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Israel has announced it will allow a “basic amount of food” to enter Gaza to ensure that “no starvation crisis develops” after blockading the territory for 10 weeks. A statement from the prime minister’s office said the move was made on recommendation of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and based on the need to support its renewed…

Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Saifullah Khalid, who planned attacks in Nagpur, Rampur, and Bangalore, was living under a false identity in Nepal before relocating to Pakistan’s Sindh province, where he was killed. A top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative, Saifullah Khalid, accused of orchestrating several high-profile terror attacks in India, has been killed in Pakistan’s Sindh province, sources told India Today…

Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an “aggressive” form of prostate cancer, a spokesman announced Sunday. The diagnosis was revealed after doctors found a “small nodule” on Biden’s prostate that “necessitated further evaluation” during a physical exam earlier this month. “Last week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule…

Two North Korean fishermen say they want to return home after their boat was washed south of the maritime boundary months ago. But Pyongyang hasn’t picked up the phone. Two North Korean fishermen who “accidentally defected” to South Korea have now spent more time in limbo than any other reluctant defectors in the history of the two…

A car bomb exploded near the American Reproductive Centers fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California, resulting in the death of one person A car bomb exploded near the American Reproductive Centers fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California, resulting in the death of one person, Mayon Ron DeHarte confirmed. A police department spokesperson said that the explosion was…

Russia and Ukraine have agreed to swap 1,000 prisoners of war (PoWs) each, according to the head of Moscow’s peace talks delegation, but there is no agreement on the ceasefire between two countries. In the first direct peace talks since February 2022 when Moscow led an invasion of Kyiv, Ukraine also accused Russia of introducing new “unacceptable…

Razzak Baloch, a prominent Baloch leader, also called for international support, particularly from India and the US, emphasising the need for peace and an end to military oppression by Pakistan. Baloch leader, Razzak Baloch, has made an explosive claim on how Pakistani authorities have lost control of over 80 per cent of Balochistan. In an interview with…

The Supreme Court seemed intent Thursday on maintaining a block on President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship while looking for a way to scale back nationwide court orders. It was unclear what such a decision might look like, but a majority of the court expressed concerns about would happen if the Trump administration were allowed, even…

State carrier Qatar Airways signed a deal on Wednesday (May 14) to purchase up to 210 widebody jets from Boeing during President Donald Trump’s visit to the Gulf Arab country, a coup for the US planemaker. The deal for Boeing and 787 planes with GE Aerospace engines was worth US$96 billion, according to the White House. It…

Harvard University is dedicating $250 million of its own funds to support researchers after U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration froze nearly $3 billion in federal grants and contracts in recent weeks, the university announced on Wednesday. The elite Ivy League university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of Trump’s most prominent targets. The Republican president has been making…

An Israeli air strike has killed 28 people and injured dozens at the European Hospital in Khan Younis, a spokesman for the Hamas-run civil defence agency has said. Israeli warplanes dropped six bombs simultaneously on the Gaza hospital, hitting both its inner courtyard and surrounding area, according to local sources. The Israeli military said it had conducted…

A statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also said that the concerned official has been directed to leave Pakistan within 24 hours. Pakistan on Tuesday declared a staff member of the Indian High Commission here “persona non grata” for engaging in activities what it called “incompatible” with his privileged status. A statement issued by the…

The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) took responsibility for more than 51 attacks on Pakistani forces. The BLA urges the world, especially India, to support efforts to stop Pakistan’s terrorism and prevent nuclear risks. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has warned of a regional shift, declaring that “a new order has become inevitable” in South Asia. It rejected…

Global stock markets surged on Monday after the U.S. and China agreed to slash steep tariffs for at least 90 days, tapping the brakes on a trade war between the world’s two biggest economies that had fed fears of a global recession. But the temporary pause did little to address the underlying schisms that led to the…

The US and China have agreed on a deal to help resolve the trade war raging between the world’s two largest economies, top Trump administration officials announced Sunday. Details of the deal — struck during negotiations in Switzerland over the weekend — were not revealed, but officials teased that more information will be shared on Monday. “The…

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday proposed direct talks with Ukraine on May 15 in Turkey that he said should be aimed at bringing a durable peace, an initiative welcomed by U.S. President Donald Trump. Putin sent thousands of troops into Ukraine in February 2022, unleashing a war that has left hundreds of thousands of soldiers dead…

