UN believes hundreds were killed in Tanzania election protests
The UN Human Rights Office said on Tuesday it believes hundreds of people were killed in Tanzania in protests that erupted during last month’s elections, adding it has received ...
Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer resigns
Israel’s Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, who played a leading role in negotiations during the Gaza war and was a close confidant of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, resigned on ...
US airlines cancel 1,200 flights Tuesday as government shutdown continues
Airlines cancelled 1,200 flights on Tuesday, the fifth straight day they have topped 1,000 since the government imposed mandatory flight reductions to address safety concerns.
Last week, the Federal Aviation Administration instructed ...
Masked Israeli settlers torch property, injure four Palestinians, army says
Masked Israeli settlers hurled stones and torched dairy trucks, farmland and Bedouin structures, injuring four people on Tuesday in the latest in a surge of settler attacks in the occupied ...
‘Mellon Blue’ diamond ring sells for $25 million in Geneva auction
A vivid blue diamond weighing 9.51 carats and previously belonging to Rachel “Bunny” Mellon, the aristocratic philanthropist and a close friend of Jacqueline Kennedy, sold in Geneva for $25 million, Christie’s ...
Russian forces roll ‘Mad Max’-style into battered Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, video shows
Russia said its forces had pushed deeper into the eastern Ukrainian cities of Pokrovsk and Kupiansk on Tuesday, with one video showing Russian soldiers rolling into Pokrovsk on motorbikes and ...
Man arrested over dark web death threats against Merkel, Scholz
German police have detained a Polish-German citizen accused of running a site on the dark web that agitated for the murder of prominent politicians, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Prosecutors said ...
Turkish prosecutor seeks 2,000-year jail term for Istanbul mayor Imamoglu
A Turkish prosecutor demanded on Tuesday a prison sentence of more than 2,000 years for Ekrem Imamoglu, the jailed opposition mayor of Istanbul, for allegedly leading a vast corruption network that ...
Britain’s outgoing BBC boss praises its journalism despite crisis
The outgoing boss of Britain’s BBC broadcaster said on Tuesday he was proud of its journalism, despite quitting after accusations of bias and the threat of legal action from ...
Partition of Gaza a looming risk as Trump’s plan falters
A de facto partition of Gaza between an area controlled by Israel and another ruled by Hamas is increasingly likely, multiple sources said, with efforts to advance U.S. President ...
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 ...