Four Ministers Quit as Labour MPs Push Starmer Out
Four ministers quit the UK Labour government on Tuesday. This triggered a leadership crisis for Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Nearly 90 Labour MPs hav...
Republican Congresswoman Faces Calls to Resign Over Comments
Republican congresswoman Jen Kiggans is facing calls to resign. A radio host told Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries to keep his 'cotton-picking hands ...
US Inflation Hits Highest Level Since May 2023
US inflation rose to 3.8% in April. This is the highest level since May 2023. The US is at war with Iran and energy costs surged as a result. Energy ...
US Charges Filed Over Baltimore Bridge Collapse
The US Justice Department filed criminal charges over the 2024 Baltimore bridge collapse. The charges were announced on May 12, 2026. Prosecutors fil...
eBay Rejects GameStop Takeover Offer Worth Billions
GameStop made a takeover offer for eBay worth about $56 billion. eBay turned down the offer. eBay chairman Paul Pressler called the offer not credible...
Trump Visits China for First Trip Since 2017
US President Trump is visiting China this week. It is the first visit by a US president since 2017. The White House called the trip of "tremendous sy...
Trump Calls Iran Peace Response Garbage
Trump rejected Iran's response to a US peace plan. He called it "totally unacceptable" and "garbage." Trump warned the ceasefire was "on life support"...
Microsoft Boss Testifies in Musk versus Altman Trial
Microsoft boss Satya Nadella took the stand in the Musk v. Altman trial. Elon Musk sued OpenAI and named Microsoft as a defendant. Nadella said Musk ...
US Supreme Court Extends Abortion Pill Access Three More Days
The US Supreme Court has extended full access to the abortion pill mifepristone. Access continues for at least three more days. Justice Samuel Alito ...
Aramco CEO Warns Oil Crisis Could Last Until 2027
Saudi Aramco CEO Amin Nasser says oil supplies are running low fast. The Strait of Hormuz remains closed. Gasoline and jet fuel stocks are dropping q...
EU Sanctions Israeli Settlers Over Palestinian Violence
The European Union announced sanctions against Israeli settlers. The sanctions target settlers involved in violence against Palestinians. They includ...
Man Pleads Not Guilty to Trump Assassination Attempt
Cole Tomas Allen is 31 years old. He pleaded not guilty on Monday to trying to kill President Trump. His lawyer entered the plea for him. Allen did n...
Savannah Guthrie to Host Wordle TV Game Show
Savannah Guthrie will host a new TV game show based on Wordle. Guthrie is best known as the host of NBC's Today show. Jimmy Fallon will produce the s...
Starmer Vows to Stay After Labour's Worst Election Losses
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer gave a speech on Monday. He spoke after Labour suffered its worst local election results in over 30 years. Labour lost...
Philippine House Impeaches Sara Duterte a Second Time
The Philippine House voted to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte. The vote was 257 to 25. This is her second impeachment. She is the first official ...
Trump Rejects Iran Peace Response as Unacceptable
President Trump has rejected Iran's response to a US peace proposal. He called it "totally unacceptable." Iran had asked the US to recognize its contr...
Trump Rejects Iran Offer as Oil Prices Rise
President Trump called Iran's response to a US peace offer "totally unacceptable." Iran had sent its counter-offer to Washington through Pakistani med...
Iran Frees Nobel Winner Narges Mohammadi for Medical Care
Narges Mohammadi has been freed on bail in Iran. She is a Nobel Peace Prize winner jailed for opposing Iran's clerical system. She was moved by ambul...
Qatar Gas Tanker Passes Through Hormuz for First Time
A gas tanker from Qatar has passed through the Strait of Hormuz. This is the first such crossing since the Iran war began. The tanker is called Al Kh...
Russia-Ukraine Ceasefire Broken as Trump Wants Extension
President Trump announced a three-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine on Friday. It started Saturday and runs through May 11. The deal included ...
Trump May Pause Federal Gas Tax as Prices Soar
Gas prices in the US are now above $4.50 per gallon. The Trump administration is thinking about pausing the federal gas tax to lower prices. Energy S...
Spain Evacuates Cruise Ship After Hantavirus Kills Three
Spain has started moving passengers off a cruise ship. The ship is called the MV Hondius. It arrived in Tenerife on Sunday. Three people died from a ...
Ship Hit and Drones Spotted as US-Iran Ceasefire Is Tested
A ship caught fire after being hit off Qatar's coast. Kuwait also detected several drones in its airspace. Both events are testing the ceasefire betw...
Labour MP Gives Ministers Monday Deadline to Challenge Starmer
Labour MP Catherine West has threatened to trigger a leadership challenge against Keir Starmer. She told the BBC that if a Cabinet minister does not s...
