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Ghislaine Maxwell declined to answer questions on Jeffrey Epstein from a House committee, citing 5th Amendment rights

10:28 AM on Monday, February 9

Ghislaine Maxwell declined to answer questions on Jeffrey Epstein from a House committee, citing 5th Amendment rights

Smith Currie Oles Promotes Four Attorneys to Partner

10:18 AM on Monday, February 9

Leader of Scotland’s Labour Party calls on Keir Starmer to resign, piling pressure on embattled British prime minister

9:38 AM on Monday, February 9

Leader of Scotland’s Labour Party calls on Keir Starmer to resign, piling pressure on embattled British prime minister

FILE - This photo combination shows, from left, Wes Streeting in Liverpool, Sept. 30, 2025, Angela Rayner in Shoreditch, London, June 5, 2025, Andy Burnham in Liverpool, Sept. 29, 2025, Shabana Mahmood in Liverpool, Sept. 29, 2025 and Ed Miliband in Hamburg, Germany, Jan. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Jon Super, Kirsty Wigglesworth, Martin Meissner, File)

What to know about who could succeed Keir Starmer as UK prime minister

9:28 AM on Monday, February 9

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces a leadership crisis over his appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the U.S. The release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein suggests damaging details about Mandelson, putting Starmer's position at risk

Babies are among 53 dead or missing after a migrant boat sinks off Libya, UN says

6:15 AM on Monday, February 9

The U.N. migration agency says a shipwreck off Libya's coast has left at least 53 Europe-bound migrants dead or missing

Iraq executes a former senior officer under Saddam for the 1980 killing of a Shiite cleric

5:40 AM on Monday, February 9

Iraq says a high-level officer during Saddam Hussein's rule has been hanged for his involvement in the 1980 killing of a prominent Shiite cleric

FILE - Norway's Ambassador to the United Nations Mona Juul address a U.N. Security Council meeting on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Friday Feb. 25, 2022 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Norwegian ambassador resigns as she faces scrutiny over contacts with Epstein

5:13 AM on Monday, February 9

A Norwegian ambassador who was involved in Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts in the 1990s and most recently served in Jordan has resigned as she faces scrutiny over her contacts with Jeffrey Epstein, the country’s Foreign Ministry says

FILE - Jimmy Lai walks through Stanley prison in Hong Kong, July 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte, File)

Hong Kong ex-publisher Jimmy Lai's sentence raises international outcry as China defends it

3:58 AM on Monday, February 9

The sentencing of Hong Kong’s onetime media magnate and democracy advocate Jimmy Lai is raising an outcry from international governments and rights groups

FILE - Ebrahim Asgharzadeh, one of the Iranian student leaders of the 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover, speaks in an interview with The Associated Press in Tehran, Iran, on Oct. 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Crackdown on dissent after nationwide protests in Iran widens to ensnare reformist figures

2:40 AM on Monday, February 9

Iranian security forces have launched a campaign to arrest figures within the country's reformist movement

Sanae Takaichi, center, Japan's prime minister and president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), puts pins marking the names of candidates who won lower house elections, at the LDP headquarters Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026 in Tokyo, (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool Photo via AP)

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi looks to translate her election gains into a new conservative shift

12:16 AM on Monday, February 9

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s governing party has secured a two-thirds supermajority in a parliamentary election

FILE - Work progresses on a new migrant detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility in the Florida Everglades, on July 4, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Migrants languish in US detention centers facing dire conditions and prolonged waits

12:06 AM on Monday, February 9

Prolonged detention has become more common in President Donald Trump’s second term, at least partly because a new policy generally prohibits immigration judges from releasing detainees while their deportation cases wind through backlogged courts

A man walks past a gas station that has run out of fuel, located near the U.S embassy, pictured in the background, in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Nicaraguan government blocks key pathway used by Cuban migrants to reach United States

4:50 PM on Sunday, February 8

Nicaragua's government blocks Cuban citizens from entering without a visa, cutting off a key migration route to the U.S. The government confirmed this change on Sunday, suspending an exemption that allowed Cubans to enter visa-free

Center-left Socialist candidate António José Seguro celebrates after defeating far-right populist André Ventura in the second round of Portugal's presidential election in Lisbon, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida)

Moderate candidate wins emphatically over a populist in Portugal's presidential runoff

12:05 AM on Sunday, February 8

Center-left Socialist candidate António José Seguro has won Portugal’s presidential runoff election against hard-right populist André Ventura

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer talks with members of the audience after delivering a speech at Horntye Park Sports Complex in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. (Peter Nicholls/Pool Photo via AP)

How Keir Starmer could be replaced as UK leader if Epstein fallout brings him down

9:53 AM on Friday, February 6

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing a battle to stay in post as he comes under heavy criticism for his decision in 2024 to appoint veteran Labour politician Peter Mandelson as the U.K. ambassador to the U.S. despite his ties to Jeffrey Epstein

Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent speaks during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

On Capitol Hill, Treasury Secretary Bessent’s testimony descends into insults and shouting matches

8:53 PM on Wednesday, February 4

A hearing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent turned chaotic Wednesday as Democratic lawmakers clashed with him over fiscal policy and Trump family conflicts

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