Spain’s PM Pedro Sánchez halts public duties as wife faces inquiry
AdminsSpanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has suspended public duties to "stop and reflect" on whether to remain in the job, after a court opened a preliminary inquiry into his wife.…
House speaker Mike Johnson heckled by protesters in tense campus visit
The leader of the US House of Representatives was heckled in a tense visit to Columbia University as protests against the war in Gaza continue to spread across US campuses.…
Ukraine war: US secretly sends long-range missiles to help Kyiv
Ukraine has begun using long-range ballistic missiles secretly provided by the US against invading Russian forces, American officials have confirmed. The weapons were part of a $300m (£240m) aid package…
Britain’s contentious plan to send some migrants to Rwanda hits a hurdle in Parliament
A law that will enable Britain to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda suffered a setback on Wednesday after Parliament's upper chamber pressed its attempt to amend…
Biden administration to end sanctions waiver on Venezuelan oil
The Biden administration is conceding the reality of the last six months: Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro does not intend to hold free and fair elections. Six months after lifting U.S.…
Poland’s president becomes the latest leader to visit Donald Trump as allies eye a possible return
Former President Donald Trump met Wednesday in New York with Polish President Andrzej Duda, the latest in a series of meetings with foreign leaders as Europe braces for the possibility…
Democratic donors paid $1.7m to Biden lawyers in classified files probe
Democratic donors paid at least $1.7m (£1.35m) of US President Joe Biden's legal fees during the investigation into his handling of classified documents, records show. The Democratic National Committee paid…
Joe Biden expects Iran to attack Israel ‘sooner than later’
US President Joe Biden says he expects Iran to attack Israel "sooner than later", as fears grow of Iranian retaliation over an air strike that killed top commanders early this…
Argentina’s populist president meets billionaire Elon Musk in Texas – and a bromance is born
One is an erratic billionaire entrepreneur and self-declared free-speech absolutist, prone to profanity-laden rants against “wokeness” and obsessed with making humanity a multi-planetary species. The other is an iconoclastic Latin…
Denmark shuts shipping strait over missile failure
The Danish military was forced to temporarily close a major shipping lane and nearby airspace after a missile launcher onboard a ship malfunctioned. The National Maritime Authority issued a warning…