Iraqi forces and Shi'ite militiamen say they are moving into positions around Tikrit for a push on Islamic State. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
Popular fruits and vegetables have traces of pesticides that could be harmful to health, Consumer Reports warns. The list includes blueberries and bell peppers.
Israel had promised to respond to an Iranian barrage of more than 300 drones and missiles fired over the weekend.
South Korea's government is expected to announce on Friday it is willing to adjust plans to raise medical school admissions in a bid to end a walkout by junior doctors and in the wake of the ruling party's crushing election defeat, media reports said. The country's healthcare system is under pressure due to a prolonged stalemate between the government and doctors over plans to boost medical school admissions by 2,000 from 3,000 starting in 2025. On Thursday, some medical school deans suggested scaling back the increase by up to half and allowing universities flexibility to determine their quotas, as a potential way to reach a compromise.
India began voting Friday in a six-week election with an all but assured victory for Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as a weakened opposition is pushed to the sidelines."I urge all those voting... to exercise their franchise in record numbers," he wrote in a social media post on X as the election began.
After seven years of investigations, crew members from migrant rescue ships accused by Italy of helping human traffickers in the Mediterranean hope to finally clear their names Friday.They were accused of coordinating their search-and-rescue actions with human traffickers off Libya, returning dinghies and boats to them to be reused, and of rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean whose lives were not in danger.
San Francisco restaurant owner Eiad Eltawil says he's on a 30-day hunger strike to protest a new bike lane he says is putting people out of business.
Jury selection in Donald Trump’s hush money business fraud case began Thursday looking like the task of finding 12 jurors had run aground.
Police arrested more than 100 pro-Palestinian student protesters at New York's Columbia University Thursday, a day after the president of the prestigious school was grilled in Congress over accusations of anti-Semitism on campus. Universities have become the focus of intense cultural debate in the United States since the October 7 Hamas attack and Israel's responding bombardment of Gaza, as many students' pro-Palestinian sentiments drew accusations of anti-Semitism.
Polls will open Friday for the first phase of India’s marathon general election, kicking off a vote in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking to win a rare third consecutive term.
At least 30 people were detained by New York Police Department officers, CNN witnessed, as police entered Columbia University on Thursday to disperse a pro-Palestinian protest that began a day earlier as the university’s president testified before a House committee about the school’s response to antisemitism.
Google will combine the software division responsible for Android mobile software and the Chrome browser with the hardware division known for Pixel smartphones and Fitbit wearables, the company said Thursday. In a letter to employees, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the changes will “turbocharge the Android and Chrome ecosystems” while helping to spur innovation.
Opinion polls predict an easy win for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),which would give him a record-equalling third straight term. Here are some of the key issues in the elections to 543seats in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of parliament, that willbe held in seven phases between April 19 and June 1, with votecounting on June 4. India's economy is expected to have grown by about 8% in thelast fiscal year ended March 31, the fastest among majorcountries.
Iran fired air defense batteries early Friday morning after reports of explosions near a major airbase at the city of Isfahan, the state-run IRNA news agency reported. IRNA said the defenses fired across several provinces. In particular, IRNA said air defenses fired at a major airbase in Isfahan, which long has been home to Iran's fleet of American-made F-14 Tomcats — purchased before the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
After eight years of being a mom, I've decided that there is no such thing as a "good" goody bag.
The Gulf Arab nation of Qatar, a key mediator in talks aimed at striking a hostage and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, is reconsidering its role as it pushes back against criticism of its ties to the Palestinian militant group.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday spoke with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant to discuss Iran's actions in the Middle East, other regional threats and aid into Gaza, the Pentagon said in a statement. Austin discussed "the importance of increasing and sustaining" the flow of humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza, including via a new route from Ashdod Port in Israel, the Pentagon said.
Startled by nighttime pounding on his door, American political strategist Rick Wilson walked out in his underwear to find policemen with guns drawn."It's hard to have dozens of cops around the house with AR-15s banging on the door at three in the morning," said Wilson, a former Republican strategist and co-founder of the Lincoln Project.
Over 100 people were arrested and issued summonses for trespass — including Rep.
The Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association conference in Las Vegas drew felons, disgraced politicians, election deniers and conspiracy theorists.
Millions of Indians began voting Friday in a six-week election that's a referendum on Narendra Modi, the populist prime minister who has championed an assertive brand of Hindu nationalist politics and is seeking a rare third term as the country's leader. Prime Minister Modi urged people to vote in record numbers. This election is seen as one of the most consequential in India’s history and will test the limits of Modi's political dominance.
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