Published on 16/09/2026 – 14:28 GMT+2•Updated 14:38 Belarus has released 25 political prisoners in exchange for the US lifting sanctions put on two Belarusian companies, in a deal was brokered by US envoy John Coale who was in the capital Minsk. Coale announced the release of prisoners, describing it as “As a sign of goodwill”, in exchange for the lifting of sanctions. He indicated further talks could lead to “a further release of individuals and additional sanctions relief”. The US and many other Western countries imposed sanctions on Belarus after it allowed Russia to use its territory to invade Ukraine…

The European Union wants Canada as its first “associate member” and to “urgently reimagine” their relationship, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said during her annual State of the Union address in France on Wednesday. “Dear Mark, I said we must urgently reimagine our partnerships. So, I would like to work with you on opening the door for Canada to be the first associate member of the EU,” von der Leyen told Prime Minister Mark Carney, who was attending the speech.“We share one ocean, one set of values, one way of seeing the world. And we will now build…

September 16, 2026 — 8:30pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAFour-day tickets to the Australian Grand Prix will increase again in 2027 for people who want guaranteed access to the Albert Park circuit.The Australian Grand Prix Corporation (AGPC) has announced a new ticketing structure for the April event, including a membership offering and the addition of a sprint race.Australian F1 driver Oscar Piastri greets fans at Albert Park. Formula 1 via Getty ImagesWhere a four-day general admission pass costs $425 – an extra $40 above what it was this year…

NBC News Los Angeles has confirmed that one of its news helicopters has crashed in Chatsworth and killed three people. KNBC Channel 4 news anchor Colleen Williams confirmed the news via a live broadcast on Tuesday, September 15. “We knew it was a news chopper, we knew we’d lost contact with our people out there and we’ve just received the confirmation that, in fact, News Chopper 4 went down just before 7 o’clock tonight in Chatsworth,” Williams, 71, told viewers. A subsequent report published by NBC News late on Tuesday night stated that the chopper had crashed in the suburban…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Two victims of a deadly Tuesday night helicopter crash in Los Angeles have been identified as journalist Eliana Moreno and pilot George Marciniw, NBC4 Los Angeles confirmed.Moreno and Marciniw were employees of Angel City Air, a helicopter charter company that operated NBC Los Angeles’ NewsChopper4, NBC4 reported.The pair were covering a deadly bus crash in downtown Los Angeles when the helicopter, which NBC4 confirmed belonged to the network, lost altitude and crashed, killing a third person on the ground who has yet to be identified.ARMY IDENTIFIES 2 PILOTS KILLED IN APACHE HELICOPTER…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. has weapons orbiting Earth that can be used to defend American forces from attacks in space, the Air Force secretary revealed this week in a rare public acknowledgment of capabilities the Pentagon has largely kept secret.Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said Monday that the Space Force now has “on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the joint force against hostile adversary action,” but declined to say what the weapons are, how they work or when they were deployed.The carefully worded disclosure marks a shift in how openly the U.S. military…

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday proposed opening the door for Canada to become the European Union’s first “associate member,” a significant step that could bring Ottawa substantially closer to the bloc as its trade dispute with the U.S. shows no signs of abating.  Speaking in Strasbourg during her annual State of the European Union address, von der Leyen addressed Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who was in the chamber, and called for a major expansion of economic, technological and security cooperation between Canada and the EU.”I would like to work with you on opening the door…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Scientists in North Dakota recently discovered what researchers believe is the first known trackway left by an adult T. rex — preserving the predator’s footsteps some 66.5 million years after it walked the Earth. The findings, which centered on footprints discovered near Marmarth, North Dakota, were published Sept. 9 in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.The trackway, or sequence of footprints, was discovered in 2025 in the Hell Creek Formation of southwestern North Dakota, on federal land administered by the U.S. Forest Service.BOY STUMBLES ON STRANGE BEACH OBJECT IDENTIFIED AS RARE 1.8M-YEAR-OLD FOSSILIn a…

A billionaire healthcare boss, his daughter and another top executive allege they were targeted in a menacing nurse union campaign that plastered their families’ exclusive Los Angeles neighborhood with fliers telling the public to ‘track them down’ and warning they ‘can’t hide.’ Prime Healthcare founder, chairman and CEO Dr. Prem Reddy claims in a lawsuit the California Nurses Association and National Nurses United crossed the line from lawful labor protest into harassment by targeting executives’ homes and families in wealthy Brentwood. The lawsuit alleges union activists posted fliers featuring aerial photographs, square-footage details and other information about executives’ private homes,…

Cool runs in the family for actor-musician Charlotte Lawrence. Her dad, Bill, writes and produces TV hits such as “Ted Lasso,” “Scrubs” and “Shrinking,” while her mom, Christa Miller, stars as the opinionated but loving neighbor, Liz, on “Shrinking,” and is a music supervisor for all three. So, it’s no wonder the younger Lawrence has a proclivity toward both mediums. The LA native will be back opposite Vince Vaughn on Season 2 of Apple TV’s crime comedy “Bad Monkey” in December — and she tells Alexa her character Caitlin’s journey is “bigger, messier and a lot more emotional.” At the…

The European Commission President is “very slow” to make the necessary decisions on the current challenges facing the European Union (EU), Charles Michel, who headed the European Council during von der Leyen’s first term as Commission chief from 2019 to 2024, said. His comments came ahead of von der Leyen’s highly anticipated annual State of the European Union address before the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday, in which she outlined her vision and priorities for the coming year. Michel, however, was focused on her failure to fulfil the promises made in previous years. “I’m observing that, today, the EU…

Internal messages sent within the Ontario government on Microsoft Teams are permanently deleted after 30 days, according to policy documents, raising questions about how the province went about pausing transparency requests earlier this year. In May, weeks after the Ford government narrowed the scope of transparency laws in Ontario to exclude the premier, his cabinet and their staff, civil servants in charge of processing freedom of information requests were told to put down their pens.For more than a week, the work of disclosing reports, records and messages to the public was totally frozen so the Ford government could write guidance…

September 16, 2026 — 9:00pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAAs for a fictional politician joining the real electoral race (C8), Greg King of Springwood writes: “I’m sure everyone is suggesting The West Wing’s Josiah Bartlet as a fictional president who would do well in the polls. It’s worth noting that Aaron Sorkin was the creator and writer for both this show and The American President. A dab hand at ideal presidents.” For what it’s worth, Granny’s vote goes to Warren Beatty’s titular, darkly satirical Jay Billington Bulworth.“Michael Douglas as…

James Ransone’s widow, Jamie “Skipper” McPhee, has slammed the Emmys for omitting her late husband from its “In Memoriam” segment. “I didn’t watch the Emmys, so I only now understand how much of a snub this truly was. I am incredibly disappointed @televisionacad,” McPhee wrote in a Tuesday, September 15, Instagram Story shared one day after the event aired. “James Ransone was an incredibly gifted actor and it simply is not right to now acknowledge him and his work.” The post followed an earlier Instagram Story that first revealed McPhee’s surprise over the omission of Ransone, best known for his…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A former FBI agent says newly released federal documents show Thomas Crooks, the man who attempted to assassinate President Donald Trump, was “spiraling into an almost manic state” before the rally shooting.The federal documents turned over to the Senate, first reported by the New York Post, show that people close to Crooks noticed odd behavior in the weeks before the attack, which killed one person and seriously injured two others.Former FBI special agent Jonathan Gilliam told Fox News Digital that the documents turned over to the Senate contained several “red flags” about Crooks.”These…