British politician Peter Mandelson is quitting the House of Lords as he faces new questions over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. The Speaker of the House of Lords says Mandelson has announced he will retire from Parliament’s upper chamber effective Wednesday.

Missiles overnight targeted electrical facilities in Kyiv and other parts of the country, according to local authorities, despite President Trump’s request for a pause.

French prosecutors raided the offices of social media platform X on Tuesday as part of a preliminary investigation into allegations including spreading child sexual abuse images and deepfakes. They have also summoned billionaire owner Elon Musk for questioning.

Thousands of protesters were killed during a crackdown, activists said. This story contains graphic details. Discretion is advised.  Hali Norei remembered her niece, Robina Aminian, who she said was shot and killed by security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran while protesting in Tehran on Jan.

Security forces linked to Syria’s Interior Ministry continued to deploy in Kurdish-majority areas in northeastern Syria, as part of an agreement between Damascus and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday (February 2) said he had agreed on a trade deal with India that slashes U.S. tariffs on Indian goods in exchange for India lowering trade barriers and halting its of purchases of Russian oil and shifting them to the United States and potentially Venezuela.

A year after Vietnam elevated its relations with Washington to the highest diplomatic level, an internal document shows its military was taking steps to prepare for a possible American “war of aggression" and considered the United States a “belligerent” power,

The returnees reunited with families but also said their homecomings carried symbolic weight — defying any schemes to permanently displace Gazans.