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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 García, announced on social media. García 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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Sun, December 07, 2025 4:45pm |
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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Sun, December 07, 2025 4:49pm |
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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Sun, December 07, 2025 4:55pm |
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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Sun, December 07, 2025 5:02pm |
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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Sun, December 07, 2025 5:11pm |
Car bomb kills 5 people, including 3 officers, in front of police station in Mexico Mexican authorities on Sunday said at least five people died and three more were injured after a car exploded near a police station in the restive western state of Michoacan. The explosion took place shortly before noon local time on Saturday in front of the police headquarters in the coastal city of Coahuayana, according to Mexico's Attorney General's Office, which has taken over investigation of the case. The state prosecutor's office raised the initial toll from three fatal victims to five, adding that three of them were local police officers. According to Héctor Zepeda, commander of the community police, the explosion was so powerful that human remains were scattered...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, December 08, 2025 3:00pm |
Hitmen ambush and kill reporter who covered corruption in Peru, journalist group says Peruvian journalist Fernando Nunez. Peru's National Association of Journalists Peruvian journalist Fernando Nunez, whose reporting dug into municipal corruption cases, was shot and killed by hitmen while returning from an assignment, Peru's National Association of Journalists (ANP) said Sunday. Nunez, a reporter for the digital outlet Kamila TV, "was attacked by hitmen while riding a motorcycle with his brother" on Saturday, the ANP said in a statement on social media. Nunez died instantly and his brother was in critical condition. Nunez is the third journalist killed by organized crime in Peru in 2025, following the slayings of journalists Gaston...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, December 08, 2025 3:06pm |
Russia jails soldiers who tortured and killed American who fought with pro-Moscow forces A court in Russian-controlled Ukraine sentenced four Russian soldiers to jail on Monday for the killing of an American communist who had fought with pro-Moscow forces since 2014. Moscow rarely punishes its soldiers in Ukraine for committing crimes, portraying them as national heroes at home. The court in Russian-held Donetsk found the soldiers guilty of beating Russell Bentley, 64, to death in April 2024, after they mistook him for a U.S. spy. The soldiers put his body in the back of a car and blew it up, the court said. Bentley — the subject of a 2022 interview with Rolling Stone magazine titled "The Bizarre Story of How a Hardcore Texas Leftist Became a Frontline Putin...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, December 08, 2025 5:55pm |
Powerful earthquake hits off Japan, triggering tsunami of up to 15 inches Bookshelves and documents that fell during an earthquake are seen at Kyodo News' Hakodate bureau in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan, Dec. 8, 2025, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Kyodo via Reuters A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck off northern Japan on Monday, triggering a tsunami of up to 15 inches in coastal communities in the region, the Japanese Meteorological Agency said. The agency said the quake struck just east of Aomori, the northernmost prefecture of Japan's main Honshu island, and just south of Hokkaido island. It said a tsunami of 40 centimeters (about 15.75 inches) struck the Hokkaido prefecture town of Urakawa and the Aomori prefecture...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, December 08, 2025 5:59pm |
13 inmates found dead at prison in Ecuador where dozens have been killed in past month Members of the armed forces escort two inmates to a truck after several bodies were found during a police inspection, outside Machala prison in Machala, Ecuador, on Dec. 7, 2025. Luis SUAREZ /AFP via Getty Images Thirteen inmates died at the weekend in a prison in Ecuador that has seen 44 killed in violence in the past month, authorities said Monday. The deaths occurred Sunday at a prison in the coastal city of Machala in the southwest of the country and are now under investigation. The state prison authority SNAI said in a statement that the bodies were found by police after "the detonation of an explosive device" outside the prison. According to local media reports,...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, December 08, 2025 6:01pm |
