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FBI Director Kash Patel gifted New Zealand officials illegal firearms during his visit to the country earlier this year, authorities said Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 1, 2025
Police: FBI director gave New Zealand officials illegal firearms
FBI Director Kash Patel gifted 3D printed replica pistols that authorities determined could be made operable if modified.
The Department of Justice's indictment of former FBI Director James Comey raises concerns about its legitimacy, with many seeing it as a politically motivated effort to undermine public trust, especially given it was pursued at U.S. President Donald Trump’s request.
COMMENTARY
Sep 29, 2025
Indictment of Comey subverts justice and the Trump administration’s credibility
James Comey's criminal indictment, pushed by Trump, undermines the legitimacy of the Department of Justice and seems designed to erode public trust in the criminal justice system.
A Boston police officer watches as protesters kneel in the street during a rally against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Boston in June 2020.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 27, 2025
FBI fires agents pictured kneeling during racial justice protest in 2020
Sources said the agents in question were trying to ease tensions between protesters and law enforcement.
James Comey, former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, is sworn in remotely from his home during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing exploring the FBI's investigation of the 2016 Trump campaign and Russian election interference, in Washington, in September 2020.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 26, 2025
FBI ex-chief Comey criminally charged as Trump targets critics
If convicted, Comey could face up to five years in prison. He faces charges of making false statements and obstructing a congressional investigation.
A police officer stands in front of a tent after U.S. right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, was fatally shot during an event at Utah Valley University, in Orem, Utah, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 12, 2025
Trump says suspect in Charlie Kirk murder in custody
Kirk's killer had eluded police and federal agents after Wednesday's shooting, in which a sniper fired a single gunshot that killed the right-wing activist.
FBI Director Kash Patel
WORLD / Politics
Sep 12, 2025
FBI director faces scrutiny for inaccurately saying Kirk killer had been caught
Just before officials on the scene of the shooting in Utah briefed the press on Wednesday, Kash Patel said the shooter was in custody.
FBI agents inspect a rooftop on Thursday at the scene where, a day earlier, youth activist and influencer Charlie Kirk was shot during a public event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 12, 2025
Hunt for shooter of Charlie Kirk enters third day in U.S.
The manhunt for the shooter who killed Charlie Kirk stretched into a third day on Friday, after police released fresh images in an effort to crack the case.
More than two dozen FBI employees have been forced out or fired since U.S. President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 11, 2025
In lawsuit, three former FBI leaders say they were fired for insufficient loyalty
The lawsuit alleges that FBI Director Kash Patel said he had been ordered to fire anyone who had worked on a criminal investigation against U.S. President Donald Trump.
Former White House national security adviser John Bolton arrives at his house following its search by the FBI in Bethesda, Maryland, on Friday.
WORLD
Aug 23, 2025
FBI raids home of outspoken Trump critic John Bolton
U.S. President Donald Trump, asked about the FBI searches, said he was "not a fan" of his former aide but did not know about the law enforcement operation ahead of time.
The FBI is firing another round of employees who worked on issues that drew U.S. President Donald Trump's ire.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 8, 2025
FBI ousts former acting director and others in latest purge, people briefed say
The firings are the latest move by the FBI to remove officials who worked on issues that drew backlash from U.S. President Donald Trump.
Ousted FBI Director James Comey listens during a hearing before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Capitol Hill in Washington in June 2017.
WORLD
May 17, 2025
Ex-FBI director James Comey meets with Secret Service over '8647' post
In U.S. slang, the number 86 can be used as a verb meaning to throw somebody out of a bar for being drunk or disorderly. Trump is the 47th U.S. president.
Federal officers carrying out U.S. immigration enforcement near Rockville, Maryland, prepare a Filipino man for transport to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office for processing on Feb. 6.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 24, 2025
Thousands of agents diverted to Trump immigration crackdown
U.S. federal agents who usually hunt down child abusers, money launderers, drug traffickers and tax evaders are now pursuing immigrants who live in the U.S. illegally.
Kash Patel, who was approved on a 51-49 mostly party line vote, takes over the Federal Bureau of Investigation at a turbulent time.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 21, 2025
Kash Patel confirmed to lead reshaping of FBI under Trump
Patel overcame intense opposition during his confirmation process, especially from Democrats who argued he isn’t qualified.
