The top Democrat on the US Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday alleged that President Donald Trump’s FBI director nominee Kash Patel has been secretly overseeing the ouster of the bureau’s leadership before being confirmed for the role. Senator Dick Durbin said he learned about Patel’s alleged role in the firings from several whistleblowers, and he…
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry launched a recruitment drive for young people on Tuesday, encouraging 18- to 24-year-olds to serve in the military for a year for the equivalent of about $24,000 and hefty bonuses. With Ukraine’s armed forces heavily outnumbered by their Russian adversaries on the front lines of the nearly three-year-old war, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Reuters…
The number of vessels that passed through the Panama Canal, the world’s second busiest waterway, fell to an average of 32.6 per day for a total of 1,011 ships in January, the first month-on-month decline in almost a year, according to a bulletin published on Tuesday by the canal’s administrating authority. Following a severe drought between…
North Korean state media on Wednesday denounced US President Donald Trump’s proposal to take over Gaza and relocate Palestinians as ludicrous and accused Washington of extortion. The slim hopes of Palestinians for safety and peace are being crushed by the proposal, a commentary carried by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said, without directly naming…
Russia’s early morning missile attack on Kyiv killed at least one civilian, injured three, and sparked several fires throughout the city, Ukrainian officials said. “Russia carried out a missile strike on Kyiv and the Kyiv region,” Andriy Yermak, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s chief of staff, said in a post on the Telegram messaging app. “This is…
American school teacher Marc Fogel, freed by Russia after three and a half years in prison, got a flag-waving welcome from US President Donald Trump at a snowy White House on Tuesday after a flight home from Moscow. “I feel like the luckiest man on earth right now,” said Fogel, an American flag draped around…
Online shopping giant Temu is giving up substantial control of its Chinese supply chain in the face of President Donald Trump’s new tariffs, a move that threatens to drive up prices on the budget shopping app. The platform is accelerating a shift away from its original model where sellers leave everything — price-setting, shipping and…
The inspector general for the US Agency for International Development was fired on Tuesday, a USAID official said, a day after his office published a report critical of the Trump administration’s effort to eliminate the agency. Paul Martin had served as the agency’s inspector general, a position requiring US Senate confirmation, since December 2023. The USAID official,…
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis, who control most of western Yemen including the capital, are ready to launch attacks on Israel if it resumes attacks on Gaza and does not commit to the ceasefire deal, the group’s leader Abdulmalik al-Houthi said in a televised speech on Tuesday. The Houthis had attacked Israeli and other vessels in the…
Several Palestinian officials on Tuesday denounced President Mahmoud Abbas’ decree ending payments to the families of those killed by Israel or imprisoned in Israeli jails, including many detained for attacks on Israelis. The decree, issued the day before and which is expected to affect tens of thousands of people, transfers the administration of these payments…
Iran alerted the United Nations on Tuesday to what it described as “reckless and inflammatory statements” by US President Donald Trump threatening the use of force, and warned that “any act of aggression will have severe consequences.” In a letter to the UN Security Council, seen by Reuters, Iran’s UN Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani referenced…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that if Hamas did not release Israeli hostages by noon on Saturday a fragile ceasefire in Gaza would end and the Israeli army would resume its offensive in the Palestinian enclave until the militant group is defeated. “In light of Hamas’ announcement of its decision to violate the agreement…
Jordan’s King Abdullah II said he emphasized his strong rejection of the displacement of Palestinians in Gaza during his meeting with US President Donald Trump on Tuesday, reiterating that this stance aligns with the unified position of the Arab world. King Abdullah, the first Arab leader to visit the White House since Trump took office last month,…
Russian Ambassador to Pakistan Albert P. Khorev told Russian News Agency, TASS, that countries cooperate constructively within the United Nations. He said, In this Year, Russia and Pakistan will focus on cooperation in energy, industry, including the modernization of the Karachi Steel Mills, agriculture and transport. Russia stands ready to intensify cooperation with Pakistan on…
The leaders’ visits are being arranged to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Victory in World War II Mutual visits by Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin to Moscow and Beijing, respectively, are being arranged to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Victory in World War II, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov…
