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West Africa bloc approves exit timeline for 3 coup-hit nations

West Africa’s regional bloc, ECOWAS, approved Sunday an exit timeline for three coup-hit nations after a nearly yearlong process of mediation to avert the...

ABC agrees to give $15 million to Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle defamation lawsuit

ABC News has agreed to pay $15 million toward Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle a defamation lawsuit over anchor George Stephanopoulos’ inaccurate on-air assertion that...

Georgia’s turmoil deepens as ex-footballer named president

A former Manchester City footballer has been appointed president by Georgia's disputed parliament, after 17 days of pro-EU protests that have swept this country's...

Canadian official threatens to cut off energy to the United States

Canada could retaliate against President-elect Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs by shutting down energy flows to the United States, a top Canadian official warned. “We will...

Biden commutes 1,500 jail sentences, grants pardons for 39 others: ‘Largest single-day grant of clemency’

President Biden has commuted jail sentences for nearly 1,500 people and granted 39 pardons, marking the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history, the...

What Americans think about Hegseth, Gabbard and key Trump Cabinet picks: AP-NORC poll

As several of President-elect Donald Trump’s choices for high-level positions in his incoming administration face scrutiny on Capitol Hill, a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public...

South Korea opposition parties submit new motion to impeach President Yoon

President denies rebellion charges as police make second attempt to raid presidential office over failed attempt to impose martial law. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol...

FBI Director Chris Wray to resign following Trump nomination of Patel

FBI Director Chris Wray will step down from his post early next year, he said on Wednesday, after Republican President-elect Donald Trump signaled his intent to...

South Korea’s ex-defense minister attempts to take his own life as presidential office raided in martial law fallout

Former South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun has attempted to end his own life while in custody, the head of the country’s correctional service...

Rebel-backed figure takes charge as Syria’s interim prime minister

Syria's new interim leader announced on Tuesday he was taking charge of the country as caretaker prime minister with the backing of the former...

Trump calls for immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and says a US withdrawal from NATO is possible

Donald Trump on Sunday pushed Russian leader Vladimir Putin to act to reach an immediate ceasefire with Ukraine, describing it as part of his active...

South Korea’s democracy held after a 6-hour power play. What does it say for democracies elsewhere?

In an era of rising authoritarianism, at the heels of a six-hour martial law decree that unfolded while many South Koreans slept, something noteworthy happened: Democracy...

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