Ukraine's Zelenskyy seeks European solidarity as Trump accuses him of not reading peace proposal Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and France's President Emmanuel Macron meet in London. Adrian DENNIS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Ukraine's president is likely to look for a strong show of support from his European partners on Monday after being admonished by President Trump, who accused him of not reading a White House-authored proposal to end Russia's ongoing war on his country. Speaking Sunday evening to reporters on the red carpet before the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony, Mr. Trump said he was disappointed in President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's response to the plan to end the nearly-four-year...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, December 08, 2025 6:04pm |
8 Matisse artworks stolen from library in São Paulo, Brazilian officials say A Brazilian police patrol stands in front of the Mario de Andrade Public Library from where several engravings were stolen in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil on December 7, 2025. Eight engravings by French artist Henri Matisse and five by Brazilian modernist painter Candido Portinari -part of an exhibition on the modernist movement - were stolen from the library, the Brazilian city's government reported. Nelson ALMEIDA /AFP via Getty Images The work of famed French artist Henri Matisse was among 13 pieces of art stolen from a public library in Brazil over the weekend, local authorities said. Two armed thieves entered the Mário de Andrade Library in downtown São Paulo on Sunday and reportedly...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, December 09, 2025 11:32am |
Defense bill would limit Pentagon travel funds until boat strike footage released Congress is aiming to withhold part of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's travel budget until the Pentagon hands over footage of the strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela. The provision was tucked into a compromise version of the National Defense Authorization Act, an annual defense policy bill that has passed every year for more than six decades. On Sunday, lawmakers unveiled the bill, which authorizes nearly $901 billion in defense spending. The bill is expected to pass both the House and Senate with bipartisan support. It would withhold a quarter of Hegseth's office's travel funds until the House and Senate Armed Services committees receive "unedited video of strikes...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, December 09, 2025 11:37am |
Trump says he's letting Nvidia sell advanced chips to China President Trump announced Monday that he will allow California-based Nvidia to sell its advanced H200 computer chips to "approved customers" in China, a boost to the semiconductor giant whose chips are widely used for artificial intelligence. The United States government will take a 25% cut of chip sales to China, the president said in a Truth Social post. The deal does not include Nvidia's more advanced Blackwell system or its soon-to-be-released Rubin system, Mr. Trump said. He said he informed Chinese President Xi Jinping of his decision, and the Chinese leader "responded positively." The sales will be carried out "under conditions that allow for...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, December 09, 2025 11:39am |
Paramount Skydance makes bid for all of Warner Bros. Discovery valued at $108 billion Paramount Skydance on Monday made a $108.4 billion hostile takeover offer for all of Warner Bros. Discovery, with its all-cash bid coming just three days after Netflix agreed to buy a part of Warner Bros. in a deal valued at $82.7 billion. Warner Bros. Discovery "shareholders deserve an opportunity to consider our superior all-cash offer for their shares in the entire company," Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison said in a statement. "Our public offer, which is on the same terms we provided to the Warner Bros. Discovery Board of Directors in private, provides superior value, and a more certain and quicker path to completion," he said. Paramount Skydance is the parent...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, December 09, 2025 11:53am |
National Guardsman kills 3 fellow service members hours after car bomb kills 5 in cartel stronghold in Mexico National Guards stand watch as Michoacan state prosecutor officers detain a suspect in the killing of Mayor Carlos Manzo Rodriguez in Uruapan, Mexico, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. Eduardo Verdugo / AP A Mexican National Guardsmen shot and killed three fellow service members at a barracks over the weekend in the western Mexican state of Michoacan, where the government has surged security forces in the wake of recent high-profile killings. A federal official confirmed the shooting Monday to The Associated Press, requesting anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it publicly. The shooting, which wounded a fourth service member, was under investigation, the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, December 09, 2025 1:27pm |
Taliban detains 4 men for dressing up as "Peaky Blinders" characters, gives them rehabilitation A screengrab from a video posted online by a spokesman for Afghanistan's Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice shows four young men who were detained in Herat province for wearing "Peaky Blinders" style costumes in public. Four young men were detained by Afghanistan's Taliban authorities and put into a rehabilitation program for walking around in public dressed up as their favorite characters from the hit British drama "Peaky Blinders." The Taliban government's Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice said the four friends — who had become popular in their local Jibrail township, in the southern province of Herat, for...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, December 09, 2025 5:15pm |
