"I am not afraid, I am not afraid, I will fight for liberation, 'cause I know why I was made." A choir of 20 people of all ages is standing in a half-circle, with one in the middle conducting. What sounds like a contemplative choir rehearsal has a serious cause. They hold signs that read "No sleep for ICE" and "Hilton stop housing ICE."
France's former minister of culture, Jack Lang, on Saturday announced his resignation from a prestigious cultural center in Paris. Lang headed up the Arab World Institute (IMA) and became the focus of a French investigation, following the recent release of millions of files related to the late convicted sex offender and US financier, Jeffrey Epstein.
Alberto Castañeda Mondragón poses for a portrait at an apartment on Feb. 4, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth leaves an oath of enlistment ceremony, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, held on the base of the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C.
US President Donald Trump shared a video on his Truth Social platform that contained racist depictions of former-President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle. The video was shared on Trump's account during a late-night flurry of social media activity on Thursday.
Norway's crown princess Mette-Marit has apologized to everyone she has "disappointed" over her ties to the late billionaire and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In a statement published by the Royal Family on Friday, the crown princess said she was sorry "for the situation I have put the Royal Family in, especially the King and Queen."
Thailand heads to the polls on February 8 amid a prolonged period of political instability. Since the last election some three years ago, the winning party has been dissolved and two prime ministers have been removed from office.
US President Donald Trump on Thursday called for a new nuclear treaty instead of extending the caps on nuclear weapons deployments with Russia.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday sought to assuage public criticism of his December 2024 decision to make Peter Mandelson his US ambassador, given the Labour politician's already-known ties to deceased financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
It's unlikely centuries of precedent would be overturned to nationalize US elections process, despite calls from Donald Trump, experts say. The US president made repeated comments this week that the Republican Party — which holds slender majorities in both houses of the US Congress — should "do something" about how elections are run in the US.
Ministers in Germany and France shot back at US President Donald Trump for his comments claiming that the US had "never needed" its European NATO allies — despite it being the only NATO member in history to invoke the mutual defense clause Article 5 — and alleging that non-US troops in Afghanistan had "stayed a little back" from the
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