US Senate votes against limiting Trump’s ability to attack Venezuela

Polls find large majorities of people in the US oppose military action against Venezuela, where Trump has ramped up military pressure. Republicans in the United States Senate have voted down legislation that would have required US President Donald Trump to obtain congressional approval for any military attacks on Venezuela. Two Republicans had crossed the political

US school teacher shot by six-year-old student awarded $10m

Abby Zwerner, 28, was shot in 2023 as she sat in a first-grade classroom and sustained life-threatening injuries. A jury in the state of Virginia in the United States has awarded $10m to a former teacher who was shot by a six-year-old student. The jury on Thursday sided with former teacher Abby Zwerner’s claim, made

Is Zohran Mamdani ready to stand up to Donald Trump?

The Take New York’s new Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani won amid Islamophobic attacks, and is set to become the city’s first Muslim mayor. He pledged to serve all communities and to challenge United States President Trump’s policies. His win is being compared to that of London’s Muslim Mayor Sadiq Khan, a counterweight to then-United Kingdom Prime

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,352

Here are the key events from day 1,352 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. A Russian soldier fires a Malka self-propelled gun towards Ukrainian positions from an undisclosed location on November 6, 2025 [Russian Defence Ministry Press Service via AP Photo] Here is how things stand on Friday, November 7: Fighting Ukraine attacked Russia with at

How long will the US government shutdown last?

The federal government shutdown is now the longest in US history. America’s longest government shutdown is becoming more painful by the day. At least 40 million Americans are struggling to get food, more than a million federal workers haven’t been paid, health insurance premiums are rising, and flights are getting disrupted. Recommended Stories list of

UNSC votes to drop sanctions on Syria’s al-Sharaa ahead of Washington visit

Fourteen members of the UN Security Council voted in favour of the US-drafted resolution. China abstained. The United Nations Security Council has voted to remove sanctions on Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and his Interior Minister Anas Khattab following a resolution championed by the United States. In a largely symbolic move, the UNSC delisted the Syrian

Kazakhstan, which already recognises Israel, to join ‘Abraham Accords’

The Central Asian country, which established formal ties with Israel in 1992, says being part of the deals is ‘natural’. More than 33 years after establishing official diplomatic ties with Israel, Kazakhstan says it will join the so-called Abraham Accords, which formalised ties between Israel and several Arab countries. The announcement came on Thursday ahead

In Gaza, a woman searches for her husband and brother among the corpses

Deir el-Balah and Khan Younis, Gaza Strip – Israa al-Areer stares at the big screen like she has done so many times since the bodies began arriving from Israel. The process is repetitive. Every time the bodies of Palestinians are released by Israel, they arrive at southern Gaza’s Nasser Hospital, where they are photographed by
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