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UK Judge Dapo Akande Elected to International Court of JusticeWorld

UK Judge Dapo Akande Elected to International Court of Justice

By Basant El-Faramawy British-Nigerian legal scholar Professor Dapo Akande has been elected to the Internation...

Delhi Air Quality Worsens to 'Very Poor' Ahead of Diwali FestivalWorld

Delhi Air Quality Worsens to 'Very Poor' Ahead of Diwali Festival

By Ahmed Abdelsalam Delhi's air quality index has surged past 300, entering the "very poor" category as winter...

Democrat Jon Rosenthal Wins Texas Railroad Commissioner RaceWorld

Democrat Jon Rosenthal Wins Texas Railroad Commissioner Race

By Karim Hammam Democratic state Rep. Jon Rosenthal has won the election for Texas railroad commissioner, defe...

UK may issue formal slavery apology, Miliband says no cost to taxpayersWorld

UK may issue formal slavery apology, Miliband says no cost to taxpayers

By Islam El-Sakka The United Kingdom is considering a formal apology for its historical involvement in slavery...

Abdul El-Sayed Wins Michigan Senate, Becomes First Muslim US SenatorWorld

Abdul El-Sayed Wins Michigan Senate, Becomes First Muslim US Senator

By Islam El-Sakka Progressive Democrat Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan’s U.S. Senate race, defeating Republica...

Democrats Secure Congress Majority in 2026 MidtermsWorld

Democrats Secure Congress Majority in 2026 Midterms

By Fatma Younis Democrats swept key US midterm races on November 4, 2026, flipping long-held Republican seats ...

Democrat Troy Jackson Unseats Senator Susan Collins in Maine Senate RaceWorld

Democrat Troy Jackson Unseats Senator Susan Collins in Maine Senate Race

By Islam El-Sakka Democrat Troy Jackson has defeated Republican incumbent Susan Collins in Maine's Senate race...

Palestinians Return to Ruined Hebron Homes After Israeli SiegeWorld

Palestinians Return to Ruined Hebron Homes After Israeli Siege

By Basant El-Faramawy Palestinians returned to ruined homes in Hebron following a 10-day Israeli siege....

Democrat Troy Jackson Unseats Susan Collins in Maine Senate RaceWorld

Democrat Troy Jackson Unseats Susan Collins in Maine Senate Race

By Salma El-Sakka Democrat Troy Jackson has unseated Republican Senator Susan Collins in Maine, according to e...

Chris Pappas becomes first openly gay US senator, thanks husbandWorld

Chris Pappas becomes first openly gay US senator, thanks husband

By Fatma Younis Democrat Chris Pappas won New Hampshire’s U.S. Senate race on Tuesday, becoming the first open...

Democrat Troy Jackson Unseats Susan Collins in Maine Senate RaceWorld

Democrat Troy Jackson Unseats Susan Collins in Maine Senate Race

By Islam El-Sakka Democrat Troy Jackson defeated Republican Senator Susan Collins in Maine's Senate race....

GOP Sen. Pete Ricketts Wins Nebraska Senate RaceWorld

GOP Sen. Pete Ricketts Wins Nebraska Senate Race

By Sohaib Shams Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts has won re-election in Nebraska, defeating independent candidate...

South Africans Vote in Local Elections Seen as Test for ANCWorld

South Africans Vote in Local Elections Seen as Test for ANC

By Fatma Younis South Africans are voting in local elections widely viewed as a critical test for the embattle...

Nancy Mace's Explosive Reaction to Midterm Election DefeatWorld

Nancy Mace's Explosive Reaction to Midterm Election Defeat

By Karim Hammam Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace delivered a blunt, profane reaction live on air after lear...

Global Demand for Air Traffic Controllers SurgesWorld

Global Demand for Air Traffic Controllers Surges

By Islam El-Sakka Air traffic controllers are experiencing unprecedented global demand, with professionals bei...

China Claims 32kg Shell Found in Papua New Guinea Is Wine BottleWorld

China Claims 32kg Shell Found in Papua New Guinea Is Wine Bottle

By Salma El-Sakka China has stated that a 32-kilogram object resembling an artillery shell discovered in Papua...

North Korea Fires Multiple Missiles Off East CoastWorld

North Korea Fires Multiple Missiles Off East Coast

By Fatma Younis North Korea launched multiple missiles toward the waters off its east coast, South Korea’s mil...

