A United Nations expert on Tuesday raised alarm over the alleged "torture" of Palestinian prisoners and "potentially unlawful deaths" in Israeli prisons since October 2023. The comments come as Israel faces growing scrutiny over detention conditions following the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas ins»»»

1 of 2 | A bipartisan bill in the U.S. House is proposing a new $130 fee for registering an electric vehicle to help pay for transportation infrastructure. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo May 19 (UPI) -- A bipartisan bill in the U.S. House is proposing a new $130 fee for registering a»»»

NEW YORK: The UN independent expert on torture on Tuesday urged Israel to overhaul its detention laws, policies and practices after documenting widespread allegations of torture, sexual violence and other serious abuses against Palestinian detainees since October 2023. Alice Jill Edwards said emerg»»»

US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has launched a review of more than 120 overseas biological laboratories funded by American taxpayers, reopening a politically charged debate over US-supported research facilities in countries including Ukraine and fuelling renewed scrutiny of Washi»»»

Honduran ex-president controversially pardoned by Trump speaks to BBC 16 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleWill GrantBBC's Mexico, Central America and Cuba correspondent Juan Orlando Hernández: Case was a 'witch-hunt' and different from Nicolás Maduro's Just a month before US elite troo»»»

Charges brought against president Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s former chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, focus on four mansion houses in the luxury estate co-op called Dynasty. These are identified as R1, R2, R3 and R4 by the SAPO (anti-corruption prosecutor’s office) investigation which claims that the suspe»»»

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is set to host his "old friend" Vladimir Putin less than a week after Donald Trump's high-profile visit, as Beijing seeks to project itself as a stable and predictable power in a world shaken by trade tensions, wars and an energy crisis. China and Russia have cast Putin's »»»

The US Justice Department on Monday announced the creation of a $1.7 billion fund to compensate allies of President Donald Trump who believe they were politically persecuted by the department under his predecessor Joe Biden's term in office. The fund is part of a deal to bring an end to Trump'»»»

People look at a mural depicting Colombian-Venezuelan businessman Alex Saab in Caracas, Venezuela, on Sunday, a day after he was extradited to the United States. On Monday, Saab made his initial appearance in a Miami courtroom. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez/EPA May 18 (UPI) -- Alex Saab, a billionaire »»»

Lee Zeldin, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, is shown in April at a subcommittee hearing at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. On Monday, Zeldin announced the EPA will roll back some protections on chemicals called "forever toxins" in drinking water. Photo by Annabelle Gordon»»»

MIAMI: A close ally of ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was charged Monday with bribing top officials to steal hundreds of millions of dollars from lucrative contracts to import food at a time of widespread hardship in the South American country. Alex Saab made his initial court appearanc»»»

President Donald Trump, pictured getting of a helicopter used as Marine One, plans to build a helipad on the South Lawn of the White House to protect the grass from being burned by new helicopters designed to ferry the president on short trips. Photo by Eric Lee/UPI | License Photo May 18 (UPI) -- »»»

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday it will not take up an appeal from a group of drug makers attempting to block negotiations for lower drug prices. File Photo by Annabelle Gordon/UPI | License Photo May 18 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday it will not take up an appeal from a group of »»»

US President Donald Trump’s trip to Beijing ends today and he has been forced to eat humble pie after coming out of the gate last year with an extremely aggressive policy on China. If you remember in the heady days of Trump's first term in office we still lived under the pax Americana. Trump launch»»»

MIAMI: Venezuela’s government said Saturday it deported a close ally of Nicolás Maduro to face judicial proceedings in the US less than three years after the business owner was pardoned by President Joe Biden as part of a prisoner swap. The decision marks a stark reversal for Alex Saab, who Maduro »»»

President Donald Trump's administration is considering a settlement of Trump's lawsuits against the federal government that would see $1.7 billion made available to reimburse his allies for legal fees. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo May 16 (UPI) -- The Trump administration is considering »»»

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Biolabs in Ukraine secretly developed offensive capabilities, ret. US Army Lt. Col. Earl Rasmussen told RIA Novosti. "The bottom line is that there was biomass in Ukraine and other places developing potential biological offensive capabilities. In some cases, there was rumored»»»

