Israel Continues Attacks in Gaza Despite Ceasefire
In the latest strikes, Israeli forces killed at least nine people, according to Gaza's Health Ministry. Israel says the militants threatened its forces. Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip on…
March 16, 2025
Houthis vow revenge for US strikes in Yemen
Iran-backed rebels who have been attacking Israel and shipping in the Red Sea said children were among those killed in strikes ordered by President Trump. Yemen's Houthi militia has vowed…
US imposes sanctions on Thai officials for sending Uighurs to China
The State Department said it was “combatting China's efforts to pressure governments to forcibly return Uighurs and other groups to China.” The United States has imposed visa sanctions on several…
Roy L. Prosterman, 89, dies; worked to provide land for poor rural people
Seeing land rights as the key to improving the lot of the poor, he pushed both authoritarian governments and emerging democracies to redistribute farmland. Roy L. Prosterman, a lawyer who…
UAE Launches Global Media Initiative Bridge Summit
Two-day forum in Abu Dhabi to 'drive sector transformation', says UAE National Media Authority The UAE also announces the establishment of the Bridge Foundation, a non-profit organisation aimed at supporting…
Israeli nomination of extremist settler leader for Nobel Peace Prize sparks internet storm
2 Israeli professors nominate Daniella Weiss for prize DUBAI: Radical settler leader Daniella Weiss has been nominated by the Israelis for this year's Nobel Peace Prize. Weiss' candidacies were reportedly…
Downdetector shows outage at social media platform X appears to have eased
Social media platform X has gone down for thousands of users in the US and UK, according to outage tracking site Downdetector.com. As of 6:02 a.m. ET, there had been…
Trump Administration Expels South African Ambassador from US
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has lashed out on social media at the ambassador's critical comments about President Trump at a think tank in Johannesburg. The Trump administration has formally…
Trump tries to use white South Africans as a cautionary tale
The president and his allies accuse South Africa of discriminating against and killing white people and warn that the same could happen in America unless efforts to promote diversity are…