A landmark plan to set the first global, industry-wide emissions targets for shipping collapsed in London after Saudi Arabia and the United States pushed to end talks. A Saudi motion to adjourn negotiations for a year passed by a narrow margin, voiding timelines for rules due to start in 2028....
US President Donald Trump said Friday he expects the Abraham Accords to expand soon and hopes Saudi Arabia, along with other Arab nations, will join. He spoke with reporters in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 5, 2025, the day an executive order was...
Mongolia’s parliament voted Friday to oust Prime Minister Zandanshatar Gombojav, sharpening an unusually public power struggle inside the ruling Mongolian People’s Party. Lawmakers passed a controversially worded resolution that effectively removed him and approved the resignation of Speaker Amarbayasgalan Dashzegve, his chief rival. Zandanshatar, named in June, remains acting prime...
Hungary vowed to ensure Vladimir Putin’s entry for a planned Budapest summit with Trump, despite an EU airspace ban on Russian flights. Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó said Budapest would secure “successful negotiations,” yet Hungary remains bound by the ICC until June 2026 and would be obliged to arrest Putin under...
Several major airports are pushing back against a political video from Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security, with Detroit at the forefront. At Detroit Metropolitan, bright yellow signs at TSA checkpoint entrances disclaim the video; the areas are leased by TSA, so the airport isn’t in charge of those screens....
With the Trump administration softening some shutdown pain—and a court pausing layoffs for thousands of federal workers—urgency on Capitol Hill has ebbed. After a 10th failed Senate vote, lawmakers went home, while Speaker Mike Johnson kept the House idle until Senate Democrats relent on the House stopgap. The White House...
Col Michael Randrianirina was sworn in as Madagascar’s president at the Constitutional Court in Antananarivo days after a military takeover, thanking young protesters whose weeks of demonstrations drove Andry Rajoelina to flee and impeachment. He pledged unity, human rights, a new constitution and electoral reforms, promising elections within two years....
Col. Michael Randrianirina, who led a military coup, was sworn in as Madagascar’s president at the High Constitutional Court, flanked by nine red‑robed judges as guards drew swords and trumpets sounded. His lightning takeover ousted President Andry Rajoelina, who fled the country and whose whereabouts are unknown after reportedly escaping...
Chicago emerged as the focal point of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown after a turbulent day. A federal appeals court upheld a ruling temporarily blocking deployment of National Guard troops in Illinois, even as “Operation Midway Blitz” yielded more than 1,000 arrests, according to DHS. US District Judge Sara Ellis...
At a combative first debate, Democrat Zohran Mamdani, independent Andrew Cuomo, and Republican Curtis Sliwa traded barbs over Israel, affordability, and President Trump. Cuomo cast Mamdani as a democratic socialist with little experience; Mamdani replied that he values integrity and recognizes Israel’s right to exist, but not any state built...
