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‘No more pronouns’: US defence secretary Hegseth declares end of ‘wokeness’ as trans troop ban takes effect; 1,000 to be removed immediately

Pentagon on Thursday announced it will start removing openly transgender service members from the US military, following the supreme court’s recent decision allowing enforcement of the Trump administration’s long-pending ban. Defence secretary Pete Hegseth issued the directive within hours of the ruling, saying that roughly 1,000 transgender personnel who have publicly identified will now be […]

Netanyahu declares Israel is on ‘eve of a forceful entry to Gaza’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel declared on Monday that his country is “on the eve of a forceful entry to Gaza” after his security cabinet approved a new plan for tens of thousands of additional soldiers to seize and hold territory in the embattled enclave and relocate Palestinians to the south.In video posted on […]

Vatican declares 167 victims of IS-inspired bombings in Sri Lanka witnesses of faith

Sri Lankan Catholics nuns carry portraits of the victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks during its sixth anniversary commemoration in Colombo (Image: AP) COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s catholic church says the Vatican has named 167 of its faithful killed in Islamic State-inspired suicide bombings six years ago as witnesses of faith. Hundreds, including Christian, Buddhist, […]

‘Will make world trade better for US’: Trump declares full support for ‘one, big, beautiful bill’

US president Donald Trump on Monday declared full support for the Senate’s newly approved budget plan.Posting on Truth Social, Trump wrote that the bill includes “all the elements we need”—from permanent tax cuts to major spending reductions and border security. “The budget plan just passed by the United States Senate has my complete and total […]

Wildfires force evacuations in North Carolina’s Polk County, South Carolina declares ’emergency’

Wildfire in Carolinas (AP Images) The devastating wildfire forced the public safety department to announce a mandatory evacuation in North Carolina’s Polk County while South Carolina’s governor has declared a state of emergency due to spreading fires.The North Carolina Department of Public Safety ordered mandatory evacuations at 8.20 pm Saturday for sections of Polk County, […]