Rob Jetten appeared on his way to becoming the Netherlands’ first openly gay prime minister after his left-leaning Democrats 66 (D66) party defeated the anti-Islam Party for Freedom (PVV) of firebrand politician Geert Wilders in Wednesday’s parliamentary elections, according to exit polls.
U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung announced progress toward a long-sought trade pact Wednesday following a high-profile summit in the historic city of Gyeongju, where Trump was awarded South Korea’s highest state honor.
American evangelist Franklin Graham has urged Christians to “pray for the people of Jamaica” after the Caribbean island nation was hit by “a monstrous storm—Hurricane Melissa” with fatalities already being reported.
Israel carried out a new wave of “immediate and powerful strikes” across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday after Hamas fighters opened fire on Israeli troops near Rafah and faked the recovery of a hostage’s body in violation of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire.
As air traffic controllers and other federal workers missed a full paycheck Tuesday, growing numbers of labor unions and advocacy groups are calling on Congress to end the record-long government shutdown.
Vice President J.D. Vance said Tuesday that 1.3 million U.S. troops will get a paycheck on Friday despite a congressional funding lapse and stalemate that has partially shuttered the federal government for the last 28 days.
Illegal border crossings in September were historically low, representing a 92.4% drop from a record high reported in September 2023.
The Netherlands announced on Tuesday that it has agreed to serve as the host country for preparing the “Russia Tribunal,” an international court aimed at holding Russian political and military leaders accountable for their roles in the war in Ukraine.
Dutch voters will go to the polls on Wednesday in snap parliamentary elections seen as crucial for the future direction of the Netherlands, which is facing a housing and social crisis amid a fierce debate about the ongoing influx of asylum seekers.
Eight police officers in northern India’s Jammu and Kashmir region have been suspended “for their failure” to stop an attack on Christian missionaries by Hindu nationalists last week, according to Christian human-rights investigators.
A tense calm returned Tuesday to a rural area in southern Egypt’s Minya Province after sectarian violence broke out following online accusations that a young Christian man was in a relationship with a Muslim girl, several Christian sources told Worthy News.
.S. President Donald J. Trump has raised the possibility of seeking a third term in office, saying he is “not joking” about finding ways to do so despite current constitutional limits barring presidents from being elected more than twice.
A journalist in northwest Mexico has become the latest victim in the deadly climate facing the country’s press. Miguel Ángel Beltrán — a crime reporter who covered drug trafficking, cartel influence, and local corruption on social media — was reportedly found murdered Saturday along a highway between the state of Durango and the resort city of Mazatlán in neighbouring Sinaloa. His death was confirmed on Monday by the Durango state prosecutor’s office.
Hurricane Melissa was rapidly threatening Jamaica with potentially deadly, never-before-seen catastrophic winds and up to three feet (91.5 centimeters) of rain, witnesses and officials said Monday.
The latest Gaza ceasefire deal has unleashed a shocking consequence: the creation of 160 Palestinian terrorist millionaires, each enriched through years of “pay-for-slay” stipends from the Palestinian Authority (PA) while serving prison sentences for murdering Israelis. Now freed under the U.S.-brokered Gaza agreement, many of these convicted killers have walked out of Israeli jails not only unrepentant–but wealthy, celebrated as heroes, and financially rewarded for their crimes.
Israel does not know the location of four of the remaining 13 bodies of hostages still held in Gaza, as pressure mounts on Hamas to resume returning the remains under the cease-fire and hostage-release agreement, according to Israeli sources familiar with the talks.
Official results showed Monday that Ireland, a member of the European Union, has elected an outspoken independent lawmaker known for her criticism of Israel’s military actions in Gaza and her distrust of EU defense policies.
As the ongoing government shutdown hits the 27-day mark, the largest federal employee union is urging the U.S. Senate to pass Republicans’ funding stopgap bill.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he will consider a run for the White House.
U.S. President Donald J. Trump warned Russia’s leader, Vladimir Putin, on Monday that the United States has “a nuclear submarine off your shore” as he condemned a Russian nuclear cruise missile test as “inappropriate.”d