Demonstrators inside the U.S. Capitol after breaching barricades on Jan. 6, 2021
WORLD / Society
Jan 8, 2025
Violent extremism lingers online with U.S. flagging less content
Donald Trump’s return to the White House promises to cement the hands-off approach toward online behavior.
A North Korean hacker group is believed to have planted a virus on the computer of an employee at Ginco — a company that was entrusted with the deposit and withdrawal of DMM Bitcoin’s virtual currency — through a fake job recruitment message sent via LinkedIn.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 24, 2024
North Korean hacker group behind DMM Bitcoin’s cryptocurrency leak
The hacker group is believed to have planted a virus on an employee's computer using a fake job recruitment message sent via LinkedIn.
FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks during a meeting in Washington in September.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 12, 2024
FBI chief Christopher Wray to resign before Trump takes office
Donald Trump has announced the nomination of staunch loyalist Kash Patel to head the top U.S. law enforcement agency.
Former chief of staff to the U.S. secretary of defense Kash Patel speaks during a campaign rally for former U.S. President Donald Trump in Las Vegas in October.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 1, 2024
Trump picks Kash Patel to head FBI
Patel has called for stripping the FBI of its intelligence-gathering role and purging anyone who refuses to support Trump's agenda.
Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 10, 2024
FBI’s most-wanted pastor’s arrest puts Philippine's Duterte on defense
Apollo Quiboloy, founder of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ church, is wanted by the FBI for alleged sexual abuse, human trafficking and smuggling.
Former U.S. President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump wears a bandage on his ear during the last day of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 18. Trump was indeed hit by an assassin's bullet or a fragment of one, the FBI said Friday, putting to rest questions over the nature of the Republican candidate's wounding at a campaign rally this month.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 27, 2024
FBI confirms Trump hit by bullet in assassination attempt
Former U.S. President Donald Trump was indeed hit by an assassin's bullet or a fragment of one, the FBI said Friday, putting to rest questions over the nature of the Republican candidate's wounding at a campaign rally this month.
Missile systems form part of the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 9. The FBI tries to maintain a tricky balance in spy operations: the more access informants have to valuable intelligence, the higher the risk that they could be compromised.
WORLD / Politics
May 21, 2024
FBI shed informants linked to Russian influence operations
After a secret review several years ago, the bureau cut off confidential sources thought to be connected to Russian disinformation.
A secret no more: Russia and North Korea's battle against Ukraine is celebrated in Moscow exhibit
A woman visits an exhibition of North Korean art at a museum in Moscow on Monday.
Prices to rise for 3,024 food products in Japan in October
A wide range of products will see higher prices due to rising material and labor costs.
Koizumi and Takaichi continue to lead in LDP presidential race, polls show
Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (right) reacts as former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during the Liberal Democratic Party Presidential Election Candidate Debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, on Sept. 24. Koizumi and Takaichi remain head-to-head in the race, media polls show.
The party that ruled Japan for decades is in danger of crumbling
Haruo Tsukamoto, a rank-and-file member of the Liberal Democratic Party and a rice farmer in Ibaraki Prefecture, questions if the party still stands for people like him.
Same-sex partners recognized under more laws in Japan
A couple poses with the rainbow flag, which they brought from their home for a wedding photoshoot in Tokyo in November 2023.
Japan's far-right party courts Trump allies and vows not to get 'wacky'
Sanseito party leader Sohei Kamiya speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Sept. 25.
How Ohtani has boosted Japan's soft power and made LA even more baseball-obsessed
Fans at Dodger Stadium pose in front of a mural highlighting the Dodgers' Japanese stars from past and present during a game earlier this year.
Japan faces fresh energy challenge as it seeks to expand power-hungry data centers
Data storage tapes at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center facility in Berkeley, California. Data centers consume massive amounts of electricity and water, and that will only rise as generative artificial intelligence takes off in earnest.
Architecture art exhibition highlights unsung industry artists
Yuanhui Li's illustration is one of the awardees in the student category of the American Society of Architectural Illustrators' annual award for artists.
On defense and foreign policy, LDP candidates largely align — except where they don’t
The Liberal Democratic Party presidential election candidates in Nagoya on Friday

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