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Tech leaders, mayor changed mind about using troops in San Francisco: Trump

Outreach from billionaire CEOs clearly had a hand in the rare reprieve Trump handed a Democrat-led city

US flies supersonic B-1 bombers near Venezuela coast amid drugs crackdown

According to flight tracking data, a pair of B-1 Lancer bombers took off from Dyess Air Force Base in Texas on Thursday and flew through the Caribbean and up to the coast of Venezuela

Trump's turnaround sanctions target Russian oil firms that fund Ukraine war

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the move aimed to push Russian President Vladimir Putin to agree to President Donald Trump's proposals for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine

Bangladesh outspin West Indies to claim long-awaited ODI series win

The dominant victory, its second-largest overall and biggest ever against the Caribbean side, helped Bangladesh claim its first ODI series triumph since March 2024

Messi inks new Inter Miami contract, to play on through 2026 season

The deal was announced Thursday, one day before Inter Miami's playoff opener against Nashville

Rubio to visit Israel after Vance, ensure fragile Gaza ceasefire holds

The US is seeking support from other allies, especially Gulf nations, to create an international stabilisation force to be deployed to Gaza and train a Palestinian force

Belgium urges EU partners to share risk of using frozen Russian assets

The biggest tranche of those assets some $225 billion worth is held in Belgium, and the Belgian government is wary of using the money without firm guarantees from other EU countries

American e-waste is causing 'hidden tsunami' in Southeast Asia, report says

Electronic waste, or e-waste, includes discarded devices like phones and computers containing both valuable materials and toxic metals like lead, cadmium and mercury

IOC urges sports federations to halt events in Indonesia over Israel ban

An Indonesian government official declared earlier this month that Israeli athletes would be denied visas to participate in the world championships, which started last Sunday and run through this week

Saudi Arabia appoints Sheikh Saleh bin Fawzan al-Fawzan as new grand mufti

Sheikh Saleh bin Fawzan became a prominent scholar, speaking to the faithful via the Noor ala al-Darb, or Light the Way, radio show and via multiple books he's authored and his television appearances

Canada aims to double non-US exports in a decade amid Trump tariff impact

Carney reiterated in an evening address to Canadians that the decades-long process of an ever-closer economic relationship between the Canadian and US economies is now over

Israel to resume ceasefire, aid after it launched deadly strikes in Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directed the military to take strong action against any ceasefire violations but didn't threaten to return to war

US V-P Vance visits Israel, says Gaza ceasefire going better than expected

Vance noted flareups of violence in recent days but said the ceasefire that began on Oct 10 is going better than I expected after two years of war between Israel and Hamas

Lebanon president urges talks with Israel, says war brought no gains

Since 14-month Israel-Hezbollah war ended with a US-brokered ceasefire in November, Israel has carried out almost daily airstrikes on Lebanon that left scores of people dead, many of them civilians

Latest missile tests demonstrate new hypersonic systems, says North Korea

The tests came days before world leaders, including US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, are expected to gather in rival South Korea for the annual APEC summit

Trump approves $25 mn in disaster aid to help Alaska recover from storms

The remnants of the typhoon, which also brought strong winds, led to many evacuees from villages not connected to the state's main road system being airlifted to larger communities

Louvre director acknowledges failure, offers to resign after jewel heist

The thieves slipped in and out, making off with eight pieces from France's Crown Jewels a cultural wound that some compared to the burning of Notre Dame Cathedral in 2019

US imposes new sanctions on Russia's top oil firms Rosneft and Lukoil

The sanctions against Rosneft and Lukoil, as well as dozens of subsidiaries, followed months of bipartisan pressure on President Donald Trump to hit Russia with harder sanctions

2 killed as US strikes eighth alleged drug-carrying boat, now in Pacific

According to Hegseth in a social media post, the strike killed two people, bringing the death toll from all the strikes to at least 34 people

Global shares dip as tech stocks fall after weak session on Wall Street

France's CAC 40 fell 0.5% in early trading to 8,213.90. The German DAX dipped 0.3% to 24,251.58. Britain's FTSE 100 climbed 0.6% to 9,487.52