Putin Says Ukraine War Is Nearly Over
Vladimir Putin says he thinks the Ukraine war is nearly over. He spoke during a three-day ceasefire brokered by President Trump. The ceasefire runs f...
Man Arrested After Car Hits Five People in England
A man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in Arnold, England. A car struck five people at Market Place in Arnold town centre. This happened...
Frontier Airlines Plane Hits Person on Denver Runway
A Frontier Airlines plane hit and killed a person on a runway Friday night. It happened at Denver International Airport at about 11:19 pm. The plane ...
Nations Evacuate Cruise Ship Over Hantavirus Outbreak
Several countries will send planes to evacuate their citizens from a cruise ship. The ship is called the MV Hondius. It is heading to Tenerife, Spain...
One Nation Wins First Australian Lower House Seat
One Nation won a seat in Australia's lower house for the first time. David Farley won the Farrer byelection in New South Wales on Saturday night. One...
Péter Magyar Sworn In as Hungary's Prime Minister
Péter Magyar has been sworn in as Hungary's prime minister. He arrived at the Parliament building in Budapest for the ceremony. This ends Viktor Orbá...
Putin Holds Victory Day Parade With No Tanks
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a scaled-back Victory Day parade on Friday in Moscow. For the first time in nearly two decades there were no tan...
Reform UK Wins 1,200 Seats as Labour Loses Power
Reform UK made large gains in English local council elections on May 8. The party won over 1,200 council seats across England. Reform UK also took co...
Four Men Convicted in Haiti President Murder Plot
Four men from south Florida were found guilty in Miami. They plotted to kill Haiti's president Jovenel Moïse in 2021. The men hired mercenaries to ca...
Trump Announces Russia-Ukraine Ceasefire for Victory Day
Trump has announced a three-day halt in fighting between Russia and Ukraine. The pause covers May 9 to 11. This timing matches Russia's Victory Day c...
Virginia Court Blocks Vote That Would Help Democrats
Virginia's top court struck down a redistricting vote. Voters had approved the measure earlier. It would have given Democrats 4 more seats in the US ...
Cruise Ship Hantavirus Kills Three People
Three passengers on the cruise ship MV Hondius died after showing hantavirus symptoms. Hantavirus is a rare disease that spreads between people in unu...
Pentagon Releases UFO Files After Trump Order
The Pentagon has released secret files about UFO sightings. The files include images and documents held for decades. The release follows an order fro...
South East Water Boss Quits After Supply Crisis
David Hinton has said he will leave his job as head of South East Water. He said his role had become a distraction from fixing water supply problems. ...
South Africa Court Orders Ramaphosa Impeachment Review
South Africa's top court ruled that lawmakers were wrong. They had blocked impeachment steps against President Cyril Ramaphosa. The court sent the ca...
Reform UK Wins Big as Labour Loses UK Councils
Local elections in England took place on Thursday. Parliamentary elections also ran in Scotland and Wales. Early results showed the Labour Party doin...
Three Hikers Die in Indonesia Volcano Eruption
Three hikers died when Mount Dukono volcano erupted in Indonesia. Two were from Singapore and one was Indonesian. The eruption happened on Halmahera ...
US Strikes Iran After Attack on Three Navy Ships
Iran attacked three US Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday. The US military then struck Iranian military sites in response. US strikes hit...
US Court Strikes Down Trump's Global Tariffs
A US trade court has struck down President Trump's 10% global tariffs. The ruling was 2-1 against the tariffs. The court said the tariffs were not al...
Trump Sets July 4 Deadline for United States-EU Trade Deal
President Trump has given the European Union a July 4 deadline. The EU must ratify or put into action a trade deal by then. Trump threatened much hig...
Armed Man Arrested Near Prince Andrew on Dog Walk
A man was arrested near Prince Andrew's home on Wednesday 6 May 2026. Police were called to Wolferton in Norfolk, England shortly after 7:30pm. A rep...
Bond Markets Worried as Iran War Hits Angola
Stock investors still think companies will make profits despite the Iran war. But bond investors are worried about the war's economic impact. The IMF...
Lula Meets Trump in Washington for Trade Talks
Brazilian President Lula flew to Washington on Wednesday. He met with US President Trump on Thursday. They talked about trade, security and critical ...
FIFA Defends World Cup 2026 Ticket Prices
FIFA has been criticized over ticket prices for the 2026 World Cup. The tournament starts June 11 in the United States, Mexico and Canada. FIFA used ...
Australia Arrests Three Women With Islamic State Links
Three women with links to Islamic State were arrested in Australia on Thursday. They had spent more than seven years in Syrian detention camps. The w...
China Sentences Two Former Defense Ministers to Death
China has given suspended death sentences to two former defense ministers. Li Shangfu and Wei Fenghe were convicted of bribery. A military court hand...