U.S. President Donald Trump. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters President Donald Trump on Saturday (March 29, 2025) made his clearest commitment to not fire anyone over an embarrassing accidental leak of his administration’s plans for an airstrike against the Houthis in Yemen. “I don’t fire people because of fake news and because of witch hunts,” … Read more
In 2024, U.S. recorded 285 measles cases across 32 States | Photo Credit: AP Since the first measles case was reported on January 23, 2025 in Texas, the number of cases has risen sharply and the virus has spread to New York City and 17 other States in the U.S. As of March 20, the total … Read more
Faye Dail Hall, who was detained in February on charges of using a drone without authorization, was released on Thursday, March 27, 2025, by the Taliban. | Photo Credit: X/@realZalmayMK An American woman detained for weeks in Afghanistan by the Taliban has been released from custody, according to a person familiar with the matter and a … Read more
A member of the search and rescue team from the Lebanese Civil Defense sprays water from a hose at the site of an Israeli strike, in Beirut southern suburbs, Lebanon, March 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group warned on Saturday (March 29, 2025) that if Israel’s attacks on Lebanon … Read more
The Hamas militant group said on Saturday, March 29, 2025, it has accepted a new Gaza ceasefire proposal from mediators Egypt and Qatar, but Israel said it has made a counter-proposal in “full coordination” with the third mediator, the United States. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Hamas militant group said on Saturday (March 29, 2025) … Read more
Protesting students rally outside a key pro-government television station, The Informer TV, accusing it of spreading hate speech during nearly five months of persistent street demonstrations against corruption in Belgrade, Serbia, on Saturday, March 29, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Thousands of people rallied outside a pro-government television station in Serbia on Saturday (March 30, … Read more
Illustration: Sreejith R. Kumar As U.S. President Donald Trump piled on tariffs after tariffs against Canada, one person managed to come out politically unscathed. Mark Carney, who assumed the Prime Minister’s role earlier this month, saw his cause being inadvertently helped by the U.S. Republican leader’s trade wars. The 59-year-old inherited the reins when discontentment … Read more
The People’s Defense Force (PDF) will implement a two-week pause in offensive military operations starting on Sunday, March 30, 2025, in earthquake-affected areas in Myanmar | Photo Credit: AP Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government, which coordinates the popular struggle against the ruling military, has announced a unilateral partial ceasefire to facilitate earthquake relief efforts. An … Read more
People wave flags and chant slogans during a mass protest rally in support of the arrested Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on March 29, 2025, in Istanbul, Turkiye. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Hundreds of thousands of Turks protested in Istanbul on Saturday (March 29, 2025) against the jailing of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, President Tayyip Erdogan’s … Read more
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. File | Photo Credit: AP U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth praised on Saturday (March 29, 2025) the friendship and trust that his country and Japan have developed while attending a memorial service on Iwo Jima to honor those who died in battle during World War II. Japan is Mr. … Read more