Nigerian authorities on Sunday announced the release of 130 schoolchildren and staff who had been abducted by gunmen from a Catholic boarding school last month, bringing to a close one of the country's largest mass kidnappings of the year. "The remaining 130 schoolchildren abducted by terrorists have
US special envoy Steve Witkoff said Sunday that three days of negotiations in Florida with Ukrainian and European officials to end the war in Ukraine were "productive and constructive," though no breakthrough was announced and fighting continued on the ground. The talks in Miami were part of the
Israel's cabinet has approved 19 new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced Sunday, bringing the total number of settlements approved over the past three years to 69. The decision marks a record pace of settlement expansion under the current government and represents
President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered the immediate suspension of the diversity immigrant visa lottery program after authorities identified the suspect in the Brown University and MIT shootings as a Portuguese national who entered the United States through the program in 2017. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced the suspension
President Donald Trump unveiled agreements with nine additional pharmaceutical companies on Friday to lower prescription drug prices for American consumers, bringing to 14 the number of major drugmakers that have committed to his "most favored nation" pricing initiative. The deals with Amgen, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol Myers Squibb, Genentech,
The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed legislation that would make it a federal crime for doctors to provide transgender-related medical procedures to minors, including puberty blockers, hormonal therapies and surgical procedures. The Protect Children's Innocence Act, sponsored by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, cleared the chamber
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he is ordering a "total and complete blockade" of all sanctioned oil tankers heading to and from Venezuela, while designating the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro as a foreign terrorist organization. "For the theft of our Assets, and many other
The Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group announced Tuesday that it will withdraw its forces from the strategic city of Uvira in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, following a direct request from the United States. Corneille Nangaa, leader of the Congo River Alliance—the insurgent coalition that includes M23—said the withdrawal
The Trump administration on Tuesday designated Colombia's largest drug-trafficking organization, Clan del Golfo, as a foreign terrorist organization and specially designated global terrorist, expanding the legal tools available to target the group and its financial networks. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the designation, calling the group "
President Donald Trump on Monday filed a lawsuit seeking $10 billion in damages from the British Broadcasting Corporation, accusing the publicly funded broadcaster of defamation over a documentary that aired one week before the 2024 presidential election. The 33-page complaint, filed in federal court in Miami, alleges the BBC produced
The government of Trinidad and Tobago announced Monday that it will grant the U.S. military access to the Caribbean nation's airports in the coming weeks, deepening a security partnership that has drawn sharp criticism from neighboring Venezuela and domestic opposition figures alike. The Ministry of Foreign and
A Hong Kong court on Monday found Jimmy Lai guilty of sedition and colluding with foreign forces, convicting the 78-year-old newspaper founder on all three charges in a landmark national security trial that has drawn condemnation from Western governments and press freedom advocates. The verdict, delivered in an 855-page ruling
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