President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in remarks made public Sunday that it would be too dangerous for Ukraine to hold an election while it fights Russia's invasion, after a call by his former defence minister to organise a vote.Ukraine has suspended elections under martial...

Peace can only be secured through strength and not even an inch of territory can be sacrificed, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Sunday, visiting a sensitive frontline island to mark a key battle with Chinese forces almost seven decades ago.Taiwan has controlled the...

Pope Leo XIV used a visit to the tiny landlocked San Marino and a major Catholic gathering in the Italian city of Rimini on Saturday to issue one of his strongest appeals yet against war, polarization and social division, urging believers to foster dialogue and friendship...

President Donald Trump hit back at Canada on Sunday, saying, "Canada wants the benefits of being a State, without being one!!!"

HHS Sec. RFK Jr. told reporters in Dubuque, Iowa, this week that the administration is doing "everything that we can" to contain a measles outbreak in the state, even as he devoted much of his visit to promoting a revamped presidential fitness test.

A Texas judge denied a new trial for Karmelo Anthony on Saturday in the stabbing death of a 17-year-old athlete at a high school track meet, a killing that drew national attention and led to harassment of the families. Anthony, 19, was convicted of murder in June and...

The U.S. Postal Service announced new mail-in ballot eligibility rules Friday that closely follow President Donald Trump's March executive order restricting voting by mail, despite a federal judge blocking enforcement of the directive nationwide.

Representatives for Hollywood studio Paramount Skydance and California Attorney General Rob Bonta's office are scheduled to meet Monday, at Paramount's request, for preliminary settlement talks in a 12-state antitrust lawsuit that has blocked Paramount's $110 billion bid...

A U.S. official who works on Middle East policy said Friday there is "zero" chance the Trump administration will intervene to stop Israel's advancement of a settlement plan in the West Bank's E1 area.

Israel has shared "serious security concerns" with the White House regarding the proposed disarmament deal with Hamas, an Israeli official said as Israeli strikes overnight and into Sunday evening killed at least 17 people, including children, in Gaza. The remarks by Doron...

U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack delivered an extraordinary public rebuke of Israel, claiming the Jewish state may have deliberately tried to provoke Turkey and warning that an Israeli strike inside Syria could have triggered "World War III."His comments drew sharp...

Data centers have emerged as an unlikely bipartisan flashpoint heading into the 2026 midterms, Newsweek reported Saturday, highlighting that the issue is now reverberating through all six Senate races rated toss-ups by the Cook Political Report. Voters on the left and right...

The share of U.S. kindergartners vaccinated against measles, mumps, and rubella has fallen below the threshold public health officials say is needed to prevent outbreaks, according to federal data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Nancy Kassebaum Baker, a Kansas governor's daughter who became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate without following a spouse into office, has died.

A federal judge in New York has vacated a Trump administration policy that suspended the processing of visas from 75 countries, including Afghanistan, Iran, Russia and Somalia, whose nationals the Trump administration deemed likely to require public assistance in the United...

President Donald Trump has urged a federal judge to reject the BBC's request for the court's help in securing testimony and documents from three family members in response to his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the British broadcaster.

Mark Zuckerberg, the 42-year-old billionaire co-founder and chief exec. of Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has bought Strancally Castle, a 440-acre estate on Ireland's River Blackwater in County Waterford.

Bitcoin and gold shot higher this week, with both getting a boost from some frantic action surrounding the bond market, and the cryptocurrency also benefiting from activity in Washington. Bitcoin had dropped from a January high around $95,000 to below $60,000 at the end of...

Republican Michigan Senate nominee Mike Rogers is distancing his campaign from an advertising blitz by AIPAC, even as he insists he welcomes backing from supporters of Israel, Axios reported Saturday.

Now it's the moon's turn to pull a disappearing act. After being shut out of this month's total solar eclipse, the Americas will have the best seats in the celestial house when Earth's shadow briefly envelops the moon. Almost the entire lunar surface will be masked Thursday...