Zelenskyy says Ukraine will not give up territory to Russia and is ready to present peace plan to U.S. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared that Ukraine will not give up any territory to Russia and said components of a plan to end the war between the countries are ready to be presented to the U.S. "Russia is insisting that we give up territories, but we don't want to cede anything," Zelenskyy said in an online press conference Monday, the AFP news agency reported. "We have no legal right to do so, under Ukrainian law, our constitution and international law. And we don't have any moral right either," Zelenskyy said after leaving London, where he met with the leaders of the United Kingdom, France and Germany. Zelenskyy's remarks suggest he will...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, December 10, 2025 12:01pm |
Japan warns of possible megaquake after powerful earthquake, raising fears of potential 98-foot tsunami A vehicle rests on the edge of a collapsed road in Tohoku town in Aomori Prefecture on Dec. 9, 2025, following a 7.5 magnitude earthquake off northern Japan. Jiji Press/AFP via Getty Images Japan issued a megaquake advisory Tuesday after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck the northern part of the country, causing 34 mostly mild injuries and some damage to roads and buildings. The government has estimated that an offshore megaquake could cause a tsunami of up to 98 feet and kill nearly 200,000 people. Officials said the advisory is not a prediction and the probability of a magnitude 8 or larger quake is only about 1%. But there's hope the advisory will serve as a...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, December 10, 2025 12:08pm |
In Denmark, concern about Russia's threats and U.S. interest in Greenland Some Danes told CBS News on the streets of Copenhagen they are increasingly worried about their country's security because of what they see as the growing threat from nearby Russia and concerns over the reliability of the Trump White House as an ally. Kenneth Howery, the new U.S ambassador to Denmark, is in Greenland's capital Nuuk this week for his first trip to the Danish-controlled, but self-governed, country. He said in a social media post on X that he and officials from Greenland and Denmark "renewed our commitment to a strong and mutually beneficial relationship" while meeting on Monday. Their meeting came after U.S. and Danish diplomatic ties were strained by President Trump reviving his...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, December 10, 2025 12:21pm |
Ukraine targets Russia's shadow fleet in foreign waters as sanctions fail to sink Putin's oil sales An image from video provided by sources with Ukraine's SBU intelligence agency purportedly shows an explosion caused by a "Sea Baby" drone operated by the SBU as it strikes the oil tanker Kairos in the Black Sea in late November 2025. Obtained by CBS News Ukraine has struck at least two oil tankers off the coasts of Turkey and West Africa in a campaign against Russia's so-called shadow fleet, months after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for Kyiv's partners to strengthen their response to the vessels that Moscow uses to evade international sanctions and continue selling its natural resources. Ukraine has previously targeted fuel tankers and...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, December 10, 2025 12:33pm |
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado to miss Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado attends a protest called by the opposition in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 9, 2025, a day before the presidential inauguration. Jonathan Lanza/NurPhoto Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado will miss the ceremony to award her the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Wednesday, the head of the Norwegian Nobel Institute said. Machado last appeared in public 11 months ago. Nobel Institute director Kristian Berg Harpviken told public broadcaster NRK the Venezuelan opposition leader was not in the Norwegian capital on the day of the ceremony and her daughter will accept the prize on Machado's behalf. "We confirm that...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, December 10, 2025 12:59pm |
Renewed Cambodia-Thailand fighting rages, but Trump says he will "make a phone call" to stop the conflict Displaced residents evacuate with their belongings during clashes along the Cambodia-Thailand border, in Cambodia's Siem Reap province, Dec. 10, 2025. TANG CHHIN Sothy/AFP/Getty Renewed border fighting between Thailand and Cambodia showed no signs of abating Wednesday, leaving hundreds of thousands of displaced people in both countries living in strained conditions as more flooded into temporary shelters. Remarks from leaders in both countries suggest little immediate momentum for a new halt to the violence, though President Trump says he will make a phone call to stop the fighting. Associated Press reporters on the Thai side of the border heard sounds of...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, December 10, 2025 3:15pm |
