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UK announces $620 million in new military aid for Ukraine and plan to up own defense spending
U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced Tuesday that the country is to increase defense spending to 2.5% of GDP by the end of the decade. Sunak made the...
5 migrants have died while crossing the English Channel, hours after UK approved deportation bill
Five people, including a child, died while trying to cross the English Channel from France to the U.K., French authorities said Tuesday, just hours after the...
Jury: BNSF Railway contributed to 2 deaths in Montana town where asbestos sickened thousands
A federal jury on Monday said BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of two people who were exposed to asbestos decades ago when tainted mining material was...
Arizona judge declares mistrial in the case of a rancher accused of fatally shooting a migrant
An Arizona judge declared a mistrial Monday in the case of a rancher accused of fatally shooting a Mexican man on his property near the U.S.-Mexico border. The...
2 Malaysian military helicopters collide and crash while training, killing all 10 people on board
Two Malaysian military helicopters collided and crashed during a training session on Tuesday, killing all 10 people on board, the navy said. The helicopters...
German EU lawmaker's aide is arrested on suspicion of spying for China
A man who works for a German lawmaker in the European Parliament has been arrested on suspicion of spying for China, German prosecutors said Tuesday. The...
First deportation flights will leave UK for Rwanda in 10-12 weeks, Prime Minister Sunak pledges
U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged Monday that the first deportation flights carrying migrants who enter the country illegally to Rwanda would leave in...
Trump tried to 'corrupt' the 2016 election, prosecutor alleges as hush money trial gets underway
Donald Trump "orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt” the 2016 presidential election, a prosecutor told jurors Monday at the start of the former...
Supreme Court will take up the legal fight over ghost guns, firearms without serial numbers
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a Biden administration appeal over the regulation of difficult-to-trace ghost guns, which had been struck...
Israeli military intelligence chief resigns over his role in failing to prevent Oct. 7 attack
The head of Israeli military intelligence resigned on Monday over the failures surrounding Hamas' unprecedented Oct. 7 attack, the military said, becoming...
North Korea fires suspected short-range missiles into ocean in its latest weapons launch, Seoul says
North Korea fired multiple suspected short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Monday, South Korea's military said, the latest in a recent...
The House passes billions in aid for Ukraine and Israel after months of struggle
UPDATE: 12:45 p.m. The House swiftly approved $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies in a rare Saturday session as Democrats and...
Man who set himself on fire outside Trump trial dies of injuries, police say
A man who doused himself in an accelerant and set himself on fire outside the courthouse where former President Donald Trump is on trial has died, police said....
Israel, Iran play down apparent Israeli strike. The muted responses could calm tensions -- for now
Israel and Iran on Friday both played down an apparent Israeli airstrike near a major air base and nuclear site in central Iran, signaling the two bitter...
Full jury of 12 people and 6 alternates is seated in Trump's hush money trial in New York
A full jury of 12 people and six alternates was seated Friday in Donald Trump’s hush money case, setting the stage for opening statements next week in the...
Indians vote in the first phase of the world's largest election as Modi seeks a third term
Millions of Indians began voting Friday in a six-week election that's a referendum on Narendra Modi, the populist prime minister who has championed an...
2 suspects detained in Poland after last month's attack on a Navalny ally in Lithuania
Two people have been detained in Poland on suspicion of attacking Russian opposition activist Leonid Volkov, an ally of the late activist Alexei Navalny, the...
US vetoes widely supported UN resolution backing full UN membership for Palestine
The United States vetoed a widely backed U.N. resolution on Thursday that would have paved the way for full United Nations membership for the state of...
Lawyers for Nassar assault survivors have reached $100M deal with Justice Department, AP source says
The U.S. Justice Department has agreed to pay approximately $100 million to settle claims with about 100 people who say they were sexually assaulted by sports...
12 jurors have been picked for Donald Trump's hush money trial. Selection of alternates ongoing
A jury of 12 people was seated Thursday in former President Donald Trump’s history-making hush money trial, propelling the proceedings closer to opening...