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Pope Leo XIV will return to the Vatican on Saturday after doctors cleared him following successful lung cancer surgery at Rome's Gemelli hospital.

Katie Zacharia is out as Trump’s press secretary after less than a week, following a mocked briefing, false lawyer claims and remarks about China

Trump waives Russia sanctions and tariffs under the Lindsey Graham Act, which allowed duties of up to 100 percent on major buyers of Russian oil and gas

Press secretary Katie Zacharia admitted she failed the bar exam, but says she can still call herself a lawyer. Here is what she told Fox News and others.

China told White House press secretary Katie Zacharia to visit ‘more often’ after she said the country lacked ‘proper toilets’ in an interview

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged Lebanon’s president to retain 500kg of intercepted explosives linked to Hezbollah, prosecute those responsible and establish military coordination channels with Israel

A 16-year-old shooter killed three children and a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, before being shot dead by an armed community member, leaving two others critically wounded and prompting renewed calls for federal gun control

The US is weighing the ‘Mother of All Bombs’ against Iranian energy and nuclear sites if Trump renews combat, CNN reports

US President Donald Trump offered warm wishes to Pope Leo XIV following surgery in Rome to remove a cancerous lung tumor

Government watchdog Campaign for Accountability filed a complaint with the State Bar of California requesting an investigation into whether newly appointed White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia unlawfully presented herself as a licensed attorney

US regulators say the bank failed to report more than USD 5 billion in suspicious transactions on time, while the penalty will cut third-quarter net income by about 17 cents a share

US President Donald Trump accused Yemen's Houthis of orchestrating cross-border attacks on Saudi Arabia at Iran's behest to deliberately inflate global energy prices ahead of November's midterm elections

US envoys told Ukraine the Russian diesel deal could “soften” Moscow’s stance and restart talks, three sources told Reuters after a Miami meeting

Donald Trump rejected assertions by domestic critics that China and Russia are aiding Tehran in the ongoing Middle East conflict, arguing that both powers would face severe consequences if they intervened

US House Speaker Mike Johnson expressed serious reservations regarding Pentagon plans to livestream the upcoming firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan

Senior Houthi officials threatened immediate retaliatory strikes against US regional interests if Washington joins Saudi military operations in Yemen

Federal agents searched Ilhan Omar's home in Washington on Monday as part of a criminal investigation, three weeks before she seeks re-election in the midterms.

Iran is reviewing the US response to its Strait of Hormuz proposal and will reply via intermediaries, spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday

Iran says the US response to its seven conditions to reopen the Strait of Hormuz was ‘insufficient’, as Tehran demands clarity on unresolved points

NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Alexus Grynkewich delivered a direct warning to Moscow at the Warsaw Security Forum on Monday, unveiling a new "Theory of Victory" strategy integrating artificial intelligence, autonomous drone networks, and rapid eastern flank response capabilities to counter Russian hybrid threats