World Sep 25 Drug enforcement is rarely a focus of the U.N. General Assembly. This year is different Barbs between President Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro laid bare, on global diplomacy's biggest stage, the world's wide and pointed differences over how to deal with drugs.
World Sep 25 WATCH: Facing global isolation, Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu addresses U.N. General Assembly Responding to countries' recent decisions to recognize Palestinian statehood, Netanyahu said it would encourage terrorism against Jews and others.
World Sep 24 WATCH: Syrian president addresses U.N., the first leader from his country to do so in nearly six decades The Assad family dynasty’s autocratic, repressive 50-year rule in Syria abruptly collapsed in December, when then-President Bashar Assad was ousted in a lightning insurgent offensive led by al-Sharaa.
World Sep 23 WATCH: Secretary-General Guterres warns 'the pillars of peace and progress are buckling' at U.N. General Assembly The United Nations chief challenged world leaders Tuesday to choose a future where the rule of law triumphs over raw power and where nations come together rather than scramble for self-interests.
Politics Aug 31 Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration's deportation flights for Guatemalan children With migrant children waiting on tarmacs to be sent to their native Guatemala, a federal judge on Sunday temporarily blocked the flights, siding with attorneys for the children who said the government was breaking laws and sending their clients to…
Nation Aug 26 WATCH: Bondi heralds former Sinaloa cartel leader's guilty plea as 'landmark victory' Former Mexican cartel kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada will spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty Monday to U.S. drug trafficking charges and saying he was sorry for helping flood the U.S. with cocaine, heroin and…
Politics Aug 21 Trump's massive civil fraud penalty for exaggerating financial statements is thrown out by appeals court A panel of five judges in New York’s mid-level Appellate Division said the verdict, which stood to cost Trump over $515 million and rock his real estate empire, was “excessive.”…
Nation Aug 11 Judge won't unseal transcripts of grand jury that indicted Epstein ex-girlfriend Maxwell The judge says releasing the transcripts would risk unraveling the foundations of secrecy upon which the grand jury is premised.
Nation Aug 05 Ghislaine Maxwell doesn't want Epstein grand jury transcripts released Maxwell hasn't seen the material herself, her attorneys said — the grand jury process is conducted behind closed doors. But she opposes unsealing what her lawyers described as potentially “hearsay-laden” transcripts of grand jury testimony, which was given in secret…
Nation Jul 31 Funeral held for NYPD officer killed in shooting at NFL headquarters building Mourners packed a New York mosque on Thursday to honor a Bangladesh-born police officer who embraced the job of protecting his adopted city and gave his life for it when a gunman opened fire in an office building this week.