Category: 2. World

The United States has pledged $2 billion (£1.5bn) to fund United Nations (UN) humanitarian programmes, but has warned the UN it must “adapt or die”.

The announcement was made in Geneva by Jeremy Lewin, President Trump’s Under Secretary for…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Islamic State militants clashed with police in northwest Turkey on Monday, leaving three police officers and six militants dead, Turkey’s interior minister said. At least eight other police officers…

President Volodymyr Zelensky has denied allegations by Russia that Ukraine launched a drone attack on one of President Vladimir Putin’s residences, and accused Moscow of trying to derail peace talks.

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov…

For Mamdani, starting off strong is key, said George Arzt, a veteran Democratic political consultant in New York who worked for former Mayor Ed Koch.

“He’s got to use the first 100 days of the administration to show people he can govern,” he…

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The US has offered Ukraine a 15-year security guarantee, but Kyiv wants a period three times as long to deter…

In late 2025, Kyrgyzstan’s government proposed constitutional amendments to reinstate the death penalty for crimes against women and children, triggering widespread alarm in a context of shrinking civic space and mounting…

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Philadelphia International Airport expects Monday to be the second-busiest travel day of the Christmas holiday rush.

PHL predicts more than 93,000 passengers will fly in or out of the city on Monday.

That’s just under 1,000…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Families of victims of the recent Sydney massacre that targeted a Jewish festival released an open letter on Monday calling for more federal action to investigate a rise in antisemitism and the…

• YouTube cofounder Steve Chen is one of the latest tech trailblazers to warn about social media’s impact on kids. Chen noted in a talk that short-form video “equates to shorter attention spans” and said he wouldn’t want his own kids to…