Pakistan violates ceasefire: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said that the armed forces were giving an “adequate and appropriate response” to these violations by Pakistan. Hours after India and Pakistan agreed to halt military action, in a late-night press briefing, India said that Pakistan has violated the understanding arrived at earlier and Indian forces were giving an “adequate…

Russia marked the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II with a massive military parade on Red Square on Friday. Source : https://apnews.com/article/russia-victory-day-photos-fe4bb13744424a1a7c1f7b77f66c0759

The locations include Baramulla, Srinagar, Avantipora, Nagrota, Jammu, Ferozpur, Pathankot, Fazilka, Lalgarh Jatta, Jaisalmer, Barmer, Bhuj, Kuarbet and Lakhi Nala. Drones have been sighted at 26 locations ranging from the Baramulla in the North to Bhuj in the South, along both the International Border and the Line of Control with Pakistan. These include suspected armed drones posing…

Bill Gates pledged on Thursday to give away $200 billion via his charitable foundation by 2045 and lashed out at Elon Musk, accusing the world’s richest man of “killing the world’s poorest children” through huge cuts to the U.S. foreign aid budget. The 69-year-old billionaire co-founder of Microsoft said he was speeding up his plans to divest…

Amid rising tensions between India and Pakistan, the sound of explosions was heard near the Line of Control (LoC) in the Poonch and Rajouri districts of Jammu and Kashmir early Friday morning. Amid rising tensions between India and Pakistan, the sound of explosions was heard near the Line of Control (LoC) in the Poonch and Rajouri districts…

Speaking to Fox News, Vance said, “We are concerned about any time when nuclear powers collide and have a major conflict. We want this thing to de-escalate as quickly as possible. We can’t control these countries, as India has its gripes with Pakistan and Pakistan has responded to India.” Reacting to the escalating tensions between India and…

Thick black smoke emerged on Wednesday (May 7) from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in a sign that cardinals had failed to elect a new head of the Catholic Church in their first conclave vote. Tens of thousands of people gathered in St Peter’s Square to await the smoke, which came around three hours and 15…

The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to enforce a ban on transgender people in the military, while legal challenges proceed. The court acted in the dispute over a policy that presumptively disqualifies transgender people from military service and could lead to the expulsion of experienced, decorated officers. The court’s three liberal justices said…

Evidence has been circulated through heads of multilateral development banks to show how the money given to Pakistan is being misused to stoke terror in India and the world India, after ensuring that Pakistan’s economy is hurt by its important economic decisions, is now working to ensure that the neighbour is cut off from much of the…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday an expanded offensive against Palestinian militant group Hamas would be “intensive” after his security cabinet approved plans that may include seizing the Gaza Strip and controlling aid. However an Israeli defence official said the operation would not be launched before U.S. President Donald Trump concludes his visit next week…

The Trump administration will offer a US$1,000 stipend and travel assistance to migrants who elect to voluntarily “self-deport” from the United States, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Monday (May 5). The stipend and potential airfare for migrants who voluntarily depart would cost less than an actual deportation, the agency said. The average cost of…

Elon Musk’s vision has materialised as voters in South Texas approved a ballot measure to establish SpaceX site ‘Starbase’ as an official city. Elon Musk’s long-standing dream is now a reality. Voters in South Texas have approved a ballot measure to establish the South Texas home of Musk’s SpaceX rocket company as an official city, and with…

US President Donald Trump says he will hit movies made in foreign countries with 100% tariffs, as he ramps up trade disputes with nations around the world. Trump said he was authorising the US Department of Commerce and Trade Representative to start the process to impose the levy because America’s movie industry was dying “a very fast…

The United Nations Security Council will meet today to discuss the escalating tensions between India and Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack The United Nations Security Council will meet today to discuss the escalating tensions between India and Pakistan following the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack. Pakistan’s foreign office said yesterday it would brief the UN on…

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected Putin’s short ceasefire offer by saying it’s “more of a theatrical performance” on the Russian president’s part. DW has the latest. Russia carries out drone attack on Kyiv, Ukraine says Ukraine said Russia had launched a drone attack on Kyiv overnight, causing damage to several buildings in the city. Falling debris from…

