• 'Melania,' Opens With Strong Ticket Sales
  • Russian Drones Kill at Least 12 in Ukraine
  • More winter weather leads to heavy snow, canceled flights
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  • No Quick House Vote to End Partial Shutdown
NATO's Ability to Deter Russia Taken a Hit With Trans-Atlantic Infighting

BRUSSELS (AP) – European allies and Canada are pouring billions of dollars into helping Ukraine, and they have pledged to massively boost their budgets to defend their territories. But despite those efforts, NATO’s credibility as a unified force under U.S. leadership has taken a huge hit over the past year as trust within the 32-nation military organization dissolved.

Iran's Supreme Leader Warns any US Attack Would Spark 'Regional War'

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Iran’s supreme leader warned Sunday that any attack by the United States would spark a “regional war” in the Mideast, further escalating tensions as President Donald Trump has threatened to militarily strike the Islamic Republic over its crackdown on recent nationwide protests.

Trump's failed bid to elevate an Arab American ally shows cracks

WASHINGTON (AP) – When Donald Trump won his comeback campaign, he credited the mayor of a small Detroit suburb with helping him make inroads with Michigan’s Arab American community. As a reward, Trump nominated Amer Ghalib to serve as U.S. ambassador to Kuwait.

India's budget boosts infrastructure spending while vowing fiscal discipline

NEW DELHI (AP) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government presented its annual budget to Parliament on Sunday, focusing on sustaining the country’s economic growth despite volatile financial markets and trade uncertainty.

France's Capgemini to sell subsidiary working with ICE

PARIS (AP) – French company Capgemini announced Sunday it is selling off its subsidiary that provides technology services to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, during global scrutiny of ICE agents’ tactics in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

Undercover investigation of Meta heads to trial in New Mexico in first stand-alone case by state

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – The first stand-alone trial from state prosecutors in a stream of lawsuits against Meta is getting underway in New Mexico, with jury selection starting Monday.

Russian Drones Kill at Least 12 in Ukraine With More talks Next Week

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – A Russian drone strike on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro hit a bus carrying mineworkers and killed at least a dozen people, Ukrainian authorities said Sunday, hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that the next round of peace talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations will take place on Wednesday and Thursday.

Johnson Says no Quick House Vote to End Partial Shutdown

WASHINGTON (AP) – House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday it will be a few days before a government funding package comes up for a vote, all but ensuring the partial federal shutdown will drag into the week as Democrats and Republicans debate reining in the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration enforcement operations.

Iran's Supreme Leader Warns any US Attack Would Spark 'Regional War'

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Iran’s supreme leader warned Sunday that any attack by the United States would spark a “regional war” in the Mideast, further escalating tensions as President Donald Trump has threatened to militarily strike the Islamic Republic over its crackdown on recent nationwide protests.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday a “big investigation” was underway into the killing of protester and ICU nurse Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis. “I want to see the investigation. I’m going to be watching over it, and I want a very honorable and honest investigation. I have to see it myself,” the president said as he left the White House.