The Philippine vice president faces charges of graft, bribery and threatening to have President Marcos assassinated. A conviction would bar her from office for life — and end a dynasty's grip on the country's highest posts.
Standing alongside President Erdogan in Ankara, Trump declared it was 'time' to drop the 2020 penalties imposed over Turkey's purchase of Russian air defenses — and floated returning Ankara to the F-35 stealth-fighter program.
The alliance's Ankara summit produced a sweeping spending target, tens of billions for Ukraine and a sidelines meeting between Trump and Syria's new president — even as the Iran crisis loomed over the talks.
WatchA Paris appeals court upheld Marine Le Pen's embezzlement conviction and ordered a year of electronic monitoring, yet trimmed her ban from public office just enough to clear a path to the 2027 ballot.
The decision unwinds a decade of sanctions rooted in state-sponsored doping and the invasion of Ukraine, though Russia's flag, anthem and officials remain barred and individual sports federations get the final say.
Beijing's first publicly acknowledged strategic SLBM test into open ocean sent a training warhead more than 8,000 kilometers and drew sharp protests from Washington, Tokyo, Canberra and Wellington.
WatchThe president threatened to reimpose a naval blockade on Iran's ports as oil prices jumped roughly 8%, and Tehran warned it would shut the Strait of Hormuz and retaliate with twice as many targets.
WatchThe move clears the way for a U.S.-backed committee to run health, education and services across the enclave — though Hamas is not surrendering its weapons.
JNIM and Tuareg separatists launched coordinated assaults on at least seven towns, laying siege to a camp where Malian troops and Russia’s Africa Corps are pinned down.
Two weeks after twin magnitude-7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes struck near Caracas, rescuers are still pulling survivors from the rubble — and officials warn the final toll could climb far higher.
One of the largest barrages of the war exposed cracks in Ukraine's Patriot-dependent air defenses as a global shortage of interceptors — worsened by the Middle East conflict — begins to bite.
Two roadside bombs tore through central Damascus near the hotel where the French president had stayed, as Emmanuel Macron — the first Western leader in Syria since Assad's fall — met the country's new president.
WatchThe president touched down in Ankara as allies openly feuded over America's strikes on Iran and a new 5% defense-spending demand, with Russia's overnight assault on Kyiv hanging over the talks.
The Philippine vice president became the first in the country's history to stand trial in the Senate, facing charges of corruption and death threats against President Marcos.
The Reform UK leader triggered a snap contest in Clacton-on-Sea as he faces scrutiny over a multimillion-pound gift from a cryptocurrency billionaire.
French President Emmanuel Macron plans to travel to Damascus with a business delegation to meet President Ahmad al-Sharaa, a striking sign of Syria's rehabilitation two years after the ouster of Bashar Assad.
One of the world's biggest oil exporters is now moving to buy gasoline from abroad as relentless drone strikes cripple refining capacity, dry up pumps and spark hours-long lines even in Moscow.
A Thuringian court overturned a ban on the far-right party's congress just hours before it opened, as tens of thousands flooded the city trying to shut it down.
WatchPresident Trump confirmed a White House meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is coming within weeks, even as advisers grumble that 'Bibi was wrong about everything' on Iran.
A bulk carrier was attacked off Hodeidah and government forces reported 16 troops killed, raising fears the Houthis are resuming a shipping war they had paused since October.
Iran began a days-long farewell for its slain supreme leader, killed in this year's war, with red banners and calls for retaliation against the United States and Israel.
WatchEleven days after two powerful earthquakes flattened swaths of Venezuela's coast, rescuers are still pulling survivors and bodies from the rubble — and a forensic pathologist says the official toll may be barely a third of the real number.
After the traditionalist society consecrated four new bishops in Switzerland against Pope Leo XIV's wishes, Rome ruled the ordaining bishops automatically excommunicated and warned that its priests and faithful now risk the same.
Moscow says its forces have taken one of the last Ukrainian bastions guarding the road to Kramatorsk and Sloviansk. Kyiv rejects the claim, and independent verification of the front line is not possible.
With the powerful Central Military Commission reduced to just two members, Xi Jinping elevated new commanders in a move analysts read as a drive to lock in the army's loyalty.
The roof of a tuition center under construction gave way during class in Pakistan, burying young students and reigniting anger over the country's lax building safety.
Asaad al-Shaibani's trip to Lebanon opened a cautious channel after President Trump floated the idea of Syrian forces confronting the Iran-backed group.
Accepting the Liberty Medal virtually from the Vatican, the first American pope invoked the Declaration of Independence before visiting the Mediterranean island at the heart of Europe's migration crisis.
Moscow hurled nearly 570 missiles and drones — including hypersonic Zircon and Iskander ballistic missiles — at residential districts, forcing tens of thousands into subway shelters.
WatchMillions poured into Tehran as the coffin of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed in the February airstrikes that opened the war, went on public display. Washington and Tehran agreed to freeze negotiations for a week of mourning.