The armed suspect who tried to enter a Washington ballroom where President Donald Trump was speaking was likely targeting administration officials, Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche said.
Guests walk away from the Washington Hilton amid a heavy police presence after shots were heard during the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, DC, on April 25
Russia’s Defense Minister Andrey Belousov arrived in North Korea to meet political and military leaders as the two nations deepen strategic ties.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) and Russia's Defence Minister Andrei Belousov (R) attend a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin Wall to mark Defender of the Fatherland Day in Moscow/
Ukrainian drones caused damage to a fertilizer plant owned by PhosAgro PJSC as well as a major oil refinery as Kyiv seeks to thwart Russian commodities exporters which are benefiting from higher prices as a result of the Iran war.
The PhosAgro logo on a protective plastic screen in a control room at at the PhosAgro-Cherepovets fertilizer plant, operated by PhosAgro PJSC, in Cherepovets, Russia, on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. Russia plans to impose a six-month quota on some fertilizer exports to safeguard local supplies and limit costs for farmers after the energy crisis sent nitrogen nutrient prices soaring. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg
Prime Minister Keir Starmer insists he’ll remain in the job and lead the Labour Party into the next general election, even as the controversy over his appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US refuses to die down.
Keir Starmer Photographer: Carl Court/Getty Images
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves will meet executives from the largest UK banks on Wednesday as the ongoing Iran crisis weighs on Britain’s economy, Sky News reported.
UK cabinet ministers emerged to back Keir Starmer as calls for the prime minister to resign over the Peter Mandelson affair grow.
Keir Starmer, UK prime minister, arrives for a leaders meeting at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, France, on Friday, April 17, 2026. Europeans are diverging over how to conduct a mission to secure sea lanes in the Strait of Hormuz.
Russia’s Yaroslavl oil refinery suffered damage after a Ukrainian drone attack overnight, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
TOPSHOT - A Ukrainian serviceman operates a drone during the 'Wild Drones' drone racing competition, which simulates combat conditions, in Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnytsky region on October 5, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by YURIY DYACHYSHYN / AFP via Getty Images) Photographer: YURIY DYACHYSHYN/AFP
The US said Iran’s ability to threaten marine traffic on the Strait of Hormuz has been “degraded” after it took out a facility along the Iranian coastline earlier this week.
Ocado Group Plc is planning to slash a significant number of jobs as the grocery technology firm renews efforts to cut costs, the Times newspaper reported.
A robotic arm picks a product in the On-Grid Robotic Pick section of the Ocado Group Plc distribution centre in Luton, UK, on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. Ocado Group Plc shares surged as JPMorgan Chase & Co. recommended buying the UK grocery-technology stock for the first time in seven years.
Former envoy Peter Mandelson is under pressure to return the money he received as part of his sacking as UK ambassador to the US, as the crisis over his ties to the disgraced pedophile Jeffrey Epstein threatens to engulf Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government.
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham announced his intention to seek Labour Party candidacy for an upcoming by-election, a move that could set him up as a challenger to Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Keir Starmer is coming under growing pressure from senior members of his own Labour Party to allow Andy Burnham to seek a seat in Parliament, potentially opening the UK prime minister up to a leadership challenge.
Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, right, and Andy Burnham, mayor of Manchester, during the launch of the party's general election manifesto in Manchester, UK, on Thursday, June 13, 2024. Labour looks set to reiterate key pledges including a cap on corporation tax at the current rate of 25%, and a commitment not to increase income tax, national insurance or VAT.
Migrants began crossing the English Channel in small boats on Saturday, ending the longest pause in the journeys in seven years, the Press Association reported.
A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to the Border Force compound in Dover, Kent, from a Border Force vessel following a small boat incident in the Channel. Picture date: Saturday December 13, 2025. (Photo by Gareth Fuller/PA Images via Getty Images)
Coca-Cola Co. is holding last-ditch talks with TDR Capital this weekend as its proposed sale of Costa Coffee faces the risk of collapse, the Financial Times reported, citing people with knowledge of the matter.
A barista places a coffee on to a serving tray in a Costa Coffee shop, operated by Whitbread Plc, in London, U.K., on Wednesday, May 2, 2018. Whitbread is betting that its faster-growing Costa Coffee chain will compete more effectively against the likes of Starbucks Corp. once separated from the company's hotel business.
Apollo Global Management placed bets against the loans of several software makers as it grew increasingly bearish on technology firms vulnerable to artificial intelligence, the Financial Times reported.
A photo taken on January 2, 2025 shows the letters AI for Artificial Intelligence on a laptop screen (R) next to the logo of the Chat AI application on a smartphone screen in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images) Photographer: KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP
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