This image released by the National Transportation Safety Board, shows ice accumulation that was observed by investigators on the rear stabilizers of a plane, Feb. 7, 2025, the day after after a small commuter plane that crashed in western Alaska on a flight that was bound for the hub community of Nome. | Photo Credit: … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Thursday (March 20, 2025) that aims to shut down the Department of Education, fulfilling a key campaign pledge, the White House said in a fact sheet on the measure. The order directs Education Secretary Linda McMahon … Read more
Oceti Sakowin camp where people have gathered to protest the Dakota Access oil pipeline stands in the background as children sled down a hill in Cannon Ball. File | Photo Credit: AP A North Dakota jury on Wednesday (March 19, 2025) found Greenpeace liable for defamation and other claims brought by a pipeline company in … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A judge on Wednesday (March 19, 2025) ordered the federal Bureau of Prisons to transfer two transgender women inmates back to federal women’s prisons after they had been sent to men’s facilities in the wake of President Donald Trump’s executive order that truncated transgender protections. U.S. … Read more
Faithful pray in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, during a vigil rosary for the recovery of Pope Francis, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Pope Francis’ condition continued to improve Wednesday (March 19, 2024) and he hasn’t needed to use the mechanical ventilation mask to help him breathe, the Vatican said in … Read more
President Donald Trump, right, meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office at the White House, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Washington. | Photo Credit: AP The White House said on Wednesday (March 19, 2025) that it has moved beyond the previously negotiated U.S.-Ukraine minerals and natural resources deal and is focused on … Read more
The India Middle East Europe Economic Corridor was launched on the sideline of the G20 summit in New Delhi in September 2023. File | Photo Credit: ANI The India Middle East Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) is a “political project” that is aimed at excluding regional stakeholders, a senior Iranian official said here. Speaking in a … Read more
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon gestres during an interview in New Delhi on March 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar New Zealand and India “bookend” the Indo-Pacific region, and should work together on building security in the region, New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said in an exclusive interview to The Hindu. Mr. … Read more
Smoke rises following an Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Israel said Wednesday (March 19, 2025) it launched a “limited ground operation” in northern Gaza to retake part of a corridor that bisects the territory, and the country’s Defense Minister warned that … Read more
President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke for about an hour Wednesday (March 19, 2025) morning, the U.S. leader said, a day after he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin. In a social media post, Mr. Trump said the call was to “align both Russia and Ukraine in terms of their requests and … Read more