The newly named pro-migrant archbishop of New York called himself an “unworthy servant” during his first Mass in the city after Pope Leo XIV named his fellow Chicago native to replace a conservative cardinal Thursday. In a significant shift for the US Catholic Church, Leo replaced Timothy Dolan, who stepped down after reaching the church’s…
Chinese government says sale ‘severely undermines peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait’ The United States on Wednesday approved $11.1 billion US in arms sales to Taiwan, the largest ever weapons package for the island which is under increasing military pressure from China. The Taiwan arms sale announcement is the second under U.S. President Donald…
The dramatic surge in U.S. military power in the Caribbean since August 2025 — anchored by the arrival of the USS Gerald R. Ford, the deployment of F-35s to Puerto Rico, expanded naval patrols, the buildup of some 15,000 U.S. personnel, and the announcement of a naval blockade of Venezuelan tankers carrying sanctioned oil —…
The House on Wednesday voted to pass a bill that could imprison health care providers for providing gender-affirming care for minors. The bill — titled the “Protect Children’s Innocence Act” and sponsored by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia — would make it a class C felony to treat minors with gender-affirming care like surgeries…
President Donald Trump has expanded a US travel ban, barring nationals of five additional countries and people travelling on Palestinian Authority-issued documents from entering the US. The White House said the restrictions were intended “to protect the security of the United States” and will come into force on 1 January. Full-entry restrictions will be imposed…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is ordering a blockade of all “sanctioned oil tankers” into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on the country’s authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro in a move that seemed designed to put a tighter chokehold on the South American country’s economy. Trump’s escalation comes after U.S. forces last week…
Field Marshal Munir is expected to discuss stabilization force with Trump in coming weeks, with Pakistani participation likely to trigger domestic backlash among Islamists ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan’s most powerful military chief in decades faces the toughest test of his newly amassed powers as Washington pushes Islamabad to contribute troops to the Gaza stabilization force,…
DEC 15 (Reuters) – A federal judicial panel said Monday it would centralize a growing number of lawsuits against Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly alleging patients lost some or all of their eyesight while taking the companies’ blockbuster weight loss drugs before a judge in Pennsylvania. The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, which manages…
AG Bondi says ‘Turtle Island Liberation Front’ was planning ‘series of bombings’ against federal targets in Los Angeles; four arrested in CA, one in New Orleans for separate plot The FBI recently foiled a plot to carry out coordinated bombing attacks on New Year’s Eve across Southern California, US Attorney General Pam Bondi said on…
An Israeli citizen was among the 16 victims of the Bondi Beach terror attack, which also saw one of the gunmen killed and 29 people hospitalised during Hanukkah celebrations. Follow SkyNews.com.au for rolling coverage. Australia has suffered its worst mass shooting since the Port Arthur massacre in 1996, with at least 16 people killed in…