Politics
Two top BBC executives resigned after the broadcaster apologised for a misleading edit of President Donald Trump's Jan. 6, 2021 speech, and Trump threatened a $1 billion lawsuit.
The U.S. Senate advanced a bipartisan funding measure to end the government shutdown after eight Democrats broke ranks to back the deal, though the House and president must approve.
President Donald Trump pardoned Rudy Giuliani and 76 others for roles in efforts to overturn the 2020 U.S. election, a federal clemency that cannot shield them from state prosecutions.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to reconsider a challenge to its 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, rejecting a bid by former Kentucky clerk Kim Davis.
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was released from La Santé prison in Paris after three weeks and put under strict judicial supervision pending appeal of his Libya campaign‑finance conviction.
The Trump administration returned to the Supreme Court seeking to halt full SNAP benefits nationwide amid a legal fight over funding that left millions of recipients in limbo.
President Donald Trump threatened to dock the pay of unpaid U.S. air-traffic controllers who did not return to work amid the government shutdown and offered $10,000 bonuses.
President Donald Trump pardoned Rudy Giuliani and at least 77 allies for roles in efforts to overturn the 2020 U.S. election, a move largely symbolic at the federal level.
U.S. senators advanced a measure to end the government shutdown, sparking global stock rallies and pushing Treasury yields higher, including gains in tech stocks and bitcoin.
Jared Kushner met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel on Monday to discuss a second phase of the Gaza ceasefire, including Hamas disarmament and demilitarization, officials said.
President Trump proposed paying most Americans $2,000 each from U.S. tariff revenues, but the plan faced Supreme Court skepticism and legal and inflation risks.
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was released from a Paris prison under strict judicial supervision after three weeks in custody, pending his appeal.
President Donald Trump met Syrian transitional president Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House on Monday, Nov. 10, and the U.S. partially suspended sanctions on Syria.
President Donald Trump threatened a $1 billion lawsuit against the BBC over a misleadingly edited clip in a documentary, and the broadcaster confirmed it had received his legal letter.
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces carried out mass killings in Darfur that critics said were enabled by alleged arms shipments from Abu Dhabi, and medics accused them of burning bodies.
Ukraine's anti-corruption bureau said it raided the energy sector, probing an alleged kickback scheme at nuclear operator Energoatom and targeting assets tied to the justice minister and a Zelensky associate.
Ursula von der Leyen on Monday offered concessions to the European Parliament to soften her EU budget reform and secure backing while safeguarding Common Agricultural Policy funding.
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy left a Paris prison and was allowed by the Paris appeals court to serve his five-year sentence at home under judicial supervision pending appeal.
The U.S. struck two suspected drug boats in the eastern Pacific, killing six and raising the death toll to 76, while U.N. rights officials urged probes into extrajudicial killings.
Ukraine's anti-corruption agency opened a probe into alleged bribery in the energy sector and searched offices of the state nuclear company, authorities said.
Zohran Mamdani, New York’s mayor-elect, framed his victory as rooted in socialist ideas and immigrant communities, though some critics said he declined to condemn the Oct. 7 pogrom.
Ghislaine Maxwell sought a commutation from President Trump for her 20-year sex‑trafficking sentence, a whistleblower told House Democrats, saying she received special treatment at a Texas federal prison.
Russia claimed it captured three villages in Zaporizhia and one in Donetsk while Ukraine reported enduring 74 overnight attacks — including 67 drones and seven missiles — and denied Pokrovsk's encirclement.
Israel handed 15 bodies of Palestinian prisoners to Gaza under the U.S.-brokered ceasefire, Gaza's health ministry said, bringing to 315 the total returned since the truce.
Indonesia declared former president Suharto a national hero, prompting condemnation from activists, rights groups and victims' families who accused him of mass killings, corruption and human rights abuses.
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Sahra Wagenknecht stepped down as chair of the German party Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht, nominating Fabio De Masi and Amira Mohamed Ali for a new dual leadership while staying politically active.
The U.S. government shutdown snarled air travel, canceling nearly 3,000 flights nationwide and prompting FAA limits on private jets at major airports as talks continued in Washington.
