Trump administration plans to sell Israel $2.8 billion powerful bombs
The Trump administration is planning to deliver powerful 2,000-pound bombs to Israel as part of an upcoming arms deal, weapons that prompted such concerns about the possibility of mass casualties in Gaza that the Biden administration paused their delivery two years ago. The $2.8 billion package inc»»»
Maduro ally pleads guilty in $195m money laundering case in US court
Alex Saab, ex-aide to Maduro, agrees to 'co-operate fully' with US prosecutors Alex Saab, a former Venezuelan minister and close ally of ousted president Nicolas Maduro, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to money laundering under a deal with US prosecutors, court filings showed. The Colombian-born business»»»
Trump calls concerns over rogue AI a 'hoax' promoted by a ‘sick conspiracy’
US President Donald Trump on Monday rejected warnings about the risks of artificial intelligence, calling concerns over rogue AI part of a “sick conspiracy” as tech leaders urge greater safeguards. The clash comes as the rapidly advancing technology faces scrutiny over cybersecurity, jobs, data cen»»»
US Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to restrict mail ballots as voting begins
The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump’s bid to impose new restrictions on mail ballots ahead of November’s midterm elections. The ruling leaves states free to continue using existing voting procedures, after election officials warned the last-minute changes could disrupt ba»»»
Supreme Court rejects Trump mail ballot restrictions ahead of midterms
Justices keep long-standing mail voting rules in place for 2026 midterms WASHINGTON: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump's bid to restrict mail ballots for the midterm elections, capping a flurry of last-minute legal action with voting already underway. The decision allows s»»»
AirTag, home intrusion, copied key, restraining order: Stalker kills Indian woman in California
Months of stalking escalated from secret tracking and home intrusion to a fatal shooting Dubai: An Indian-origin woman who had endured months of escalating stalking — including being secretly tracked with an Apple AirTag and finding the alleged stalker inside her home — was shot dead outside her wo»»»
Does America really have just '14 days of oil left'?
Viral ‘14 days of oil’ claim confuses emergency reserves with total supply Posts circulating online claim the United States has only about 14 days of oil left. The math looks simple: the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve holds about 286.6 million barrels, while the country uses roughly 20.7 million ba»»»
The legacy of 9/11: How the War on Terror reshaped the Muslim world
On the morning of September 11, 2001, Americans watched in horror as hijacked planes struck the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and crashed in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000 people were killed. Less than a month later, the US went to war in Afghanistan. Two years after tha»»»
Trump absent as New York marks 25 years since 9/11 with first Muslim mayor
New York marks the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on Friday, with President Donald Trump attending a ceremony at the Pentagon while Vice President JD Vance and four former presidents join commemorations at Ground Zero, where victims’ relatives will read the names of those killed. New York»»»
Bayeux Tapestry ‘mania’ sweeps UK as sold-out exhibition opens
Excited visitors queue outside British Museum, with some workers donning period costumes London: London’s Bayeux Tapestry exhibition opened Thursday to a British public gripped by “mania” as the medieval artwork depicting the Norman conquest of England goes on display outside France for the first t»»»
Eiffel Tower row over Hindu sect BAPS unites French politicians – but divides Indian diaspora
France got a crash course on the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS), a Hindu sect at the heart of an Eiffel Tower strike this week. But for Indians in France who have been trying to raise awareness of far-right Hindu groups, it comes too late. As the 2027 election campaign »»»
Truth or Fake - Trump posts AI map showing US 'takeover' of North America, Iceland and Caribbean
Donald Trump shared an AI-generated map Monday appearing to show the US absorbing Canada, Mexico, Greenland, Iceland, Cuba and parts of the Caribbean into a giant “United States of America”. Shared with no context, the post sparked diplomatic backlash with Iceland summoning its ambassador and Mexic»»»
PANNIER: After 10 years of Mirziyoyev, some aspects of Uzbekistan still bear stamp of Karimov
When Uzbekistan’s first president, Islam Karimov, died in the late summer of 2016, he left a long list of problems for his successor. That successor turned out to be Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who served as Uzbekistan’s prime minister during the last 13 years of Karimov’s reign. There was nothing to sugge»»»
Far-right AfD poised to lead first state government since Nazi era as Merz reels from Saxony-Anhalt landslide
AfD fell just short of majority in Sunday’s election in eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt Berlin: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz was facing pressure Monday after his party was crushed by the Alternative for Germany party in a regional election that could result in it leading the first far-right stat»»»
US ambassador to Israel visits Palestinian town hit by West Bank settler violence
US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee on Saturday visited Turmus Ayya, a Palestinian town in the Israeli-occupied West Bank that has been repeatedly targeted by Israeli settler violence. Huckabee, a staunch supporter of Israel and its illegal settlements in the Palestinian territory, said that it w»»»
Trump’s first major midterm money move: A $10M Texas Senate ad blitz
Trump deploys war chest in Texas Senate race, testing GOP stronghold status The political group associated with US President Donald Trump is spending $10 million on television and digital advertisements in the Texas Senate race, according to a Saturday filing with the Federal Election Commission. T»»»
Trump wants Europe to pay back US for Biden-era Ukraine aid
US President Donald Trump has said he intends to present Europe with a belated bill for billions of dollars Washington spent arming Ukraine under his predecessor, Joe Biden. In a post on Truth Social on Thursday, Trump renewed his criticism of the scale of the Biden administration’s support for Kie»»»
Trump says will ask Europeans to repay US for aiding Ukraine
US president did not specify which countries he believed should pay Washington: US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will ask Europeans to repay the American aid provided to Ukraine under the administration of his predecessor Joe Biden. Trump has long demanded that Europeans shoulder more »»»
Iranian strikes on Jordan test bonds with US
Jordan, a staunch U.S. ally that hosts American forces in the Mideast, has paid a price for its relationship with Washington, which has made the kingdom's military bases a target of repeat Iranian strikes. Hundreds of drone and missile attacks have added to other strains on Jordan that include a sl»»»
A judge blocks Trump's new bid to curb birthright citizenship, citing Supreme Court precedent
Injunction preserves citizenship rights for children as lawsuit over Trump order proceeds A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump's latest attempt to limit birthright citizenship, granting a preliminary injunction against an executive order that the administration said would target “birt»»»
Trump calls Iran conflict ‘little war’ compared to Joe Biden’s Ukraine aid
The Iran war is “relatively little” for the US compared with the vast amount of weaponry Washington gave Ukraine under Joe Biden, President Donald Trump has said. He claimed his predecessor handed Kiev $300 billion worth of arms for free. Trump made the remarks while taking questions from reporters»»»