-l'Orgueilleuse, Normandy. Jeffrey Schaeffer/AP Charles Shay, a decorated Native American veteran who was a 19-year-old U.S. Army medic when he landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day and helped save lives, died on Wednesday. He was 101. Shay died at his home in Bretteville-L'Orgueilleuse in France's Normandy region, his longtime friend and carer Marie-Pascale Legrand said. Shay, of the Penobscot tribe and from Indian Island in the U.S. state of Maine, was awarded the Silver Star for repeatedly plunging into the sea and carrying critically wounded soldiers to relative safety, saving...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, December 04, 2025 1:03pm |
Alleged Haitian gang leader sentenced to life in prison in kidnapping of 16 American missionaries A man alleged to be the founder and leader of a Haitian gang was sentenced on Wednesday to life in prison for orchestrating the 2021 kidnapping of 17 people — 16 of them Americans — including five children, who were on a missionary trip to the Caribbean country. Joly Germine declined to say anything before U.S. District Judge John Bates in Washington, D.C., sentenced him. "No remorse has been shown by Mr. Germine. No acceptance of responsibility," the judge said. Some of the kidnapping victims chose to speak in court, telling Germine they forgive him for his role in their ordeal. Ray Noecker, whose wife, Cheryl, and five children were held hostage,...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, December 04, 2025 1:18pm |
Trump says he supports releasing video of alleged drug boat strike: "I support the decision to knock out the boats" President Trump on Wednesday said he would support the release of any footage of the multiple strikes on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat from Sept. 2, while supporting the "decision to knock out the boats." The Trump administration and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in particular have been under scrutiny in recent days, after The Washington Post reported the U.S. military carried out a subsequent strike on a boat in the Caribbean, despite there apparently being survivors. CBS News has not independently confirmed the existence of survivors, but the White House has confirmed the boat was struck more than once on Sept. 2. "I don't know what they have, but...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, December 04, 2025 1:26pm |
Israel confirms Thai hostage's remains returned, leaving just 1 deceased hostage still in Gaza Search operations continue in Jabalia area as heavy machinery clears rubble to retrieve the bodies of Israeli hostages in Gaza City, Gaza, on Dec. 3, 2025. Hamza Z. H. Qraiqea/Anadolu/Getty Israeli and Thai officials said Thursday that remains handed over to Israel by militants in Gaza had been identified as the last Thai hostage taken during the Hamas-led, Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack that sparked the war. The Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it was notified by Israeli authorities that the remains of a hostage returned on Wednesday were identified as Sudhisak Rinthalak, a Thai national who was an agricultural worker on a kibbutz. The office of Israeli...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, December 04, 2025 1:43pm |
U.K. sanctions Russia after inquiry finds Putin responsible for nerve agent attack on British soil Images from Facebook show Dawn Sturgess, 44, and Charlie Rowley, 45, identified by British media as the couple who fell ill after coming into contact with Novichok nerve agent in southern England in June 2018. Sturgess later died. FACEBOOK The British government announced new sanctions against Russia on Thursday and summoned the country's top diplomat in London, "to answer for Russia's ongoing campaign of hostile activity against the U.K." after an inquiry found Russian President Vladimir Putin was responsible for a 2018 poison attack that killed an innocent woman in England. The new sanctions specifically target Russia's GRU military intelligence agency, which Britain...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, December 05, 2025 12:55pm |
Lawmakers see video of second strike on boat survivors, say admiral testified there was no kill order Navy Adm. Frank Bradley, accompanied by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, arrives for a closed-door classified meeting with lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Dec. 4, 2025. Andrew Harnik / Getty Images Military officials showed lawmakers video of a second strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat behind closed doors on Capitol Hill on Thursday, and testified that there was no order from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to kill everyone on board, multiple lawmakers said. Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Navy Adm. Frank "Mitch" Bradley, head of Special Operations Command, briefed the leaders of the Armed Services and...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, December 05, 2025 1:01pm |
U.K. and Norway sign pact to "hunt Russian submarines" in North Atlantic Norway's Minister of Defence Tore O. Sandvik, left, and Britain's Secretary of State for Defense John Healey shake hands during the signing of a strategic defence agreement in Downing Street in London, Dec. 4, 2025. Alastair Grant/AP The United Kingdom and Norway are forming an alliance to "hunt Russian submarines" and protect communication lines in the North Atlantic Ocean, as part of a new defense agreement between the two countries, the U.K. government announced on Thursday. The agreement will see the British and Norwegian navies work side-by-side. Central to the deal is a new joint fleet of anti-submarine warships — in response to a 30% increase in the presence of Russian ships in U.K. waters over...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, December 05, 2025 1:14pm |