Read Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado's Nobel Prize speech, given by her daughter The daughter of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado gave a speech in Oslo on Wednesday on behalf of her mother, who was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. Ana Corina Sosa Machado accepted the prize for her mother at the award ceremony in Norway's capital. María Corina Machado has been in hiding for months and did not attend the ceremony, but said she was heading to Norway's capital where she would embrace her family and her children who she has not seen in two years. She will later return to Venezuela, according to her daughter. Maria Corina Machado was awarded the prize "for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, December 11, 2025 1:21pm |
Man murdered, woman kidnapped in cryptocurrency heist in Spain, police say; 5 people arrested Spanish police said Wednesday they have arrested five people accused of abducting and murdering a man to steal his crypto money while another four were charged in Denmark. The man and his partner were attacked in April in southern Spain. The man was shot in the leg when he attempted to escape, police said in a statement. The pair were then "taken to a house where they were held for several hours while the perpetrators tried to access their wallets in order to steal crypto assets." The woman was freed at midnight and reported the abduction. Police later found her partner's body in a wooded area at Mijas in Malaga...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, December 11, 2025 1:25pm |
Coast Guard releases video of cocaine seizure in Pacific, showing shots fired at alleged drug boat The Coast Guard has seized more than 150,000 pounds of cocaine in the Eastern Pacific Ocean since August as part of Operation Pacific Viper, the agency said Tuesday. The Coast Guard has seized more than 150,000 pounds of cocaine in the Eastern Pacific Ocean since August as part of Operation Pacific Viper, the agency said Tuesday. The illicit drugs were nabbed in multiple interdictions of alleged drug boats, including one record-breaking bust earlier this month. In that incident, a "heavily laden" go-fast vessel was stopped with "disabling fire," the Coast Guard said in a news release. The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Munro arrived and seized over...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, December 11, 2025 1:42pm |
Canada launches $1.2 billion push to attract talent, as U.S. charges $100,000 fee for H-1B visas Melanie Joly, Canada's industry minister, during a news conference at the G7 Industry, Digital and Technology Ministers' Meeting in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on Dec. 9, 2025. Graham Hughes/Bloomberg via Getty Images Canada has launched a $1.2 billion initiative aimed at drawing leading researchers to the country, as the U.S. intensifies restrictions on highly skilled workers by charging $100,000 for H-1B visas. The Canadian government announced on Tuesday that its investment over 12 years will be used to recruit and support over 1,000 individuals advancing world-leading research in critical fields, including doctors and scientists. "As other countries...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, December 11, 2025 1:45pm |
U.S. seizes oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, escalating tensions The U.S. has seized a large oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, officials said Wednesday, escalating tensions between the two countries. President Trump said he assumes the U.S. will keep the oil. Bloomberg first reported the oil tanker seizure. Mr. Trump announced the seizure during a roundtable meeting at the White House, saying the tanker was "seized for a very good reason." "As you probably know, we've just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela, a large tanker, very large," he said. "Largest one ever seized, actually. And other things are happening, so you'll be seeing that later and you'll be talking about that later with some other people." When asked by a reporter...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, December 11, 2025 1:49pm |
China wants a "super embassy" in the heart of London. Critics fear it could be a hub for intel gathering. The United Kingdom once again delayed its decision last week on whether to green light China's push for a new, massive embassy in the heart of London. It would not only be the largest Chinese embassy in Europe, but also one of the largest in the world. Beijing's hope, however, still hangs in frustrated limbo after three decision delays, six major anti-embassy protests and Prime Minister Keir Starmer last week calling China "a country that poses real national security threats to the United Kingdom." His defense minister further cited "complexities of the national security implications." Critics fear the so-called "super embassy" could serve as a super hub for...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, December 12, 2025 11:19am |
U.S. sanctions 3 of Maduro's nephews, 6 oil tankers as Venezuela pressure campaign builds The U.S. imposed sanctions on three nephews of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Thursday, as well as half a dozen ships accused of carrying oil from the country, as President Trump looks to inflict further pressure on the South American nation. The new sanctions target Franqui Flores, Carlos Flores and Efrain Campo. Also included in the sanctions are Panamanian businessman Ramon Carretero Napolitano, six firms and six Venezuela-flagged ships suspected of transporting Venezuelan oil. U.S. authorities seized control of a sanctioned oil tanker near Venezuela on Wednesday, an escalation of the recent pressure campaign that has seen thousands of U.S. troops deployed to the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, December 12, 2025 4:14pm |
