Israeli strikes kill family of 6, Hamas spokesman in Gaza

Palestinians protest to demand an end to war, chanting anti-Hamas slogans, in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip on March 26, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters A family of six and a Hamas spokesman were killed in separate Israeli strikes in the northern Gaza Strip overnight and into Thursday (March 27, 2025), according to … Read more

White House withdraws Rep. Elise Stefanik’s U.N. ambassador nomination over tight GOP House margin

Elise Stefanik was seen as among the least controversial Cabinet picks, and her nomination advanced out of committee in late January. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The White House has withdrawn Rep. Elise Stefanik’s nomination to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, a stunning turnaround for U.S. President Donald Trump’s Cabinet pick after her … Read more

NATO clarifies comments that four missing U.S. soldiers had died during training in Lithuania

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte. File | Photo Credit: AP NATO on Wednesday (March 26, 2025) clarified comments that Secretary-General Mark Rutte made earlier in the day when he suggested that four U.S. soldiers who went missing while training in Lithuania had died, even though the U.S. Army said their fate was not yet confirmed. “The … Read more

Israel’s parliament approves key part of Netanyahu’s divisive judicial overhaul

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel’s parliament on Thursday (March 27, 2025) passed a key part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the judiciary, angering critics who view it as a power grab by his far-right government. The planned overhaul sparked … Read more

Rubio visits Guyana as part of his Caribbean tour to promote energy independence and curb migration

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives at Cheddi Jagan International Airport in Georgetown, Guyana, on March 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived on Thursday (March 27, 2025) in Guyana, the second leg of a three-nation tour of the Caribbean, as the Trump administration ramps up engagement in … Read more

The White House says nothing classified was shared on Signal; Democrats say that strains credulity

The Trump administration struggled on Wednesday (March 26, 2025) to stem the fallout from revelations that top national security officials discussed sensitive attack plans over a messaging app and mistakenly added a journalist to the chain. The White House said the information shared through the publicly available Signal app with Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The … Read more

‘Go back to your country’: U.S. Rep to U.K. journalist who questions her about Signal chat

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. File. | Photo Credit: AP A pro-Donald Trump Congresswoman asked a British reporter to “go back to your country” when she was questioned about a leaked Signal group chat of senior U.S. officials about a planned military strike on Yemen. A video posted on the internet showed Republican representative from Georgia … Read more

Turkey protest: Police use force to break up protests at a university in Turkey’s capital

People take part in a protest against the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu as part of a corruption investigation, in Istanbul, Turkey, March 26, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Police used pepper spray, plastic pellets and water cannon against protesters in Turkey’s capital early on Thursday (March 27, 2025), the latest clash in the … Read more