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Trump Set to Expand Immigration Crackdown in 2026 despite Brewing Backlash

World A woman holds a poster as immigrants rights activists stage a traditional Mexican posada, reenacting Mary and Joseph’s search for shelter, to symbolize immigrants seeking refuge from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents during the ongoing immigration operation "Catahoula Crunch", in New Orleans, Louisiana, US, December 18, 2025. REUTERS/Seth Herald

Trump Set to Expand Immigration Crackdown in 2026 despite Brewing Backlash

US President Donald Trump is preparing for a more aggressive immigration crackdown in 2026 with billions in new funding, including by raiding more workplaces —…

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World Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein are seen in this image released by the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., US, on December 19, 2025 as part of a new trove of documents from its investigations into the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. US Justice Department/Handout via REUTERS

At Least 16 Files Have Disappeared from the DOJ Webpage for Documents Related to Jeffrey Epstein

At least 16 files disappeared from the Justice Department’s public webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein — including a photograph showing President…

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World Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Russian Presidential foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov, left, attend talks with US special envoy Steve Witkoff, back to a camera, at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Kremlin Says Chances of Peace Not Improved by European and Ukrainian Changes to US Proposals

Russian President Vladimir Putin's top foreign policy aide said on Sunday that he was sure the chances of peace in Ukraine were not improved by changes to US…

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World This picture taken on December 12, 2025 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on December 13 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (at podium) attending a welcoming ceremony for the Korean People's Army's 528th Regiment of Engineers, which returned from an overseas deployment in Russia's Kursk region during Moscow's war with Ukraine, in front of the April 25 House of Culture in Pyongyang. (KCNA VIA KNS / AFP)

North Korea Says Japan's Nuclear Ambitions Must Be Stopped 'at Any Cost'

North Korea said on Sunday that Japan's nuclear ambitions "must be prevented at any cost", after a Tokyo official reportedly suggested the country should…

World  French President Emmanuel Macron holds a press conference during a European Union leaders' summit, in Brussels, Belgium December 19, 2025. (Reuters)

Putin Ready to Talk to France’s Macron on Ukraine, Says Spokesman

Vladimir Putin is ready to talk with France's Emmanuel Macron over the war in Ukraine, the Russian president's spokesman said in an interview published Sunday…


World Migrants confront police as they begin carrying out eviction orders at an abandoned school building where hundreds of mostly undocumented migrants had been living, in Badalona, near Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Spanish Police Evict Hundreds of Migrants from Squat Deemed Safety Hazard

Police in northeastern Spain carried out eviction orders Wednesday to clear an abandoned school building where hundreds of mostly undocumented migrants were…

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World European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a debate on the preparation of a European Council meeting, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on December 17, 2025. (Photo by FREDERICK FLORIN / AFP)

EU's Von der Leyen: Europe Must be Responsible for its Own Security

Europe must be responsible for its own security, European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday. "This is no longer an option…

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World In this photo released by the Inter Services Public Relations, Pakistan's Chief of Defense Forces and Army Chief Gen. Asim Munir speaks during a ceremony at the joint military command headquarters in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (Inter Services Public Relations via AP)

Pakistan’s Military Chief Asim Munir in Spotlight over Trump’s Gaza Plan 

Pakistan's most powerful military chief in decades faces the toughest test of his newly amassed powers as Washington pushes Islamabad to contribute troops to…

World Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with the Head of the Kabardino-Balkaria Republic, Kazbek Kokov (not pictured) at the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, 16 December 2025.  EPA/MIKHAIL METZEL/SPUTNIK/KREMLIN POOL

US Reportedly Readies New Russia Sanctions if Putin Rejects Peace Deal

The United States is preparing a further round of sanctions on Russia's energy sector to increase the pressure on Moscow should President Vladimir Putin reject…

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World Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong sails in Pacific Ocean waters, about 300 kilometers (186 miles) south of Okinawa prefecture, Japan, April 5, 2023. (Reuters)

Taiwan Says Chinese Aircraft Carrier Sailed Through Taiwan Strait 

China's newest and most advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, Taiwan's defense ministry said, its first transit…

World Police officers remove police tape from the scene of Sunday's shooting at Bondi Beach, in Sydney on December 17, 2025. (AFP)

Alleged Bondi Gunman Charged with 15 Murders as Funerals of Victims Begin 

A man who allegedly opened fire on a Jewish Hanukkah celebration on Sydney's famed Bondi Beach has been charged with 59 offences, including murder and…

World Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with Russian legislators in Moscow. (Iranian Foreign Ministry)

Iran FM in Russia for Nuclear Talks

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Moscow on Tuesday amid a crisis in his country’s relations with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA…

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World Syrian citizens wave their national flags during celebrations marking the first anniversary of the ousting of former President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (AP)

Trump Adds Seven Countries, Including Syria, to Full Travel Ban List 

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday expanded a list of countries subject to a full travel ban, prohibiting citizens from an additional seven countries,…

World Flowers with a note that read "The Bondi Hero" are left outside tobacco shop owned by Ahmed al-Ahmed, the bystander who is hailed as the "Bondi hero" after he charged at one of the gunmen and seized his rifle during the deadly shooting at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia, December 16, 2025. (Reuters)

Millions Are Pledged to a Syrian Australian Man Who Stopped a Gunman and Became a National Hero 

Like many Australians strolling at Bondi Beach on long, warm summer evenings, Ahmed al-Ahmed just wanted a cup of coffee with a friend. Around him, a bloody…