4 killed in latest strike on alleged drug boat off Latin America, Pentagon says The U.S. military continued its assault on what it claims are drug-running boats off the coastal waters of Latin America with another strike Thursday that the Pentagon said killed four people. The strike in the Eastern Pacific was ordered by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, U.S. Southern Command said in a social media post that included unclassified video of the attack. "Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was carrying illicit narcotics and transiting along a known narco-trafficking route in the Eastern Pacific," said U.S. Southern Command, which is responsible for U.S. military operations in the Caribbean Sea and the waters off Central and South America. "Four male narco-terrorists aboard the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, December 05, 2025 1:18pm |
Intense operations against Houthis played into Truman Strike Group accidents, Navy finds When the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier lost an F-18 fighter jet in May because of an arresting wire failure, the crew was in the midst of "significantly stressful deployment" because of operations against the Houthis in Yemen, according to a Navy investigation report released Thursday. The Navy said in a statement Thursday that investigations into a series of accidents involving the Truman carrier strike group "reviewed how a Carrier Strike Group prepares for and responds to adversity during combat operations." From March 15 to May 6, the Truman participated in "Operation Rough Rider," which targeted the Houthis who were attacking merchant ships and U.S. Navy ships....more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, December 05, 2025 1:22pm |
Putin visits India, offers "uninterrupted supply" of Russian fuel as Trump tries to curb Moscow's energy sales Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Hyderabad House, in New Delhi, India, Dec. 5, 2025. Kremlin Press Office/Handout/Anadolu/Getty Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday at an annual summit and agreed to diversify mutual economic ties, as the United States presses India to revise its decades-old partnership with Russia. The 23rd Russia-India Summit comes at a pivotal moment as the U.S. pushes for a Ukraine peace deal while seeking global cooperation. It will test New Delhi's efforts to balance relations with Moscow and Washington as the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, December 05, 2025 2:16pm |
Trump administration National Security Strategy claims Europe facing "civilizational erasure" within 20 years The Trump administration claims in its new National Security Strategy, published early Friday morning, that some of America's oldest allies in Europe face "the real and more stark prospect of civilizational erasure" due to immigration and the purported erosion of democratic principles. Accusing the European Union and other unnamed transnational bodies of allowing unchecked immigration and curbing free speech, the document claims that, "should present trends continue, the continent will be unrecognizable in 20 years or less," and that "it is far from obvious whether certain European countries will have economies and militaries strong enough to remain reliable allies" to the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, December 05, 2025 4:24pm |
Unidentified drones breached Ireland's airspace during visit by Ukraine's Zelenskyy DUBLIN, IRELAND - DECEMBER 1: A red carpet is rolled out to the plane carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Dublin Airport on December 1, 2025 in Dublin, Ireland. Clodagh Kilcoyne-Pool / Getty Images Unidentified drones breached Ireland's airspace this week during a visit by Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a source familiar with the matter told CBS News on Friday. "Any incident like this would be well under control by defense forces," the source told CBS News, adding: "You see these across Europe now." The Irish Department of Defense told CBS News in a statement Friday that "all of the circumstances regarding the incident" are being investigated and...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, December 06, 2025 10:59pm |
U.S., Ukrainian officials will meet again Saturday on peace plan, say "real progress" depends on Russia In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner attend a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow on Dec. 2, 2025. Kristina Kormilitsyna / POOL /AFP via Getty Images President Trump's advisers and Ukrainian officials said Friday they'll meet for a third day of talks after making progress on creating a security framework for postwar Ukraine, and are urging Russia to commit to peace. The officials, who met for a second day in Florida on Friday, issued a joint statement that offered broad brushstrokes about the progress they say has...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, December 06, 2025 11:15pm |
Death toll passes 900 after catastrophic flooding and landslides in Indonesia A survivor carries a bag of salvaged items at an area devastated by flash flood in Aceh Tamiang on Sumatra Island, Indonesia, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. Binsar Bakkara / AP Emergency crews raced against time on Friday after last week's catastrophic floods and landslides that struck parts of Asia, killing more than 1,500 people. Relief operations were underway, but the scale of need overwhelmed the capabilities of rescuers. More than 900 people have died in Indonesia, the country's disaster management agency said Saturday, according to the AFP. The death toll stood at 908, with 410 people still reported missing. Authorities said there were 486 people were confirmed dead in Sri Lanka, and...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, December 06, 2025 11:34pm |
Russia targets Ukraine with massive drone and missile attack amid diplomatic talks Workers and military inspect Ukrainian Fire Point's Flamingo missiles during handover to the military in an undisclosed location in Ukraine Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. Efrem Lukatsky / AP Russia unleashed a major missile and drone barrage on Ukraine overnight into Saturday, after U.S. and Ukrainian officials said they'll meet on Saturday for a third day of talks aimed at ending the nearly 4-year-old war. Russia used 653 drones and 51 missiles in the wide-reaching attack, which triggered air raid alerts across the country and came as Ukraine marked Armed Forces Day, the country's air force said Saturday morning. Ukrainian forces shot down and neutralized 585 drones and 30 missiles, the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, December 06, 2025 11:37pm |
