2+ hour, 15+ min ago  (366+ words) President Trump said on Thursday evening that US forces carried out airstrikes on Islamic State targets in northwestern Nigeria, framing the operation as a response to attacks on Christians. In a Truth Social post, Trump said he ordered a "powerful…...

7+ hour, 11+ min ago  (251+ words) A statement from the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office said police were tipped off that the extremist group had called for action " particularly against non-Muslims " during the celebrations. The office had issued warrants for 137 suspects, of whom 115 were detained. Officers…...

7+ hour, 53+ min ago  (218+ words) In this undated photo provided Thursday by the North Korean government, Kim Jong Un inspects a nuclear-powered submarine under construction at an undisclosed location in North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this…...

8+ hour, 53+ min ago  (506+ words) Suze Lopez holds her baby boy and marvels at the remarkable way he came into the world. Before little Ryu was born, the AP reports that he developed outside his mom's womb, hidden by a basketball-sized ovarian cyst'a dangerous situation…...

10+ hour, 50+ min ago  (297+ words) Istanbul police launched scores of simultaneous raids on Thursday, detaining over a hundred suspected members of the militant Islamic State group who authorities said were planning attacks against Christmas and New Year's celebrations, authorities said. A statement from the Istanbul…...

11+ hour, 20+ min ago  (165+ words) A federal planning panel will hold its first public session next month on President Trump's fast-moving White House ballroom project, after a court order forced the administration to seek outside review. The National Capital Planning Commission has tentatively scheduled an…...

11+ hour, 50+ min ago  (498+ words) Israeli politics is quickly reorganizing around a new fault line: who gets to investigate the failures that led to Oct. 7. With the Gaza war paused and most hostages now back, the debate has shifted from battlefield decisions to accountability at…...

12+ hour, 24+ min ago  (187+ words) President Trump used his Christmas greeting this year to again attack his political opponents, delivering a message that was heavier on his customary political talking points than it was peace on Earth. In a post Wednesday on X, the president…...

12+ hour, 54+ min ago  (329+ words) The name may not be of the household variety, but even casual watchers of sitcoms going back to the 1990s have likely encountered actor Pat Finn. The 60-year-old has died after a recurrence of bladder cancer, reports People . A representative confirmed…...

12+ hour, 54+ min ago  (319+ words) A court in Russia on Thursday convicted a pro-war activist and critic of President Vladimir Putin of justifying terrorism and sentenced him to six years in prison. Sergei Udaltsov, the leader of the Left Front movement that opposes Putin and…...