Monday

18-08-2025 Vol 19

Category: World News

Middle East latest: Hamas names next 3 Israeli hostages to be exchanged for Palestinian prisoners

Hamas named the next three Israeli hostages it plans to release this weekend as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal…

Chemical weapons agency chief to meet Syrian officials in Damascus on Saturday, sources say

DAMASCUS – The head of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons , a global non-proliferation agency, will meet…

Trump says US and Japan will work to cut trade deficit as he greets Ishiba

By Trevor Hunnicutt and David Brunnstrom Trump says US and Japan will work to cut trade deficit as he greets…

A mother pleads for Britain’s help in freeing son from Egyptian prison, one day of hunger at a time

LONDON — Laila Soueif is a mathematician, a university professor, a political activist. A mother pleads for Britain’s help in…

Trump says he’ll reverse Biden’s paper straws initiative, Musk hails ‘greatest president ever’

Feb 07, 2025 11:27 PM IST Donald Trump says he will sign an executive order, reversing Joe Biden’s initiative to…

John Fetterman says he’ll oppose RFK Jr, Tulsi Gabbard: ‘Will be voting NO’

Feb 07, 2025 10:58 PM IST Sen. John Fetterman said on Thursday that he will vote against Robert F. Kennedy…

Ukraine confident International Criminal Court will pursue ‘Russian war crimes’ despite Trump’s sanctions

Feb 07, 2025 09:27 PM IST Ukraine’s foreign ministry asserts that the International Criminal Court will persist in addressing Russian…

US employers added 143k jobs in January, unemployment rate at 4%

U.S. employers added just 143,000 jobs last month, but the jobless rate slipped to 4% to start 2025 and the…

Russia claims it’s taken another eastern Ukraine town. Kyiv officials make no comment

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed on Friday that its forces had captured the mining town of Toretsk in…

Cyprus jails Syrian man over the death of a 3-year-old girl on overloaded migrant boat

NICOSIA, Cyprus — A Cyprus court sentenced a Syrian national to three years in prison after finding him guilty of…