Watch: Crowds gather in Istanbul for sixth day of protests Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has blamed opposition political parties for provoking a “movement of violence”, as protests in the country continue for a sixth night. Unrest began in Istanbul last Wednesday when the city’s mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, Erdogan’s main presidential rival, was detained on…
Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, remained defiant in the face of continuing criticism and growing calls to resign more than a week after he cleared the way for a Republican spending bill without negotiating any major concessions. “I’m not stepping down,” he said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet The Press.”…
Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday labeled a recent spate of attacks on Tesla dealerships across the country as acts of “domestic terrorism” directed at Elon Musk, as Trump allies have pressured the Justice Department to take aggressive action. In recent weeks, vandals in apparent protest of Mr. Musk’s polarizing efforts to drastically shrink the…
Elon Musk speaks as one of his young sons and President Donald Trump listen in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., Feb. 11, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump shared his intent to purchase a Tesla on Tuesday to support Elon Musk as the electric vehicle maker’s sales and…
Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi speaks during the 2023 Munich Security Conference in Germany on February 18, 2023. Johannes Simon | Getty Images News | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi struck a more conciliatory tone on U.S. relations during a high-profile press conference on Friday, in contrast…
President Trump has launched a fresh attack on Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, calling him a “dictator” and saying he has done a “terrible job”. His latest salvo came after Zelensky, reacting to US-Russia talks in Saudi Arabia from which Kyiv was excluded, said the US president was “living in a disinformation space” governed by Moscow….
Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump’s former White House chief strategist, has renewed his feud with Elon Musk, the richest man in the world and a top Trump adviser, calling him a “parasitic illegal immigrant” in an interview published online on Tuesday. Mr. Bannon made the comments in an interview with UnHerd, a British news site,…
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for the creation of an “army of Europe” to guard against Russia as he suggested the US may no longer come to the continent’s aid. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, he also said that Ukraine would “never accept deals made behind our backs without our involvement” after US…
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s president, during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for the creation of a European army to boost the continent’s defenses as he warned that Russia was “not preparing for dialogue” to advance possible credible peace…
Venezuela has accused the US of “brazen theft” after seizing one of its government aircraft in the Dominican Republic. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio oversaw the seizure of the plane on Thursday – the second Venezuelan plane the US has confiscated in the Caribbean country in less than a year. US authorities said there…
