ARCHIVO – Un agente federal porta una placa del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE, por sus siglas en inglés) en Nueva York, el 10 de junio de 2025. (AP Foto/Yuki Iwamura, Archivo)
Clashes broke out between protesters and police in central Madrid this week following a mass rally over the Spanish government’s handling of the migrant crisis in Ceuta.
Microsoft signed a contract worth more than $100m with the Israeli government in 2024, according to documents published on the Israeli Ministry of Finance’s Hebrew-language website, Middle East Eye can reveal.
Here are some more lines from Nigel Farage’s interview with LBC this morning where he gave his response to the undercover report about an apparent Reform UK plot to evade election donations rules. (See 9.07am.)
· Andrewsparrow, Tom Ambrose, Martin Belam, Benquinn, Rajeev Syal, Vikramdodd, Peterwalker
By Constantin von Hoffmeister, a political and cultural commentator from Germany, author of the book The Fate of White America and director of Multipolar Press
SENATE President Win Gatchalian on Friday called for stricter fiscal discipline and greater transparency in government spending as the country’s outstanding debt reached a record high in July.
Giorgia Meloni has become Italy's longest-serving Prime Minister since the country became a republic in 1946, as she kicks of her campaign for next year's elections.
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights has condemned comments by Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz about a plan to forcefully relocate large numbers of Palestinians from Gaza.
The three-year anniversary of the October 7, 2023, attack is approaching in Israel, and despite everything that has happened since – including wars in Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran – the memory of the assault continues to play a defining role in how Israelis view their place in the Middle East.
The Kremlin has long previewed that its next escalation step against Ukraine would be to start attacking 'decision-making centers', or headquarters and government buildings. That moment has clearly begun and is now in an active phase, also as strikes ramp up on the key southern port of Odesa, as well as on Ukraine-l…
IN the tollway industry, the government regulator is the five-person Toll Regulatory Board (TRB), which decides on tollway investments and toll rates. It is composed of representatives from the Department of Transportation, Department of Public Works and Highways, Department of Finance, Department of Economy, Planni…
BIRMINGHAM, England — Britain’s Nigel Farage plans to visit France by the end of October to meet Marine Le Pen, the president of the far-right National Rally (RN), according to an official with the Reform UK party.
JOLO, Sulu — The provincial government of Sulu has secured high-level legislative commitments from two senators to safeguard the province’s fiscal stability and public health care infrastructure during its administrative transition to Region 9.
CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan — Gov. Daniel Fernando has called on concerned national government agencies and local government units to determine the causes of persistent flooding in five areas in the province during a coordination meeting held at The Capitol Hostel here on Thursday.
Leading members of Jewish civil society groups have written to British Prime Minister Andy Burnham urging him to adopt stronger measures on Israel and "oppose any further attempts to muzzle the Palestine marches".
Microsoft signed a contract worth more than $100m with the Israeli government in 2024, according to documents published on the Israeli Ministry of Finance’s Hebrew-language website, Middle East Eye can reveal.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appears to have violated federal ethics law in significant ways when filing recent disclosures of his assets and liabilities, creating confusion about his net worth and holdings, a review by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found.
· Zach Despart, Kayla Guo, The Texas Tribune, and Alexandra Glorioso
Update (1155ET): New details are rolling in about the Bartiromo situation - as the anchor is denying reports that she was fired from the station. According to The Hollywood Reporter:
The AI system will be able to predict targets' movements, helping to enhance missile accuracy. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Nikkei and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)
People take part in a protest against rising prices, declining purchasing power and shortages of basic goods in Tunis, Tunisia, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026. Banner in Arabic reads “The country is drowning in debt”. (AP Photo/Ons Abid)
Lindsay Clancy's defense team is absolutely melting down after Judge William Sullivan refused to remove a holdout juror in Clancy's triple-murder trial, in which the jury must decide whether Clancy is criminally responsible for strangling her three children, Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; and Callan, 8 months. Her defense clai…
A senior official from South Korea's presidential office said the government is considering various options in the Strait of Hormuz. (Photo by Yosuke Onchi)
TOKYO — A former Japanese defense minister on Friday described a U.S. decision to sanction the International Criminal Court and its Japanese president as an outright attack on the rules-based international order.
The headlines are running rampant this morning as the world's largest (and most transparent) sovereign wealth fund - Norway's Government Pension Fund - has proposed reducing the amount of government bonds in its $2.3 trillion portfolio to boost holdings of riskier debt, with US Treasuries the most affected.
PARIS — France will spend more than €1 billion to help its farmers cope with a summer of devastating heat and drought, French Agriculture Minister Annie Genevard said on Friday.
Housing affordability has slumped to its lowest level on record, two separate measures have revealed, with falling house prices not enough to offset the financial hit delivered by the Reserve Bank’s three interest rate rises.
When Britain’s former Prime Minister Keir Starmer stood down as the member of parliament for Holborn and St Pancras this week, he ended more than a decade representing a seat that has never elected anyone but a Labour MP since it was established in 1983.
President Donald Trump on Friday demanded that the Federal Reserve slash interest rates or else he will cut off trade with countries with which the U.S. maintains trade deficits.
The EU- and US-funded press watchdog, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), has called for tighter controls on AI-based search technology, after discovering that chatbots bypass European censorship laws and present Russian media sources banned by in Western Europe to users.The Paris-based RSF, which lists EU and the US N…
A revelação de novas mensagens do banqueiro Daniel Vorcaro a um interlocutor identificado como o ministro Alexandre de Moraes foi o estopim de uma crise que ameaça rachar o Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF), com desfecho e impactos imprevisíveis sobre a República a menos de cinco semanas da eleição.
Five European Union countries are seeking a deal with an unnamed non-EU country to host a "return hub" for migrants whose asylum applications have been rejected, with a targeted start date of January 1, a Danish minister said Friday.
Iraq remains one of Iran’s most important regional economic and financial links as Washington expands pressure on Tehran and entities accused of supporting it. Iraq’s close political and commercial ties with Iran, along with the influence of Iran-backed armed groups in parts of the economy, give Tehran access to tra…