Two senior aides to Nigel Farage, the firebrand leader of the U.K.’s populist Reform party, have stepped down after the party was accused of breaking British electoral law concerning foreign funding in the wake of an investigative news report where a journalist posed as a wealthy American’s son who wanted to donate to the party….
A jury in Malta on Wednesday acquitted the Maltese businessman accused by prosecutors of being the mastermind behind the 2017 car bomb killing of crusading investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, sparking renewed calls for accountability in the Mediterranean island nation. Caruana Galizia’s killing shocked Europe, led to protests that toppled a prime minister and exposed…
Laem Chabang, Thailand — The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier docked at a port in eastern Thailand on Wednesday after its grueling deployment in the Middle East that kept the ship at sea for more than 250 days. Associated Press journalists watched the Lincoln, which is carrying about 5,000 service members, as it made its…
On this “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan: Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut Rep. John James, Republican of Michigan David Becker, CBS News election security analyst Afghan General Haibatullah Alizai Click here to browse full transcripts from 2026 of “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.” MARGARET BRENNAN: I’m…
The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln sailed past Singapore early on Sunday as it headed home after a grueling deployment in the Middle East. It’s expected to stop in Thailand for a port visit. Associated Press journalists on the Indonesian island of Batam, across the Singapore Strait, spotted the massive vessel as it transited…
Washington — Three fired Stars and Stripes journalists sued Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell in federal court Thursday, claiming the Trump administration is attempting to fire them illegally as part of its “extraordinary censorship efforts” against the military news outlet. The plaintiffs — publisher Max Lederer, editor-in-chief Erik Slavin and reporter…
Thieves on Thursday raided the Treasure of Villena — one of the greatest Bronze Age gold collections — in the latest high-profile heist at a European museum, officials said. The raid on the 50-plus mainly gold objects in the Spanish town of Villena lasted just minutes. “The alarm at the Villena Museum went off around…
Days after his sudden firing by the Pentagon, the former editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes told CBS News that “time will tell” whether the military newspaper will remain editorially independent from the government agency it covers. The Defense Department delivered termination notices last week to Stars and Stripes Editor-in-Chief Erik Slavin, publisher Max Lederer…
An arbitrator has ordered The Washington Post to reinstate a Black opinion writer fired over social media posts about violent White men following last year’s killing of Charlie Kirk. The ruling Thursday said the newspaper did not have sufficient cause to terminate Karen Attiah, who at the time was the last Black full-time member of…
The governor of a Mexican state who is wanted by the United States on drug trafficking charges abruptly stepped down from his role, one day after returning to office. Sinaloa Gov. Ruben Rocha Moya said in a social media post on Friday that he was resuming leadership of the northwestern state, a role he stepped…
