• Pressure to end shutdown ramps up on Nov. 1, ex-Trump White House official says

    Pressure to end shutdown ramps up on Nov. 1, ex-Trump White House official says

    Oct 28, 2025 10:35 PM EST

    ... say the third piece of this is, honestly, I think the White House sees the president traveling to Asia. They have seen him have a hostage deal in the Middle East. And he's dealing with international issues that kind of seem to be rising above the dysfunction of Congress ...

  • Ceasefire tested as Israel and Hamas exchange fire and blame in Gaza

    Ceasefire tested as Israel and Hamas exchange fire and blame in Gaza

    Oct 28, 2025 04:56 PM EST

    ... clearly shows that the Hamas terrorist organization is attempting to create a false impression of efforts to locate the bodies, while in fact holding deceased hostages whose remains it refuses to release as required by the agreement,” the Israeli army said in a statement. Israeli government spokesperson Shosh Bedrosian called ...

  • Israel's top diplomat says Turkish troops will have no role in Gaza force

    Israel's top diplomat says Turkish troops will have no role in Gaza force

    Oct 27, 2025 08:26 PM EST

    The ceasefire agreement calls for Israeli troops to gradually withdraw from more areas of Gaza as the international force “establishes control and stability” and as Hamas militants disarm. Exchange of Gaza hostages and Palestinian bodies in Israel continues In exchange for the returned dead hostages, Israel has so far handed ...

  • What to know about the Louvre heist investigation after 2 arrests

    What to know about the Louvre heist investigation after 2 arrests

    Oct 27, 2025 05:54 PM EST

    ... to ride a lift up the side of the museum, smash display cases and steal eight objects worth an estimated 88 million euros ($102 million) on Oct. 19. The haul included a sapphire diadem, necklace and single earring from a set linked to 19th-century queens Marie-Amélie and Hortense.

  • For Japan's new leader, the key to connecting with Trump could be a Ford F-150 truck

    For Japan's new leader, the key to connecting with Trump could be a Ford F-150 truck

    Oct 27, 2025 02:29 PM EST

    ... the president was mid-flight on Saturday. Takaichi stressed her status as a protege of the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a favorite of Trump's from his first term, and said she praised him for brokering the Gaza ceasefire that led to the return of hostages held by Hamas.

  • News Wrap: Investigators say 2 suspects arrested over Louvre jewels theft

    News Wrap: Investigators say 2 suspects arrested over Louvre jewels theft

    Oct 26, 2025 09:45 PM EST

    ... storm related deaths have already been reported in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. In Gaza, Hamas has expanded the search for the remains of dead hostages. Egypt deployed a team of experts and heavy equipment to hunt through rubble the bodies of the remaining 13 hostages, including two Americans. President ...

  • Suspects arrested over theft of crown jewels from the Louvre, prosecutor says

    Suspects arrested over theft of crown jewels from the Louvre, prosecutor says

    Oct 26, 2025 04:09 PM EST

    ... with a total of eight objects, including a sapphire diadem, necklace and single earring from a set linked to 19th-century queens Marie-Amélie and Hortense. They also took an emerald necklace and earrings tied to Empress Marie-Louise, Napoleon Bonaparte’s second wife, as well as a reliquary brooch ...

  • U.N. agencies rush aid into Gaza as Trump starts Asia diplomacy tour

    U.N. agencies rush aid into Gaza as Trump starts Asia diplomacy tour

    Oct 25, 2025 09:50 PM EST

    ... s say, a sentiment of hope. But we need to be cautious. We owe it to the civilian population that are in Gaza now that hostages have been released, the ones that were alive. The fact that you have civilians that have been so dire to get out of two ...

  • China’s Xi launches largest crackdown on country’s Christians in years

    China’s Xi launches largest crackdown on country’s Christians in years

    Oct 25, 2025 09:40 PM EST

    ... law in China that says you can't proselytize to anyone under 18. And so you ultimately realize that is a church that is in hostage. It is not a free church. Nick Schifrin: Xi Jinping is traveling to South Korea next week. He will meet with President Trump during ...

  • Trump departs for Asia where he will meet with China's Xi. Here's what else to expect

    Trump departs for Asia where he will meet with China's Xi. Here's what else to expect

    Oct 25, 2025 08:19 PM EST

    ... things also,” Trump said. The Republican president is using the trip to try to advance his diplomatic bona fides after recently brokering a ceasefire and hostage agreement between Israel and Hamas. During a refueling stop in Qatar on his long-haul flight to Malaysia, Trump met briefly aboard his plane ...