6.7 magnitude quake strikes off northern Japan coast days after larger temblor in same region A 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Japan and caused small tsunami waves but no apparent damage Friday, days after a stronger quake in the same region. Friday's quake occurred off the east coast of Aomori prefecture, in the north of Honshu, the main Japanese island, at a depth of about 12 miles, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency, which issued a tsunami advisory that was lifted about two hours later. Small waves were reported in Hokkaido and Aomori prefectures, but no serious damage or injuries were reported. The quake followed a 7.5 magnitude earthquake Monday that caused injuries, light damage and a small tsunami on Japan's Pacific coast. No tsunami...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, December 12, 2025 4:44pm |
Serial killer linked to 3 women's cold case murders in Toronto: "There may be additional victims" A Canadian man who died in 2019 has been identified as the perpetrator of three cold case homicides in Toronto, and investigators believe there could be more victims. Toronto police said Thursday recent forensic testing and genetic genealogy conclusively identified Kenneth Smith, 72, of Windsor, Ontario, as the person who killed two women in the 1980s and a third woman in the 1990s. They say the first woman, Christine Prince, 25, was found dead on June 22, 1982, in the Rouge River in Toronto after she was sexually assaulted and struck on the head. Police say Claire Samson, 23, was found dead with gunshot wounds in Oro-Medonte...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, December 12, 2025 4:51pm |
Russian submarine tracked for 3 days in English Channel by British navy amid Moscow's "underwater threats" The British navy said Thursday it tracked a Russian submarine navigating through the English Channel for three days, as it steps up efforts to police its seas against such threats. A British naval supply ship with an on-board helicopter was deployed to track the stealthy Kilo-class submarine Krasnodar and the tug Altay, the Royal Navy said in a statement. The Russian ships had arrived from the North Sea and entered the Channel. "Expert aircrew were prepared to pivot to anti-submarine operations if Krasnodar had dived below the surface," the statement said. But it sailed on the surface throughout the operation, despite...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, December 12, 2025 5:24pm |
Disney to invest $1 billion in OpenAI under new licensing agreement Walt Disney Co. is investing $1 billion in OpenAI under a new commercial partnership with the ChatGPT and Sora developer. The three-year licensing agreement will allow users of Sora, OpenAI's artificial intelligence video tool, to create AI videos using more than 200 characters from Disney, Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars, the entertainment giant announced Thursday. Disney is the first major company to strike a licensing deal with OpenAI on Sora, which uses generative artificial intelligence to create short videos. "Through this collaboration with OpenAI we will thoughtfully and responsibly extend the reach of our storytelling through generative...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, December 12, 2025 5:42pm |
Trump says Thailand and Cambodia leaders have agreed again to stop fighting President Trump says the prime ministers of Thailand and Cambodia have agreed once again to halt fighting along their border starting Friday evening. "I had a very good conversation this morning with the Prime Minister of Thailand, Anutin Charnvirakul, and the Prime Minister of Cambodia, Hun Manet, concerning the very unfortunate reawakening of their long-running War," Mr. Trump said in a post on Truth Social. "They have agreed to CEASE all shooting effective this evening, and go back to the original Peace Accord made with me, and them, with the help of the Great Prime Minister of Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim." "Both Countries are ready for PEACE and continued Trade with the United States of...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, December 13, 2025 4:26pm |
King Charles III says he'll scale back cancer treatment thanks to early diagnosis Britain's King Charles speaks about his cancer recovery during a prerecorded message filmed in The Morning Room at Clarence House in London, in this handout image released Dec. 12, 2025. Tommy Forbes/Bango Studios/PA Wire/Handout via Reuters King Charles III said Friday that his cancer treatment will be reduced in the new year because of early diagnosis, effective intervention and adherence to doctors' orders. Charles, 77, revealed the information in a recorded message broadcast on British television Friday as part of a campaign to encourage people to take advantage of screening that can detect cancer in its early stages when it...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, December 13, 2025 4:33pm |
