The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine this week is an Army veteran who has struggled with serious mental health issues since early childhood, according to close relatives who spoke to The Associated Press
July 17, 2026
Democrats hoping to replace Graham Platner on the Maine ballot for U.S. Senate are scrambling to woo his supporters
July 17, 2026
How much shooting does it take to end a ‘ceasefire’?
July 17, 2026
Four top candidates vying to replace Graham Platner as the Democratic U.S.
July 17, 2026
The United Nations Security Council has imposed sanctions on leaders of armed groups operating in eastern Congo including Rwandan-backed AFC/M23 rebels and the Democratic
July 17, 2026
'This is an embarrassment': MKE County chief judge sounds off on 90-degree courtrooms
July 17, 2026
Boris Nadezhdin, who criticized Moscow’s military action in Ukraine and unsuccessfully tried to run against President Vladimir Putin in the 2024 election, was convicted of displaying “extremist symbols” — an action that will keep him out of this year’s parliamentary race
July 17, 2026
California AG Rob Bonta says a CNN spin-off wouldn’t resolve Paramount–WBD lawsuit
July 17, 2026
Consumer sentiment surges due to lower gas prices
July 17, 2026
After enduring one of the worst moments of his career when he lost his second bid for the Labour leadership in 2015, Andy Burnham
July 17, 2026
The European Commission aims to limit political interference in European Union banking mergers and remove obstacles to cross-
July 17, 2026
Pakistan has been negotiating an expanded defence pact with Kuwait in exchange for energy cooperation and investment, according to five sources with knowledge of the
July 17, 2026
Pakistan has been negotiating an expanded defence pact with Kuwait in exchange for energy
July 17, 2026
Almost a year after President Trump authorized preemptive law enforcement measures based on political or ideological beliefs, a wave of terrorism prosecutions against left-wing protesters has begun.
July 17, 2026
Russian authorities have detained a blogger who criticised President Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine and fined an anti-war politician, as Moscow sends a
July 17, 2026
Spain's Pedro Sanchez and U.S.
July 17, 2026
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July 17, 2026
Andy Burnham, Britain's next prime minister, is staking his premiership on a goal that has eluded most British
July 17, 2026
Former Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham was one step away from becoming Britain's next prime minister on Friday after being appointed leader of the governing Labour
July 17, 2026
Netanyahu buys political loyalty with controversial legislation ahead of election
July 17, 2026
Key moments from Trump’s speech claiming declassified documents show US election vulnerabilities
July 17, 2026
Ukraine is navigating a leadership shake-up amid its ongoing war with Russia
July 17, 2026
Japan’s parliament has enacted a historic revision to the 19th-century Imperial House Law by insisting only paternal-lineage males can become emperor
July 17, 2026
The United States is "deeply concerned" by reports that Papua New Guinea has ordered the closure of Taiwan's representative office in the country, the State Department said
July 17, 2026
Iran struck eastern Syria on Friday, Iranian state media and a Syrian military source said, in the first known attack by Tehran on Syrian territory since a regional war
July 17, 2026
Poland's president vetoed two bills on Friday that would have introduced "cohabitation contracts" for couples living together, dealing a blow to same-sex couples in one of
July 17, 2026
The Trump administration is drastically shortening visas for foreign journalists in the U.S. The new rule announced by the Department of Homeland Security limits visas to 240 days, down from up to five years
July 17, 2026
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Friday the government will pursue steps that encourage investment in domestic financial assets by households
July 17, 2026
China on Friday urged the United States to withdraw its new "discriminatory" visa regulations and said it reserves the right to take reciprocal countermeasures.
July 17, 2026
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for more global cooperation in the development and governance of artificial intelligence, while promising support for other countries
July 17, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday a man was charged with arson in relation to a fire last week at a mosque in Philadelphia.