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett announced he was going to step down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway by the end of the year. He has tapped Berkshire Hathaway executive Greg Abel replace him. Warren Buffett announced Saturday during Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholder meeting that he will step down as CEO of the $1.1 trillion (€973 billion) conglomerate at…

Buckingham Palace has issued a rare statement after Prince Harry lost an appeal Friday to regain taxpayer-funded security in the UK and later told the BBC that he wanted to reconcile with his family. “All of these issues have been examined repeatedly and meticulously by the courts, with the same conclusion reached on each occasion,” a Palace…

THE US has announced it will no longer act as the mediator to negotiate a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine after Vladimir Putin refused to accept a full ceasefire. The State Department said the country is changing “the methodology of how we contribute” to the talks and will no longer “fly around the world at the…

GRAND plans are being made for a massive military parade on Donald Trump’s birthday – with some 7,000 troops marching and 50 helicopters flying over Washington DC. The president reportedly plans to splash a whopping $100 million on the full-blown military spectacle to show the US might. A source in Washington DC has revealed that Trump is…

Vance: Russia’s war in Ukraine not ending ‘any time soon’ US Vice President JD Vance said he did not believe the war in Ukraine was going to end “any time soon.” It is “going to be up to the Russians and Ukrainians now that each side knows what the other’s terms for peace are. It’s going to…

THE US and Ukraine have finally signed the historic minerals deal, leaving Vladimir Putin furious. The long-awaited agreement blames Putin for the three-year-long war, spares Ukraine from payback and will even allow Kyiv to join the EU. The US and Ukraine signed the minerals deal two months after it was derailed by Trump and Zelensky’s Oval Office…

China’s national flag was recently unfurled on a disputed reef in the South China Sea by its uniformed troops, an act broadcast by state media in what analysts believe to be a first public display in decades of what had previously been quiet actions. In contrast with how Chinese fishermen, maritime militia, and even civilian groups have…

The United States and Ukraine on Wednesday (Apr 30) signed a minerals deal after a two-month delay, in what President Donald Trump’s administration called a new form of US commitment to Kyiv after the end of military aid. Ukraine said it secured key interests after protracted negotiations, including full sovereignty over its own rare earths, which are…

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday approved additional relief for domestic automakers from his 25% vehicle and auto parts tariffs set in motion less than a month ago, saying it would help the industry to move more production back to the U.S. Trump’s latest orders mark the latest softening of his multi-layered tariff assault on trading partners…

Spain and Portugal held emergency Cabinet meetings as evacuations from some public spaces took place. Spain’s Interior Ministry has declared a state of emergency for affected regions that need it. Follow DW. Over 61% of electricity restored in mainland Spain Electricity has been restored to over 61% of mainland Spain following the massive blackout that affected the…

A protracted rift between Malaysia’s national oil corporation Petronas and the Sarawak state government appears to be causing investor disquiet following a surprise withdrawal by United States oil firm ConocoPhillips from an oil project off the Borneo coast. In a little-publicised surprise move this month, ConocoPhillips decided to withdraw from operating the Salam-Patawali deepwater oil and gas…

Israel carried out an air strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Sunday, after ordering an evacuation of a building that it said was being used by the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah. The attack occurred despite a ceasefire that came into force five months ago which put an end to the conflict between Israel and the military group. Israel…

A LIP reader has revealed Trump’s five-word warning to Emmanuel Macron moments before speaking with Volodymyr Zelensky at the Pope’s funeral. Trump and Zelensky were pictured meeting for the first time since their historic White House spat just before the late pontiff’s final farewell. The impromptu meeting took place inside the holy St Peter’s Basilica with the…

A unique letter written by Titanic passenger Archibald Gracie from aboard the doomed ship has sold for hundreds of thousands of pounds at auction in the United Kingdom. A letter written on board the Titanic by one of the most famous survivors from the ill-fated ship’s maiden voyage sold at auction in the United Kingdom for £300,000…

Several containers at a key Iranian port in the south of the country blew up in a huge explosion on Saturday, authorities said, with reports now speaking of hundreds of injured and at least 14 dead. State media said the explosion took place at the port of Shahid Rajaei, more than 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) south of…

Russia, Ukraine ‘very close to a deal,’ Trump says US President Donald Trump has once again promised that Moscow and Kyiv were “very close” to a US-sponsored deal, a goal that has thus far eluded his administration since his inauguration in January. “A good day in talks and meetings with Russia and Ukraine,” Trump wrote on his…