Nobel laureate Maria Corina Machado to travel to Oslo to receive peace prize despite threats from Venezuelan leaders Nobel laureate and Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado confirmed she will travel to Norway next week to collect the honor, the head of the Nobel Institute told Agence France-Presse on Saturday. Machado, who has been living in hiding in Venezuela since the 2024 presidential election, has expressed interest in traveling to Oslo for the ceremony on Dec. 10. "I was in contact with Machado last night (Friday) and she confirms that she will be in Oslo for the ceremony," Kristian Berg Harpviken said. "Given the security situation, we cannot say more about the date or how she will arrive," he added. Venezuela's attorney...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, December 06, 2025 11:51pm |
Gaza ceasefire talks in "critical moment" as second phase in deal yet to begin Qatar's Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, attends a session on the opening day of the Doha Forum on December 6, 2025. MAHMUD HAMS /AFP via Getty Images Qatar's prime minister on Saturday said the Gaza ceasefire has reached a "critical moment" as its first phase winds down, with the remains of just one Israeli hostage still held by militants. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani told an international conference in the Qatari capital that international mediators, led by the U.S., are working "to force the way forward" to the second phase to cement the deal. "What we have just done is a pause," he told the Doha...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, December 06, 2025 11:54pm |
Hegseth won't commit to releasing video of second strike on alleged drug boat: "We are reviewing it right now" Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday refused to say whether the Pentagon would release video of the early September operation that targeted survivors of a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean. "We're reviewing the process, and we'll see," Hegseth said in a Q&A session after addressing a defense forum hosted by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. "Whatever we were to decide to release, we'd have to be very responsible about reviewing that right now." Eleven people were killed in the Sept. 2 missile attack on an alleged drug boat, the first of several such assaults off Latin America's coastal waters. The...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fire ripped through nightclub killing at least 25 in India A general view shows a burned nightclub following a fire that broke out in the west Indian state of Goa on Dec. 7, 2025. AFP via Getty Images At least 25 people, including tourists, were killed in a fire at a popular nightclub in India's Goa state, the state's chief minister said Sunday. The blaze occurred just past midnight in Arpora in North Goa, a party hub located some 15 miles from the state capital, Panaji. Goa's Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said most of the dead were the club's kitchen workers, as well as three to four tourists. Six people were injured and are in stable condition, he said. The bodies have been recovered. The fire occurred due to a gas cylinder blast and has been...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Apparent coup attempt in Benin thwarted, interior minister says A group of soldiers gives a statement on Benin's national television, claiming to have seized power, following reports of a coup attempt underway against the government of Benin's President Patrice Talon, in Cotonou, Benin, in this screengrab from a handout video obtained by Reuters on December 7, 2025. Benin TV/Handout via REUTERS A coup that was announced in Benin on Sunday has been "foiled" by loyal soldiers, the West African nation's interior minister said in a video on Facebook. "In the early morning of Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, a small group of soldiers launched a mutiny with the aim of destabilizing the state and its institutions," Alassane Seidou said....more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Netanyahu says he expects Gaza ceasefire second phase to begin "very shortly," will meet with Trump this month German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu take part in a press conference after talks in Israel. Michael Kappeler/picture alliance via Getty Images Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he expects the Gaza ceasefire plan to move into the second phase "very shortly." Netanyahu, speaking during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz after a meeting between the two leaders, said they discussed how to "bring an end to the Hamas rule in Gaza." "We finished the first part," he said, adding, "And then we very shortly expect to move into the second phase, which is more...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Netflix to buy Warner Bros. in a deal valued at $82.7 billion Netflix on Friday said it is buying Warner Bros. in a deal valued at $82.7 billion, merging the biggest streaming service with a storied studio that has produced films such as "Casablanca" and the "Harry Potter" franchise. In a statement, Netflix said the deal is expected to close after Warner Bros. Discovery spins off its television networks division, Discovery Global, which is now expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2026. Netflix said it will buy Warner Bros. for $27.75 per share, giving the deal an equity value of $72 billion and a total enterprise value of $82.7 billion. The transaction is expected to close in 12 to 18 months, Netflix said. The agreement comes after Warner Bros....more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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