US government shutdown enters 40th day: How is it affecting Americans? | Politics News

As United States lawmakers fail to agree on a deal to end the government shutdown, around 750,000 federal employees have been furloughed, millions of Americans go without food assistance, and air travel is disrupted across the country. The shutdown began on October 1, after opposing sides in the US Senate failed to agree on spending … Read more

Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo : NPR

Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux, right, walks past as police officers block an entrance to the Louvre after thieves carried out a daylight raid on French crown jewels, in Paris, Oct. 19, 2025. Thibault Camus/AP hide caption toggle caption Thibault Camus/AP PARIS — When 15-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux realized an Associated Press photo of him at … Read more

Kazakhstan to join the Abraham Accords with Israel : NPR

FILE – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States at the Palace of the Nation in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Oct. 10, 2025. Vladimir Smirnov/AP via Pool Sputnik Kremlin hide caption toggle caption Vladimir Smirnov/AP via Pool Sputnik Kremlin WASHINGTON … Read more

Special voting for forces and displaced in Iraq parliamentary polls begins | Elections News

Nearly 1.3 million members of the security forces and more than 26,500 internally displaced people are eligible to vote ahead of Tuesday’s polls. Members of Iraq’s security forces and its internally displaced population have begun casting their ballots in the parliamentary elections – the sixth since a United States-led invasion toppled longtime ruler Saddam Hussein … Read more