Month: May,2025

WATCH: AOC holds Queens town hall as 2028 White House talk swirls

WATCH: AOC holds Queens town hall as 2028 White House talk swirls


May 3, 2025
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is hosting an in-person town hall in Jackson Heights, Queens, on Friday night amid speculation she is considering a 2028 presidential run.  After speaking at a May Day protest in New York City on Thursday, rejecting Trump’s agenda and warning protesters that Republicans ‘are going after Medicaid next,’ Ocasio-Cortez is returning […]
Intelligence agency classifies country’s popular Alternative for Germany party as ‘extremist’

Intelligence agency classifies country’s popular Alternative for Germany party as ‘extremist’


May 3, 2025
Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution or BfV, on Friday classified the country’s popular Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as ‘extremist.’ ‘Central to our assessment is the ethnically and ancestrally defined concept of the people that shapes the AfD, which devalues entire segments of the population in Germany […]
‘Bold and fearless’: Trump launches new wave of judicial nominations

‘Bold and fearless’: Trump launches new wave of judicial nominations


May 3, 2025
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Trump announced his first judicial nominee of his second term, kicking off what will be a historic next four years as he continues to build on the most consequential accomplishment of his first term by appointing even more bold and fearless judges. The stakes could not be […]
New report warns NATO’s data vulnerabilities could cost lives without US fix

New report warns NATO’s data vulnerabilities could cost lives without US fix


May 3, 2025
A new report warns that NATO is unprepared for modern digital warfare. Without stronger leadership, especially from the U.S., the alliance could face serious security risks. The Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) released a study showing that many NATO members are failing to modernize their military data systems. Although NATO leaders talk about the […]
Trump administration takes hard line on Haitian violence, labels gangs foreign terrorist organizations

Trump administration takes hard line on Haitian violence, labels gangs foreign terrorist organizations


May 3, 2025
The Trump administration on Friday officially designated two of Haiti’s most powerful gang networks, Viv Ansanm and Gran Grif, foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) and specially designated global terrorists (SDGTs). The move is aimed at disrupting the gangs’ operations and supporting efforts to restore order in the troubled Caribbean nation. The announcement was made in a […]
Prosecutors in Thailand drop royal defamation case against US scholar

Prosecutors in Thailand drop royal defamation case against US scholar


May 2, 2025
State prosecutors in Thailand announced Thursday that they don’t intend to press charges against an American academic arrested for royal defamation, an offense punishable by up to 15 years in prison. The arrest last month of Paul Chambers, a political science lecturer at Naresuan University in the northern province of Phitsanulok, had drawn concern from […]
Gaza Freedom Flotilla says ship has issued SOS, after alleged drone attack off the coast of Malta

Gaza Freedom Flotilla says ship has issued SOS, after alleged drone attack off the coast of Malta


May 2, 2025
A Gaza “freedom flotilla” says one of its vessels is on fire and has issued an SOS, after what it claimed was a drone attack off the coast of Malta in international waters. Acar said the ship had “sent out SOS calls to the surrounding countries, including Malta” and that a “small boat” from Southern […]
Farage’s hard-right Reform party narrowly wins another seat in British Parliament

Farage’s hard-right Reform party narrowly wins another seat in British Parliament


May 2, 2025
The hard-right party Reform UK led by Nigel Farage won a seat in Parliament by a handful of votes and looked set to make more gains in results Friday from local elections the party hopes will show it is a major player in British politics. Reform’s Sarah Pochin was declared winner of the seat of […]
US urges restraint as Kashmir massacre tensions put India and Pakistan on edge

US urges restraint as Kashmir massacre tensions put India and Pakistan on edge


May 2, 2025
The United States is stepping up pressure on India and Pakistan to avoid conflict in Kashmir after a tourist massacre in an Indian-administered area of the divided territory last week. US Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that Washington hopes Pakistan will help hunt down the militants behind the attack, who are based in Pakistan-controlled […]
‘Be bold and do it anyway’: Mo Abudu on her vision for African cinema

‘Be bold and do it anyway’: Mo Abudu on her vision for African cinema


May 2, 2025
Mo Abudu has a vision for Africa’s creative economy, and the next stage will start in an old lecture hall in South London. The Nigerian media mogul plans to turn the building into a hub for Nigerian food, culture and cinema. Abudu first found fame in 2006 as the host of the Nigerian talk show […]
Russell Brand arrives at London court to face sexual assault charges

Russell Brand arrives at London court to face sexual assault charges


May 2, 2025
British comedian and actor Russell Brand arrived at court on Friday after he was charged last month with rape and sexual assault. London’s Metropolitan Police charged Brand, 49, with one count of rape, one count of indecent assault, and one count of oral rape, as well as two counts of sexual assault. The charges relate […]
World’s oldest person, Brazilian nun Inah Canabarro Lucas, dead at 116

World’s oldest person, Brazilian nun Inah Canabarro Lucas, dead at 116


May 2, 2025
The world’s oldest person, Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, has died at age 116, her order announced on Wednesday. The soccer-loving Brazilian nun officially became the oldest person in the world in January following the death of Japan’s Tomiko Itooka, according to Guinness World Records (GWR). When Canabarro was born on June 8, 1908, according to […]
Meeting with a member of one of the most powerful criminal networks in the world

Meeting with a member of one of the most powerful criminal networks in the world


May 2, 2025
The man sitting in front of us belongs to the Sinaloa Cartel — one of the most powerful and feared criminal networks in the world — and one the US government recently designated a foreign terrorist organization. This is a gang that “murder, rape, torture and exercise total control… posing a great threat to (the […]
Cardinals at a crossroads: While some want to continue Francis’ reforms, others want a different kind of pope

Cardinals at a crossroads: While some want to continue Francis’ reforms, others want a different kind of pope


May 2, 2025
The pontificate of Pope Francis profoundly shook up the Catholic Church. His restless 12-year-papacy, with its focus on a “poor church for the poor,” called on Catholicism to leave its comfort zone and pitch its tent among the poorest communities. Francis opened discussions on topics that were once viewed off limits, such as the role […]
German spy agency labels far-right AfD ‘extremist’

German spy agency labels far-right AfD ‘extremist’


May 2, 2025
Germany’s domestic intelligence agency on Friday classified the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) as an extremist entity that threatens democracy, a move enabling it to better monitor the party that came second in February’s federal election. The BfV agency’s finding, based on a 1,100-page expert report, that the AfD is racist and anti-Muslim allows the […]