Fact & Spin

A report suggests that a de facto partition of Gaza is increasingly likely, Thailand suspends a Trump administration-brokered Cambodia peace deal, Hannibal Gaddafi is released on a $900,000 bail, China is reportedly targeting the U.S. military with rare Earth export curbs, A new “TRUMP” party launches in Belgium, Senator Elizabeth Warren seeks a probe of U.S. agencies' partisan shutdown messages,...

Donald Trump threatens to sue the BBC for $1 billion over an edited speech, The U.S. Senate votes to end a record 40-day government shutdown, Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is released from prison pending appeal, Syrian President al-Sharaa meets Trump in a historic visit, Israel’s president begins a landmark African tour, The RSF is accused of burning and burying bodies from El Fasher in...

Kazakhstan plans to join the Abraham Accords, Sudan's RSF agrees to a humanitarian ceasefire, Ukraine sentences a Russian soldier for allegedly executing a Ukrainian POW, President Trump agrees to comply after a judge’s order on SNAP benefits, The U.S. Senate reje cts a resolution requiring approval for military action against Venezuela, Unions sue over Trump's federal hiring questions, Resident d...

Nancy Pelosi announces her retirement from Congress, The U.S. reportedly plans to establish a military presence at a Damascus airbase, Putin instructs officials to submit proposals for possible nuclear weapons testing, India and Israel sign a pact on defense, AI and cybersecurity, Dozens are killed in an attack on a funeral in Sudan, The U.N. kicks off its COP30 climate summit in Belém, Trump with...

Zohran Mamdani is elected mayor of New York City, China expresses support for Nigeria following President Trump’s military threats, multiple people are injured after a man drives into pedestrians on a French island, Mark Carney unveils a CA$280 billion budget, the U.S. Supreme Court weighs the legality of Trump’s emergency tariffs, Democrats win the governor races in Virginia and New Jersey, a UPS...

Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney dies , Americans across several states head to the polls for off-year elections, the U.S. reportedly seeks U.N. approval of a Gaza force, Ghana and Germany vow to strengthen their bilateral ties, British activist Tommy Robinson is cleared of a terror charge, Trump contradicts a court order on paying SNAP benefits, a new study details a record retreat of an An...

A deadly 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes Afghanistan, A man is charged with 11 attempted murders in a U.K. train attack, Iran vows to rebuild its nuclear sites, A Mexican mayor is shot and killed during the Day of the Dead festival, The BBC claims China threatened a U.K. university over Uyghur research, President Trump instructs the Pentagon to prepare for “possible action” in Nigeria, Trump's pl...

A judge orders the Trump administration to use emergency funds for SNAP benefits, Protests escalate following Tanzania’s election, Ukraine claims that Russia used a missile that led President Trump to quit the INF treaty, Latvia votes to exit the Istanbul Convention, A Finnish Member of Parliament and a Bishop face hate speech charges, Victoria passes Australia's first Indigenous Treaty law, The F...

Trump cuts tariffs on China after meeting with Xi Jinping, vote projections show the Netherlands’ D66 and PVV parties tied in the general election, hundreds are killed at a Sudanese hospital following the Rapid Support Forces’ capture of El Fasher, Trump orders the resumption of nuclear weapons testing, Lebanon’s Joseph Aoun says the army should confront Israeli incursions, a British military inst...

Deadly Hurricane Melissa makes a new landfall in Cuba amid major damage across Jamaica and Haiti, the Republic of Georgia's ruling party seeks to ban three opposition parties, Israeli strikes in Gaza kill over 100 Palestinians, President Trump says the U.S. and South Korea have sealed a $350B trade deal, the U.S. urges Americans to leave Mali amid jihadist blockades, the U.K. Home Office says the...

Israel launches strikes in Gaza, U.S. military strikes on four alleged drug boats leave 14 dead, Dozens are killed during a drug raid in Brazil, The U.S. and Japan sign a rare earths deal, A suspect pleads guilty to the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Trump says he'd 'love' to run for a third term, Musk launches his Wikipedia rival Grokipedia, The U.N.’s chief war ns th...

President Javier Milei's party wins Argentina's midterm elections, The Caribbean braces for the impacts of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa, President Donald Trump meets Japan's Emperor Naruhito in Tokyo, The PKK announces its withdrawal from Turkey to Iraq, Four are killed as Cameroon protests intensify ahead of the election results, Prince Andrew agrees to leave the Royal Lodge with conditions, Two...

