Ukrainian investigators have cast a harsh spotlight on President Volodymyr Zelensky's influential former chief of staff, naming him as a suspect in a sweeping corruption case that threatens to intensify pressure on the president's office at a delicate stage of the war with Russia. Kyiv's political establishment was jolted last year by the sprawling inquiry, which stirred public outrage and ultimately drove the former senior adviser — once Mr Zelensky's closest aide — Andriy Yermak, from office. Ukraine's anti-corruption…

A dramatic security scare at last month’s White House press gala has now moved into the courtroom, where a California man accused of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump entered a not guilty plea. Cole Allen, 31, of California, remained silent during the hearing as his lawyer, Tezira Abe, submitted the plea on his behalf. Mr Allen appeared before the court in an orange jumpsuit and handcuffs. He is charged with four offences tied to the 25 April attack at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner at a…

Two people were killed after a car tore into a crowd in central Leipzig, and the 33-year-old man accused of carrying out the attack has now been committed to a psychiatric hospital by court order. A judge said there were "compelling reasons" to believe the suspect was acting "in a state of at least significantly diminished responsibility", prosecutors in Leipzig said in a statement. According to investigators, the German national drove at high speed along a main street in the historic heart of the eastern city yesterday,…

Newly released security footage appears to capture the opening moments of the attack at last Saturday’s White House Correspondents' Association dinner, showing suspect Cole Tomas Allen launching the assault inside the Washington Hilton hotel. The video, released by US Attorney Jeanine Pirro, reportedly shows Mr Allen sprinting through a security checkpoint before shooting an agent at point-blank range. Reuters said it verified the location using several visual markers in the footage, including the floor pattern, windows,…

Moments before prosecutors say he tried to reach US President Donald Trump with a pump-action shotgun, the man at the centre of the case snapped a selfie inside his hotel room, documenting what authorities describe as a carefully staged attack. Cole Allen allegedly moved into action shortly after 8.30pm on Saturday, leaving his room at the Washington Hilton and heading toward the basement ballroom, where Mr Trump and other senior officials were attending a media gala dinner, according to prosecutors. The 31-year-old was…

By  ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL BALSAMOMonday April 27, 2026 Minutes before gunfire erupted outside the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, the man accused in the attack sent family members a message that read less like a note and more like a manifesto — one that blasted Trump administration policies, called himself a “Friendly Federal Assassin” and now stands out as a possible clue to a politically charged motive, according to a message reviewed by The Associated Press. The writings, sent…

A burst of gunfire shattered calm in one of Kyiv’s greenest neighborhoods, ending with Ukrainian police killing a man accused of shooting at pedestrians, seizing hostages inside a supermarket and refusing to negotiate in an attack that left six people dead. Ukraine's Security Service said authorities were treating the shooting as a terrorist act. In his nightly video address, President Volodymyr Zelensky said the violence unfolded in the leafy Holosiivskyi district, where 14 people were wounded, among them a 12-year-old boy.…

TUMBLER RIDGE, British Columbia — Canadian police on Tuesday identified 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar as the gunman who killed eight people, including family members and students at her former school, before taking her own life in one of the worst mass shootings in Canada’s history. Authorities revised the death toll to nine, including the attacker, down from an earlier count of 10. A motive has not been determined. Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Van Rootselaar first killed…

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The man believed to have killed two students in a mass shooting at Brown University and to have fatally shot an MIT physicist in Boston was found dead in New Hampshire, authorities said, ending a multistate manhunt that gripped two of the nation’s top universities. Providence Police Chief Oscar Perez identified the suspect as Claudio Neves-Valente, 48, a Portuguese national and student at Brown. Perez said Neves-Valente “took his own life tonight” and was discovered at a storage unit in New Hampshire…

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Authorities on Monday released surveillance footage and appealed for the public’s help identifying a masked suspect in the Brown University shooting that killed two students and wounded eight others, as the manhunt entered another day and a shaken campus remained on edge. Investigators said they have not identified the gunman who opened fire with a 9mm handgun inside a classroom in Brown’s engineering and physics building on Saturday, then slipped away as police converged on the scene. The victims were…