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Erik and Lyle Menendez can continue with their effort to get out of jail early, a Los Angeles judge ruled Friday, decades after they slaughtered their parents. The brothers, who are among America's most infamous murderers, are hoping to be resentenced for the 1989 shotgun slayings, reducing their current life-without-parole term to one that would allow

US envoy Steve Witkoff wrapped up his latest talks with Russia's Vladimir Putin on Friday, after President Donald Trump urged his Russian counterpart to move quicker to end what he said was the country's "senseless war" with Ukraine. Trump has been pressing Moscow and Kyiv to agree a ceasefire deal but has failed to extract any major concessions from

U.S. stocks jumped Friday in another manic day on Wall Street, while the falling value of the U.S. dollar and other swings in financial markets suggested fear is still high about escalations in President Donald Trump's trade war with China. The S&P 500 rallied 1.8%, after veering repeatedly between gains and losses, to cap a chaotic and historic week full

Three international financial institutions announced $42 billion in fresh support for financially troubled Argentina on Friday, as its president said his country's economy will grow "like never before." The IMF approved a new four-year $20 billion bailout for the South American nation as the World Bank said it would pump $12 billion into the economy

The announcement of planned talks between the US and Iran in Oman signifies a crucial development – especially given the history of distrust and animosity that has characterised their interactions. There remains a degree of confusion as to whether the negotiations over Iran’s development of a nuclear capacity will be direct or indirect. The US has

A bomb exploded Friday outside the Athens offices of Hellenic Train, the company involved in Greece's worst rail disaster, which claimed 57 lives in 2023, police said. The police said an anonymous call to the offices of a Greek newspaper warned of the attack near one of the capital's busiest highways. There were no immediate reports of injuries. Fifty-seven

A new corruption scandal has erupted inside the European Parliament, just a couple of years after the Qatargate affair. This time, following the money leads back to China: MEPs reportedly accepted bribes from telecoms company Huawei. It comes as French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is convicted for embezzling EU funds. So why does this keep happening

They are over 80 but still have the cognitive and physical abilities of someone decades younger. In Magdeburg, Germany, scientists are studying the super-ager phenomenon and are trying to find out the secret of keeping the brain young and fit in old age.

A driver in Indonesia plunged 40 feet off an unfinished bridge after getting confused by Google Maps, before making a landing, and sustaining just minor injuries. The astonishing moment was caught on camera in East Java, Indonesia. Rudie Heru Komandono, 61, was lucky not to hit any other cars as he landed bumper-first in the busy lane, narrowly missing

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order lifting water-pressure restrictions on showerheads, a move the White House said would "make America's showers great again". Trump has long complained about inadequate water pressure in American bathrooms which he blames on federal water-conservation regulations. "In my case I like to take a nice