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Trump admin to pay $5 mn to settle suit over Babbitt's shooting in Capitol

On January 6, 2021, a Capitol police officer shot Babbitt as she tried to climb through the broken window of a barricaded door leading to the Speaker's Lobby

Venezuela bans flights from Colombia following arrests in anti-govt plot

The arrests were announced just as an independent panel of experts backed by the Organization of American States released a report documenting serious human rights abuses in Venezuela

JD Vance delivers Donald Trump's letter inviting Pope Leo XIV to visit US

Vance, who converted to Catholicism in 2019, also gave the Augustinian pope a copy of two of St. Augustine's most seminal works, 'The City of God' and 'On Christian Doctrine'

Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks to begin immediately: Trump after Putin call

After the call, Putin said Russia was ready to keep discussing peace but noted no major breakthrough in what he called a very informative and frank conversation with Trump

US begins voluntary deportation with 68 migrants sent to Honduras, Colombia

US President Donald Trump has promised to increase deportations substantially

SC lets Trump revoke legal shield for 350K Venezuelans facing deportation

The high court's order appears to be the "single largest action in modern American history stripping any group of non-citizens of immigration status

UK, Iran summon each other's top diplomats in espionage tit-for-tat

The move came the day after Iran summoned a British diplomat to protest what it described as the illegal and unjustified detention of an Iranian in the UK

WHO opens annual meet amid crisis sparked by US funding cuts, exit plans

The UN health agency this year has seen a plunge in its ability to carry out its sweeping mandate to do everything

Netanyahu acknowledges pressure from allies in decision to resume Gaza aid

Israel imposed the blockade starting March 2, cutting off all food, medicine and other supplies to Gaza, while pressing Hamas to accept new ceasefire terms

Aid workers feel helpless as Israel's blockade pushes Gaza towards famine

After months of trying to raise alarm, humanitarian workers are overflowing with anger, frustration and horror over Israel's nearly three-month blockade

Liberal mayor, conservative historian to face off in Poland election

A late exit poll by the Ipsos institute released early Monday showed Trzaskowski with an estimated 31.2 per cent of the votes and Nawrocki with 29.7 per cent

US reinstates international student records but many remain stranded

A total of more than 4,700 international students had their permission to study in the US cancelled this spring, with little notice or explanation

UK, EU to hold first post-Brexit summit in London to deepen relations

The meeting between UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and top EU officials, including European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, is intended to pave the way toward a new agreement

More storms target central US as recovery efforts continue after tornado

At least 19 people were killed and 10 seriously injured in Kentucky, where a tornado on Friday damaged hundreds of homes and tossed vehicles in southeastern Laurel County

Trump hopes for Russia-Ukraine ceasefire progress in calls with leaders

Trump's frustration about the war had been building before his post Saturday on Truth Social about the coming calls, which he said would begin first with Putin at 10 a.m. Monday

Trump's big bill advances as conservatives win changes in weekend vote

Speaker Mike Johnson met with Republican lawmakers shortly before the meeting, telling reporters that the changes agreed to were just some minor modifications

2 killed, at least 1 missing after train hits pedestrians in northern Ohio

Emergency crews were searching the Sandusky River near the Miles Newton Bridge for at least one missing person

Turbulent waters may have contributed to deadly Brooklyn Bridge ship crash

While such hazards are easily handled by an experienced captain, mistakes can be costly in the heavily transited New York harbour

Italy's Meloni scores diplomatic win by bringing US, EU to Rome summit

The Italian premier recalled that she had proposed such an initiative a month earlier in the US capital when she met President Donald Trump at the White House

Romanians await results as polls close in high-stakes presidential runoff

The vote pitted front-runner George Simion, the 38-year-old leader of the hard-right Alliance for the Unity of Romanians, or AUR, against incumbent Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan