Progressives are frustrated by Biden’s final-days warning of billionaire influence
The Democratic Party’s left wing has warned for decades that America is moving toward an oligarchy in which a handful of billionaires controls much of the nation’s ...
Fire at one of the world’s largest battery plants in California forces evacuations
Hundreds of people were ordered to evacuate and part of Highway 1 in Northern California was closed early Friday after a major fire erupted at one of the world’s ...
Middle East latest: Israeli security cabinet meets to decide on ceasefire deal
Israel’s security cabinet is convening Friday to decide whether to approve a deal that would release dozens of hostages held by militants in Gaza and pause the 15-month-war. If the cabinet ...
More than 40 Pakistanis feared drowned in the capsizing of a migrant boat off African coast
More than 40 Pakistanis are feared to have drowned in the capsizing of a boat off West Africa’s Atlantic coastline, which has emerged as a primary point of departure for ...
Lithuania vows to boost defense spending to 5-6% of GDP because of threat of Russian aggression
Lithuania has decided to raise its spending on defense to between 5% and 6% of overall national economic output starting in 2026 due to the threat of Russian aggression ...
Hungarian minister sanctioned by US ‘strengthened’ by the penalty, Prime Minister Orbán says
Sanctions issued by the United States last week against a powerful Hungarian official with close ties to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán have “strengthened” that ...
Iranian president arrives in Russia to sign partnership treaty
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in Russia on Friday for the signing of a broad cooperation treaty as his country grapples with growing economic problems and other ...
3 lawyers for the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny are jailed by a Russian court
Three lawyers who once represented the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny were jailed Friday in Russia as part of the Kremlin’s crackdown on dissent that has ...
Pakistani court sentences ex-PM Imran Khan and his wife to 14 and 7 years in prison in graft case
A Pakistani court on Friday sentenced the country’s already-imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to 14 and seven years in jail after finding them guilty of ...
French president in Lebanon to meet the country’s new leaders and discuss ceasefire with Israel
France’s president began a visit to Lebanon Friday, where he will meet the crisis-hit country’s newly elected leaders, as the nation attempts to recover from the 14-month ...
LA fires increase concerns about future of California’s struggling insurance market
The devastation from the Los Angeles wildfires is worsening concerns about the already struggling insurance market in California.
What lies ahead for South Korea’s impeached president as investigators push for his arrest?
Law enforcement authorities on Friday were seeking to formally arrest impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was spending his third day at a detention center ...