• Experts fear stolen Louvre jewelry already destroyed
    2025-10-23

    Visitors walk past the closed Galerie d'Apollon where eight pieces of Napoleon and the Empress's jewelry collection displayed in the gallery were stolen by thieves, at the Louvre Museum on the day it reopened to the public for the first time since last Sunday's heist, in Paris, France, Oct 22, 202...

  • Paetongtarn resigns as Pheu Thai Party leader ahead of election
    2025-10-23

    Former Thai prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra resigned as leader of the Pheu Thai Party on Wednesday morning, noting that she will remain with the party and the resignation was made in preparation for the upcoming candidate election in four months. In a public letter posted on her social media ...

  • U.S. strikes 2 more alleged drug vessels, this time on the Pacific side, killing 5 people
    2025-10-23

    The U.S. has struck two alleged drug vessels on the Pacific side of Latin America over the last two days, killing five people, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth confirmed Wednesday. The Trump administration has now carried out nine known strikes against alleged narcotics trafficking boats since las...

  • Ballroom construction paused White House tours for months, but they're likely to resume soon, officials say
    2025-10-23

    Public access to the White House has been suspended for about two months because tours started at the East Wing, and the demolition of parts of that wing and construction of the new ballroom have made the visits impossible, officials told CBS News. White House officials said that although the tours...

  • Federal charges for man accused of threatening to shoot up Atlanta airport
    2025-10-22

    A man accused of going to the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport after making a threat to shoot it up now faces multiple federal charges, the Department of Justice said Tuesday. Billy Joe Cagle, 49, was taken into custody in a terminal at the airport on Monday after a family member re...

  • Virginia Giuffre raped by ‘well-known Prime Minister,’ US version of posthumous memoir claims
    2025-10-22

    Virginia Giuffre, pictured here outside a federal court in New York in 2019, died by suicide in Australia in April. Jeenah MoonBloombergGetty Images London — Virginia Giuffre, one of the most prominent victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring, wrote in her posthumous memoir that she was ...

  • Government shutdown reaching historic record
    2025-10-22

    Impasse continues with consequences being felt in many key sectors across US The US Capitol building, weeks into the continuing US government shutdown, in Washington, DC, US, October 21, 2025. [PhotoAgencies] WASHINGTON — The federal government shutdown continued on Monday, marking the third-lon...

  • Putin-Trump summit on hold after Russia rejects ceasefire
    2025-10-22

    Oct 21 Reuters - A planned summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin was put on hold on Tuesday, as Moscow's rejection of an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine cast a cloud over attempts at negotiations. A senior White House official told Reuters "there are no plan...

  • Trump acknowledges he's seeking 'a lot of money' in damages from DOJ
    2025-10-22

    President Donald Trump acknowledged to reporters Monday that he's seeking up to hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation from the federal government for its scuttled investigations and prosecutions of him. “As far as all of the litigation, everything that’s going to go, yeah, they probably o...

  • Trump nominee to lead whistleblower office drops out after racist texts surface
    2025-10-22

    Report on Paul Ingrassia featured messages where he allegedly described himself as having a ‘Nazi streak’ Paul Ingrassia arrives before Trump speaks during a summer party on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington DC, on 4 June. Photograph: Alex BrandonAP Paul Ingrassia, Donald Trump’s n...

  • EU agrees to phase out Russian gas imports by January 2028
    2025-10-21

    BRUSSELS - European Union EU countries on Monday agreed their position on rules to gradually phase out imports of Russian natural gas, marking a key step in the bloc's efforts to end reliance on Moscow's fossil fuels under its REPowerEU strategy. According to the Council of the EU, the proposal wou...

  • 4 killed, 5 injured in Israeli fire east of Gaza City: civil defense
    2025-10-21

    GAZA -- Four Palestinians were killed and five others injured by Israeli fire in two separate incidents east of Gaza City on Monday, the Gaza Civil Defense Service said. Mahmoud Basal, a Civil Defense spokesperson, told Xinhua that Israeli soldiers opened fire in the Al-Shaaf neighborhood in the mo...

  • Outage at Amazon Web Services shuts down internet platforms across globe
    2025-10-21

    Internet services around the globe were disrupted on Monday as Amazon Web Services battled severe outages, affecting everything from financial and government websites to airlines and gaming platforms. The incident shows just how reliant modern societies are on just a few main providers of internet ...

  • Manhunt underway for 4 suspects after heist of 'priceless' jewelry at Louvre in Paris
    2025-10-21

    President Emmanuel Macron described the theft as an "attack" on French heritage. PARIS -- As the alarms sounded at the Louvre Museum on Sunday morning, four suspects took off on two motorbikes, winding their way through central Paris, allegedly carrying with them a haul of "priceless" jewelry once ...

  • Demolition begins to replace White House East Wing with Trump’s ballroom
    2025-10-21

    Demolition of the White House East Wing began Monday as President Donald Trump adds a $200 million, 90,000-square-foot ballroom. CNN observed an excavator tearing down portions of the East Wing, and close-up video and images captured areas of the roof torn down and an excavator tearing through the ...