A police officer inspects the site of a car dealership facility hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Three women were injured and several fires broke out in a Russian air attack on the southern Ukrainian region of Mykolaiv late on Saturday (April 6, 2025), Ukraine’s … Read more
Floodwater inundates a farm field on April 05, 2025 near Wickliffe, Missouri. Between 6 and 9 inches of rain have fallen in the area around southeastern Missouri, southern Illinois and western Kentucky, causing flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. | Photo Credit: Getty Images via AFP Another round of torrential … Read more
Phone video from one of 15 Palestinian medics killed by Israeli forces last month appears to contradict Israeli claims that the medics’ vehicles did not have emergency signals on when troops opened fire on them in southern Gaza. The footage shows the Red Crescent and Civil Defence teams driving slowly with their emergency vehicles’ lights … Read more
President Donald Trump plans to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday in what would be their second White House sit-down since Trump’s return to office. File | Photo Credit: AP . President Donald Trump plans to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday in what would be their second White … Read more
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with Chief of Staff of the French Armed Forces Thierry Burkhard and Britain’s Chief of the Defense Staff Admiral Tony Radakin in Kyiv, Ukraine. | Photo Credit: AP Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met the leaders of the British and French … Read more
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said Israel has detained two British members of parliament and refused entry to the officials who were visiting as part of a parliamentary delegation | Photo Credit: AP Israel has detained two British members of parliament and refused entry to the officials who were visiting as part of a parliamentary … Read more
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that U.S. is taking actions to revoke all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders. | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. said on Saturday (April 5, 2025) it would revoke all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders over that country’s failure of to accept the return of … Read more
Representational image only. File | Photo Credit: AP The story so far: The Trump administration has cracked down on the visas of anyone suspected of being involved in campus protests or otherwise linked, howsoever loosely, to advocating for human rights in Gaza. What is the U.S. policy on student visas? Addressing the student visa revocation … Read more
Opponents of President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk rallied across the U.S. on Saturday (April 5, 2025) to protest the administration’s actions on government downsizing, the economy, human rights and other issues. More than 1,200 “Hands Off!” demonstrations were planned by more than 150 groups, including civil rights organizations, labor unions, LBGTQ+ advocates, veterans … Read more
Representative images | Photo Credit: AFP In Studio Ghibli’s 2013 film The Wind Rises, set in Japan during the Second World War, a crowd scene lasts a few seconds. There are people jostling, goods being transported, a mother carrying two babies, everyone in a tearing hurry to get away. Under the direction of Hayao Miyazaki, who … Read more