July 17, 2026
Israel's parliament has dissolved after passing a series of controversial bills in marathon sessions in its last few days
July 17, 2026
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday cast Beijing as the champion of a new global AI order, using China's
July 17, 2026
Taiwan must heed international calls to share the responsibility for "collective defence", President Lai Ching-te said on Friday, appealing for
July 17, 2026
Israel has again occupied much of southern Lebanon, 26 years after ending its 18-year occupation
July 17, 2026
Democratic members of Congress are demanding answers about Homeland Security’s vetting and training of immigration enforcement officers
July 17, 2026
The U.S. military said late on Thursday it completed its latest wave of strikes on Iran that were carried out at President Donald Trump's direction
July 17, 2026
North Korean state media on Friday called South Korea a "puppet" following its participation in a maritime exercise led by the U.S., saying Seoul and
July 17, 2026
Two of the three major U.S. television networks and CNN did not broadcast a prime-time address on Thursday by President Donald Trump on their primary
July 16, 2026
Donald Trump's renewed accusations that China
July 17, 2026
Andy Burnham is about to become Britain’s 59th prime minister, following the sudden downfall of Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer
July 17, 2026
To air or not to air
July 17, 2026
Hong Kong’s top security official has urged booksellers to ensure their titles do not harm national security
July 16, 2026
President Donald Trump said in a speech to the nation that he's using federal power to secure elections from being “stolen.”
July 17, 2026
Australia summoned Laos' ambassador to Canberra on Friday, saying it was "deeply frustrated and bitterly disappointed" that Laos was not pursuing the most serious charges
July 17, 2026
A federal appeals court sided with President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday in a case brought by The New York Times over the Pentagon's
July 17, 2026
The United States is expanding its airstrike campaign against Iran by increasingly hitting bridges
July 16, 2026
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July 16, 2026
President Donald Trump addressed the nation on topics that included elections and voting machines, revisiting long-debunked conspiracy theories about his 2020 defeat to Democrat Joe Biden
July 16, 2026
Video footage of ICE agents tackling a man at Las Vegas Airport has sparked public outrage and criticism from officials
July 17, 2026
Maine Democrats’ first debate laid bare their difficulty in replacing Graham Platner
July 17, 2026
The Philippines condemned as racist a video posted by the state-run China Daily depicting Filipinos as monkeys, saying on Friday it had lodged a diplomatic protest with
July 17, 2026
If President Donald Trump repeats claims in a national address on Thursday that the 2020 election was stolen from him, as many experts
July 17, 2026
The family of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a man fatally shot by a federal immigration agent in Houston, is holding a public vigil for him
July 17, 2026
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held talks with China's fourth-highest-ranked official, Wang Huning, the state-run Korean Central News Agency reported on Friday, the latest
July 17, 2026
Russian and Ukrainian attacks on civilian areas in towns and cities, many on the front line of the more than four-year-old war, killed at least 13 people on Thursday, local
July 17, 2026
President Donald Trump has ramped up U.S. air strikes on Iran and threatened broader escalation, but there is little sign that a military strategy
July 17, 2026
As Estonia's Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur prepared to fly to the NATO summit in Ankara this month, he revealed to local journalists that several hundred U.S. troops
July 17, 2026
Brazil's government convened top ministers on Thursday to prepare retaliatory measures against Washington's latest tariffs, with options including
July 17, 2026
Speaker Johnson suffers humiliating political defeat, yanks veterans benefits bill
July 17, 2026
President Donald Trump's media company is planning to charge for special high-speed access to Truth Social posts, including possibly his own affecting national security and financial markets
July 17, 2026
President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to the nation’s capital is being extended by more than two years and will last until the end of his term
July 17, 2026
A Tennessee death row inmate's sister has filed a complaint against a doctor involved in his failed execution
July 17, 2026
Republicans in the U.S.
July 17, 2026
Acting U.S.
July 16, 2026
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth backed the U.S.
