House enters third week without speaker as nine Republicans vie for gavel
As the House enters its third week without a speaker, nearly a dozen Republicans are vying to earn the support of their conference to wield the gavel, throwing the chamber into even more uncertainty.
2023-10-23 18:26
Chaos in House GOP intensifies with Scalise's speakership bid in peril
The House Republican Party is sliding even deeper into disarray as it feuds over its next speaker, apparently oblivious to the picture of US government dysfunction it is sending at a moment of worsening global crises.
2023-10-12 12:57
Hamas hostages: Who are the people taken from Israel?
From elderly grandparents to young children, these are the people known to have been taken captive.
2023-10-10 23:55
Hamas hostages: 'The terrorists have her and her babies'
Yossi Sneider says his cousin and her two children were taken from their home in southern Israel.
2023-10-10 20:48
Israel-Gaza attacks: Vigil for victims held at Downing Street
Some held up pictures of those taken hostage or killed, some lit candles, while others stood in tears.
2023-10-10 05:54
'Isis level savagery' by Hamas killed 11 Americans, says US
A senior US defence official says savage assault by Hamas on Israel was unprecedented in scale.
2023-10-10 05:29
Why did it take Israel so long to deal with Hamas's attack from Gaza?
It took two full days for Israel to clear Hamas fighters from its land - and some are asking why.
2023-10-10 00:52
US moves battleships closer to Israel after Hamas attack
President Biden condemns the "unprecedented and appalling assault" as US sends military aid.
2023-10-09 04:55
Biden finds GOP's chaos a helpful contrast but an unwelcome distraction
President Joe Biden on Friday acknowledged he's facing an unwelcome political obstacle: The disarray engulfing his political opponents has only made it more difficult for his message to break through.
2023-10-07 06:20
Trump seeks to reassert himself as GOP kingmaker in House speaker fight
There was only one way the chaos in the Republican-led House -- likened Thursday by one of its members to a "stupid clown car" -- could get more extreme.
2023-10-06 19:46
House speaker chaos: What is going on? Will it affect you?
Washington and Congress have their own, often impenetrable, languages. So it may be somewhat confusing to assess what it means that the office of the speaker of the House of Representatives is vacant.
2023-10-05 18:29
Dr Denis Mukwege: Nobel Prize-winner to contest DR Congo presidency
Celebrated doctor Denis Mukwege won over the world - now his sights are set on leadership back home.
2023-10-02 23:51