Groups Reject Order to Drop Ballroom Lawsuit
Trump wants to build a $400 million ballroom at the White House. The National Trust sued to stop the plan. The Department of Justice told the Nationa...
Microsoft and OpenAI Change Their Deal
Microsoft and OpenAI have changed how they work together. Microsoft is OpenAI's biggest financial partner. Under the new deal Microsoft will no longe...
Iran Proposes Strait Fees But Skips Nuclear Talk
Iran wants shipping companies to pay fees in the Strait of Hormuz. The fees would cover services like escort and piloting. Iran is also developing a ...
China Blocks Meta's $2B AI Deal
China has blocked Meta's $2 billion deal to buy Manus. Manus is an AI startup based in Singapore with Chinese roots. Chinese leaders said the deal br...
Musk and Altman Face Off in Court
Elon Musk and Sam Altman went to trial on Monday. The two were once business partners at OpenAI. The trial started with jury selection at a federal c...
Mali Defence Minister Killed in Car Bomb Attack
Mali's Defence Minister Sadio Camara has died after an attack on his home. A suicide attacker drove a car bomb into his house in Kati, Mali. Reports ...
World Military Spending Hits Record $2.9 Trillion
World military spending reached nearly $2.9 trillion in 2025. This is the 11th year in a row that spending has gone up. The United States, China and ...
US Cancels Pakistan Trip as Iran Keeps Talking
President Trump called off a planned US trip to Pakistan. The two top US negotiators were Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. Iran had already said no d...
Syria Puts Assad Officials on Trial
Syria held its first public trial of officials linked to former leader Bashar Assad. Assad and his brother Maher Assad are among those charged. Both ...
Warsh Fed Chair Nomination Moves Forward
President Trump's team dropped a criminal probe into Jerome Powell. Powell is the current head of the Federal Reserve. The probe looked at cost overr...
Kenyan Runner Breaks Two-Hour Marathon Barrier
Sabastian Sawe of Kenya made history at the London Marathon. He finished in 1 hour 59 minutes and 30 seconds. That beats the old world record by 65 s...
Chernobyl Zone Now Under Military Control
It has been 40 years since the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown in Ukraine. Russia's invasion has brought new disaster to the area. The zone around the old...
Car Bomb Explodes at Belfast Police Station
A car bomb went off at a police station in Dunmurry near Belfast in Northern Ireland. It happened late on Saturday night. Police declared a security ...
CIA Officers Killed in Mexico Crash
Two CIA officers died in a car crash last weekend in Chihuahua state in Mexico. Two Mexican officials also died in the same crash. The officers were ...
Orban Leaves Parliament After Fidesz Big Loss
Viktor Orban will leave his seat in Hungary's Parliament. His party Fidesz suffered a large defeat in the April 12 election. Péter Magyar's Tisza par...
Woman and Child Die in Park Water
A woman and child died in water at Elthorne Park in Ealing in west London. They are believed to be a mother and son. Police were called to the park j...
Iran and US Nuclear Talks Break Down
Nuclear talks between Iran and the United States have stalled. Iranian leaders left Islamabad in Pakistan. This cast doubt on plans for direct talks ...
Former Student Charged With Two Murders
Hisham Abugharbieh was charged Saturday with two murders. The victims are University of South Florida doctoral students Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy....
Former Student Charged With Two Murders
Hisham Abugharbieh was charged Saturday with two murders. The victims are University of South Florida doctoral students Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy....
Palestinians Hold Local Elections Without Hamas
Local elections took place on Saturday in the West Bank and Gaza. The West Bank is occupied by Israel. Hamas and other Palestinian groups did not put...
Trump to Attend Press Dinner for First Time
President Trump will attend the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday. This is his first time going as president. The dinner is held every y...
Armed Groups Attack Military Sites Across Mali
Armed groups attacked military sites across Mali on Saturday. Targets included the capital Bamako and several other cities. Witnesses reported explos...
Russia Strikes Ukraine Killing Four in Dnipro
Russia launched over 660 drones and missiles at Ukraine on Friday night. The city of Dnipro in Ukraine was among the hardest hit. Four people died wh...
Iran Denies US Talks as Envoys Head to Pakistan
President Trump is sending two envoys to Pakistan. They are Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. Witkoff is a US special envoy. They are expected to arri...
Nvidia Worth More Than $5 Trillion
Nvidia's stock closed at a record high on Friday. This pushed the company's total value past $5 trillion. Nvidia is now worth $1 trillion more than s...
Student Found Dead; Roommate Charged
Zamil Limon was a doctoral student at the University of South Florida. He was found dead on the Howard Frankland Bridge over Tampa Bay. Limon was 27 ...
