The U.S. government has hired 50,000 employees since President Donald Trump took office, his top personnel official said, with the new staff largely in national security positions reflecting the administration's policy focus.
A night‑time attack by Israeli settlers on a mosque in the occupied West Bank village has drawn strong condemnation from the United Nations and raised alarm over a broader spike in settler‑linked violence.
Forty years after the eruption of Nevado del Ruiz buried the town of Armero, Colombia, survivors, families, and officials gathered to remember one of Latin America’s deadliest natural disasters.
The U.S. government is set to resume operations on Thursday after the longest shutdown in American history left air traffic disrupted, food aid suspended for low-income families, and more than one million federal workers unpaid for over a month.
Azerbaijan hosted Iceland in their 2026 FIFA World Cup European Qualifying match at the Neftchi Arena in Baku on 13 November.
As Chile heads into its presidential election on Sunday, voters are gripped not by economic reform or social policy, but by crime, immigration, and organised gangs—a dramatic shift from the left-wing optimism that defined the previous cycle.
Ukraine is facing one of the most difficult moments of the war, as a convergence of corruption scandals, political turbulence, financial uncertainty and intensifying Russian offensives places unprecedented strain on the country’s ability to defend itself.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is closely monitoring the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, which caused widespread devastation across the Caribbean, particularly in Jamaica and Haiti.
A Türkiye-registered Air Tractor AT-802F crashed in western Croatia on Thursday, killing the pilot, local authorities and media reported.
A new report released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has warned that Afghanistan is facing overlapping and severe crises, as millions of people continue returning to the country despite widespread poverty and failing essential services.
MrBeast, the world’s most popular YouTuber, has officially launched his first theme park, Beast Land, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Canada and India are reopening trade talks after a two-year freeze, with both sides aiming for what Ottawa calls a “new process”, Canadian Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu said on Thursday in New Delhi.
The White House has responded to leaked emails linking president Donald Trump to late Jeffrey Epstein saying 'President Trump did nothing wrong'. Spokesperson Abigail Jackson told the BBC "These emails prove literally nothing"
The United States and China have reached a tentative agreement to curb the flow of chemicals used to make fentanyl, marking a rare moment of cooperation between the two rivals.
The Hercules is old, heavily burdened and increasingly pushed into environments that expose the limits of a design born in the middle of the last century.
Germany’s coalition partners have agreed on a draft bill on Thursday (November 13) that would introduce a voluntary military service as the country seeks to bolster national defences over Russian security concerns.
Brussels Airport temporarily halted air traffic on Wednesday evening following the sighting of a possible drone near the airfield. Flight operations were suspended for about half an hour as a precautionary measure, according to Belgian air navigation service provider Skeyes.
Prosecutors in Milan have opened an investigation into allegations that Italian nationals paid Bosnian Serb soldiers for trips to the hills around Sarajevo in the 1990s so they could shoot civilians during the city’s four-year siege.
Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan has appointed longtime ally and former finance minister Mwigulu Nchemba as prime minister, following a disputed election that triggered deadly unrest and drew international concern over human rights abuses.
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will appeal his conviction for conspiring to secure illegal Libyan funding for his 2007 election campaign, with hearings set from 16 March to 3 June, the Paris appeal court said on Thursday (13 November).
