WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court found today that Donald Trump cannot be prosecuted for official actions taken as president, but can for private acts, in a landmark ruling recognizing for the first time any form of presidential immunity from prosecution.
(Reuters) – As the Netherlands today marks 161 years since the abolition of slavery, activists have questioned the sincerity of recent apologies by Dutch authorities given they have not addressed the politically thorny issue of reparations.
PARIS (Reuters) – Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) party won the first round of France’s parliamentary election on Sunday, exit polls showed, but the final result will depend on days of horsetrading before next week’s run-off.
DUBAI (Reuters) – A moderate lawmaker will face Iran supreme leader’s protege in a run-off presidential election on July 5 after the country’s interior ministry said on Saturday that no candidate secured enough votes in the first round of voting.
CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) – Israeli forces advanced further on Sunday into the Shejaia neighbourhood of northern Gaza and also pushed deeper into western and central Rafah in the south, killing at least six Palestinians and destroying several homes, residents said.
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean officials wore pins with a portrait of Kim Jong Un in public for the first time in pictures released by state media on Sunday, the latest step in the development of a cult of personality about the leader.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Top Democrats today ruled out the possibility of replacing President Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee after a feeble debate performance and called on party members to focus instead on the consequences of a second Donald Trump presidency.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s bid for criminal immunity from prosecution for trying to overturn his 2020 election loss is set to be decided tomorrow by the U.S.
PARIS, (Reuters) – French voters cast their ballots today in the first round of a snap parliamentary election that could usher in the country’s first far-right government since World War Two, a potential sea change at the heart of the European Union.
DUBAI, (Reuters) – A moderate lawmaker will face Iran supreme leader’s protege in a run-off presidential election on July 5 after the country’s interior ministry said yesterday that no candidate secured enough votes in the first round of voting.
CAIRO, (Reuters) – A senior official of the militant Islamist group Hamas, Osama Hamdan, said yesterday there has been no progress in ceasefire talks with Israel over the Gaza war.
(Reuters) – Canada’s WestJet Airlines said late yesterday that it has canceled a total of 407 flights affecting over 49,000 passengers after the carrier and the union representing its striking mechanics failed to reach an agreement.
(Reuters) – The U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said yesterday that tropical storm Beryl has intensified into a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean, and cautioned that it may undergo rapid strengthening as it approaches the Caribbean island of Barbados.
PANAMA CITY, (Reuters) – A Panamanian court has acquitted 28 people charged with money-laundering under cases linked to the Panama Papers and “Operation Car Wash” scandals, the country’s judicial branch said in a statement yesterday.
DUBAI, (Reuters) – A moderate lawmaker will face Iran supreme leader’s protege in a run-off presidential election on July 5 after the country’s interior ministry said today that no candidate secured enough votes in the first round of voting.
RALEIGH, North Carolina, (Reuters) – President Joe Biden said yesterday he intended to defeat Republican rival Donald Trump in the November presidential election, giving no sign he would consider dropping out of the race after a feeble debate performance that dismayed his fellow Democrats.
DUBAI, (Reuters) – The low-key moderate candidate is leading the vote count in Iran’s snap presidential election among a tightly controlled group of four candidates loyal to the supreme leader at a time of growing public frustration and Western pressure.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a major blow to federal regulatory power yesterday by overturning a 1984 precedent that had given deference to government agencies in interpreting laws they administer, handing a defeat to President Joe Biden’s administration.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Biden administration has sent to Israel large numbers of munitions, including more than 10,000 highly destructive 2,000-pound bombs and thousands of Hellfire missiles, since the start of the war in Gaza, said two U.S.