U.S. removes Brazilian judge Alexandre de Moraes from its sanctions list Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes during the plenary session of the supreme court on Dec. 10, 2025. Ton Molina/NurPhoto via Getty Images The United States removed Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes from its sanctions list on Friday after initially adding him over his role in leading the trial against former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. De Moraes' wife and the Lex Institute, which she leads, were also taken off the list, according to documents from the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control. Brazil's government celebrated the move, which came after a weekend phone conversation between President Trump and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, December 13, 2025 5:25pm |
2 killed in Russia while Ukraine's energy infrastructure is targeted and peace talks press on In this grab from a video provided by the Press Service Of The President Of Ukraine on Friday, Dec 12, 2025, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy records a video at the road entering of Kupiansk, Ukraine. Press Service Of The President Of Ukraine via AP At least two people were killed in a drone attack in Russia's southwestern Saratov region and parts of Ukraine went without power following targeted assaults on energy infrastructure, local authorities said Saturday, as U.S.-led peace talks on ending the war press on. The drone attack damaged a residential building and several windows were also blown out at a kindergarten and clinic, said Saratov regional Gov. Roman...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, December 13, 2025 5:29pm |
Fighting rages on Thai-Cambodian border despite Trump's ceasefire claim Evacuees wait to receive donation from local charity as they take refuge in Banteay Menchey provincial town, Cambodia, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, after fleeing homes following fighting between Thailand and Cambodia. Heng Sinith / AP Fighting raged Saturday morning along the border of Thailand and Cambodia, even after U.S. President Trump, acting as a mediator, declared that he had won agreement from both countries for a ceasefire. Thai officials have said they did not agree to a ceasefire, and Cambodia has not commented on Mr. Trump's claim. Its defense ministry instead said Thai jets carried out airstrikes Saturday morning. Cambodian media reported Mr. Trump's claim without elaborating. Thai...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, December 13, 2025 5:32pm |
Belarus releases 123 prisoners including Nobel prize laureate Bialiatski in exchange for U.S. sanctions relief In this photo released by the Belarusian presidential press service, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, right, and U.S. Presidential envoy John Coale shake hands during their meeting in Minsk, Belarus, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. Belarusian Presidential Press Service via AP Belarusian authorities have released Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski and key opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova from prison, Pavel Sapelka, human rights advocate with the Viasna rights group, confirmed to the AP. Their release comes as authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko seeks to improve relations with Washington. The U.S. earlier on Saturday announced lifting sanctions...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, December 13, 2025 5:37pm |
| MLB free agency: Mets, Jorge Polanco agree on two-year deal worth $40 million, per report Polanco is coming off a career season with the Mariners  Getty Images The New York Mets have agreed to terms with free agent infielder Jorge Polanco on a two-year contract worth $40 million, ESPN reports. With the Mets, Polanco is expected to split his time between first base and DH. He's also capable of manning second base and third base, at least on an occasional basis. Polanco, 32, is coming off a strong 2025 campaign for the Mariners: Across his 524 plate appearances for the Mariners, Polanco last season put up a career-best OPS+ of 134. For his career, Polanco has an OPS+ of 112 and a WAR of 20.7. He earned his lone All-Star selection as a...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, December 13, 2025 8:18pm |
| Kyle Whittingham steps down as Utah coach: Morgan Scalley set to replace 66-year-old after 21 seasons Whittingham has been the head coach at Utah since 2005  Imagn Images Utah coach Kyle Whittingham is stepping down from his post, the school announced on Friday. Whittingham, 66, has been Utah's coach since 2005 and has been with the program as a position coach since 1994. "The time is right to step down from my position as the head coach at the University of Utah," Whittingham said in a statement. "It's been an honor and a privilege to lead the program for the past 21 years, and I'm very grateful for the relationships forged with all the players and assistant coaches that have worked so hard and proudly worn the drum and feather during our time...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, December 13, 2025 8:49pm |
