Lebanon’s historic pines are dying, one cone at a time
In the heart of southern Lebanon, where pine trees once stood tall and abundant, a quiet crisis is unfolding. The cones are barren, the trees are drying and a forest ...
Turkish, Egyptian foreign ministers to discuss Gaza ceasefire, post-war efforts
The foreign ministers of Turkey and Egypt will discuss the Gaza ceasefire and international efforts to rebuild the enclave once the war is over during talks in Ankara on Wednesday, ...
PAKISTAN
Suicide bomber kills 12 outside court in Pakistan capital
A suicide bomber killed at least 12 people outside a court building in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad on Tuesday, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said.
Several others were wounded and some were ...
Moscow’s forces push south of the Ukrainian city of Kupiansk, Russian commander says
Russian forces have pushed deep into the Ukrainian city of Kupiansk and curled southwards to capture a series of train stations, a Russian commander on the ground said on Tuesday.
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US SHUTDOWN
US Senate passes bill to end government shutdown, sends to House
The U.S. Senate on Monday approved a compromise that would end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, breaking a weeks-long stalemate that has disrupted food benefits for ...
Trump orders controllers back as shutdown hits flights
President Donald Trump on Monday demanded air traffic controllers return to work as travelers endured another day of flight cancellations, which the administration ordered to manage staff shortages during the ...
Eight killed in car explosion near Red Fort in India’s Delhi
At least eight people were killed in an explosion in a car near the historic Red Fort in a densely populated district of the Indian capital Delhi, a city police ...
Trapped Hamas fighters issue bedevils Gaza truce progress
U.S. mediators are meeting Israel’s prime minister on Monday with attention turning to the second, far more complex, phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal and the immediate problem ...
BBC chairman apologises for ‘error of judgment’ in Trump speech edit
BBC Chair Samir Shah on Monday apologised for an “error of judgment” in the editing of a speech by Donald Trump that raised the ire of the U.S. president, ...
France’s Sarkozy back home after court frees him pending appeal
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was freed from jail and went home on Monday, after a Paris court ruled he could be released while he appeals against his conviction for ...
Trump pardons allies accused of seeking to overturn his 2020 election loss
U.S. President Donald has pardoned at dozens of allies accused of trying to overturn his 2020 election loss, including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, Jeffrey Clark and Sidney Powell, a top ...
Kremlin says it wants war to end but peace process is ‘stalled’
The Kremlin said on Monday it wanted the Ukraine war to end as soon as possible but that efforts to resolve it had stalled.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was responding ...
Pressure mounts on BBC as Director General Tim Davie and News Chief Deborah Turness quit
The BBC’s boss and its head of news quit on Sunday following accusations of bias at the British broadcaster, including in the way it edited a speech by U....
US Senate advances bill to end federal shutdown
The U.S. Senate moved forward on a measure aimed at reopening the federal government and ending a now 40-day shutdown that has sidelined federal workers, delayed food aid and ...
Israeli government spokesperson rules out Turkish forces in Gaza
An Israeli government spokesperson said on Sunday that Turkish soldiers would not be deployed to Gaza as part of a multinational force that is meant to take over from the ...
Israel receives remains of deceased hostage
Israel on Sunday received the remains of a deceased hostage held in Gaza that Palestinian militant group Hamas said were of an Israeli soldier killed in the territory more than ...
US airlines brace for third day of government-mandated flight cuts
Major airlines in the United States braced for a third day of government-mandated flight cuts Sunday after rising air traffic control staffing shortages snarled thousands of flights on Saturday.
The ...
Russia’s Lavrov: I am ready to meet Rubio
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday that he was ready to meet United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio but that Russia would not abandon its core conditions ...
Lavrov says work underway on Putin’s order on possible Russian nuclear test
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday that work is underway on President Vladimir Putin’s order to prepare proposals for a possible Russian nuclear test, state news agency ...
Tanzania police arrest senior opposition party official after deadly protests, target others
Police in Tanzania arrested a senior official from opposition party Chadema on Saturday and authorities named nine others being sought in relation to violent protests that followed last week’s ...
Afghanistan-Pakistan peace talks collapse, ceasefire continues, Taliban says
Peace talks between Afghanistan and Pakistan broke down, although a ceasefire continues between the South Asian neighbours, a Taliban spokesperson said on Saturday.
Zabihullah Mujahid said negotiations had failed due ...
Trump says no US government official will attend G20 summit in South Africa
President Donald Trump said on Friday that no US government official would attend the Group of 20 summit in South Africa later this month, because of what he said were “human ...
Palestinian militants hand over body of another Gaza hostage
Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad handed over the body of a deceased hostage on Friday night as part of the Gaza ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
The Israeli military said ...
Russia says house-to-house advance continues in Pokrovsk, tiny village captured
Russia said on Saturday that its forces continued to advance in grinding battles around the key towns of Pokrovsk and Kupiansk, and had captured a tiny village in eastern Ukraine.
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