US busts ring accused of arranging hundreds of sham marriages in Massachusetts
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged six people with participating in a long-running scheme to allegedly arrange hundreds of sham marriages in
October 21, 2026Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged six people with participating in a long-running scheme to allegedly arrange hundreds of sham marriages in
October 21, 2026European leaders will seek to agree on how to finance Ukraine's €70 billion unmet needs in 2027 at a special summit on November 26 and 27 where they will also discuss the
October 21, 2026Financial regulators in Europe are questioning Google after a cloud computing outage on Tuesday left millions of bank customers
October 21, 2026NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says he has a high comfort level in the New Orleans Saints and Pittsburgh Steelers playing the league's first game in France in light of the civil unrest that could include more protests this weekend in Paris and elsewhere around the country
October 21, 2026Russian President Vladimir Putin told US special envoy Steve Witkoff on Wednesday that Moscow is willing in principle to resume talks next month with Ukraine and the US on
October 21, 2026A court in Georgia opened hearings on Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by the government seeking outright bans on the five main opposition parties, in a
October 21, 2026A protest by Italian truck drivers over fuel prices and the cost of living is causing food shortages in shops, with deliveries disrupted and fresh produce rotting, retailers
October 21, 2026Hungary is considering replacing Russia's Rosatom as the main contractor in the expansion of its Paks nuclear power plant
October 21, 2026Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Egypt's military support for Saudi Arabia would be limited to defending the kingdom's territory and borders and would not include
October 21, 2026Thousands of students and teachers took to the streets across Greece on Wednesday, demanding higher state funding for education, better facilities and less-crowded
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October 21, 2026Germany's armed forces classified the threat of Russian sabotage against their own troops and facilities as "significant" for the first time, the second-highest level on
October 21, 2026Macron slams ‘stupid comments’ from world leaders after Trump blames France unrest on migrants
October 21, 2026Developers of the PHP programming language said a set of new updates fixing two previously identified critical vulnerabilities was now live, and acknowledged a delay in
October 21, 2026American national Stephen Hubbard has arrived back in the United States, following his release from detention in Russia by President Vladimir Putin at the start
October 21, 2026Aleksa Simic, a political science student at Belgrade University, did not hesitate when he learned that the collapse of a railway station canopy in the
October 21, 2026It was hard to keep track of global markets from hour to hour on Tuesday, with Brent crude hitting fresh five-month highs before plunging, which rippled through tech-
October 21, 2026Euro zone bond yields rose on Wednesday, led by another increase in French borrowing costs to their highest since mid-2002, as widespread
October 21, 2026Dutch beer company Heineken said on Wednesday a Dutch court had awarded Macedonian Thrace Brewery €111 million ($125 million) in damages and interest in a case it brought
October 21, 2026Tucked away in the green foothills of the Austrian Alps, the last fully integrated European penicillin plant faces an
October 21, 2026Families have started rationing water in and around Yemen's Taiz city, where renewed fighting has disrupted fuel supplies and access to
October 21, 2026Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to resume US-mediated peace talks with Ukraine as soon as next month, the Kremlin said on Wednesday, after Putin
October 21, 2026U.S. President Donald Trump and leading Republicans are trying to leverage widespread riots in France ahead of midterm congressional elections by making unsubstantiated claims that the social unrest in Europe is caused by Muslim migrants
October 20, 2026Choosing a full-size pickup truck is harder in 2027
October 21, 2026France's 10-year government bond yield hit the 5% mark on Wednesday, a new 24-year high, the latest sign of growing concern among investors over France's
October 21, 2026Hungary's government hopes a front-loaded budget adjustment geared towards spending cuts will pave the way for a sustainable reduction in the deficit
October 21, 2026Two Ukrainians over 80 years old were among four killed in overnight Russian attacks that also targeted energy facilities across four regions, officials said, hours after US
October 21, 2026The euro zone economy has weathered this year's energy shock better than expected, with lower dependence on fossil fuels, stronger fiscal support and an AI investment
October 21, 2026European shares rose on Wednesday, recouping nearly all of their losses since the weekend turmoil in France as strong earnings encouraged investors to
