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Kenya's Sabastian Sawe becomes 1st person to run a sub-2-hour marathon

Sabastian Sawe of Kenya has become the first person to break the fabled 2-hour barrier in an official marathon.

Iran's foreign minister returns to Pak as Islamabad races to save talks

Abbas Araghchi had left Pakistan's capital late Saturday, creating confusion around an expected second round of talks, but he returned to Islamabad before continuing on to Moscow

Talks in Pak on hold as Iran's diplomat leaves, Trump's envoys are no-show

The negotiations were meant to follow historic face-to-face talks earlier this month between the US, led by Vice President JD Vance, and Iran, led by Parliament Speaker

What we know about security measures at White House correspondents' dinner

Security is always tight when the President attends, especially given the venue's history - 45 years ago, the Washington Hilton was the site of an attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan

Suspect was armed with multiple weapons at WH correspondents' dinner: Trump

Trump was uninjured and other top leaders of the United States were evacuated from an annual dinner of White House correspondents on Saturday night after a shooting incident outside the ballroom

Trump uninjured after security threat at White House correspondents dinner

There did not immediately appear to be any injuries, and one law-enforcement official said a shooter opened fire

Iran sent new offers 10 minutes after US team's Pak trip cancelled: Trump

Trump said he cancelled the latest rounds of negotiations with Iran because it was "a lot of travelling" and because his negotiators, weren't meeting with the leaders of Iran

Chinese FM Wang Yi visits Myanmar, meets military-backed president

China, which has major geopolitical and economic interests in Myanmar, is Myanmar's biggest trading partner and a longstanding ally

Araghchi leaves Islamabad, conveys Tehran's demands to end war to Pakistan

Aragchi's visit comes amid regional tensions and efforts by Islamabad to facilitate a second round of talks between the United States and Iran

Macron says EU's defence push aims to strengthen Nato, not replace it

Emmanuel Macron said Europe mustn't act to weaken NATO, which connects the continent with its American ally

US says it's hunting for explosive mines in latest push to open Hormuz

The US has also blockaded Iran's ports, seized ships tied to Tehran and planned to take part in a second round of ceasefire talks in Pakistan this weekend

Iran resumes commercial flights from Tehran int'l airport amid peace effort

Flightradar24, a flight tracking platform, showed that at least three Istanbul-bound flights departed Saturday morning

OpenAI chief apologises for failing to alert police before Canada shooting

In the letter posted Friday, Sam Altman expressed his deepest condolences to the entire community

US DOJ to allow firing squads for executions to ramp up capital punishment

The Biden administration had removed pentobarbital from the federal protocol over concerns about the potential for unnecessary pain and suffering

US does not plan to renew Iranian, Russian oil waivers, says Scott Bessent

Bessent's statements come as the world is on edge over the US-Israeli war in Iran, and global energy markets have been ensnarled by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz

No direct talks planned with US representatives in Islamabad: Iran

Iran's Foreign ministry spokesperson Esmael Baqaei thanked the Pakistani government for its 'ongoing mediation & good offices for ending American imposed war of aggression'

US sanctions China-based oil refinery, 40 shippers over Iranian oil

These sanctions come just a few weeks before President Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping are due to meet in China

Appeals court says Donald Trump's order banning asylum at border is illegal

A 3-judge panel from the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found that immigration laws give people the right to apply for asylum at the border, and prez can't circumvent that

US soldier charged for using classified intel to bet on Maduro capture

Gannon Ken Van Dyke was part of the operation to capture Maduro in January and used his access to classified information to make money on the prediction market site Polymarket

Trump asks Iran to stop supporting Hezbollah; Israel, Lebanon hail US talks

The president reiterated that the US continues to demand that Iran stop it's backing of proxy groups in the Mideast, including Hezbollah in Lebanon