World US President Donald Trump participates in a Hanukkah reception in the East Room at the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 16 December 2025. EPA/YURI GRIPAS / POOL

Trump Orders 'Blockade' of Sanctioned Oil Tankers Leaving, Entering Venezuela

US President Donald Trump ordered on Tuesday a "blockade" of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, in Washington's latest move to increase…

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World Hezbollah flags flutter as protesters, mainly Houthi supporters, rally to show support to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon's Hezbollah, in Sanaa, Yemen September 27, 2024. (Reuters)

UK Police Charge Two Men with Belonging to Hezbollah, Attending Terrorism Training

Two British-Lebanese men appeared in a London court on Tuesday, charged with belonging to the banned Iran-backed group Hezbollah and attending terrorism…

World Boys stay on a hilltop overlooking Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 27, 2022. (AP)

Millions Facing Acute Food Insecurity in Afghanistan as Winter Looms, UN Warns

More than 17 million people in Afghanistan are facing crisis levels of hunger in the coming winter months, the leading international authority on hunger crises…

World A health worker marks a child’s finger after administering a polio vaccination in Hyderabad, Pakistan, 15 December 2025. EPA/NADEEM KHAWAR

Suspected Militants Kill 2, Including a Police Officer Guarding Polio Team in Northwestern Pakistan

Suspected militants opened fire on a police officer guarding a team of polio workers in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing the officer and a passerby…

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World In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a meeting of Russia's President with Iranian President in Ashgabat on December 12, 2025. (Photo by Alexander KAZAKOV / POOL / AFP)

Kremlin Says Christmas Ceasefire Proposed by Ukraine Depends on Reaching Peace Deal

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that a Christmas truce that Ukraine has proposed would depend on whether a peace deal is reached or not. Russia does not want a…

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World Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy listens during a press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. (AP)

Zelenskyy Says Peace Proposals to End War in Ukraine Could Be Presented to Russia within Days 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says proposals negotiated with US officials on a peace deal to end his country’s nearly four-year war with Russia could…

World Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi answers questions during a session of the House of Councillors budget committee in the National Diet in Tokyo on December 15, 2025. (AFP)

China Reiterates Demand That Japanese PM Retract Taiwan Remarks 

China on Tuesday reiterated its demand that Japan retract Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks about Taiwan, more than a month after Takaichi said an attack…

World A photo released by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) shows its chief Mohammad Eslami, and IAEA director Raphael Grossi in Tehran last month.

Iran: IAEA Has No Right to Inspect Nuclear Sites Attacked in June 

The UN atomic watchdog has no right to demand inspections of sites attacked by the United States and Israel during the June war, said head of the Atomic Energy…

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World People walk past a Taiwanese flag in New Taipei City. (AFP/Jiji Press)

Taiwan Says Its Military Can Respond Rapidly to Any Sudden Chinese Attack 

Taiwan's military can respond rapidly to any sudden Chinese attack with all units able to operate under a decentralized mode of command without awaiting orders…

World Türkiye Says It Downs Uncontrolled Drone that Approached from Black Sea

Türkiye Says It Downs Uncontrolled Drone that Approached from Black Sea

Türkiye shot down an uncontrolled drone that approached its airspace from the Black Sea, the defense ministry said. The incident follows Türkiye’s warning…

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World In this photo released by the Prime Minister office, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets Ahmed al Ahmed at St George Hospital in Sydney, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. (Australian Prime Minister Office via AP)

Australian PM Visits Bondi Beach Hero in Hospital 

Australia's prime minister visited Bondi Beach shooting hero Ahmed al Ahmed in hospital on Tuesday, lauding his efforts to help stop the nation's deadliest gun…

World This combination screen grabs from a video posted by US Southern Command (Southcom) X account on December 15, 2025 shows what the US military says are lethal strikes on three separate alleged narco-trafficking vessels (top) as they get hit (middle and bottom) in the eastern Pacific Ocean on December 15, 2025. (AFP photo / US Southern Command's X Account / Handout)

US Military Says Strikes on 3 Boats in the Eastern Pacific Ocean Kill 8 People 

The US military said Monday that it attacked three boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing a total of eight people as scrutiny…

World A person walks with an umbrella outside BBC Broadcasting House, after Director General Tim Davie and CEO of BBC News Deborah Turness resigned on Sunday, November 9, following accusations of bias at the British broadcaster, including in the way it edited a speech by US President Donald Trump, in London, Britain, November 14, 2025. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes

Trump Sues BBC for $10 Billion over Documentary Speech Edit

US President Donald Trump on Monday filed a lawsuit seeking at least $10 billion from the BBC over a documentary that edited his 2021 speech to supporters…

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World An Australian flag is placed near flowers laid as a tribute at Bondi Beach to honor the victims of a mass shooting that targeted a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on Sunday, in Sydney, Australia, December 16, 2025. (Reuters)

Australian Police Say Bondi Beach Mass Shooting Was Inspired by ISIS Group 

A mass shooting in which 15 people were killed during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach was “a terrorist attack inspired by ISIS,” Australia’s…

World US Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks at a press conference following the arrest in the D.C. pipe bomber investigation, at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C., US, December 4, 2025. REUTERS/Jessica Koscielniak

FBI Foils 'Terror Plot' Targeting Los Angeles, US Attorney General Says

The FBI has foiled a bomb plot targeting multiple targets, including immigration agents and vehicles, in Los Angeles and Orange County, Attorney General Pam…

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