Military prosecutor seeks death penalty against former DRC president Joseph Kabila

Former Democratic Republic of Congo president Joseph Kabila arrives for a photo session in Goma, North Kivu, May 31, 2025. ARLETTE BASHIZI / REUTERS A military prosecutor on Friday demanded the death... Read more »

Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed in US amid fierce immigration battle

Kilmar Abrego Garcia walks after he has been released from the Putnam County Jail in Cookville, Tennessee, August 22, 2025. SETH HERALD / REUTERS A wrongly deported Salvadoran man returned to the... Read more »

The stakes for a 2025 edition driven by unprecedented enthusiasm

England prop Maud Muir (center) and her teammates during a team welcome ceremony on August 16, 2025, at Sunderland City Hall in England, where the Rugby Women’s World Cup opens Friday. MIKE... Read more »

UN officially declares famine in Gaza

Palestinians struggle to receive donated food at a community kitchen in Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, July 26, 2025. ABDEL KAREEM HANA / AP The United Nations on Friday, August 22, officially... Read more »

Former PM Thaksin Shinawatra acquitted of royal defamation charges

Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra leaves the Criminal Court in Bangkok on August 22, 2025. CHANAKARN LAOSARAKHAM / AFP Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was cleared on Friday, August 22,... Read more »

US says all 55 million visas fair game for continuous review

This photo illustration shows a visa stamp on a foreign passport in Los Angeles on June 6, 2020. CHRIS DELMAS / AFP The Trump administration said on Thursday, August 21, that it... Read more »

EU secures lower US car tariffs in new trade deal, but fails to protect wine

European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, Maros Sefcovic, speaks during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Thursday, August 21, 2025. VIRGINIA MAYO / AP Details of a US-EU... Read more »

Texas Republicans to pass voting map that reignited US redistricting wars

Democratic Texas Representative Gene Wu speaks during a press conference after the passing of HB 4 at the State Capitol in Austin, Texas, on August 20, 2025. SERGIO FLORES / REUTERS Texas... Read more »

Israel approves settlement plan that would divide the West Bank in two

An Israeli flag flutters, as part of the Israeli settlement of Ma’ale Adumim in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on August 14, 2025. RONEN ZVULUN / REUTERS Israel approved a major settlement project... Read more »

US judge denies government request to release Epstein grand jury transcripts

Activists with Free DC gather outside Washington Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in Washington, August 15, 2025. ALEX BRANDON / AP A federal judge on Wednesday, August 20, rejected the Trump administration’s request... Read more »