U.K. police find no evidence former Prince Andrew asked guard to dig up dirt on Virginia Giuffre British police said Saturday they have found no evidence that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor asked one of his bodyguards to investigate Jeffrey Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre. London's Metropolitan Police in October said it was looking into media reports that the former Prince Andrew in 2011 sought information to smear Giuffre by asking a police bodyguard to find out if she had a criminal record. The Mail on Sunday newspaper claimed the then-prince passed Giuffre's date of birth and social security number to his taxpayer-funded bodyguard. In a statement on Saturday, the force said its assessment "has not revealed any additional evidence of criminal acts or misconduct," and it...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, December 13, 2025 11:24pm |
Trump vows "we will retaliate" after 2 U.S. soldiers and civilian killed in attack on U.S.-Syrian patrol in Syria Two U.S. Army soldiers and a U.S. civilian who was serving as an interpreter were killed after shots were fired at U.S. and Syrian forces on a mission to a historic central town in Syria on Saturday, U.S. military officials said. President Trump said Sunday that there will be a "very serious retaliation" after the attack, which he attributed to the Islamic State. "This was an ISIS attack against the U.S., and Syria, in a very dangerous part of Syria, that is not fully controlled by them," Mr. Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Saturday. "The President of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa, is extremely angry and disturbed by this attack. There will be very serious...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, December 13, 2025 11:44pm |
Israel's military says it killed senior Hamas commander in Gaza Israel's military said it killed a top Hamas commander in Gaza who it described as one of the architects of the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that sparked the two-year-long war. The military said it killed Raed Saad after an explosive device detonated and wounded two soldiers in the territory's south. Hamas, in a statement, did not confirm Saad's death. It said a civilian vehicle had been struck outside Gaza City and asserted it was "a brazen criminal breach" of the U.S.-led ceasefire that took effect on Oct. 10. Saad served as the Hamas official in charge of manufacturing and previously led the militant group's operations division. The Israeli statement said that he had been "engaged in rebuilding the terrorist...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sat, December 13, 2025 11:57pm |
U.N. chief says 6 international peacekeepers killed in drone strike on a U.N. facility in Sudan A drone strike hit a United Nations facility in war-torn Sudan on Saturday, killing six peacekeepers, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said. The strike hit the peacekeeping logistics base in the city of Kadugli, in the central region of Kordofan, Guterres said in a statement. Eight other peacekeepers were wounded in the strike. All the victims are Bangladeshi nationals, serving in the U.N. Interim Security Force for Abyei, UNISFA. "Attacks targeting United Nations peacekeepers may constitute war crimes under international law," said Guterres, who called for those responsible for the "unjustifiable" attack to be held accountable. The Sudanese...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sun, December 14, 2025 12:03am |
At least 2 killed, several wounded in shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island, police say; manhunt on for suspect Police officers remain on the scene of a shooting that killed at least two people and wounded eight more at Brown University on Dec. 13, 2025, in Providence, Rhode Island. Libby O'Neill / Getty Images At least two people were killed and nine more wounded in a shooting Saturday afternoon in a building on the campus of Brown University in Rhode Island, authorities said. The suspect has not been identified and is still at large. Authorities said that the shooting was reported in the Barus & Holley engineering building a little after 4 p.m. local time. The shooting occurred in a first-floor classroom, Providence Deputy Police Chief Tim O'Hara told...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sun, December 14, 2025 6:55am |
At least 11 killed in "targeted attack on Jewish Australians" in Australia's Bondi Beach, officials say At least 11 people were shot and killed during a Jewish gathering on Sunday, the first day of Hanukkah, on Australia's Bondi Beach, according to Australian government officials and police. One of two gunmen identified in the shooting was also dead, and the second was hospitalized "in serious condition," police said. Another 29 people were taken to hospitals with injuries, including two officers and a child. The shooting took place Sunday at a Hanukkah celebration where more than 1,000 were in attendance, said New South Wales Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon at a news conference on Sunday, calling the attack a "terrorist incident." New South Wales is the Australian state where...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sun, December 14, 2025 2:10pm |