Britain’s justice minister said HMP Wandsworth was given the green light on Monday to deploy AI chatbots to prevent mistaken prisoner releases, amid calls for greater transparency and legal protection.
Ukraine's air force said Russia fired two Kinzhal hypersonic missiles in an overnight attack on Ukraine that Kyiv called nearly impossible to intercept with conventional air defenses.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi defended Japan’s right to collective self‑defence over Taiwan after a Beijing diplomat threatened to behead her on social media, prompting outrage in Tokyo.
The United Arab Emirates said it would not participate in a proposed international stabilisation force in Gaza, citing the absence of a clear legal framework.
Donald Trump hosted Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House, an outreach to Damascus intended to advance his vision for Middle East peace.
Unidentified drones were detected over Belgian nuclear power plants, airports and military bases, prompting foreign drone-hunter assistance and exposing difficulties for traditional countermeasures, authorities said.
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Sahra Wagenknecht, founder and leader of the German BSW party, stepped down as party chair and said she would remain active in the organization.
The judge in Catarroja rejected opening a separate false-testimony probe into journalist Maribel Vilaplana and ordered the Generalitat to detail which devices and officials received Hallon Intelligence alerts.
Nicolas Sarkozy sought supervised release at a Paris appeals hearing, and Repubblica said judges granted it with electronic surveillance and a ban on meeting Libyan-dossier defendants and witnesses.
The U.S. government paused sanctions enforcement on Syria for six months after hosting interim Syrian president Ahmed al‑Charaa in Washington, officials said.
Opposition leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo accused Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of breaking judicial independence and interfering in the Supreme Court by calling the attorney general "innocent".
Iraqis prepared to vote in critical parliamentary elections on Tuesday as the U.S., Iran, Turkey and Israel watched closely amid fears Tehran could lose influence and trigger unrest.
Belgium sent letters to about 150,000 17-year-olds inviting them to a one-year voluntary military service beginning in 2026 that pays about €2,000 per month.
President Donald Trump attended an NFL game in Maryland, was met with both cheers and boos, and became the first president to attend an NFL game since 1978.
Economy Minister Katherina Reiche proposed an "Agenda 2030" of structural reforms to revive Germany's economy, saying without reforms there would be no growth and risking alienation of the SPD.
Former President Donald Trump granted pardons to 77 people, including Rudy Giuliani and several participants in the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, drawing criticism from Democrats.
Presumed jihadists executed a young TikTok influencer, Mariam Cissé, in public in Tonka, Mali, on Friday, Nov. 7, local sources said.
U.S. senators reached agreement on a deal that could end the record-long government shutdown, and Wall Street rallied as global markets followed.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments over whether Damon Landor, a Rastafarian whose dreadlocks were forcibly shaved by prison guards, can sue those officials for damages under federal law.
The Kremlin denied that Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had fallen from favour after he missed a key Kremlin meeting and was omitted from Russia’s G20 delegation, saying he remained active.
About 200 fighters were killed on Sunday in clashes between Boko Haram and ISWAP in Dogon Chiku on the shores of Lake Chad in north-eastern Nigeria.
The Evangelical Church in Germany published a new peace paper that abandoned a mandatory renunciation of violence and questioned Christian pacifism in its updated stance.
Regierungen und Führungspersonen schwächten den Klimaschutz, als Norwegen milliardenschwere Entlastungen für die Ölbranche erwog und US‑Präsident Trump Öl‑ und Gasinteressen förderte, was von Umweltgruppen scharf kritisiert wurde.
Thailand suspended the peace agreement with Cambodia after a border mine explosion, halting joint monitoring and release of 18 Cambodian soldiers, while Phnom Penh’s foreign ministry denied recent mine-laying.
European employers warned that the impending EU pay-transparency directive would provoke a wave of negotiations, data gaps and chaos and would not quickly close the gender pay gap.
Special prosecutors indicted former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol, accusing him of trying to provoke a military conflict with North Korea to justify declaring martial law in December 2024.
