Current and former federal workers and members of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) protest outside the John D. Dingell Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Detroit, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP A second email asking U.S. Federal workers to justify their jobs was sent on Friday (February 28, 2025), as part … Read more
Pakistan police officials. File | Photo Credit: AP As many as 23 members of minority Ahmadi community were arrested in Punjab province of Pakistan for offering ‘Friday prayers,’ prohibited for them under law. The police received a call that 27 Ahmadis were offering juma (Friday) prayers at their place of worship at Daska, Sialkot, some … Read more
A damaged apartment building is seen after a Russian guided aircraft bomb attack in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. File | Photo Credit: AP Moscow on Saturday (March 1, 2025) said it had seized two more villages in eastern Ukraine as Kyiv officials said Russian strikes had killed one person and wounded … Read more
A sprawling tent camp for displaced Palestinians sits adjacent to destroyed homes and buildings in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Saturday, March 1, 2025 during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. | Photo Credit: AP The first phase of the Israel-Hamas truce is drawing to a close on Saturday (March 1, 2025), but negotiations on the … Read more
Pope Francis delivers his message as he celebrates the Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Monday, Dec. 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) | Photo Credit: Alessandra Tarantino Story so far: As Pope Francis’ health continues to be in a critical condition, the Vatican on Friday (February 28, 2025), informed that he suffered … Read more
A bishop carries a cross at St. Peter’s Square, as Pope Francis continues his hospitalization, at the Vatican. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pope Francis had coffee and was reading newspapers Saturday (March 1, 2025) after an alarming setback in his two-week recovery from double pneumonia: Doctors had to put him on noninvasive mechanical ventilation … Read more
Riot police fired volleys of tear gas, stun grenades and water cannons at protesters hurling gasoline bombs and smashed-up paving stones in Athens on Friday (February 28, 2025). The massive demonstration marked the second anniversary of Greece’s worst rail disaster that has become a symbol of institutional failure. Hundreds of thousands of people from all … Read more
United States President Donald Trump has never been one to shy away from grand declarations, but his latest pledge — to end the Russia-Ukraine war within 100 days if re-elected — ignited a firestorm of controversy. His dramatic clash with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office at the White House has further escalated … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Zelensky on X “Thank you America, thank you for your support, thank you for this visit. Thank you @POTUS, Congress, and the American people. Ukraine needs just and lasting peace, … Read more
All it took was 90 seconds for weeks of tortured diplomacy to unwind in spectacular fashion. President Donald Trump’s Oval Office thrashing of Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday (February 28, 2025) laid bare the limits of a full-court press by America’s allies aimed at reshaping Trump’s determination to end Russia’s invasion even if the terms … Read more