Person of interest taken into custody after Brown University shooting that killed at least 2, officials say A police vehicle in an intersection near crime scene tape at Brown University in Providence, R.I., on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, following Saturday's shooting. Steven Senne / AP A person of interest was taken into custody overnight in connection with the deadly shooting at Brown University, officials said Sunday. At least two people were killed and nine were wounded in the shooting Saturday afternoon in the engineering building of the Ivy League school in Providence, Rhode Island, during final exams. Providence Mayor Brett Smiley told reporters on Sunday that seven of those hospitalized remain in stable condition and one is in critical condition. One person...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Sun, December 14, 2025 2:36pm |
Zelenskyy meets with Witkoff and Kushner for talks aimed at ending Ukraine-Russia war U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner arrives at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, December 14, 2025. Axel Schmidt / REUTERS Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday voiced readiness to drop his country's bid to join NATO in exchange for Western security guarantees, but rejected the U.S. push for ceding territory to Russia as he held talks with U.S. envoys on ending the war. Zelenskyy sat down with U.S. President Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and Mr. Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner. The Ukrainian leader posted pictures of the negotiating table with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Shooter who killed U.S. military personnel in Syria believed to be ISIS infiltrator working with security forces, multiple sources say The shooter who ambushed U.S. and Syrian troops, killing two American soldiers and one civilian who was serving as an interpreter, is believed to have been an Islamic State infiltrator working as part of a local security force, multiple sources told CBS News. The shooting happened during a mission by U.S. and Syrian forces in a historic central town near Palmyra on Saturday. President Trump and U.S. military officials attributed the attack to ISIS. Two members of Syria's security force were wounded. Sources told CBS News that the local security force was in the Badia, which falls under the control of the Syrian...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Hanukkah celebration in Australia targeted in antisemitic terrorist attack. Here's what to know. Officials said 15 people are dead after gunmen targeted the attendees of a Jewish community event on Sunday in Australia's Bondi Beach. Another 40 people were hospitalized with injuries, including a child and two officers, according to police. Two of the suspects were identified as a father and a son, according to Mal Lanyon, the police commissioner of New South Wales. The 50-year-old father was killed, and the son — identified as 24-year-old Naveed Akram, a Pakistani national based in Sydney, according to a U.S. intelligence briefing and a driver's license provided by Australian police — was in custody in critical but stable condition, Lanyon said. "Based on his...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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JetBlue flight near Venezuela avoids "midair collision" with U.S. Air Force tanker A JetBlue flight from the small Caribbean nation of Curaçao halted its ascent to avoid colliding with a U.S. Air Force refueling tanker on Friday, and the pilot blamed the military plane for crossing his path, according to a recording of the pilot's conversation with air traffic control. "We almost had a midair collision up here," the JetBlue pilot said on the recording. "They passed directly in our flight path. ... They don't have their transponder turned on, it's outrageous." It's unclear how close the planes got because, according to Flightradar24, which tracks real-time aircraft flight data, and the pilot, the American military tanker was flying without its transponder on. Transponders...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Australia Bondi Beach shooting suspects identified as father and son, one of whom had been investigated Two suspected gunmen accused of killing 15 people and injuring dozens during a Hanukkah celebration in Australia have been identified as a father and a son, authorities have said. The younger man was reportedly investigated years ago over suspected links to an ISIS cell in Sydney. The 50-year-old father was shot and killed by police, and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Monday that the 24-year-old son remained hospitalized in a coma. "Based on his medical condition, it is likely that the person may face criminal charges," New South Wales Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon said Sunday, without going into further details. During an earlier news...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong pro-democracy activist, convicted in landmark national security trial Then-media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying is detained in Hong Kong on August 10, 2020. TYRONE SIU/REUTERS Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken critic of Beijing, was convicted in a landmark national security trial in the city's court on Monday, which could send him to prison for the rest of his life. Three government-vetted judges found Lai, 78, guilty of conspiring with others to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security and conspiracy to publish seditious articles. He pleaded not guilty to all charges. Lai was arrested in August 2020 under a Beijing-imposed national...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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