After a third week of making zero progress on a federal funding deal, lawmakers have headed home for the weekend with no hopes of ending the government shutdown anytime soon.
Israel’s Cabinet on Sunday officially approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposal to rename Operation Iron Swords as the War of Revival, even as clashes with Hamas resumed in southern Gaza following a week-long ceasefire.
Some 24 hours after speaking with Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Donald J. Trump appeared to back down on his pledge to provide Ukraine with powerful Tomahawk missiles capable of striking deep inside Russia.
Christian aid workers have raised the alarm over the suffering of Christian communities in Vietnam after at least 51 people were confirmed dead in the country and 20 more in the Philippines as Typhoon Bualoi and its aftermath brought devastating floods and landslides to Southeast Asia.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced Friday that he had already discussed details of the planned U.S.–Russia summit in Budapest with U.S. President Donald Trump, adding that he would also speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the meeting.
The government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad secretly moved thousands of bodies from a massive grave near the capital, Damascus, to a hidden desert site as part of a two-year effort to conceal evidence of war crimes and improve the regime’s image, investigators say.
The U.S. government shutdown is set to continue after the Senate again failed to advance a short-term spending measure Thursday, deepening the impasse between Republicans and Democrats over health care subsidies and spending priorities.
U.S. President Donald J. Trump said he plans to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, to discuss possible steps toward ending Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Syria’s interim president Ahmad al-Sharaa held his first official talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Wednesday, signaling a new phase in relations between Moscow and Damascus less than a year after Sharaa’s rebel forces ousted former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad — a longtime ally of Russia.
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi personally assured him that India will stop buying Russian oil — a move that, if confirmed, would mark a significant shift in global energy alliances and strengthen Trump’s efforts to pressure Moscow to end its war in Ukraine.