Politics

Israeli settler attacks shift to heart of territory earmarked for Palestinian state

Report says West Bank violence moving from Israeli-controlled areas to those under direct Palestinian rule

The Unintended Consequences of Trump’s Turn Against South Korea

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The Taliban have built a system for enslaving women in Afghanistan

Five years on, the regime’s chokehold has left Afghan women with almost nothing, but many are still bravely fighting for their freedom

Trump Is Impotent vs. Iran

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Russia's missile tests around disputed islands anger Japan

Pacific fleet launched missile drills near what Moscow calls the Kuril Islands but Japan regards as its Northern Territories

'A delicate dance': JD Vance says economic pressure is the best way to achieve Washington's objectives in Iran

Vance said "what has been true over the last couple of weeks is they felt a lot more pressure than we have."

Tiananmen Square vigil organisers found guilty in Hong Kong of ‘inciting subversion’

Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung - leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance – were tried under under a 2020 national security law

Bernie Sanders endorses Angie Nixon in Florida Senate race

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) endorsed socialist state Rep. Angie Nixon in her bid to be Florida‘s next U.S. senator on Thursday.

Liberia receives first group of "third country" deportees from U.S., officials say

August 20, 2026 / 10:34 PM EDT / CBS News

Trump tells Michael Cohen he was 'weaponized' in hush money trial

President Donald Trump touted his former attorney Michael Cohen for retracting his 2024 testimony in Trump’s hush money trial, insisting that the justice system was “weaponized” against Cohen.

Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv protest organiser disowns Mykhailo Fedorov’s call for elections

Demonstrations in support of sacked defence minister reportedly die down as supporters and experts say he went too far. What we know on day 1,640

Sycophancy in stereo as former Trump hater Michael Cohen loses his nerve

Fawning, deferential, oleaginous – this was the Untruth and Reconciliation Commission as Trump called in to 77 WABC