Multiple people who had been allegedly plotting a violent attack over the Halloween weekend were arrested Friday in Michigan, FBI Director Kash Patel said in a social media post.
President Donald Trump reiterated Friday that he wants testing of US nuclear weapons but again failed to clarify whether he meant live explosions in a directive that has provoked global tension, as well as some confusion.
In her first meeting with the Chinese leader, Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi called for “candid dialogue” on regional and human rights issues while Xi urged Tokyo to maintain “peaceful and cooperative” ties
As the US shutdown now passed one month, polls show most Americans now blame Donald Trump and Republicans, deepening political rifts and raising the stakes for 2026 elections.
A South African judge has overturned the 1967 finding that Albert Luthuli’s death was accidental, with his family and the ANC hailing the ruling as long-overdue justice for the anti-apartheid icon
With almost all votes counted, D66 can no longer be overtaken by the far-right Freedom Party (PVV) led by Geert Wilders, according to a report
As the US shutdown drags on, grocery aid for 40 million Americans faces suspension. Democrats sue Trump’s administration over frozen SNAP funds, testing the limits of executive power and deepening Washington’s political crisis.
Thailand’s Pheu Thai party elected Julapun Amornvivat, a former deputy finance minister, as its new leader on Friday, following the resignation of Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the daughter of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra
As leaders prepare for COP30, the world’s solar capacity has quadrupled past forecasts, cutting warming predictions and reshaping global power dynamics even as Trump’s subsidy cuts and EU divisions stall momentum.
Chinese President Xi Jinping met Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday, with both leaders pledging to strengthen bilateral relations and Carney accepting Xi’s invitation to visit China
As hundreds of thousands of Americans have missed their salaries, US President Donald Trump has continued playing golf, flies across the world, and host his billionaire friends in gilded events. The shutdown has barely changed anything for him — unlike in the past when presidents curtailed their schedule during shutdowns to appear sympathetic to the public.
As Donald Trump skips the APEC summit, Xi Jinping seizes the moment to project China as the new champion of multilateralism, exposing a widening power vacuum in global economic leadership.
Gross domestic product fell 0.3% from the previous quarter, the first year-on-year contraction since 2021, according to a report, citing preliminary data from the national statistics institute (INEGI).
Amid concerns over delays to the Artemis programme, which aims to return humans to the Moon, SpaceX has pitched a 'simplified' Starship landing plan to NASA, claiming it would be faster and safer.
At a Turning Point USA event on Wednesday, JD Vance said he hoped his wife, Usha, who comes from a Hindu family, might one day embrace Christianity, though he respects her choice not to. His candid comments, alongside his own conversion story from atheism to Catholicism, have put his personal relationships in the spotlight
FBI Director Kash Patel faces scrutiny for allegedly using a taxpayer-funded jet to watch his girlfriend Alexis Wilkins' sing at a wrestling event in Nashville. The move has sparked a controversy with many questioning whether the FBI chief is using government resources for personal reasons, especially at a time when the US is grappling with a government shutdown
Canada's relations with China are among the worst of any Western nation but both are at the sharp end of Donald Trump's tariff onslaught, even after Xi and the US leader's deal Thursday to dial back tensions
The Donald Trump administration has excluded Democratic Party's lawmakers from a briefing on US strikes on boats in the international waters in South America, a Democratic lawmaker has said.
Victoria has become the first Australian state to sign a formal treaty with Indigenous traditional owners. The new legislation creates the First Peoples Assembly, a permanent body that will advise the government and strengthen Indigenous representation in policymaking.
As the US government shutdown appears set to become the longest in the country's history, President Donald Trump has urged Republicans to use the 'nuclear options' to end the filibuster, a congressional norm that requires a vote of 60 senators to clear a bill instead of the simple majority of 51.
US President Donald Trump made many heads turn after he ordered the Pentagon to start testing America's nuclear weapons. However, experts warned that such provocative statements can be concerning
From 'G-2' to US President Donald Trump's many concessions on technology and tariffs, Chinese leader Xi Jinping scored many victories in their summit in South Korea.
A new water war is brewing, and India may find itself involved. New Delhi has extended its support to Afghanistan, which has announced that it plans to build a dam on the Pakistan-bound Kunar River. What would this move mean for Islamabad? Will the country be left thirsting?
Over half a million bottles of a widely used blood pressure drug, prazosin hydrochloride capsules, have been recalled in the US. The drug, distributed by Teva Pharmaceuticals, contained trace levels of a potentially cancer-causing chemical, according to the FDA
As Russian leader Vladimir Putin's maximalist demands forced US President Donald Trump to cancel the US-Russia summit, here we list and decode these demands that essentially seeks Ukraine's surrender of sovereignty instead of reading middle ground to end the war.
President Donald Trump has set the lowest refugee ceiling in US history — 7,500 for fiscal year 2026 — while prioritising white South Africans from the Afrikaner minority. The move has been condemned by rights groups and lawmakers, who call the policy legally biased
The city experienced a flash flood situation, with Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and parts of Manhattan getting a warning. The National Weather Service said that a strong frontal system produced the storms, triggering heavy rainfall
Donald Trump cancelled a summit with Vladimir Putin after the Russian leader sent a memo with longstanding maximalist demands and refused to hold negotiations with Ukraine, according to a report.
India and the United States on Friday signed a 10-year defence framework as Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held talks with his American counterpart Pete Hegseth.
After the second round of talks in Turkey, Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed to extend the ceasefire on Thursday. Next peace talks scheduled to take place on November 6