Public support for the Cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has slipped to 67.5%.

One day before the deadline for the Justice Department to release its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee publicly disclosed another batch of photographs provided by Epstein’s estate in response to congressional subpoenas.

Moderate House Republicans have revolted against Speaker Mike Johnson and joined Democrats to force a vote in January on expiring Obamacare subsidies.

A man suspected in fatal shootings at Brown University and the killing of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor has been found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility after a five-day multistate search.

The Trump administration has announced a massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion, including medium-range missiles, howitzers, and drones—a move that is sure to infuriate China.

Cyber attackers sponsored by North Korea have stolen more than $2.02 billion in cryptocurrency since January.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has ordered a review of police and national intelligence agencies following the Bondi Beach attack in Sydney.

Oil prices jumped about 3% after President Donald Trump threatened to blockade all sanctioned oil tankers traveling in and out of Venezuela.

After a turbulent year, U.S.-China relations are ending 2025 on a fragile note following a late-year thaw at a leadership summit in Busan, South Korea.

Jimmy Lai, the former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken critic of Beijing, has been convicted in a landmark national security trial that could send him to prison for the rest of his life.

The House voted to pass a sweeping defense policy bill authorizing $900 billion in military programs, including a pay raise for troops and an overhaul of how the Department of Defense buys weapons.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, who has been in hiding for months, told the BBC that she knows “exactly the risks” she is taking by traveling to Norway to collect her Nobel Peace Prize.

Tourists from dozens of countries, including the United Kingdom, could be required to provide a five-year social media history as a condition of entry to the United States under a new proposal unveiled by American officials.

Democrats can now add a major city in Donald Trump’s home state — and one set to host his future presidential library — to their list of off-cycle election wins.

A bystander who wrestled a gun from one of the alleged attackers during a mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, has been identified as Ahmed al Ahmed, whose refugee parents had just arrived from Syria.

Rev. Michael L. Pfleger of Chicago’s massive Catholic congregation, The Faith Community of Saint Sabina, has denounced Donald Trump for deploying troops in Chicago and “terrorizing Americans.”

A bipartisan group of senators is pledging to introduce legislation to curb President Donald Trump’s ability to use military force against Venezuela if the U.S. military carries out a strike on Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.

An attack targeting a Jewish gathering at Bondi Beach in Sydney on Sunday killed at least 16 people, including a 12-year-old.

Chinese military fighter jets twice locked their radar on Air Self-Defense Force aircraft over international waters southeast of Okinawa Prefecture over the weekend.

President Donald Trump is beginning to grow weary of the controversies plaguing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

A federal judge has suggested that she may disqualify a Trump loyalist serving as the top federal prosecutor in the Albany region.

A federal appeals court is reviewing a district judge’s order to release on bond hundreds of immigrants detained in the Chicago area in recent months.

Alina Habba, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, has resigned as the acting U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey following an appeals court ruling that found she was serving in the position unlawfully.

Pope Leo XVI has called on the United States to pursue dialogue—and, if necessary, economic pressure—rather than threats of military action in its dealings with Venezuela.