Hours after Pope Francis’ death was announced, Israel’s Foreign Ministry posted a short message on X: “Rest in peace, Pope Francis. May his memory be a blessing.” Several hours later, it was deleted without explanation. Coming at a time of effusive global mourning over Francis’ death, the decision to delete the post appeared to reflect the tensions…

An Israeli airstrike hit a police station in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least 10 people, local health authorities said, and Israel’s military said it had struck a command centre of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad groups. Medics said two Israeli missiles hit the police station, located near a market, which led…

The tension between Department of Government Efficiency lead Elon Musk and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent came to a head last week when the two had a heated argument in the halls of the White House, two sources familiar with the tiff told The Post. The conversation — about the IRS — got so tense, Axios first reported,…

Elon Musk has been called a Moonshot Master, the Edison of Our Age and the Architect of the Future, but he’s got a big problem at his car company and it’s not clear he can fix it: damage to its brand. Sales have plunged for Tesla amid protests and boycotts over Musk’s embrace of far right-wing views.…

The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a trade agreement at the core of US economic policy on Africa, is soon set to expire. The US Congress enacted the AGOA Trade Act in May 2000. The pact has been renewed several times, most recently in 2015, when Congress extended it to September 2025. Since its implementation, AGOA…

Pope Francis died early Monday after suffering a stroke and heart failure, according to a death certificate released by Vatican doctor Andrea Arcangeli. The document, made public by the Vatican, stated that the 88-year-old pontiff had slipped into a coma before his death, which occurred early Monday morning. Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman…

DONALD TRUMP’S defence chief “shared top secret war plans” in another Signal group chat with his wife and brother in a major security breach. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth is said to have shared bombshell information on impending US airstrikes on Yemen in the private group. It would mark the second time Hegseth has faced accusations of sharing…

Thousands of protesters rallied in Washington and other cities across the US on Saturday (Apr 19) to voice their opposition to President Donald Trump’s policies on deportations, government firings, and the wars in Gaza and Ukraine. Outside the White House, protesters carried banners that read “Workers should have the power,” “No kingship,” “Stop arming Israel” and “Due…

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he has ordered his forces to “stop all military activity” in Ukraine, as he declared an “Easter truce” until the end of Sunday. He said the 30-hour truce would last until 22:00 BST on Sunday (00:00 Moscow time), adding that Russian forces should be prepared to respond to “any possible violations”. Ukrainian…

US airstrikes targeting an oil port held by Yemen’s Houthi rebels killed 74 people and wounded 171 others, the group said Friday, marking the single-deadliest known attack under President Donald Trump’s new campaign targeting the rebels. Assessing the toll of Trump’s campaign, which began March 15, has been incredibly difficult as the US military’s Central Command so…

Iran believes reaching an agreement on its nuclear programme with the United States is possible as long as Washington is realistic, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Friday on the eve of a second round of talks with the Trump administration. “If they demonstrate seriousness of intent and do not make unrealistic demands, reaching agreements is possible,”…

President Trump’s tariffs have brought in $250 million a day since he took office — a fraction of the daily $3 billion that he bragged his sweeping levies have generated. The massive disparity comes from figures provided by the Customs and Border Protection — the agency charged with collecting all tariffs, including the controversial “reciprocal” levies, at…

Hamas wants a comprehensive deal to end the war in Gaza and swap all Israeli hostages for Palestinians jailed in Israel, a senior official from the Palestinian militant group said, rejecting Israel’s offer of an interim truce. In a televised speech, Khalil Al-Hayya, the group’s Gaza chief who leads its negotiating team, said the group would no…

Israel has continued to tighten its grip on the territory of the Gaza Strip. As a result, more and more of Gaza’s 2.3 million inhabitants are being squeezed into an ever-shrinking space while intense bombardment continues. On Saturday, Israel’s defense minister, Israel Katz, said the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) had taken over large swathes of territory in…

When a severe rice shortage sent prices skyrocketing in Japan last year, Tokyo restaurant owner Arata Hirano did what had once seemed unthinkable: he switched to an American variety. The price of the Californian Calrose rice he buys has doubled since his first purchase last summer, but even so it’s far cheaper than home-grown grains. “Unless domestic…