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Committee investigating Epstein holds billionaire Leon Black in contempt of Congress
Leon Black, left, a billionaire who was close with Jeffrey Epstein, walks out of the Rayburn House Office Building at the Capitol after his interview about Epstein with the House Oversight Committee, in Washington, Frid…
Syria abolishes al-Assad-era ‘terrorism’ court as Kurdish tensions flare
Syria’s parliament has voted to abolish an al-Assad-era “terrorism” court and nullify the legal effects of its rulings, in one of the first significant legislative moves by the country’s new assembly . The vote on W…
US House votes to hold billionaire Epstein associate Leon Black in contempt
The US House of Representatives has agreed to hold billionaire Leon Black in contempt of Congress for defying a legal summons related to its investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Black, who had bus…
White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles has announced she is free of cancer, exactly six months after she announced her diagnosis. In a post on X, Wiles said h…
Images showing widespread damage to multiple US sites in the Middle East from Iranian strikes have been obtained by the BBC's US partner CBS. The photos, prov…
The United States Federal Reserve has said it will raise interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point as inflation, driven by soaring fuel prices amid the…
AI race with China risks 'a race to the bottom', expert warns United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for a “reform” of the Security Coun…
An English village of about 350 people has voted to "secede" from the United Kingdom , in a symbolic protest against government plans to set up an asylum recep…
Open AI CEO Sam Altman testified before Congress earlier this year. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP hide caption This week, some in Congress seemed to discover a new u…
U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche delivers remarks during a press briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House on Sept. 15, 2026 in Washington, D.C. Kevin D…
It has been three weeks since the collapse of a glacier and rock mass from the Langtang Lirung mountain triggered devastating floods in Nepal’s Bhotekoshi and …
South Africa has called the United States’s plans to impose sanctions on individuals there for alleged discrimination against white Afrikaners a result of “mis…
Gaza City, Gaza Strip – Leaning heavily on the arm of a relative, Hayat al-Ajlah moves slowly between the hospital beds, scanning the faces of the injured. Sh…
The U.S. Capitol is pictured on Monday. Allison Robbert/AP hide caption Nearly one in five lawmakers who started the 119th Congress will not return to their s…
