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Trump team raids US Institute of Peace to sack president
Cost-slashers of President Donald Trump and his billionaire friend Elon Musk seized control Monday of the US Institute of Peace, ousting the leader of the taxpayer-funded center for conflict resolution. The…
Author Don Winslow laments silence of Obama and Biden as “Republicans destroy the rule of…
Don Winslow, an American writer, has condemned former Democratic US Presidents, Barack Obama and Joe Biden for…
Trump Freezes VOA, Other US-Funded Media Outlets
President Donald Trump’s administration on Saturday put journalists at Voice of America and other US-funded broadcasters on leave, abruptly freezing decades-old outlets long seen as critical to countering…
Judge blocks Trump from deporting non-citizens using wartime law
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from using a wartime law to deport migrants accused of links to the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. US District Judge James Boasberg also…
Telegram founder Durov allowed to temporarily leave France
Telegram founder Pavel Durov has been allowed to temporarily leave France, where he is charged with multiple infractions linked to allegedly enabling organised crime, sources told AFP. Durov, now 40, was…
Mark Carney sworn in as Canada PM
Mark Carney was sworn in as Canada’s prime minister on Friday, taking charge of a country rattled by a breakdown in US relations since President Donald Trump’s return to power. The ruling Liberal Party overwhelmingly…
U.S. judge orders Trump to rehire workers fired across multiple agencies
A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to rehire thousands of workers involved in mass firings across multiple agencies. U.S. District Judge William Alsup said that the…
BREAKING: Plane with 178 on board catches fire while taxiing at US airport
Dozens of passengers were forced to stand on the wing of an American Airlines plane at Denver International Airport as…
Trump takes US birthright citizenship to Supreme Court
President Donald Trump took his contentious bid to end birthright citizenship in the United States to the Supreme Court on Thursday. Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, which he signed…
Former Mafia Boss Shot Dead On Motorway In Southeastern France
Jean-Pierre Maldera, a 71-year-old former mafia boss, was shot dead on the A41 motorway near Grenoble in south-eastern France. The attack took place on Wednesday morning as he was pursued in his car before…
US judge orders Musk’s DOGE to release records
A US judge on Monday ordered billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to release its internal documents, saying the agency’s work to slash the size of government has been marked by “unusual…
U.S. Added to Global Human Rights Watchlist Over Declining Civil Liberties
The United States was added Sunday to the CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist, a research tool that publicizes the status of freedoms and threats to civil liberties…
Philippines ex-leader Duterte arrested on ICC warrant over drug killings
Philippine police have arrested former president Rodrigo Duterte after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant accusing him of…
Canada’s next PM Mark Carney vows to ‘win’ US trade war
Canada’s incoming prime minister Mark Carney struck a defiant note Sunday against the United States, as the former central banker vowed to win US President Donald Trump’s trade war. Carney lost no time standing up for…
US Secret Service Shoots Armed Man Near White House
US Secret Service agents shot an armed man near the White House during the night, an agency spokesman said early Sunday, while President Donald Trump was spending the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago residence in…
China begins roll out of AI courses in primary, secondary schools ‘to dominate global sector’
China is set to introduce artificial intelligence (AI) courses in primary and secondary schools in a bid to strengthen the country’s goal to dominate the sector. According to a statement on the Beijing Municipal…
Canada opens door to family reunion, to accept 10,000 parents visa applications
Canada has announced its plan to accept up to 10,000 complete visa applications for sponsorship under the Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP) in 2025. This program allows Canadian citizens and permanent…
US govt throws transgender women into male prisons
The government of the United States of America has thrown transgender women incarcerated in the US prison system into men’s facilities. This is in compliance with US President Donald Trump’s executive order. It also…
Trump to revoke legal status for 240,000 Ukrainians who fled conflict with Russia
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration…
Trump accuses Trudeau of using tariffs dispute to ‘stay in power’
US President Donald Trump accused Canadian leader Justin Trudeau of playing up a Canada-US trade war to cling to power, after they spoke in a…
Trump warns Gaza ‘you are dead’ if hostages not freed
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened further destruction of Gaza if all remaining hostages are not released, and issued an ultimatum to Hamas leaders to flee. Strongly backing Israel as a…
US education funding may suffer as Trump orders dismantling of department
President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order as soon as Thursday instructing his newly confirmed Education Secretary Linda McMahon to dismantle the department she now leads, US media has reported.…
Russia jails Briton for 19 years for fighting for Ukraine
A Russian court said Wednesday a British man captured fighting for Ukraine…
US s’court blocks Trump’s move to freeze $2bn in foreign aid payments
A United States supreme court has rejected a request by the President Donald Trump administration to withhold nearly $2 billion in payments to foreign aid organisations. The payments were supposed to cover…