Air traffic controllers repeatedly rang the alarm about critical safety issues and faced telecommunications outages affecting Newark Liberty International Airport starting last summer – months before widespread delays and flight cancellations at the (...)
Multiple people were taken into custody by the New York Police Department at Columbia University after a pro-Palestinian protest in an area of the main library on campus Wednesday.
University officials asked the NYPD for help Wednesday night (...)
Tensions continue to escalate between India and Pakistan after India launched "Operation Sindoor" on Wednesday, killing at least 31 civilians.
India's operation came in response to an attack by militants in India-administered Kashmir that killed (...)
After revealing her second pregnancy in dramatic fashion during her 2023 halftime Super Bowl performance, Rihanna has followed up by debuting her third on the Met Gala red carpet.
The last attendee to arrive at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art (...)
Shah Rukh Khan is one of the world's most famous men. And yet, strutting down the Met Gala carpet still gave the Bollywood star jitters.
Khan, known as SRK to fans, made his Met debut in understated style, donning a floor-length black wool coat (...)
US President Donald Trump has removed Mike Waltz from his post as national security adviser, and will nominate him as ambassador to the United Nations.
In a post on social media, Trump thanked Waltz for his work and said he would be temporarily (...)
A Columbia University student and Palestinian activist arrested by US immigration authorities has been released from custody, US media reports.
Mohsen Mahdawi, who has permanent US residency or "green card" status, was detained by US Immigration and (...)
The United Nations Security Council convened on Tuesday to discuss the situation in the Middle East. The meeting comes after Israel moved to intensify its operations across the Gaza Strip following the breakdown of a fragile truce on 18 March.
More (...)
Iran's interior minister has said negligence was a factor in the massive explosion and fire at the country's largest container port, as the death toll rose to at least 70.
Eskandar Momeni said Saturday's blast at Shahid Rajaee port in Bandar Abbas, (...)
Former US Representative George Santos was sentenced on Friday to more than seven years in prison for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, marking a dramatic downfall for the disgraced New York politician once described as a "pathological liar (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Music Commission will host the Saudi Orchestra Masterpieces concert at the iconic Sydney Opera House on Monday, May 12.
The concert will be under the patronage of Minister of Culture and Chairman of the Music Commission Prince (...)
A Rwandan beekeeper living in the US has been arrested over his alleged involvement in the 1994 genocide in his country.
Faustin Nsabumukunzi is accused of committing "heinous acts of violence abroad" when he served as a local leader at the start of (...)
US federal prosecutors have filed a formal notice seeking the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of shooting dead a healthcare boss in New York.
Prosecutors argue in the filing that the 26-year-old killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian (...)
President Donald Trump has backed US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after reports that military attack details were shared in a group chat that included Hegseth's wife, brother, and personal lawyer.
The controversy comes a month after a journalist (...)
Harvard University sued the Trump administration Monday in a new escalation of the fight over institutional oversight, independence and federal funding for the Ivy League school.
University President Alan M. Garber said in a letter to the Harvard (...)
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed plans about a military operation against the Houthis in Yemen on a second Signal group chat, this one on his personal phone and including his wife, lawyer and brother, three people familiar with the (...)
The United Nations has taken note of Russia's announcement of a temporary ceasefire in Ukraine over the Orthodox Easter weekend, a UN spokesperson said Saturday, reiterating calls for a durable and comprehensive peace aligned with international law (...)
A haunting image of a young Gazan boy recovering from war injuries has been named World Press Photo of the Year for 2025.
The portrait, taken by Palestinian photographer Samar Abu Elouf for the New York Times, shows nine-year-old Mahmoud Ajjour, who (...)
An organizer of pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University has been arrested by immigration officials as he attended an interview as part of his application for US citizenship, his lawyer says.
Mohsen Mahdawi, a green card holder who is due to (...)
A Palestinian paramedic who has been missing since an Israeli attack that killed 15 other emergency workers in southern Gaza three weeks ago is being detained by Israeli authorities, the International Committee of the Red Cross has said.
The ICRC (...)
NEW YORK — Saudi Arabia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Wasel, and his French counterpart Ambassador Jérôme Bonnafont jointly chaired the first briefing session for UN member and observer states on the (...)
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday issued a directive ordering the military to assume control of specific federal lands along the U.S.-Mexico border, in a move aimed at intensifying efforts to curb illegal crossings.
In a memo sent to four (...)
US President Donald Trump's administration has announced that smartphones, computers, and a range of other electronic devices will be exempt from the sweeping new tariffs targeting global and Chinese imports.
The decision, published late Friday by (...)
The US Supreme Court has instructed the Trump administration to facilitate the return of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to a mega-jail in El Salvador.
The Trump administration has conceded that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was deported due to an (...)