US President Donald Trump’s China visit was an attempt to “save face” and seek relief after the Iran war destabilized the global economy, geopolitical analyst Danny Haiphong has told RT. According to Haiphong, the US is now in a “far weaker position” than China and is seeking closer ties with Beiji»»»

The investigation into more than 120 US biological laboratories abroad recently announced by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard reveals the Biden administration’s full-scale deception on the matter, with the globalist elite continuing to spread those falsehoods, Russian expert Dmitry S»»»

Harkness Tower seen on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Conn., in October 2013. The Justice Department on Thursday said Yale School of Medicine discriminated against White and Asian applicants in its admissions process. File Photo by Peter Foley/EPA-EF May 15 (UPI) -- Yale University's m»»»

PoliticsUnited States of AmericaTrump departs Beijing after whirlwind China visitLouis Oelofse | Wesley Rahn | Roshni Majumdar | Kate Hairsine with AFP, AP, Reuters, dpaUS President Donald Trump is headed home to Washington after spending two days with China's Xi Jinping in Beijing. Both leaders st»»»

BEIJING: As President Donald Trump wraps up his whirlwind visit to China on Friday, he’s insistent that relations between the world’s two biggest powers are good and getting better despite deep differences on Iran, Taiwan and more.Trump started his last day in Beijing by insisting in a social media»»»

Vice President JD Vance, shown on Wednesday in Washington announcing a new anti-fraud crackdown, blasted Democrats as poor stewards of the taxpayers' dollars during an appearance Thursday in Maine. Photo by Daniel Heuer/UPI | License Photo May 14 (UPI) -- Vice President JD Vance renewed his focus o»»»

The Supreme Court Thursday extended a stay allowing the abortion pill mifepristone to remain available via mail orders and telehealth as a legal battle plays out. File Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI | License Photo May 14 (UPI) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday opted to allow mail orders of the abortion dr»»»

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner speaks during a Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies hearing on the fiscal year 2027 budget request for HUD in the Dirksen Senate Office Building near the U.S. Capi»»»

Migrants wait to surrender to the U.S. Border Patrol after crossing the border wall from Mexico near Campo, Calif., in 2024. Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks resigned Thursday. File Photo by Pat Benic/UPI | License Photo May 14 (UPI) -- Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks stepped down Thursday, saying »»»

WASHINGTON: Trump administration officials are scrambling to contain the economic and political fallout of the war with Iran, three people familiar with the White House’s discussions told Reuters, as hopes for a quick resolution fade. US President Donald Trump this week backed suspending the federa»»»

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Tim Scott, R-S.C., and ranking member Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., are among 24 senators who will vote on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, a bill to set a framework for regulating cryptocurrency, on Thursday. Photo by Bonnie »»»

The US plans to persuade China to pressure Iran into making concessions in the Middle East conflict, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said ahead of a meeting between the two countries’ leaders in Beijing. US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to hold talks on Thursday»»»

Lebanon's Simon Karam and Israel's Yechiel Leiter, both political veterans with entrenched views, will come face to face in Washington for talks Thursday after decades in a state of war. Lebanon and Israel have no formal ties, but US President Donald Trump is hoping for a historic breakthrough even»»»

In a late-night social media blitz before his high-stakes China visit, Donald Trump unleashed a string of debunked conspiracy theories, AI-generated images and attacks on his political rivals. Posting 55 times in a span of 3 hours, Trump tore into former President Barack Obama, accusing him - witho»»»

The Justice Department on Wednesday filed a lawsuit seeking to nullify D.C. disbarment proceedings against Jeffrey Clark, seen here in October 2020 as acting assistant U.S. attorney general. File Photo by Yuri Gripas/EPA-EFE May 13 (UPI) -- The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Wednesday evening a»»»

US President Donald Trump’s arrival in China this week is being treated as far more than another diplomatic photo opportunity. Relations between Washington and Beijing remain tense, competition between the two powers stretches across almost every domain, and yet both sides appear increasingly aware»»»