Trump Mocked as Lame Duck After Midterm DefeatWorld

Trump Mocked as Lame Duck After Midterm Defeat

By Basant El-Faramawy Donald Trump faced a crushing defeat in the 2026 midterm elections, prompting his spokes...

Chiang Mai Airport Cuts Hours for Lantern FestivalWorld

Chiang Mai Airport Cuts Hours for Lantern Festival

By Karim Hammam Chiang Mai International Airport in northern Thailand will sharply reduce its operating hours ...

Texas Democrat James Talarico Wins Senate Seat in 2026 MidtermsWorld

Texas Democrat James Talarico Wins Senate Seat in 2026 Midterms

By Islam El-Sakka Texas Democrat James Talarico won a Senate seat in the 2026 U.S. midterm elections, declarin...

El Niño and Polar Vortex May Bring More Snow to UK This WinterWorld

El Niño and Polar Vortex May Bring More Snow to UK This Winter

By Basant El-Faramawy Forecasters warn that a disruption of the stratospheric polar vortex, potentially amplif...

Democrats Win House and Senate in 2026; Jeffries First Black SpeakerWorld

Democrats Win House and Senate in 2026; Jeffries First Black Speaker

By Islam El-Sakka Democrats have won control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate in the 2026 m...

Indonesian President Sacks Chief of Staff Over Wiretapping AllegationsWorld

Indonesian President Sacks Chief of Staff Over Wiretapping Allegations

By Basant El-Faramawy Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto dismissed his chief of staff, Listyo Sigit Prabowo...

Abdul El-Sayed Taunts Trump, Vance in Historic Senate Victory SpeechWorld

Abdul El-Sayed Taunts Trump, Vance in Historic Senate Victory Speech

By Ahmed Abdelsalam Democrat Abdul El-Sayed won Michigan’s open U.S. Senate race on Wednesday, becoming the fi...

Trump Suffers Major Defeat in 2026 Midterms as Democrats Flip CongressWorld

Trump Suffers Major Defeat in 2026 Midterms as Democrats Flip Congress

By Basant El-Faramawy President Donald Trump's Republican Party suffered a crushing defeat in Tuesday's 2026 m...

Indonesia Deploys 20,000 Troops to Jakarta After Generals' ArrestWorld

Indonesia Deploys 20,000 Troops to Jakarta After Generals' Arrest

By Sohaib Shams Indonesia's military is deploying more than 20,000 troops and personnel to Jakarta as authorit...

Spanish Transport Minister Resigns After Deadly Train CrashWorld

Spanish Transport Minister Resigns After Deadly Train Crash

By Sohaib Shams Spain's transport minister has resigned following a train crash that killed 69 people, accordi...

Democrats Win House and Senate in 2026 Midterms, Trump Threatens VetoWorld

Democrats Win House and Senate in 2026 Midterms, Trump Threatens Veto

By Fatma Younis Democrats have secured control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate in the 2026...

Trump's Midterm Strategy Fails as Democrats Sweep CongressWorld

Trump's Midterm Strategy Fails as Democrats Sweep Congress

By Basant El-Faramawy President Donald Trump's repeated urging for voters to "pretend I'm on the ballot" backf...

Democrat Troy Jackson wins Maine US Senate seat in blow to RepublicansWorld

Democrat Troy Jackson wins Maine US Senate seat in blow to Republicans

By Salma El-Sakka Democrat Troy Jackson has won the United States Senate seat for Maine, delivering a setback ...

Democrats Projected to Win Both Chambers in 2026 Midterms, Repudiating TrumpWorld

Democrats Projected to Win Both Chambers in 2026 Midterms, Repudiating Trump

By Sohaib Shams Americans delivered a resounding rebuke to President Donald Trump in Tuesday's midterm electio...

Abdul El-Sayed Wins Michigan Senate Seat, Defeats Mike RogersWorld

Abdul El-Sayed Wins Michigan Senate Seat, Defeats Mike Rogers

By Islam El-Sakka Democrat Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan's highly contested U.S. Senate race, defeating Repu...

