Colombia’s last major guerrilla force has evolved into a binational armed criminal organization deeply embedded in Venezuelan territory — with support from the Nicolás Maduro regime — according to a newly-released investigation that argues that the suspended peace talks with the insurgency were unlikely to succeed.

The report, Peace ...Read more

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said negotiators discussing a U.S.-brokered peace initiative remain divided over territory as President Donald Trump expressed disappointment in Kyiv’s handling of the deal.

Elements of the U.S. plan require further discussion on a number of “sensitive issues,” including security guarantees for the...Read more

Thailand launched airstrikes on Cambodian military sites Monday after a deadly border skirmish, the most dramatic escalation in months that endangers a peace deal demanded by President Donald Trump.

The Thai military said it carried out ground and F-16 air operations after Cambodian forces opened fire at multiple border locations using small ...Read more

Maddy Olcott plans to start a career once she graduates from college. But the junior at the State University of New York-Purchase College is so far not planning to start a family — even with the Trump administration dangling inducements like thousand-dollar “baby bonuses” or cheaper infertility drugs.

“Our country wants us to be ...Read more

Alejandro Santillan-Garcia is worried he’s going to lose the aid that helps him buy food. The 20-year-old Austin resident qualified for federal food benefits last year because he aged out of the Texas foster care system, which he entered as an infant.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — commonly referred to as food stamps, or ...Read more

Flavio Bolsonaro never appeared the likeliest choice to inherit his father’s political mantle, even when former President Jair Bolsonaro was thrown behind bars and ruled out of Brazil’s 2026 election for attempting a coup.

Unlike his brother Eduardo, he hadn’t forged ties with global conservatives like Donald Trump. And in contrast to his...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Lorena Pineda was five months pregnant when masked agents picked her up on a street corner near a San Fernando Home Depot in June.

An agent grabbed her from the vending stand she ran with her sister-in-law and put her against a car. "Be careful," she told him. "I'm pregnant."

"Don't think I am going to let you go because of that...Read more

More than 130 drug cases were dismissed Friday — and hundreds more are expected to collapse in the coming months — after prosecutors said three Philadelphia narcotics officers repeatedly gave false testimony in court.

Common Pleas Court Judge Lillian Ransom vacated 134 cases during the first in a series of hearings that could see nearly a ...Read more

Miami Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar on Sunday called the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown “un-American” in a biting statement to the Miami Herald.

Last week, the Department of Homeland Security issued one of its most sweeping restrictions on immigration to date, ordering a pause of all immigration applications ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he’s disappointed in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s handling of a U.S. proposal to end the war that began with Russia’s full-scale invasion.

Trump’s tone on Ukraine contrasted with comments in recent days about President Vladimir Putin’s reaction to the proposal.

The U.S. said Friday its ...Read more

As Defence Secretary John Healey talks up his plans to buttress the U.K. military, doubts over funding and Britain’s ability to move fast enough are unsettling the industry and armed forces.

Healey in June laid out a 130-page defense review, billing it as the first in a generation that would transform and grow the U.K. military. He set out ...Read more

Two-thirds of Massachusetts parents polled support a ban on cell phones in school, a new MassINC report found, though nearly as many want an alternative means to contact their child during schooltime.

“Cell phone use in our schools is undeniably fueling distraction and undermining meaningful learning,” said Jennie Williamson, Massachusetts ...Read more

U.S., Israeli and Qatari officials held a meeting Sunday in New York as part of an effort to rebuild relations after Israel’s airstrike in September on Doha targeting Hamas leaders, a White House official said.

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff met with David Barnea — the head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency — and a senior Qatari ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s White House claims that “Democrats allowed a $1+ billion heist to take place” in Minnesota, a figure the administration is using to justify his recent targeting of Somali migrants in Minnesota. During a Cabinet meeting Tuesday, Trump asserted that “Somalians ripped off that state for billions of dollars,” ...Read more

Minnesota Republican Sen. Jim Abeler was frustrated after hearing President Donald Trump call Somalis “garbage” and say he wants them out of the U.S.

Abeler decided to write Trump a letter, admonishing the president for his comments and inviting him to come to Minnesota, meet with Somali people and see for himself what they’re like.

“...Read more

A Los Angeles City Council committee on the 2028 Olympic Games has asked local organizing committee officials to clarify the role and responsibilities of a federal task force in the preparations for the Games.

Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez asked in a motion requesting LA28 officials provide the council’s ad hoc committee on the Olympic and ...Read more

Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said China has been complying with the terms of the bilateral trade agreements and that the U.S. is constantly monitoring commitments made by China in a bid to maintain a stable trade relationship.

“With China, it’s always we verify and we monitor and we watch the commitments. The commitments are quite ...Read more

Chinese and Japanese ties, already frayed by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments on Taiwan, came under further strain this weekend after a Chinese fighter aircraft trained fire-control radar on Japanese military jets for the first time.

The incident is set to further fuel tensions between the two nations sparked by the Japanese premier�...Read more