Lebanon's Simon Karam and Israel's Yechiel Leiter, both political veterans with entrenched views, will come face to face in Washington for talks Thursday after decades in a state of war. Lebanon and Israel have no formal ties, but U.S. President Donald Trump is hoping for a historic breakthrough ev»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Ukraine, especially recently, has been deliberately attacking residential areas in Russia without any military facilities for the purpose of provocation, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. "In Russia, quite a lot of attacks happened, especially lately, by the Ukrainian »»»

Under Joe Biden, the US said the Nord Stream pipeline network would not operate, but now it wants to buy the part of the pipelines owned by European companies, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told RT. “Take a look at how the Americans are planning to restore Nord Stream. I am talking about t»»»

Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche on Tuesday defended issuing subpoenas to journalists as part of investigations into leaks of classified information. Blanche did not name any outlet in a post on X, but his remarks came a day after The Wall Street Journal reported receiving grand jury subpoen»»»

BEIJING: It’s a verbal tightrope American presidents have had to walk for nearly 50 years, where even small slip-ups when stating official US policy toward Taiwan and China can trigger geopolitical alarm bells. The way the US views Taiwan under the “One China” policy recognizes the Chinese position»»»

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The Office of the Director of National Intelligence will conduct an investigation into more than 120 US-funded biological laboratories located abroad, including in Ukraine, the New York Post reported. Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard told the New York Pos»»»

The U.S. Treasury under Secretary Scott Bessent issued sanctions Monday targeting 12 individuals and entities accused of facilitating Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp's sale of oil to China. File Photo by Shawn Thew./UPI | License Photo May 12 (UPI) -- The United States has sanctioned »»»

President Donald Trump is scheduled to see doctors for a medical and dental checkup this month — his fourth publicized visit to medical experts since returning to office — in what the White House describes as an annual physical and regular preventive care. Trump, who turns 80 next month and was the»»»

LAREDO, Texas: A South Texas medical examiner believes heat stroke may have led to the death of six people thought to be immigrants who were found Sunday afternoon inside a shipping container at a Union Pacific rail yard near the Mexico border in Laredo, Texas. The people were found Sunday as worke»»»

How can Europe cover the $100bn the war in Ukraine costs? The EU just signed off on a €90bn loan for Ukraine agreed at a summit on December 19 to get it through the next two years. But the increasingly dysfunctional European economy doesn’t have the cash to make the loan. So, it borrowed it. »»»

Share: Image: US blocked of Iranian ports in the Gulf has turned around 58 vessels, officials say Here is the latest on the Middle East war President Trump called Iran’s response to the latest U.S. ceasefire proposal “totally unacceptable.” Mr. Trump did not provide further details on what issues h»»»

How can Europe cover the $100bn the war in Ukraine costs? The EU just signed off on a €90bn loan for Ukraine agreed at a summit on December 19 to get it through the next two years. But the increasingly dysfunctional European economy doesn’t have the cash to make the loan. So, it borrowed it. »»»

How can Europe cover the $100bn the war in Ukraine costs? The EU just signed off on a €90bn loan for Ukraine agreed at a summit on December 19 to get it through the next two years. But the increasingly dysfunctional European economy doesn’t have the cash to make the loan. So, it borrowed it. »»»

How can Europe cover the $100bn the war in Ukraine costs? The EU just signed off on a €90bn loan for Ukraine agreed at a summit on December 19 to get it through the next two years. But the increasingly dysfunctional European economy doesn’t have the cash to make the loan. So, it borrowed it. »»»

How can Europe cover the $100bn the war in Ukraine costs? The EU just signed off on a €90bn loan for Ukraine agreed at a summit on December 19 to get it through the next two years. But the increasingly dysfunctional European economy doesn’t have the cash to make the loan. So, it borrowed it. »»»

How can Europe cover the $100bn the war in Ukraine costs? The EU just signed off on a €90bn loan for Ukraine agreed at a summit on December 19 to get it through the next two years. But the increasingly dysfunctional European economy doesn’t have the cash to make the loan. So, it borrowed it. »»»

How can Europe cover the $100bn the war in Ukraine costs? The EU just signed off on a €90bn loan for Ukraine agreed at a summit on December 19 to get it through the next two years. But the increasingly dysfunctional European economy doesn’t have the cash to make the loan. So, it borrowed it. »»»