President Trump ends Canada trade talks over a Ronald Reagan ad controversy, South Africa and Vietnam upgrade to a strategic partnership, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy attends a London “Coalition of the Willing” meeting, U.S. Secretary of State Rubio says Israel has met its commitments and Hamas must disarm, the U.S. deploys the world's largest aircraft carrier as pressure increases on Venezuela,...

The US sanctions Russian oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil, The International Court of Justice orders Israel to allow aid into Gaza, U.S. strikes on alleged drug vessels off Colombia's Pacific coast leave five dead, The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda hold their third peace meeting, New York City mayoral candidates clash in their final debate, The NBA's Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier are am...

Israel’s Knesset passes a West Bank annexation bill in a preliminary vote, South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa kicks off a Southeast Asia tour in Indonesia, an appeals court in Colombia overturns former president Uribe's conviction, President Trump says he didn't want a “wasted meeting” after talks with Vladimir Putin are “on hold", six are arrested in Dublin after an anti-immigration protest, Canada’s...

J.D. Vance arrives in Israel to oversee the Gaza ceasefire, Sanae Takaichi becomes Japan's first female prime minister, A report identifies members of an “interagency weaponization working group” within the Trump administration, Ecuador releases a man who survived a U.S. strike on an alleged drug-carrying submersible, Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy begins his five-year prison sentence, Th...

The U.S. and Australia sign a $3B critical minerals deal, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff meet with Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, The EU approves a Russian gas phase-out by 2028, Rodrigo Paz wins the Bolivian presidential election, Japan’s Sanae Takaichi secures a coalition deal, A report says Marco Rubio traded MS-13 informants for prison access in El Salvador, Thieves steal the French crown j...

The Houthi military chief of staff dies following an Israeli airstrike, Peru moves to impose a State of Emergency in Lima after protests turn deadly, Colonel Randrianirina is sworn in as Madagascar's president, Bangladeshi prosecutors seek the death penalty for ex-Prime Minister Hasina, Prince Andrew relinquishes the Duke of York title, New York City mayoral candidates face off in their first deba...

Trump authorizes the CIA to operate in Venezuela, China seizes 60,000 maps for alleged territorial mislabeling, hundreds of Russians sing a banned anti-war song in St. Petersburg, France’s Sébastien Lecornu survives two no-confidence votes, Trump reveals San Francisco as the next city for federal force deployment, the U.K. confirms that the chair position for the national grooming gangs inquiry re...

Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to a 48-hour ceasefire after new clashes, Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa meets Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Nigeria rejects U.S. lawmakers' Christian genocide claims, the EU cancels a chat control vote after Germany's opposition, the U.K. will publish statements from a failed China espionage case, the U.S. strikes another alleged drug boat off Venezuela, LA County dec...

Trump awards Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom, The Gaza ceasefire is tested as Israel restricts aid and Hamas executes alleged Israeli 'collaborators,' Zelenskyy announces plans to meet with Trump, The U.N. reports that around 300,000 South Sudanese have fled the country so far this year, British activist Tommy Robinson says Musk is paying his legal fees amid the phone pin terror tri...

Hamas releases all living Israeli hostages, Madagascar’s president flees the country as the military turns against him, China warns the US of retaliation over Trump’s 100% tariffs threat, An RSF attack reportedly kills more than 50 civilians in Darfur, Dozens are killed in border clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan, Trump says Ukraine may receive Tomahawk missiles if Putin doesn’t end the con...

Ukraine suffers power outages in nine regions after Russian attacks, the Israeli cabinet approves the Gaza ceasefire deal, President Trump suggests that NATO expel Spain over defense spending, Belgium reportedly foils an alleged drone terror plot, José Jerí Ore is sworn in as Peru’s president, the U.S. Treasury buys Argentine pesos and finalizes a $20B currency swap framework, New York Attorney Ge...

Israel and Hamas agree to the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire deal, the U.N. cuts its peacekeeping forces by 25%, the EU’s Von der Leyen's survives two no-confidence motions, the U.S. Supreme Court hears a GOP challenge to mail-in-ballot rules, a man who appealed his conviction in the Pelicot rape case receives a longer jail term, a House Democrat seeks Epstein’s financial records from four top ba...

Myanmar’s military bombs a Buddhist festival, five people are detained in Ecuador after an alleged presidential assassination attempt, spy charges are dropped in the U.K. over failure to label China a threat, Burkina Faso arrests European NGO staff on espionage charges, Canada’s Freedom Convoy leaders receive conditional sentences, President Trump calls for jailing Illinois officials over ICE push...