Texas Finds Safety Failures at Camp Mystic
27 people died in floods at Camp Mystic in Texas last year. Texas leaders found nearly 24 safety failures at the camp. The camp was not meeting safet...
US Drops Probe Into Fed Chair Powell
The US Justice Department dropped its probe into Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell on Friday. The probe was about building renovation costs at the F...
EU Leaders Push for Nuclear Experts in Iran Talks
EU leaders met in Cyprus on Friday for a summit. EU foreign chief Kaja Kallas said Iran talks must include nuclear experts. Without them she warned t...
Netanyahu Treated for Prostate Cancer
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had surgery in 2024 for an enlarged prostate. Follow-up care after that surgery found a tumor. Doctors then...
Soldier Bet on Secret Maduro Mission Now Charged
A US Special Forces soldier has been charged with 5 crimes. He is Master Sergeant based at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. He was part of a secret plan ...
Syria Arrests Suspect in 2013 Massacre
Syrian security forces arrested Amjad Youssef near Hama, Syria. He was found about 30 miles outside the city. Youssef was a former Syrian government ...
Cohere Buys German AI Firm Aleph Alpha
AI company Cohere is buying German AI firm Aleph Alpha. Reports say the combined company is worth about $20 billion. Cohere shareholders will own abo...
Ice Block Delays Hundreds on Everest
A large ice block is hanging above Mount Everest's Khumbu Icefall. It has forced hundreds of climbers and guides to wait at Base Camp. The ice block ...
Meta Cuts 8,000 Jobs to Fund AI Spending
Meta will cut 8,000 workers on May 20 2026. That is 10% of all its staff. Meta will also cancel 6,000 job openings. This is Meta's largest job cut si...
Mall Shooting in Baton Rouge Kills One
A shooting happened at the Mall of Louisiana on Thursday. The mall is in Baton Rouge in the United States. It started after an argument in the food c...
Report Finds Many Failures in Airport Collision
A safety report found many failures in a deadly airport crash. The crash happened on 22 March at LaGuardia Airport in New York, USA. A fire truck hit...
First Gene Therapy for Hearing Loss Approved
The FDA approved a new treatment called Otarmeni on Thursday. It is the first gene therapy for genetic hearing loss. The treatment targets a very rar...
Trump Orders Navy to Shoot Mine-Laying Boats
President Trump ordered the US Navy to shoot any boats laying mines. The order targets small boats in the Strait of Hormuz. Trump made the announceme...
Wildfires Force Hundreds to Flee Georgia and Florida
Wildfires spread through Georgia and Florida this week. An extreme drought helped the fires grow fast. Hundreds of Georgia residents had to flee in m...
Shareholders Approve Paramount Warner Bros. Deal
Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders voted yes on Thursday. They approved Paramount's plan to buy the company. The deal is worth about $111 billion. ...
Trump Moves Marijuana to Lower Drug Class
The Trump administration moved marijuana to a lower drug class on Thursday. It was moved from Schedule I to Schedule III. Schedule I drugs are seen a...
Court Orders Return of Lungu's Body
Two courts in South Africa have given conflicting orders. Both orders are about the body of Edgar Lungu. Lungu was a former president of Zambia. He d...
Girl Finds Rare Axolotl Under Welsh Bridge
A 10-year-old girl found a rare axolotl under a bridge in Wales. Evie Hill and her mother were on a day trip when they made the find. The axolotl was...
Senate Backs $70 Billion Border Funding Plan
Senate Republicans voted to give $70 billion to border agencies. The vote was 50 to 48 on Thursday morning. The money would fund Immigration and Cust...
Two Trains Crash in Denmark: 17 Hurt
Two local trains crashed in Denmark on Thursday morning. The crash happened at a road crossing near Hillerød. That town is about 19 miles north-west ...
Iran Seizes Ships as Hormuz Traffic Halts
Iran seized two container ships in the Strait of Hormuz. The ships were named MSC Francesca and Epaminondas. Iran said the seizures were due to cease...
Navy Secretary Asked to Step Down Now
John Phelan has left his job as Navy Secretary. He was the Navy's top civilian official. The Pentagon said he left on Wednesday. Pentagon spokesperso...
UK and France Sign £660m Channel Deal
Britain and France have agreed a three-year plan. The plan aims to reduce illegal Channel crossings. Britain will pay France £660 million. Some of th...
Trump Plans $500M Rescue for Spirit Airlines
President Trump's team is in advanced talks to rescue Spirit Airlines. The airline is in serious financial trouble. The rescue package could include ...