Israel’s foreign minister Gideon Saar (Image: AP) Israel’s foreign minister Gideon Saar said Sunday that the country has fully endorsed US President Donald Trump‘s aid plan for Gaza, laid out by the American envoy to Israel.Israel has blocked aid from entering the Palestinian territory since early March, a move aid groups say has led to […]
A recent joint operation between US immigration department and the Tennessee highway patrol has resulted in the arrest of over 100 people, sparking concern and uncertainty within Nashville’s immigrant community. The operation, which began on May 3, saw the Highway Patrol making 588 stops, of which 103 individuals were detained under suspicion of immigration violations, […]
Israel has drawn up a fresh Gaza plan, which includes a “conquest” of the Palestinian territory, an official said on Monday.“The plan will include, among other things, the conquest of the Gaza Strip and the holding of the territories, moving the Gaza population south for their protection,” news agency AFP quoted the official as saying.According […]
US President Donald Trump (AI) NEW YORK: President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a hard-to-reach California island off San Francisco that has been closed for more than 60 years. In a post on his Truth Social site Sunday evening, Trump wrote that, […]
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum attends her morning press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, April 2, 2025. (AP) MEXICO CITY: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Saturday that US President Donald Trump proposed sending American troops into Mexico to help her administration fight drug trafficking but that she rejected it. Her remarks to […]
File Photo: US Department of State The Donald Trump administration unveiled its ambitious plan for a “massive overhaul” of the US State Department on Tuesday. United States secretary of state Marco Rubio, who leads the department and announced the reorganization plan, said the move was part of the federal government’s “America First” mandate. “We cannot […]
File: Marco Rubio (AP photo) United States secretary of state Marco Rubio on Tuesday announced there would be a “comprehensive” reorganization of the US State Department, which he leads. According to Rubio, the State Department, in its current form, is “bloated”, “bureaucratic”, and it has “failed” to perform its essential diplomatic mission in this era […]
A landmark ruling by the UK Supreme Court defining “woman” in the Equality Act 2010 as referring strictly to biological females has triggered an outpouring of support for author JK Rowling on social media, with many hailing her as a symbol of resistance in the ongoing debate around gender identity and women’s rights.Rowling, a vocal […]
President of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Randi Weingarten speaks during a rally in front of the Department of Education to protest budget cuts in Washington. (Getty Images) In an opinion piece published in Fox News, Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), criticizes President Donald Trump’s proposal to dismantle the […]
Israeli PM Netanyahu blasts Macron’s recognition plan for Palestinian state, warns against ‘illusions’ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticised French President Emmanuel Macron over his recent statement suggesting France could recognise a Palestinian state within months. In a strongly worded statement on Sunday, Netanyahu said, “President Macron is gravely mistaken in continuing to promote the […]
