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'I didn't make a mistake': Trump condemns, doesn't apologise for racist video
The White House first defended the post on Friday depicting the Obamas as apes, then deleted it 12 hours after it appeared.
Trump announces tariffs on any country that trades with Iran
Iran's top diplomat says nuclear talks with the US mediated by Oman are off to a "good start" and set to continue.
Another Benghazi consulate attack suspect arrested
The US has arrested a person suspected of playing a central role in the 2012 attack on its consulate in Libya, Attorney General Pam Bondi said on Friday.
New message surfaces in search for journalist's missing mother
Authorities did not specify the nature or content of the latest communication, or where it was received.
What is Islamic State, the group claiming responsibility for Pakistan attack?
The Sunni Muslim group emerged in Iraq and Syria, and continues to operate despite losing most of its 'caliphate' a decade ago.
US accuses China of secret nuclear test, but experts sceptical
The alleged Chinese test had a yield "in the hundreds of tons", a US official said, although a monitoring group said it had not detected anything of the sort.
US moves to deport 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy detained by ICE in Minnesota
The boy and his father were detained at a ICE detention facility in Texas, until a judge ordered their release.
UK police search properties in probe of former ambassador Peter Mandelson
Police probing Britain's former ambassador to the United States searched two properties, following fresh revelations in the Epstein files.
Luigi Mangione's state murder trial scheduled for June
Mangione faces both state and federal charges for allegedly killing United Healthcare chief executive Brian Thompson in December 2024.
CIA terminates World Factbook, overthrowing reference regime
The decision to close the website down coincides with layoffs at the Washington Post and restrictions on the Smithsonian Institute.
Trump shares video depicting Obamas as apes, then removes it
The White House blamed a staffer for the video posted to Trump's Truth Social account and said the post had been removed.
Marty Supreme is sociopathic in his pursuit of glory. Why do we want him to win?
Hollywood is no stranger to popular antiheroes, from Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver to Arthur Fleck in Joker, and Marty Reisman in Josh Safdie's Marty Supreme follows in that tradition.
TikTok charged with breaching EU rules over app's addictive features
The EU watchdog's charges focus on TikTok's addictive design which includes features such as infinite scroll, autoplay and push notifications.
Lord Fakafanua says work to appease US underway
Tonga's prime minister says the US Deputy Secretary of State has accepted his invitation to visit the kingdom in the wake of Washington's latest travel bans on Tongans. Audio
Suicide bomber kills 31 in Shi'ite mosque in Pakistan's capital
The bombing, which targeted the Shi'ite Muslim minority, is the deadliest suicide attack in Islamabad in over a decade.
What only surviving treasure from Louvre heist looks like now
During the thieves' daring escape through the window of the Apollo Gallery, the crown of Empress Eugénie slipped from the their grasp and was left battered on the pavement below.
Uber ordered to pay US$8.5 million in trial over driver sex assault claims
The jury found that the driver was an agent of Uber, so the company was responsible for his actions.
Prosecutors drop case against Australian underworld figure
The director of public prosecutions confirmed it was discontinuing a retrial of allegations Tony Mokbel tried to source a commercial quantity of MDMA from overseas in June 2005.
Russian captain jailed for six years for fatal North Sea crash
Vladimir Motin, 59, had been on sole watch duty when his ship, the Solong, crashed into the Stena Immaculate anchored just off the coast of Yorkshire, northeastern England, last March.
Lower pollution during Covid boosted methane: study
Methane levels rose at a record pace in the wake of the pandemic as the super pollutant's main natural "cleaning agent" weakened during that period.