Tag: politics
Lebanon's former central bank governor detained in corruption probe
BEIRUT -- Lebanon's controversial former central bank governor was detained Tuesday after being questioned in several corruption cases, according to three judicial officials....
Israel-Hamas war latest: Israeli military says Hamas militant in widely viewed Oct 7 video is killed
The Israeli military says it has killed a Hamas militant who appeared in a widely viewed video from Oct. 7, where he was...
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen aims for gender parity in commissioner posts. But it's raining men
BRUSSELS -- At first glance, the European Union may seem like a paragon of gender equality — what with Ursula von der Leyen...
A decision on a major policy shift on marijuana won't come until after the presidential election
WASHINGTON -- A decision on whether to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in the U.S. won't come until after the November...
UK says it's suspending some arms exports to Israel over the risk of breaking international law
LONDON -- U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government said Monday that it's suspending exports of some weapons to Israel because they could be...
Federal workers around nation's capital worry over Trump's plans to send some of them elsewhere
WASHINGTON -- Worries of being uprooted from their jobs have returned for Laura Dodson and other federal workers, who have long been the...