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Catherine Cortez Masto re-elected after beating Republican challenger Adam Laxalt

Ex-US President Donald Trump has lashed out at Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, as the simmering rivalry between the two top Republicans boiled over.

He may have departed the White House but the figure of Donald Trump still looms large over US politics. With another presidential run in the pipeline, how did the midterm results affect him?

Republicans – and Trump - emerge from election with unexpected bruises in surprisingly close fight

Brittney Griner, convicted for possession of a small quantity of cannabis oil, was transferred out of a detention centre last Friday, her legal team said.

Zelenskyy's demands, including return of all of Ukraine's occupied lands, appear to be non-starters for Moscow

“The show of force” followed intelligence reports alleging that Tehran was planning to attack Saudi Arabia, the paper says

North and South Korea have fired a number of missiles into waters near each other's coasts in a marked escalation of hostilities.

Jailed women’s basketball star Brittney Griner appealed against her nine-year prison sentence on Tuesday

With fuel prices surging ahead of the midterm elections, the White House is pushing hard to bring them down

A former military boss and Congresswoman has gone for the jugular against the US Government, accusing officials of exploiting Ukraine to hit Vladimir Putin.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guided recent exercises by nuclear tactical operation units in response to large-scale navy drills by South Korean and U.S. forces, which have escalated regional tensions, KCNA state news agency said on Monday.

North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the sea on Sunday, the South's military said, the latest in a blitz of launches amid tensions over US-led military exercises in the region, Yonhap reported.

The US President has promised pardons for pot possession

The risk of a nuclear "Armageddon" is at its highest level since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, US President Joe Biden has said.

OPEC is an intergovernmental organization founded in 1960 in Baghdad, and their decision to cut oil production is seen as potentially upsetting the US mid-term elections

Moscow is flipping the bloc's script by moving to absorb Kiev's lost lands, thus switching the fight to its own turf

The bombers, capable of carrying cruise missiles and strategic nuclear weapons, have been active in the Ukrainian war since Moscow invaded in February.

The US will help Ukraine “regain control” of its former territories, President Joe Biden said

The alert added, “Russian authorities have arrested US citizens who have participated in demonstrations.”