Palestinian Hamas militants stand guard as people gather before the release of hostages held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on February 15, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Three more … Read more
In a desolate area of Syria where Lebanese militant group Hezbollah once held sway, security forces shot open the gates to an abandoned building and found a defunct drug factory. Syria’s new authorities launched a security campaign last week around Qusayr at the porous Lebanese border, cracking down on drug and weapons smugglers. They have … Read more
In this picture taken on February 4, 2025, students get new textbooks in their classroom at a school in Dhaka. | Photo Credit: AFP Bangladeshi high schooler Laiba is being educated for the future, but what she learns has been determined by the latest chapter in her country’s battle over its past. Last year, a … Read more
The KCNA report cited the head of U.S. Northern Command commenting on North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) capability to reach the U.S. mainland. File | Photo Credit: AP North Korea said on Saturday (February 15, 2025) that the United States should abandon military threats if it has concerns about its mainland safety, State media … Read more
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown. File | Photo Credit: AP The Cook Islands said on Saturday (February 15, 2025) that it signed a comprehensive strategic partnership deal with China, a move expected to raise concerns in New Zealand with which it has constitutional ties. Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown and Chinese Premier Li … Read more
The crew of the Army helicopter that collided in midair with an American Airlines jet near Washington, D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport may have had inaccurate altitude readings in the moments before the crash, and also may not have heard key instructions from air traffic controllers to move behind the plane, investigators said Friday (February … Read more
Elon Musk listens to U.S. President Donald Trump speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. | Photo Credit: Reuters The campaign by President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk to radically cut back the U.S. bureaucracy spread on Friday (February 14, 2025), firing more than 9,500 workers who handled … Read more
FPeople at an election night watch party reacts after an abortion rights amendment to the Missouri constitution passed on Nov. 5, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. File | Photo Credit: AP Abortions are set to resume in Missouri after a judge blocked regulations that had restricted providers even after voters approved enshrining abortion rights into … Read more
A supporter holds a sign following a hearing in the multi-state lawsuit over President Trump’s order ending all federal funding or support for healthcare that aids gender transitions for people younger than 19, outside a courthouse in Seattle, Washington, U.S., February 14, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters A second federal judge on Friday (February 14, … Read more
Former Biju Janata Dal MP Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda’. File | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA BJP MP Baijayant Jay Panda to head 31-member select committee to examine Income Tax Bill The select committee of the Lok Sabha, which will examine the Income-Tax Bill, 2025, was constituted on Friday with BJP MP Baijayant Jay Panda appointed as chairman of … Read more