Representative image (AP) Armed men linked to ISIS entered a mosque in northern Mozambique’s Mocimboa da Praia last month and ordered residents to gather and demanded the key, according to the mosque’s imam.The group unfurled an ISIS banner after taking control of the mosque’s microphone, signaling a renewed presence in the area. The incident comes […]
Philippine coast guards clear fallen trees in Virac (Image credits: AP) MANILA: A weakening Typhoon Fung-wong departed the Philippines over the South China Sea on Monday morning, after its driving winds and heavy rain killed at least two people and forced more than a million to evacuate.Fung-wong, with a footprint that spanned nearly the entirety […]
Marco Rubio and Donalfd Trump (File – AP) US secretary of state Marco Rubio on Friday announced he is stepping back from his role overseeing the US agency for international development (USAID), handing off responsibilities to office of management and budget director Russ Vought as the agency enters its final phase of shutdown.In a post […]
Donald Trump has called on Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell to resign, intensifying his attacks on the central bank’s leadership after Fed governor Adriana Kugler announced her early departure.“’Too Late’ Powell should resign, just like Adriana Kugler, a Biden Appointee, resigned. She knew he was doing the wrong thing on Interest Rates. He should resign, […]
Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina announced Sunday that he would not seek re-election in 2026, a day after voting against the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ backed by US President Donald Trump. The 64-year-old is the latest in a series of Senate moderates to step aside in recent years.“In Washington over the last few years, it’s […]
