Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Friday accused President Donald Trump of “skipping town” for a trip to Asia during the ongoing government shutdown. Trump departed for Asia Friday night for a weeklong trip that will include stops in Malaysia, Japan and South Korea. Republicans and Democrats remain divided …
Read More »Trump says he's 'open' to meeting with Kim Jong Un during Asia trip, North Korea is 'sort of a nuclear power'
President Donald Trump said Saturday that he is “open” to meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un at the demilitarized zone (DMZ) while he is in South Korea during his trip to Asia. “I’d be open to it, 100%. I got along very well with him, Kim Jong Un,” …
Read More »How Louvre burglars obtained truck-mounted lift to make off with jewels worth more than $100M
The thieves behind the daring Louvre Museum heist in Paris, France, appear to have used a truck-mounted moving lift — the kind professional movers use to hoist furniture up to apartment windows — in order to scale the building’s second floor, according to Laure Beccuau, the Paris prosecutor. The burglars …
Read More »Frantic manhunt launched after asylum seeker who sexually assaulted teen accidentally freed from prison
Britain’s immigration system is under fire after officials confirmed an Ethiopian asylum seeker who sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl and another woman was accidentally released from prison Friday, sparking a manhunt for the fugitive sex offender. Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 38, was sentenced in September to 12 months behind bars, Reuters …
Read More »American missionary kidnapped in Niger by suspected Islamist militants, sources say
The U.S. government is aware of the kidnapping of an American Christian missionary in the West African nation of Niger, U.S. official sources told Fox News. The sources told Fox News that they suspect that the missionary has been taken north to Islamic State-controlled areas where an offshoot of ISIS …
Read More »Trump witnesses Thailand, Cambodia sign peace expansion months after brokering ceasefire
Cambodia and Thailand on Sunday signed an expansion of a ceasefire that U.S. President Donald Trump helped broker over the summer to end their border conflict. Trump threatened higher tariffs against both countries to push them into agreeing to end the fighting. Dozens of people were killed and hundreds of …
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A 28-year-old student who was visiting western India says she missed her Air India flight back to London due to bumper-to-bumper traffic. That flight was AI171, which crashed shortly after takeoff. Bhoomi Chauhan reportedly said airline staff didn’t let her complete her check-in at Ahmedabad airport even though she had …
Read More »Russian state media says American Joseph Tater out of country after arrest, psychiatric hospitalization
Joseph Tater, a U.S. citizen arrested in Russia in August 2024 after an apparent tussle with hotel staff and then forcibly admitted to a psychiatric hospital in April this year, without ever standing trial, has left Russia, according to the country’s state-run TASS news agency. TASS said Tater, 46, was discharged …
Read More »Olympic gold medalist Imane Khelif must take new sex test mandated by World Boxing before competing again
Olympic gold-medalist Algerian Imane Khelif will be banned from all World Boxing competitions until the boxer undergoes newly mandated genetic sex testing, World Boxing said. The organization announced Friday that it will introduce mandatory sex testing to determine the eligibility of male and female boxers who want to take part in their competitions. World …
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