Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney secured a parliamentary majority late on Monday after his Liberal Party won two key by-elections in Toronto. In Toronto, Liberal candidate Danielle Martin won the election for the district of University-Rosedale and Liberal Doly Begum won the district of Scarborough Southwest.
Benin's Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni has won Sunday's presidential election in a landslide victory with 94% of the vote. That's according to preliminary results based on more than 90% of counted votes, the electoral commission, CENA, said on Monday.
US immigration officers on Monday have detained a former Brazilian intelligence chief who fled to the United States after being convicted for his role in a coup plot.
A federal judge has tossed out US President Donald Trump's $10 billion (€8.5 billion) defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and its owners, which include Rupert Murdoch. In his ruling, Judge Darrin P. Gayles said Trump hadn't come close to meeting the "actual malice" threshold that public figures must clear in defamation cases.
US President Donald Trump on Monday deleted his own social media post where he portrayed himself as a Jesus-like figure.
A computer workstation bears the National Security Agency logo inside the Threat Operations Center in the Washington suburb of Fort Meade, Md. Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images A key tool of the U.S. spy community will expire this month without action from Congress.
"The things I say are not meant as attacks on anyone," Pope Leo XIVsaid on Monday as he flew to Algiers for a four-day African tour. "I am not a politician.
Voters in Peru headed to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president and members of Congress. Sunday's election took place amid a spike in violent crime and corruption, and there was currently no clear favorite candidate among disgruntled voters.
Hungarian voters turned out in force on Sunday to deliver a landslide victory to pro-European candidate Peter Magyar, who has pledged to turn the country away from its far-right, authoritarian course under Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
Polling stations closed in Benin as people in the West African nation voted for a new president on Sunday, with Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni expected to coast to victory.
Observers film Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents as they hold a perimeter after one of their vehicles got a flat tire on Penn Avenue in Minneapolis on Feb. 5.
The Pentagon is seen from an airplane, Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in Washington. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP hide caption toggle caption Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP WASHINGTON — The U.S.