UK Acts After Jewish Men Stabbed in London
Two Jewish men were stabbed in Golders Green in London on April 29 2026. Police called it a terrorist attack. The British government then declared an...
Eli Lilly Raises Outlook After Strong Drug Sales
Drug company Eli Lilly had a strong start to 2026. Its diabetes and weight-loss drugs sold better than expected. Sales of Mounjaro and Zepbound beat ...
Israel Detains 175 Activists After Seizing Aid Boats
Israeli forces stopped 22 aid boats near the Greek island of Crete. The boats were in international waters at the time. The boats were carrying aid m...
Oil Prices Hit War-Era High
Oil prices have hit their highest point since the Iran war began. Brent crude rose for an eighth straight day. It closed at around $118 per barrel. R...
Mexico Governor Charged in Cartel Plot
A Mexican state governor has been charged in New York. Rubén Rocha Moya leads Sinaloa state in Mexico. A federal court in New York charged him on Apr...
Powell Stays at Fed After Chair Role Ends
Jerome Powell will stay at the Federal Reserve after May 15. That is when his role as chair ends. He will remain as a governor instead. Powell said l...
Iran War Costs Hit $25 Billion
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth went to Congress on Wednesday. It was his first visit since the Iran war began. He spoke to the House Armed Services C...
Two Jewish Men Stabbed in London Attack
Two Jewish men were stabbed in Golders Green in north London on Wednesday. Police declared it a terrorist attack and launched a terror investigation. ...
Hegseth Faces Congress Over Iran War
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke to Congress on Wednesday. It was his first time since the United States and Israel began fighting Iran in late Fe...
Supreme Court Weakens Voting Rights Act
The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Louisiana must redraw its voting map. The court called the map an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. But the ma...
Three Men on Trial for Starmer Arson Plot
Three men are on trial in London for arson. They are accused of setting fire to two buildings and a car. The properties were linked to UK Prime Minis...
France and UK Tell Citizens to Leave Mali
France has told its citizens to leave Mali. This came after attacks on government targets over the weekend. The attacks were launched by jihadist and...
EU Says Meta Broke Child Safety Law
The European Commission found Meta broke EU law on Wednesday. The finding came after a nearly two-year check into Meta's platforms. Regulators say Me...
Hungary Seeks €10 Billion in Frozen EU Funds
Hungary's new leader Péter Magyar wants to unlock EU funds. He is seeking €10 billion ahead of an August 31 deadline. Magyar once worked under former...
Russia Cuts Tanks From Victory Day Parade
Russia will hold its Victory Day parade on May 9 in Moscow. But tanks and missile systems will not appear. This is the first time in almost 20 years ...
King Charles Asks US to Back Ukraine
King Charles III spoke to the US Congress on Tuesday. He asked the United States to help defend Ukraine. His words got a large standing ovation from ...
Comey Charged Over Seashell Photo Threat
Former United States FBI director James Comey has been charged with threatening President Trump. The charge comes from a 2025 Instagram photo Comey po...
FCC Reviews ABC Licenses Over Disney Policies
US regulators have ordered a review of 8 ABC TV station licenses. The stations are owned by Disney. The Federal Communications Commission said the re...
Google Signs Secret AI Deal With Pentagon
Google signed a deal with the US Pentagon to use its AI for secret military work. The deal lets the Pentagon use Google's AI for any lawful government...
UAE Leaves OPEC After 60 Years
The United Arab Emirates will leave OPEC in May. It is also leaving OPEC+ which includes Russia. The UAE has been a member for 60 years. It is one of...
US Gas Prices Hit Four-Year High
US gas prices rose to $4.18 a gallon on Thursday. This is the highest level in four years. Prices jumped 1.6% on Tuesday. That was the biggest one-da...
Camp Mystic Director Sorry After Deadly Flood
The director of Camp Mystic said sorry to families on Tuesday. This happened at a government hearing about a deadly 2025 flood in Texas. The flood ki...
South Korea Raises Kim Keon Hee's Sentence
An appeals court in South Korea raised Kim Keon Hee's sentence to four years. She was found guilty of stock manipulation and bribery. Kim is the wife...
Mexico Arrests Top Cartel Boss El Jardinero
Mexico arrested a top cartel boss named Audias Flores. He went by the name El Jardinero. Flores led a large part of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel...
Iran Offers Peace Deal Without Nuclear Terms
The United States and Israel went to war with Iran on February 28. Iran has now offered to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. But Iran does...
Train Crash Near Jakarta Kills 14
Two trains crashed Monday night near Bekasi Timur station in Indonesia. The station is east of Jakarta. At least 14 people died and dozens were injur...
Man Pleads Guilty to Taylor Swift Attack Plot
A 21-year-old man from Austria pleaded guilty in court. He had plotted a terror attack on Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna, Austria. He had pledged lo...
Israel Orders Evacuations in 16 Lebanon Towns
Israel's military told people to leave 16 towns in southern Lebanon on Monday. Israel said the group Hezbollah broke a ceasefire agreement. People we...
King Charles Visits White House
King Charles and Queen Camilla arrived at the White House on Monday. President Trump and Melania Trump greeted them with handshakes. The visit lasts ...
Iraq Names New Prime Minister
Ali al-Zaidi was named prime minister-designate of Iraq. He is a businessman who has never held a government post before. Iraq's president tasked al-...
Man Charged Over Trump Dinner Shooting
A 31-year-old man from California was charged on Monday. He is accused of trying to kill President Trump. The shooting happened at a formal dinner in...
Top Court Questions Monsanto in Cancer Case
The US Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday. The case is called Monsanto v Durnell. It centers on Roundup weedkiller and its chemical glyphosate. ...
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 ...
Melania Calls for Kimmel Firing After Dinner Shooting
Melania Trump criticized TV host Jimmy Kimmel on Monday. She accused him of using hateful and violent words. Melania urged TV network ABC to fire or ...
Iran and US Talks Stall Over Middle East War
Iran's top diplomat Abbas Araghchi traveled to Russia to meet President Vladimir Putin. They discussed the Middle East war as a form of needed coordin...
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...
King Charles Visits US Despite Shooting Scare
King Charles and Queen Camilla will arrive in the United States on Monday. President Trump is hosting them for a state visit in Washington DC. The vi...
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 ...
Shooting at Trump Dinner Prompts Evacuation
A shooting happened at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday night. President Trump and Vice President JD Vance were evacuated. Many oth...
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...
Officer Shot at White House Dinner
A shooting happened Saturday night at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. It took place at the Washington Hilton in Washington. The shooting was ...
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 ...