October 21, 2026President Donald Trump's deal with Russia to supply diesel to US and global markets is unlikely to meaningfully lower
October 21, 2026EU tech regulators will investigate whether online hotel reservation website Booking.com is doing enough to weed out fraudulent listings and phishing scams
October 21, 2026Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar is actively pursuing former officials accused of corruption and power abuses
October 21, 2026Turkey will submit to parliament a mandate allowing for military personnel to be deployed to Saudi Arabia under its joint defence pact with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, a
October 21, 2026Nicolas Maduro is one of just a handful of people to be charged in the US with violating a federal law criminalizing torture committed overseas, a Reuters
October 21, 2026OPmobility reported higher third-quarter revenue on Wednesday, even as the French car parts supplier restructures its business amid broader
October 21, 2026At a former flight-test base south of Paris, drones swoop over fields and woodland as teams on the ground test
October 21, 2026US federal agents are investigating reports that an incendiary device was thrown at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday
October 21, 2026Soaring euro zone government borrowing costs are reviving fears of a replay of the debt crisis that 15 years ago rocked the bloc.
October 21, 2026Israel has become a Pacific Islands Forum partner, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar said on X, describing the move as part of the country's broader effort to strengthen
October 21, 2026France is known for its vibrant protest culture, where activism is seen as a social duty and part of the national identity
October 21, 2026The Glacier Garden in Lucerne is showcasing artifacts from Switzerland's glaciers in an exhibit called "Treasury of Ice."
October 21, 2026Iran has not received a response from Saudi Arabia or Yemen's Houthis to its offer to help broker talks to end the fighting between them, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas
October 20, 2026The NFL says security will be heightened for the game in Paris between the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints on Sunday after protests engulfed the French capital last weekend
October 20, 2026France promises ‘massive’ police presence this weekend as cities impose more curfews after protest violence
October 19, 2026Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has announced new security measures in response to violent protests in Milan after weekend riots caused significant damage to the city’s central shopping district
October 20, 2026Alberta rejects secession referendum, chooses to remain part of Canada
October 20, 2026Poland's lower house of parliament on Tuesday voted to allow abortion in case of foetal abnormalities and to decriminalise providing help in getting an abortion, as
October 20, 2026Two men rearrested on suspicion of assisting Iran’s intelligence service in RAF Fairford incident
October 20, 2026US citizen injured during California ICE incident, officials say
October 19, 2026British police have rearrested two men suspected of assisting Iran’s intelligence service in a plot at a U.S.-run air base
October 20, 2026European shares ended just a touch lower on Tuesday, as violent protests in France kept risk appetite in check and hammered equities in the euro
October 20, 2026Italy will approve a package of measures on Tuesday aimed at strengthening law-and-order after days of unrest that have seen demonstrators clash with police, loot shops and
October 20, 2026NATO will send more maritime patrol aircraft, radar systems and drones to the Black Sea, the military alliance said on Tuesday, after a series of deadly drone attacks on
October 20, 2026Prosecutors in Albania have formalised corruption charges against former deputy prime minister Belinda Balluku, whose original indictment a year ago triggered rioting in
October 20, 2026US stock indexes ended mostly higher as oil prices and Treasury yields eased on Tuesday, while French stocks fell as worries about
October 20, 2026Georgia father educates teen drivers about tire safety after son's death
October 20, 2026Supermarkets and gas stations in Naples are facing shortages due to weeklong protests by truck drivers against high gasoline costs
October 20, 2026Alphabet's Google said on Tuesday its cloud services in the UK were back up after an hours-long outage that disrupted several financial firms and public-sector
October 20, 2026The US dollar slipped on Tuesday in line with falling oil prices and longer-dated Treasury yields as traders evaluated the impact of rising tensions in
October 20, 2026Independent Luca Niculescu was confirmed as Romania's prime minister by parliament on Tuesday, ending nearly six months of political deadlock that put
October 20, 2026France will reinforce police with troops and mount a huge security operation for more protests planned on Saturday, the government
October 20, 2026Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least four Palestinians, including a married couple and a 17-year-old, in separate incidents in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, health
