US House Speaker Mike Johnson will not run for election as House minority leader, following the loss of his Republican majority in this week's midterm elections, a source said.
PARIS, France - Several regional blood banks were hit by a cyberattack on November 2, the French health ministry said on Wednesday, but there was no damage to blood products stored in the centers.
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Police in Bangladesh fired tear gas and used stun grenades on Wednesday to disperse garment workers protesting for higher wages, police and witnesses said. Hundreds of factories remained shut after…
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia’s military is deploying more than 20,000 troops and personnel to the capital, Jakarta, officials said Wednesday, as authorities investigate an alleged illegal wiretapping operation…
Texas Democrats, shut out of every statewide office for more than three decades, have toppled Republicans from the top of the ballot to the bottom, remaking the political landscape of the nation"s largest conservative…
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A US cruise ship that forced all its passengers to disembark in Cambodia after suspending its operations last week has departed the Southeast Asian nation with only crew aboard, Cambodian…
MADISON, Wisconsin — Democrat David Crowley defeated a Republican with close ties to President Donald Trump on Tuesday, rising from a childhood in one of the nation’s poorest neighborhoods to become the first Black…
Pope Leo begins his first trip to Latin America as pontiff on Friday, a region that remains the world's largest Catholic stronghold but where Catholic identity is steadily shrinking
VATICAN CITY, Holy See — Pope Leo XIV is "so excited" to return to Peru and refused to cut anything from his packed South America schedule despite his recent lung operation, the Vatican said Tuesday. "He is so excited…
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua and Barbuda — King Charles III called the transatlantic slave trade "a monstrous injustice" Tuesday, opening a Commonwealth summit in which UK leader Andy Burnham is holding talks about apologising…
While Democrats were widely predicted to take the House and had a reasonable chance to win the Senate, no one could have predicted at the beginning of 2026 such a huge 'blue wave' washing over the US by November
BANGKOK, Thailand — Thailand's foreign minister said he will visit Myanmar on November 12, days before a regional summit where Bangkok will be pressing to normalise ties with the war-torn country. Sihasak…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tech billionaire Elon Musk joked on Wednesday about Republicans' defeat in US midterm elections after spending hundreds of millions of dollars to help the party. Democrats seized control of the US…
WASHINGTON - Democrats are preparing a legislative offensive against US President Donald Trump after their sweeping midterm victory handed them control of both chambers of Congress and the power to challenge his…
Democrat Abdul El-Sayed won Michigan"s open US Senate seat on Tuesday, according to media projections, becoming the first Muslim elected to the chamber while preserving a crucial Democratic seat in the party"s fight for…
AUSTIN, Texas — Gina Hinojosa was elected the first Democratic governor of Texas in more than 30 years on Tuesday, ousting Republican incumbent Greg Abbott and catapulting a decided underdog to the helm of what has long…
Democrats seized control of both the Senate and House on Tuesday, scoring sweeping victories as tens of millions of voters delivered a scathing rebuke to President Donald Trump.
3 November 2026 Peace and Security Ukraine has sustained almost 2,000 attacks on education since the full-scale Russian invasion in 2022, with some 270 this year alone, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday, a…
3 November 2026 | Humanitarian Aid Intensifying drone attacks on civilian infrastructure across Sudan are disrupting electricity, water and fuel supplies, putting lives at risk and hampering the delivery of humanitarian…
Democrats captured majorities in both the Senate and House on Tuesday, scoring sweeping victories that reached deep into Republican strongholds as tens of millions of voters delivered a scathing rebuke to President…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Voters delivered a significant rebuke to President Donald Trump on Tuesday by handing Democrats control of the Senate, rejecting his handpicked candidates while airing widespread concerns about high…
Democrats won the US House of Representatives Tuesday and closed in on control of the Senate after a stunning victory in deeply conservative Texas, inflicting a sweeping midterm defeat on President Donald Trump's…
AUSTIN, Texas — Democrat James Talarico flipped a US Senate seat in Texas on Tuesday, defeating Republican Ken Paxton to pull off the first statewide victory in more than 30 years and sending a jolt through a longtime…
US President Donald Trump asked voters to pretend he was on the ballot. They did, and Republicans paid the price on Tuesday, November 3.
US President Donald Trump said in an interview with the New York Times on Tuesday that he was willing to accept the results of the midterm elections in which his Republican Party was projected to lose control of the US…
NEW YORK — Democratic Representative Chris Pappas won election on Tuesday to the US Senate and will become the first openly gay man to serve in the upper chamber of Congress. He defeated Republican former senator John…
TEHRAN — President Donald Trump confirmed on Tuesday that the United States launched strikes on Iran, as Tehran warned no one would benefit from a return to war. It came as US voters prepared to cast their ballots in…
Annie Andrews, a pediatrician, is the first Democrat to win a Senate seat in South Carolina in 28 years, after a race that neither Democrats nor Republicans considered competitive until recent weeks
(1st UPDATE) The early results are a sweeping rebuke to President Donald Trump and the Republican Congress that has supported him since he returned to the White House two years ago
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Democrats notched a string of early victories in US midterm elections Tuesday, flipping a Republican-held Senate seat and making inroads in conservative House districts as President Donald Trump faced…
Democrats flipped a Republican-held Senate seat in North Carolina and were showing surprising strength across several Republican-leaning House districts in Florida on Tuesday, boosting hopes they could wrest control of…
Federal authorities charged an Oklahoma City man with sending hundreds of letters containing white powder and ominous warnings about treason to public officials ahead of the 2024 and 2026 elections. The powders turned…
HERZLIYA, Israel — Israel's attorney general asked the intelligence services to submit progress of a probe into alleged poll fraud involving Arab parties, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's party accused her of…
The Philippine Embassy in Paris has urged Filipinos in France to prepare for emergencies by keeping essential supplies and important documents ready, following advisories from French authorities recommending that the…
SEOUL — The powerful sister of North Korea's leader is warning the United States that her country will mount a stronger response to Washington's "invariable hostile policy" toward Pyongyang, the state news agency KCNA…
A frantic 911 call from the man who fatally shot a 16-year-old shooter who killed four people at an Oregon elementary school last month was released Tuesday to The Associated Press through a public records request. In a…
Americans headed to the polls on Tuesday in midterm elections that will deliver a verdict on President Donald Trump's second term, with surveys and nonpartisan analysts favoring Democrats to capture the House of…
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti’s prime minister spoke publicly on Tuesday for the first time since four Salvadoran aviation technicians went missing last month, prompting El Salvador to deploy more than 2,000 troops to…
PAGOSA SPRINGS, Colorado — The massive amounts of water that flooded parts of the U.S. Southwest turned some communities into lakes of mud, leaving residents dealing with the loss of homes and businesses as they started…
A bomb threat to an Israel-bound cruise ship prompted a security operation at the Greek island port of Syros on Tuesday after an unknown person claimed an explosive device had been attached to its hull, Greek…
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