US Congressman Tony Gonzales has admitted to having an extra-marital affair with an aide, having previously denied that the relationship happened.
The Texas Republican, who is married with six children, said the relationship with married staff member Regina Santos-Aviles, who died by suicide last year, was a "mistake" and a "lapse in judgement".
"I take full responsibility for my actions," Gonzales, 45, told a podcast.
His admission came hours after a House of Representatives panel launched
The Rubaya mine, currently under M23 control, has been poorly maintained, sources say
More than 200 people, including 70 children, have been killed after a landslide caused a collapse in a mining area in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the government says.
The landslide struck Rubaya, the country's biggest source of coltan - an ore vital in the electronics industry - in the rebel-controlled east on Tuesday following heavy rains
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Jaroslav Lukiv
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Iran's military has said it has targeted the headquarters of Iranian Kurdish forces in northern Iraq, stepping up strikes on Kurdish regions in both Iran and Iraq.
In a statement quoted by Iranian state media, the military said it attacked "Kurdish groups opposed to the revolution in Iraqi Kurdistan with three missiles".
Tehran is intensifying its attacks on Iranian Kurdish groups in Iraq amid speculation that US President Donald Trump wants them to join the fight
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney (right) was given a warm welcome by his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese
With the post-war "global architecture breaking down from consecutive crises" Australia and Canada should work together as "strategic cousins", Mark Carney has told the Australian parliament.
The question for middle powers was whether they would write the new rules that determine security and prosperity or "let the hegemons dictate outcomes", the Canadian prime minister said.
Carney said the two countries should co-operate further to boost sovereign
Watch: Elon Musk testifies in Twitter shareholder trial
Multi-billionaire technology tycoon Elon Musk told a jury in California on Wednesday that stock market investors read too much into his social media posts.
He was defending himself against claims from investors, who have accused him of trying to manipulate markets with a series of misleading messages in the run-up to his 2022 purchase of Twitter.
Musk said posts he wrote after he had struck a deal to buy the platform were "extremely literal" and
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang on 5 March
China has cut its annual economic growth target to a range of 4.5%-5%, the lowest expansion goal since 1991 as it grapples with challenges both at home and abroad.
It is the first time the target has been lowered since it was cut to "around 5%" in 2023. A target was not set in 2020 due to the
In an aerial view, container ships are seen docked at the Port of Oakland on January 28, 2026 in Oakland, California.
A federal judge has cleared the way for thousands of businesses to receive refunds for tariffs that the Supreme Court struck down last month.
The US Court of International Trade on Wednesday ordered Customs and Border Protection to issue refunds for levies US President Donald Trump introduced last year under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).
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Ángel Godoy's family smuggled a message to him inside the wrapper of a chocolate bar
In a small flat in a social housing complex near Caracas, Adriana Briceño holds up what looks like a piece of rubbish, but hidden on the old chocolate bar wrapper is a message.
The words scrawled on it were written by her son and are addressed to Ángel Godoy, the boy's father and Briceño's husband
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