October 20, 2026French government bond yields remained near 24-year highs on Tuesday after their biggest daily rise in nearly a month, with trading volatility to the fore as
October 20, 2026Italy approved a raft of security measures on Tuesday including a new offence of violent participation in a demonstration,
October 20, 2026Israel's central bank is expected to hold the line on short-term interest rates on Wednesday after three successive reductions, as policymakers will
October 20, 2026Waymo, Alphabet's autonomous driving unit, plans to launch a fully autonomous ride-hailing service in Spain's Madrid region in 2027, its first deployment in the country, it
October 20, 2026Britain says it is expanding military support for Saudi Arabia against the Houthis to include “defensive” air patrols by Royal Air Force jets
October 20, 2026California State Parks officer recounts rescuing woman from burning car on Highway 70
October 20, 2026Britain will fly Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets on defensive missions to help protect Saudi cities and critical national infrastructure from Houthi aerial attacks, the
October 20, 2026Oil parked above $110 a barrel as IEA warns energy markets won’t return to normal next year
October 20, 2026U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has held talks with India's foreign minister in Mumbai
October 20, 2026Smart glasses that resemble ordinary eyewear are under increased scrutiny from European regulators and advocacy
October 20, 2026In Europe, budget airlines thrive. Why not the US?
October 20, 2026The Kremlin said on Tuesday that it hoped a meeting in Russia between President Vladimir Putin and US special envoy Steve Witkoff could be organised in the near future to
October 20, 2026A 16-year-old carried out the Bend school shooting. Could his parents face charges?
October 20, 2026European companies are expected to deliver another quarter of exceptional earnings growth, again driven mainly by profits at energy companies and those
October 20, 2026The tractors rolling into the town of Gela on the southern tip of Europe are flying the Sicilian flag, emblazoned
October 20, 2026Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will fly to Oslo to meet US special envoy Steve Witkoff on Tuesday, trying to repair ties with Washington that have deteriorated
October 20, 2026Oil majors are set to post a big jump in third-quarter profit as the US-Israeli war on Iran has boosted refining and
October 20, 2026When Volkswagen turned to EV maker Xpeng in 2023 to help fix its flailing Chinese business, executives touted the partnership as a
October 20, 2026US President Donald Trump on Monday used violent unrest in France as an argument against Democrats in his battle to defend a
October 20, 2026Paris police say that they have issued an overnight curfew in two areas of the French capital “to protect people and property from the violence and looting.”
October 19, 2026Police say a shooting in Columbus, Ohio, was not an attack on a mosque but did happen nearby
October 19, 2026The United States and Cuba have clashed at the United Nations as the Trump administration sought once again to build opposition for an upcoming annual vote condemning Washington's decades-long economic embargo against Havana
October 19, 2026French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Monday he had asked local authorities to impose partial curfews this evening following violent protests across the nation
October 19, 2026Conflict and drought are worsening food insecurity in Sudan’s Darfur and Kordofan regions, according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification
October 12, 2026A drone strike blamed on Sudan's paramilitaries has killed 41 displaced people near the Ethiopian border
October 10, 2026The U.S. Coast Guard has ended the search for 11 people believed missing after a boat sank off Mexico’s Baja California coast
October 19, 2026The euro fell against the dollar on Monday as riots in France added to concerns about the country's worsening fiscal outlook, while the US currency was boosted by
October 19, 2026French authorities set curfews in parts of several cities on Monday, including Paris, Lille and Nice, as they faced pressure over
October 19, 2026Italy's government will dispatch 500 army troops to "defend Milan" after two days of unrest that saw demonstrators clash with police, loot shops and
October 19, 2026Greece's coast guard says that 12 people have died in two separate capsizings involving speedboats ferrying migrants off the islands of Lesbos and Samos close to the Turkish coast
October 19, 2026Egypt's parliament is expected to vote next week on whether to authorise the armed forces to help defend Saudi Arabia against attacks by Yemen's Houthis if Riyadh requests
October 19, 2026France’s worst bout of civil unrest in years has plunged President Emmanuel Macron’s final months in office deeper into turmoil, exposing the powerlessness of
October 19, 2026A digital rights group says spyware from an Israeli company targeted the phone of the head dean of Belgrade University
