The top law enforcement agency in the US has cut ties with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), accusing the Jewish advocacy organisation and antisemitism watchdog of spying on conservatives.

A flotilla carrying aid to Gaza said dozens of its ships were still “sailing strong” toward the war-battered Palestinian territory despite an interception by Israeli naval forces.

Just before nightfall on Wednesday, the near-deserted streets of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, suddenly filled with people – mobile phones everywhere had pinged back to life.

The United States will regard “any armed attack” on Qatari territory as a threat to Washington and will provide the Gulf Arab state with security guarantees, the White House said, after an Israeli strike on the country last month.

Israel’s relentless destruction of Gaza and targeting of the Palestinian civilian population shows no sign of abating, with at least 17 killed in attacks since dawn, as a US ceasefire plan hangs in the balance to end the genocidal two-year war waged by the Israeli government.

Hamas’ review of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza plan stretched into a third day, a source close to the militant group said, as other Palestinian factions rejected the proposal and as Israel again bombed Gaza City.

A US judge rejected a bid by Sean Combs to overturn his criminal conviction on felony prostitution-related charges, with the hip-hop mogul facing up to 20 years in prison.

The US government has partially shut down after last-ditch efforts by lawmakers to pass a spending bill failed.

The death toll from a powerful earthquake in the central Philippines approached 60, with injured patients overwhelming hospitals on the island of Cebu as workers carried dozens of body bags away in the chaotic aftermath.

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling on Monday condemned Emma Watson as “ignorant” over her transgender rights views, in a stinging riposte to the former child star.

Oscar-winning actor Nicole Kidman and country music star Keith Urban have reportedly separated after 19 years of marriage.

New York Mayor Eric Adams has announced he is dropping his re-election bid, leaving the race likely between Democrat Zohran Mamdani and former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Iran’s top security body has warned that action by France, Germany and the United Kingdom to reimpose international sanctions will “effectively suspend” its cooperation with the United Nations nuclear watchdog.

A mysterious bronze statue called “Best Friends Forever” has popped up on the east end of the National Mall in Washington, DC, showing US President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, as his past connection to the deceased sex offender continues to rumble on in public discourse.

President Donald Trump said on Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had agreed to back a US-sponsored Gaza peace proposal aimed at ending a nearly two-year-old war in the Palestinian enclave, including a ceasefire and the release of hostages held by Hamas.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling Qatar’s prime minister from the White House on Monday, apologised for strikes against Hamas in the Gulf country and promised not to do so again, the United States said.

West Africans deported by the United States to Ghana are now fending for themselves in Togo after being dumped in the country without documents, lawyers, and deportees have told AFP.

US President Donald Trump will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House for high-stakes talks aimed at pushing an elusive Gaza peace plan over the line.

At least four people were killed and several others wounded after a shooter targeted a Mormon church in Michigan, authorities said, in the latest deadly tragedy that US President Donald Trump called part of a national “epidemic of violence”.

As Luxembourg awaits the coronation of a new Grand Duke, local artist Jacques Schneider is planning to jazz up the occasion with a splash of pop art.

The death toll from alcohol poisoning in western Russia this month rose to 25 after lethal methanol levels were confirmed in six more bodies, investigators said Saturday.