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Shoigu leads large Russian delegation to Egypt for military talks, RIA reports

Russian Security Council secretary Sergei Shoigu arrived in Cairo on Sunday leading a large delegation of senior arms and nuclear officials for military talks with Egypt's leadership, RIA news agency reported.Shoigu is due to meet President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Egypt's national security adviser, foreign and defence ministers, as well as other senior security and intelligence officials, RIA reported."Priority topics include the prospects for carrying out agreements reached at the highest level, including in military and military-technical cooperation," RIA cited a statement from the Russian Se

Australia's ANZ posts lower annual profit on one-off charge, margin pressure

Japan PM Takaichi signals watering down of fiscal consolidation target

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Mexico's top diplomat leaves Peru amid row over asylum for former PM

Mexico's top diplomat in Peru has left the country, the South American country said, amid heightened tensions between the two nations over asylum for a former Peruvian prime minister. "On this date, and as stipulated by the Government of Peru, the charge d'affaires of the United Mexican States carried out her exit immigration control and left the country," Peru's migration agency said in a post on X late on Saturday. The departure of Mexican charge d'affaires Karla Ornelas comes after Peru severed diplomatic ties with Mexico for granting asylum to Betssy Chavez, the last prime minister for Per

Behind Rio’s deadly raid: Brazil’s billion-dollar criminal networks

Hungary has financial shield agreement with Washington, Orban says

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US Senate takes steps toward vote on ending federal shutdown

The U.S. Senate on Sunday moved toward a vote on reopening the federal government amid optimism that an end to the historic shutdown, now in its 40th day, is within reach.Senators plan to vote on advancing a House-passed stopgap funding bill as early as Sunday evening, with the understanding that it would be amended to combine a short-term funding measure with a package of three full-year appropriations bills, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said. The amended package would still have to be passed by the House of Representatives and sent to President Donald Trump for his signature, a process

World Bank, in letter to US, backs draft UN resolution on Gaza

Donald Trump plans to be the 1st sitting US president at a regular-season NFL game since 1978

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JD Vance hopes his Hindu wife converts to Christianity, sparking debate on interfaith marriage

Vice President JD Vance recently told a packed college arena that he hopes his Hindu wife would someday convert to Christianity, thrusting into the spotlight the deeply sensitive challenges facing interfaith couples. Experts who have counseled hundreds of couples who don't share religious beliefs say the key is respect for each other’s faith traditions and having honest discussions about how to raise their children. Most agree that pressuring or even hoping the other would convert could prove damaging to a relationship, and all the more so for a couple in the pub

Randomness of UPS air disaster shocks happy hour crowd at popular local bar

The happy hour regulars were already gathering at Stooges Bar & Grill less than two hours before tip-off at Tuesday night’s University of Kentucky men’s basketball season opener.About 30 or so customers occupied the wooden stools of the old-school, salty hangout in an industrial strip a few miles from downtown Louisville. Only the University of Louisville Cardinals draw a larger pregame crowd.Surrounded by big-screen TVs and signs for the domestic beer buckets and other specials, the no-frills, family-owned watering hole near Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport is popular among w

Biden says Trump has ‘taken a wrecking ball’ to democracy in sharp criticism

Judge rules Trump administration failed to meet legal requirements for deploying troops to Portland

Trump’s filibuster fixation intensifies after a tough week for the GOP

President Donald Trump knows he’s losing the politics of the government shutdown so far. But that’s not making him any more inclined to give ground on the Democratic demands that could bring the standoff to a swift end.Trump has repeatedly urged Senate Republicans to unilaterally reopen the government by killing the filibuster, insisting in public and private that the so-called nuclear move is the simplest way to resolve the crisis — and put him back on offense following one of the toughest weeks of his second term.The president’s push to bypass Democrats completely has intensified sin

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How federal agencies’ roles have shifted in Trump’s immigration battle

President Donald Trump’s vow to wage the biggest domestic deportation program in American history – expelling a million people a year – is one of his signature goals.His administration has enlisted multiple federal agencies to bolster immigration enforcement operations nationwide.Camo-clad officers are flexing their presence in cities like Los Angeles, Chicago, Memphis, Washington, DC and New York, often clashing with protesters along the way.Some officers work for agencies such as US Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the US Coast Guard – all report

Feds move to subpoena former CIA director and others who investigated Russian interference in Trump’s 2016 campaign

Supreme Court lets Trump pause full SNAP payments for now

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What to know if your travel plans are impacted by the FAA's flight cancellations

If you have upcoming travel plans anytime soon, you might notice fewer options on the airport's departure board. Airlines are scaling back flights at dozens of major U.S. airports to ease the pressure on air traffic controllers, who have been working unpaid and under intense strain during the ongoing government shutdown. The Federal Aviation Administration says the decision is necessary to keep travelers safe. Many controllers have been putting in long hours and mandatory overtime while lawmakers are at a standstill over how to reopen the government.

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One photo that captures tenderness amid chaos in the Philippines as Typhoon Fung-wong hits

Judy Bertuso, 63, leans forward inside a bright orange tent set up on the floor of a basketball court in Quezon City, carefully spooning porridge into her husband Apollo’s mouth. Apollo, 65, sits in a wheelchair as he recovers from a stroke, his frail frame outlined against the translucent plastic walls of the tent. Judy, in a wrinkled T-shirt and shorts, holds a bowl beneath the spoon as she feeds him. She looks tired but unhurried, her movements deliberate, tender — the kind that comes from a lifetime spent caring for each other. They had left their creekside

Top BBC bosses resign after criticism of the broadcaster’s editing of a Trump speech

Syrian migrants in Germany face uncertain future as government floats repatriation

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Flight cuts from government shutdown strain a supply chain that's already stretched thin

The Federal Aviation Administration’s announcement of a 10% reduction in flight capacity across 40 major U.S. airports could put a strain on air cargo as the peak holiday season approaches. Several airports with major package distribution centers are on the list of airports that will reduce capacity — FedEx has hubs at the airports in Indianapolis and Memphis, Tennessee. UPS' biggest hub, Worldport, is in Louisville, Kentucky, the site of this week’s deadly cargo plane crash. Meanwhile, UPS and FedEx said late Friday they're grounding their fleets of McDonne

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Nearly a million people flee and at least two killed as second typhoon in a week slams into the Philippines

A second typhoon in a week has made landfall in the Philippines and killed at least two people, with nearly one million residents fleeing the looming destructive winds and life-threatening storm surges.Fung-wong, known locally as Uwan, follows on the heels of Typhoon Kalmaegi, which killed almost 200 people in the central part of the archipelago nation, as well as five people in Vietnam.The eye of the typhoon made landfall on Sunday night, barrelling over the coastal municipality of Dinalungan, in the northeastern Aurora province, according to the country’s weather service.Civil defense repo