October 19, 2026Gymnastics is still failing athletes in "almost every way" despite reforms introduced in the decade since the Larry Nassar abuse scandal, the
October 19, 2026A Swedish appeals court on Monday found former national security adviser Henrik Landerholm, a friend of the prime minister, guilty of mishandling secret information,
October 19, 2026Trump slams Zelensky after Ukraine defies US president with major attack on Russia
October 18, 2026A National Guard member has been shot and injured while trying to break up a fight in the nation's capital
October 19, 2026Transit advocates call for ban on face coverings in NYC subway system following deadly Midtown shooting
October 19, 2026Twelve migrants drowned in two separate incidents off the Greek islands of Lesbos and Samos in the northeastern Aegean Sea on Monday, after their boats capsized as the coast guard
October 19, 2026French equities suffered their worst day in nearly two weeks on Monday, weighing on European shares after rioting erupted in cities across the country
October 19, 2026A bomb threat forced an Austrian Airlines flight from Tel Aviv to Vienna to divert to Sofia late on Sunday, though a search found nothing dangerous so the plane took off
October 18, 2026Amid US pressure on settler violence, Israel arrests at least 10 suspected of West Bank attacks on journalist, diplomats
October 19, 2026Soccer clubs Marseille and Lille report their shops have been vandalized during protests in France
October 19, 2026German industry has shed nearly half a million jobs since 2019, an Ifo study showed on Monday, as manufacturers grapple with mounting competitive pressure.
October 19, 2026China's Premier Li Qiang called on Monday for deeper security and intelligence cooperation with Tajikistan to fight what Beijing views as extremism and separatism, and said
October 19, 2026Israeli police said on Monday they had arrested 10 suspects as part of an investigation into violent incidents in the occupied-West Bank over the weekend, including
October 19, 2026Israeli police have arrested 10 people in connection with settler violence in the occupied West Bank
October 19, 2026Secretary of State Marco Rubio denied on Monday that the United States had paused some intelligence sharing with Ukraine, contradicting Ukrainian
October 19, 2026The Philippine foreign ministry on Monday summoned China's ambassador to express its "serious concern and strong objection" about remarks by the envoy that it said conveyed
October 19, 2026Lindt & Sprüngli said on Monday that CEO Adalbert Lechner was leaving the company following the chocolate maker's recent outlook cuts and weak performance in Europe
October 19, 2026Russia has attacked Kyiv with ballistic missiles and drones, killing one person and injuring eight others
October 19, 2026Former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's election defeat in April ended a 16-year rule marked by media control and restrictions on press freedoms
October 19, 2026Muhamad Yasin, a 63-year-old parking attendant in central Jakarta, says he has cut back on meals as rising prices have
October 19, 2026‘The world will be amazed:’ Iran’s commanders prepare for further war
October 19, 2026China's new home prices fell again in September, extending a more than three-year slump and suggesting policy support has yet to spark a broad
October 19, 2026Mali's armed forces and their Russian backers utilized some "apparent indiscriminate" drone strikes and other abuses as part of an ramped-up offensive against insurgents in
October 19, 2026French President Emmanuel Macron has expressed anger and shame over recent violence in France
October 18, 2026Kylian Mbappé scores a beautiful goal and converts a penalty kick to help Real Madrid beat Sevilla 4-1 despite the absence of the suspended Vinícius Júnior in La Liga
October 18, 2026French President Emmanuel Macron condemned on Sunday what he called the "dissenters" who looted and vandalised cities in "shocking" scenes across France on the sidelines of
October 18, 2026Milan police clashed on Sunday with protesters throwing stones and looting shops during demonstrations against poor services and the rising cost of living, a day after
October 18, 2026President Emmanuel Macron appealed for calm on Sunday, a day after France suffered one of its worst days of
October 18, 2026Republicans confront anger from their own red-state voters ahead of midterms
October 18, 2026Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama on Sunday rejected calls to step down and said street protests, which continued for a sixth day, were a threat not to his
October 18, 2026Residents in Limoges recoiled in horror on Sunday at the city's fire-ravaged town hall, an ornate 19th century neo-Renaissance building which
October 18, 2026The European Union "strongly condemns" attacks by violent settlers in the West Bank, including against European diplomats, the bloc's foreign policy spokesperson said on
October 18, 2026Iran's offer to the United States to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days is still on the table, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi told Iranian media outlets on Sunday.
