As tit-for-tat strikes strain a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah less than a week since it went into effect, Israel’s defense minister on Tuesday threatened to directly target the Lebanese state should the agreement fall apart. Monday was the deadliest day since that agreement came into force last Wednesday, with…
A judge in Italy has sentenced a 23-year-old man to life in prison for the stabbing murder of his former girlfriend, a heinous act of femicide that has put violence against women in the spotlight in this country. Filippo Turetta who admitted to murdering Giulia Cecchettin, 22, in November 2023…
Catherine, Princess of Wales has helped the British royal family roll out the red carpet for the Emir of Qatar on the first day of his state visit to the United Kingdom on Tuesday. However, Queen Camilla was absent from the start of proceedings due to a lingering chest infection…
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law in an unannounced late-night TV address, saying the move was necessary to protect the country from “communist forces.” “To safeguard a liberal South Korea from the threats posed by North Korea’s communist forces and to eliminate anti-state elements… I hereby declare…
[Breaking news update, published at 8:53 a.m. ET] The Russian national was onboard the plane when Delta refused to fly her, according to the official. “We are going to try to send her back again with a French escort,” the official said. [Previous story, published at 8:33 a.m. ET] The…
Critics of ‘deep state’ foe Kash Patel, President-elect Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, call the veteran official a ‘danger’ to the U.S. who will politicize the bureau – but a review of the agency’s recent history shows the upper echelon of the FBI has long had a politicization problem,…
A Democratic lawmaker is moving to force a vote on releasing the results of the House Ethics Committee’s report into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla. Rep. Sean Casten, D-Ill., introduced legislation on Tuesday afternoon aimed at mandating a House-wide vote on whether to make the Gaetz report public. He introduced…
A night of political upheaval in South Korea has upended stability in a key democratic US ally – sending shock waves through the region and Washington at a moment of acute global tension. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law on Tuesday night in a surprise decree that…
The reach and credibility of international law is at its lowest in years as governments dismiss arrest warrants in some of the most high-profile cases to come before the International Criminal Court. In the past 18 months, the Hague-based court has issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin as…
A Democratic U.S. congressman on Monday said it appears that certain people are ‘above the law’ after President Biden pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, despite repeatedly saying he would not give his son a pass. Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., responded to Biden’s decision to pardon Hunter on social media, blasting…