July 17, 2026
Republicans on the House Budget Committee have advanced a $95 billion package for the Iran war, farm aid and President Donald Trump’s push for strict new voter ID requirements
July 17, 2026
Truth Social will sell Wall Street quicker access to posts
July 17, 2026
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July 16, 2026
Nicaragua severed diplomatic relations with Italy on Thursday over Rome's long-running demand to extradite a former Red Brigades militant convicted for his role in the 1978
July 17, 2026
Oil prices settled about 1% lower on Thursday but remained near their highest level since mid-June as the Iran war escalated, with Tehran asking Yemen's
July 16, 2026
The White House is closely monitoring the food-borne cyclospora outbreak and is committed to providing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with all necessary
July 17, 2026
The U.S. government is reviving a rule that could deny permanent residency to immigrants who use public benefits such as food stamps and Medicaid, the Department of Homeland
July 17, 2026
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July 16, 2026
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July 16, 2026
The U.S. will hit Brazil with new 25% duties on its furniture, ethanol, machinery, footwear,
July 16, 2026
Iran and the United States exchanged intensifying fire on Thursday in a week-long escalation that has largely
July 16, 2026
The Trump administration is reviving a rule that could deny green cards to immigrants who use public benefits that could include food stamps, Medicaid, housing vouchers and more
July 16, 2026
The White House says President Donald Trump's teleprompter operator is on unpaid leave after reports that he used his inside knowledge to make bets about the president's speeches on the online prediction market Kalshi
July 17, 2026
Brazil has criticized a new U.S. tariff on certain Brazilian imports and says it plans to impose reciprocal tariffs
July 16, 2026
‘Let’s get back to work’: Karoline Leavitt returns to the briefing room podium for the first time since maternity leave
July 17, 2026
Fighting between the U.S. and Iran has intensified
July 17, 2026
The state of Florida is set to execute two death row inmates on the same day for the first time in more than 60 years, now that a stay has been lifted for a former police officer who had been scheduled to die earlier his year
July 17, 2026
President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Transportation Security Administration addressed a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday
July 17, 2026
Fetterman lays out ‘red line’ over leaving Democratic Party: Israel
July 17, 2026
The Dutch government, which hosts the International Criminal Court on its territory, said on Thursday that it plans to vote for the removal of ICC prosecutor Karim Khan
July 16, 2026
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will travel to divided Cyprus at the end of July to discuss peacebuilding efforts between the Greek and Turkish
July 16, 2026
Latvia has increased security around a hydroelectric dam upstream from its capital Riga and at a huge underground gas storage facility due to intelligence
July 16, 2026
Two transgender girls who were the first to challenge President Donald Trump's executive order, “Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports,” have withdrawn their lawsuit in New Hampshire based on a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in related cases and their own personal hardships
July 10, 2026
The
July 16, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has convened leaders from over 60 countries to take part in the Trump administration’s latest effort to quell what it calls “left-wing” political terrorism
July 16, 2026
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shook up his wartime government, drawing thousands into the streets across Ukraine to protest the dismissal of his youthful defense minister, Mykhailo Fedorov
July 16, 2026
Trump’s teleprompter operator under investigation for insider trading, sources say
July 16, 2026
The U.S. Treasury last year swelled with revenue from President Donald Trump’s double-digit taxes on imports from almost every country on earth
July 16, 2026
An extraordinary outburst by outgoing Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov laid bare a rift at the heart of Ukraine's war effort on
July 16, 2026
Armenia has seized control of a cement company owned by an arrested opposition leader, state media said on Thursday, as critics accuse Prime Minister Nikol
July 16, 2026
Rubio and Miller warn of the ‘mortal threat’ of ‘far-left terror’ in speech to 67 countries
July 16, 2026
Lebanon and Syria will in the coming months begin revising decades-old trade agreements to revive their economic relationship following the ouster of Syrian
July 16, 2026
Twenty-nine countries on Thursday signed an agreement to establish the World AI Cooperation Organization, an intergovernmental body China says aims to promote
July 16, 2026
Sao Tome and Principe votes for president, Vila Nova seeks new term
Institutional demand for CXMT's $8.6 billion Shanghai IPO dented by chip stock selloff
Users of Meta's Facebook, Instagram report suffering some outages
Chinese company demands compensation from the UK over British Steel nationalization
If history is any indication, expect some goals in the World Cup final between Argentina and Spain
The World Cup final is here, with Argentina taking on Spain in soccer's showdown
Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli starts on pole for Belgian Grand Prix, aiming to extend F1 lead