October 18, 2026A suspected drone exploded over Lithuania after triggering an alert that forced residents in northern and central areas to seek shelter for an hour on
October 18, 2026Pope Leo leads Sunday prayers in first major public appearance since lung cancer surgery
October 18, 2026MEXICO CITY, Oct 17 - Mexican authorities arrested former Chihuahua Attorney General Cesar Jauregui on suspicion of treason after an investigation found he may have allowed foreign personnel to
October 18, 2026The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Trudy has strengthened to a Category 2 hurricane as it moves toward Mexico’s southwestern and west-central Pacific coast
October 17, 2026Rioting erupted in cities across France on Saturday as demonstrations against rising living costs and declining public
October 17, 2026Ukraine targets ‘Russia’s Google’ as the internet becomes a new front line
October 17, 2026Police in Albania fired what appeared to be rubber bullets at protesters on Saturday, the fifth day of mass student demonstrations demanding Prime Minister
October 17, 2026Thousands of Tunisians joined the largest protest against President Kais Saied in years in the capital on Saturday, accusing him of undermining democracy and
October 17, 2026‘Times have changed’: The Italian princess renting out her palace in Rome
October 17, 2026Pope Leo XIV has brought an American style of governing to the Vatican, including in the way it handles health crises
October 17, 2026Germany's development minister is seeking an exemption from the country's debt brake, a constitutional limit on government borrowing, for Ukraine funding,
October 17, 2026Thousands of young Albanians marched through Tirana on Friday, breaking some windows and traffic lights on the fourth day of an increasingly violent student-led campaign to
October 16, 2026A 16-year-old boy who shot and killed a teacher and three children in an Oregon special-needs classroom was stopped by another
October 16, 2026Police say a teacher threw her phone at the teenage gunman who killed four people at an Oregon elementary school, then tackled and fought with him
October 16, 2026Attorneys for Rep_ Ilhan Omar are asking the Justice Department to immediately return property that federal agents seized from her home this week, arguing that the search stemming from an investigation into her citizenship status was “neither justified nor lawful.”
October 17, 2026Tech giant Meta has denied accusations it has acted with political bias during Brazil’s presidential campaign
October 16, 2026A federal immigration vehicle hit a Houston construction worker while pursuing a man who apparently died years ago
October 16, 2026US defence firm Anduril could eventually manufacture its newly unveiled Steelfin interceptor missiles in Europe, a company executive said this week, as governments aim to
October 16, 2026Ali Hassan and his family took shelter under a stairwell at a school in Taiz as Iran-allied Houthi forces closed in around them, tightening a siege of Yemen's third-
October 16, 2026Authorities have arrested a 19-year-old man on suspicion of attempting a mass shooting at a Hindu temple in Aurora, Illinois
October 16, 2026Serbia’s populist leader Aleksandar Vucic has returned to Novi Sad, the northern city where 16 people died in a train station tragedy almost two years ago that set off a wave of anti-government protests
October 16, 2026