India has emerged as a growing player in the illicit fentanyl trade, a new US intelligence report says, a designation likely to raise alarm in New Delhi as President Donald Trump wields tariffs on countries he accuses of not doing enough to stop the deadly drug from flowing into the United States. Fentanyl, a powerful […]Read More

A former police officer who fatally Tasered a 95-year-old Australian woman after she refused his orders to drop a knife has been spared jail, with the victim’s family decrying the sentence as a “slap on the wrist.” Kristian White was found guilty of manslaughter after shocking Clare Nowland with the Taser while on police duty […]Read More

President Donald Trump late Thursday signed an executive order to end collective bargaining with federal labor unions in agencies with national security missions. The order cites his authority granted under the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 and will affect most of the federal government.  Agencies such as the Departments of State, Defense, Veterans Affairs, […]Read More

Deterrence is necessary in Asia in the face of “threats from the Communist Chinese,” US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in Manila on Friday as he opened his first visit to Asia in his role under a cloud of scrutiny for discussing American war plans on Signal. The US has an “ironclad commitment” to the […]Read More

It’s been 30 years, but Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka still remembers the first time she ever saw a mountain gorilla. It was the summer of 1994. Deep in the jungle of Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, the then-23-year-old student was hundreds of miles from her home in the country’s capital, Kampala. Bwindi is one of only […]Read More

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday aimed at restoring what he calls ‘truth and sanity’ in American history by reforming the Smithsonian Institution, protecting national monuments, and countering divisive ideology in public institutions. Trump’s order directs Vice President Vance to work on eliminating ‘improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology’ from Smithsonian museums, research […]Read More

Despite being an ocean away, Rosie O’Donnell can’t seem to keep her mind off President Trump.  The two have an ongoing feud that goes back decades, and after Trump was elected a second time, the comedian moved her family to Ireland. But she still posts anti-Trump content on her social media accounts every few days.  […]Read More

Australians will go to the polls on May 3 for general elections with high costs of living and a shortage of housing likely weighing against the government as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s center-left Labor Party seeks a second three-year term. Albanese drove to Governor-General Sam Mostyn’s official residence on Friday to trigger the election and […]Read More

Britain’s King Charles “required a short period of observation in hospital” on Thursday after experiencing “temporary side effects” from a scheduled cancer treatment in the morning, Buckingham Palace has said. “His Majesty has now returned to Clarence House and as a precautionary measure, acting on medical advice, tomorrow’s diary program will also be rescheduled,” the […]Read More

Eight inspectors general abruptly fired by President Donald Trump at the start of his second term appeared in federal court Thursday to challenge their dismissals — a long-shot case that nonetheless sparked fireworks during oral arguments. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes acknowledged on Thursday that it would be difficult for the court to reinstate the […]Read More