Villa Vie Odyssey Departs Cambodia Without PassengersWorld

Villa Vie Odyssey Departs Cambodia Without Passengers

By Ahmed Abdelsalam The Villa Vie Odyssey cruise liner has departed Cambodia without any passengers on board a...

Abdul El-Sayed Wins Michigan Senate SeatWorld

Abdul El-Sayed Wins Michigan Senate Seat

By Salma El-Sakka Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan's Senate seat, becoming the nation's first Muslim senator, a...

Democrats Win Congress Control in 2026 MidtermsWorld

Democrats Win Congress Control in 2026 Midterms

By Salma El-Sakka Democrats seized control of both the Senate and the House of Representatives in the 2026 U.S...

Amy Acton Makes History in Ohio; Speaker Johnson Attacks MarxismWorld

Amy Acton Makes History in Ohio; Speaker Johnson Attacks Marxism

By Salma El-Sakka Democrat Amy Acton has made history in Ohio, prompting a sharp response from U.S. House Spea...

China Claims Artillery Shell Found in Papua New Guinea Is Wine BottleWorld

China Claims Artillery Shell Found in Papua New Guinea Is Wine Bottle

By Karim Hammam China has dismissed a suspected artillery shell discovered in Papua New Guinea as a harmless “...

Katie Miller Blames Busy Moms for GOP Midterm LossesWorld

Katie Miller Blames Busy Moms for GOP Midterm Losses

By Basant El-Faramawy Katie Miller, wife of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, blamed mothers b...

Iran says US midterm results reject Trump's Middle East warWorld

Iran says US midterm results reject Trump's Middle East war

By Basant El-Faramawy Iran has led international reactions to the Republican Party's projected defeat in the U...

IRGC Claims Four Tankers Destroyed by Mines in Strait of HormuzWorld

IRGC Claims Four Tankers Destroyed by Mines in Strait of Hormuz

By Karim Hammam Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Wednesday that four oil tankers were d...

Republicans Lose Ground With Hispanic, Young Voters in 2026 MidtermsWorld

Republicans Lose Ground With Hispanic, Young Voters in 2026 Midterms

By Fatma Younis Republicans lost significant support among Hispanic voters and voters under 30 in Tuesday's mi...

China Calls Suspected Shell in Papua New Guinea a Wine BottleWorld

China Calls Suspected Shell in Papua New Guinea a Wine Bottle

By Fatma Younis Chinese authorities have rejected reports that a suspected artillery shell found in a shipping...

Texas Democrats Talarico, Hinojosa Win in 2026 MidtermsWorld

Texas Democrats Talarico, Hinojosa Win in 2026 Midterms

By Basant El-Faramawy Texas Democrats James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa secured victories in the 2026 midterm e...

Australia Argues Social Media Ban Protects Children's Brains in CourtWorld

Australia Argues Social Media Ban Protects Children's Brains in Court

By Karim Hammam Australia's government defended its world-first ban on children under 16 holding social media ...

Elon Musk breaks silence after Texas Senate race defeatWorld

Elon Musk breaks silence after Texas Senate race defeat

By Basant El-Faramawy Elon Musk has broken his silence after his $300 million effort to keep Texas’ Republican...

Democrats Win House and Senate in 2026 Midterms, Trump Blames CandidatesWorld

Democrats Win House and Senate in 2026 Midterms, Trump Blames Candidates

By Karim Hammam Democrats are projected to reclaim control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate...

Keisha Lance Bottoms Elected Georgia's First Black GovernorWorld

Keisha Lance Bottoms Elected Georgia's First Black Governor

By Sohaib Shams Keisha Lance Bottoms has won the Georgia gubernatorial race, becoming the state's first Black ...

Israel Election Commission Finds No Fraud in Last Week's VoteWorld

Israel Election Commission Finds No Fraud in Last Week's Vote

By Fatma Younis Israel’s central election commission said Wednesday it found no evidence of fraud in last week...

Max Miller Ousted from Congress After Domestic Abuse ClaimsWorld

Max Miller Ousted from Congress After Domestic Abuse Claims

By Basant El-Faramawy Ohio Republican Representative Max Miller lost his bid for re-election to Democrat Brian...

MAGA Influencers React Online to Democratic Midterm GainsWorld

MAGA Influencers React Online to Democratic Midterm Gains

By Basant El-Faramawy Pro-Trump social media personalities expressed shock and frustration online following De...