Israeli President Isaac Herzog said Saturday night that he was giving opposition candidate Gadi Eisenkot the first opportunity to form a governing coalition following elections on Oct. 27. Eisenkot, a former military chief, ran as the main challenger to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, leading a bloc of parties seeking to oust Israel’s longest-serving premier….
Washington — Widespread Republican losses in the midterm elections are roiling the GOP, prompting soul-searching over what went wrong and a brewing blame game that’s expected to heat up as the party looks toward the next election. From House and Senate races to governors’ mansions, Republicans saw striking losses, both in battlegrounds and in places…
Two Catholic bishops have expressed regret about agreeing to a White House meeting that produced a publicly distributed photo of them praying with President Trump. Milwaukee Archbishop Jeffrey Grob, in a statement titled “A Public Apology,” said Sunday that he had received many questions and comments — some of them distraught — about the meeting…
Progress toward a negotiated resolution to Russia’s war on Ukraine is “theoretically possible,” Kremlin officials said Wednesday as U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg, but any headway will require Ukraine’s leaders to make “necessary decisions,” according to Russian state media. If Ukraine fails to make those decisions, the…
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy said Monday that his country had been subjected to another night of Russian missile and drone strikes, “and again there was no warning from partners.” Zelenskyy has accused the U.S. of limiting intelligence, and possibly other assistance to Ukraine amid renewed tension with President Trump, who accused the Ukrainian leader over the…
19m ago Norwegian teen sentenced in U.K. to 20 years in prison for plotting murder for Iran-linked gang A Norwegian teenager convicted of traveling to Britain to carry out a contract killing on behalf of an international crime gang linked to Iran was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison. Johannes Kongsnes Natland, 19,…
A businessman wanted for years in the U.S. for allegedly paying bribes to top Venezuelan officials in exchange for lucrative state contracts in Venezuela has been taken into custody. Alvaro Pulido was indicted in Miami federal court in 2019 and again in 2021 as part of an investigation into his longtime business partner, Alex Saab,…
Walking across the gritty New Jersey ball field for the first time since he played here as a boy, Samuel Alito couldn’t help but stop to analyze the playing surface. The pebbles were bigger back then, he said, the field more uneven. These sounded like minor details for anyone to notice, but Alito saw something…
President Joe Biden was on the verge of taking “draconian measures” after an Israeli military drone strike killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in the Gaza Strip in April 2024, but U.S. intelligence that Iran was about to launch an “unprecedented” aerial attack on Israel prevented Biden from moving forward, according to Brett McGurk,…
Amazon is issuing refunds to eligible Amazon customers under a revised $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission to resolve allegations that the retailer deceptively enrolled customers in its Prime subscription service. The FTC said last month that more consumers qualify for refunds from Amazon and also raised the maximum payment from $51 to…
