Afghanistan's Taliban government accused Pakistan of violating Kabul's sovereign territory after two blasts were heard Thursday, and claimed Pakistan also bombed a civilian market in the border province of Patika, where locals said shops were destroyed. Pakistan neither confirmed nor denied any strike; in Peshawar, General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry alleged...
Burkina Faso’s military government has refused to accept deportees from the United States, as the US embassy paused issuing immigrant, tourist, student and business visas in Ouagadougou. Foreign Minister Karamoko Jean-Marie Traoré, speaking on state TV, called the move “blackmail” and said he repeatedly rejected a US proposal to resettle...
At the Purfeerst farm in southern Minnesota, 100,000 bushels of soybeans—worth about $10 apiece—sit in bins with no clear buyer. A US–China trade war has halted Chinese purchases, which last year topped $12bn and represented about half of US exports. Donald Trump has floated payments to offset tariffs, but the...
With the Capitol halls quiet on day 10 of the shutdown, the White House budget office said Friday it has begun mass firings of federal workers to ratchet up pressure on Democrats. OMB Director Russ Vought posted that 'RIFs have begun,' and a spokesperson called the reductions 'substantial.' Agencies had...
President Donald Trump threatened to cancel an expected meeting with China’s Xi Jinping after Beijing tightened rare‑earth export rules, accusing China of “becoming very hostile” and warning of a “massive” tariff hike. The S&P 500 fell about 1.4% in late‑morning New York trading. China opened a monopoly probe into Qualcomm...
The White House accused the Nobel Committee of putting "politics over peace" after awarding the Peace Prize to Venezuelan activist María Coria Machado rather than President Donald Trump. Citing her “tireless” push for democratic rights, the committee’s choice spurred Trump aides to tout his role in a Gaza ceasefire announced...
David del Rio was fired from CBS’s Matlock after a Sept. 26 incident involving co-star Leah Lewis; an internal probe led to his same-day removal from the lot. In the aftermath, his wife, actress Katherine del Rio, posted — then deleted — Instagram Stories mocking Lewis, including a zoomed photo...
On day 10 of the U.S. government shutdown, the Trump administration began laying off federal workers, budget chief Russell Vought said, with OMB calling the reductions “substantial.” HHS and Treasury employees received RIF notices; HHS spokesman Andrew Nixon blamed a “Democrat-led” shutdown and said the department is closing “wasteful and...
Chinese stocks listed in the U.S. slumped Friday after former President Donald Trump threatened sharp tariff hikes on Chinese imports, calling China “very hostile.” Alibaba and Baidu dropped about 8%, JD.com 6.6%, PDD Holdings 5.2%, and the iShares MSCI China ETF fell 5.2%. The selloff followed renewed tension over trade,...
Overnight Russian drone and missile strikes plunged parts of nine Ukrainian regions into blackout, ignited a Kyiv high-rise, and injured at least 20 people in the capital, authorities said. A 7-year-old boy was killed in Zaporizhzhia, where energy sites were hit and a hydroelectric plant was taken offline as a...
