Wednesday, November 11th, 2026
Republicans block impeachment push against Pete Hegseth
Hegseth calls effort to impeach him ‘a political spectacle’ U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth called the articles of impeachment introduced against him a farce and a stunt at a news conference Tuesday morning. Representative Thomas Massie, a Republican, introduced eight articles of impeachment against him on Monday, largely focusing on the war in Iran. Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives closed ranks on Tuesday to block an effort to impeach Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. The impeachment attempt was spearheaded by Republican Congressman Thomas Massie, who was seekingRead more
3 charged in U.S. with planning terror attacks, including alleged planned assault on British airbase
A B1 bomber prepares to take off as police officers guard a checkpoint near RAF Fairford air base in Fairford, England, on Sept. 29. (Alastair Grant/The Associated Press) Three men, including one already jailed in the United States, were accused by U.S. authorities Tuesday of being Iran-supported operatives who plotted nearly 20 attacks on Jewish communities in Europe and the U.S. as well as a planned assault on a British airbase used by the U.S. Air Force. Charges against Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, a dual Iranian-Iraqi national; Mohsen Mohajeri,Read more
Spain’s king and queen attend memorial service for rail crash victims
Getty Images Spain’s King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia were greeted by bishops as they arrived at the funeral mass on Tuesday Spain’s King Felipe and Queen Letizia were among those who have attended a memorial service in tribute to the 69 victims of last month’s deadly train crash. The accident occurred when one train, travelling at high speed, ploughed into the back of another that was stationary on the Madrid-Seville line, near the small town of Urda, about 40 miles from Toledo. It was the worst rail tragedy inRead more
First day of Ukraine peace talks constructive, Zelensky says
Getty Images Senior officials from Ukraine, Russia and the US will reconvene for a second day of talks on Wednesday The first of two days of trilateral talks between Ukraine, Russia and the US aimed at ending the war in Ukraine has concluded in Abu Dhabi. While senior officials from Kyiv and Moscow were tight-lipped after the four hour-long discussions, President Volodymyr Zelensky, who was not at the talks, said they had proved “constructive and quite substantive”. Speaking from Paris, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio also said the meetingRead more