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An Israeli plan to seize the Gaza Strip and expand the military operation has alarmed many in the region. Palestinians are exhausted and hopeless, pummeled by 19 months of heavy bombing. Families of Israeli hostages still being held in Gaza are terrified that the possibility of a ceasefire is slipping further away. “What’s left for you to…

Columbia University said Tuesday that it will be laying off nearly 180 staffers in response to President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel $400 million in funding over the Manhattan college’s handling of student protests against the war in Gaza. Those receiving non-renewal or termination notices Tuesday represent about 20% of the employees funded in some manner by…

Indian forces targeted the headquarters of the banned Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba groups in the missile attacks against terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir in the early hours of Wednesday. India attacked nine terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK) early on Wednesday following a deadly attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam last month.…

Catholic cardinals entering a conclave on Wednesday to pick a new pope do not yet have a clear idea of who will emerge as Pope Francis’ successor, several said, and speeches by individual clerics in meetings this week may be decisive. The 133 cardinals are holding near daily meetings to discuss issues facing the 1.4-billion-member Catholic Church…

The Trump administration says it is going to pay immigrants in the United States illegally $1,000 plus travel costs if they leave voluntarily as it accelerates its mass deportation agenda. The Department of Homeland Security said Monday that people who use the CBP Home app to announce their “self-deportations” would get the money and be “deprioritized” for…

A PARACHUTIST who died after jumping from 10,000ft is believed to have left a suicide note. Jade Damarell, 32, who had successfully completed more than 400 jumps, died instantly when she hit the ground without her chute opening. As friends and colleagues paid tribute to the “beautiful” marketing manager, her skydiving club said it appeared to be…

A MUM and son tourist pair have died in flash floods that hit an ancient city, as hundreds were evacuated. Dramatic footage shows water cascading into Petra, Jordan – one of the seven wonders of the world – and authorities urging everyone out. Streams sprung up and poured down the mountainsides into the famous gully, gushing past…

Authorities said the victims were security guards and miners. The region the mine is located in is under a state of emergency due to ongoing instability. The bodies of thirteen people were found in a mine in Peru on Sunday after they were abducted a few days earlier. The grim discovery was made in a gold mine…

Russia says Ukraine has launched an overnight drone attack targeting Moscow for the second night in a row. All four of the capital’s major airports were closed for several hours to ensure safety but later reopened, Russia’s aviation watchdog Rosaviatsia said on Telegram. Moscow’s mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, said on social media at least 19 Ukrainian drones had…

Amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan, the closed-door meeting of the United Nations Security Council, convened at Pakistan’s request, concluded without any statement, resolution, or official outcome. No significant response emerged from the discussion. The meeting took place just hours after Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that the situation had reached its most volatile point in years.…

Russia’s Deputy Permanent Representative Anna Evstigneeva, who attended the meeting, said, “We hope for de-escalation”. Since India ramped up its preparations to punish the preparators of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, Pakistan has been in a panic mode. While Pakistan has been mobilising its army towards the borders, it also asked the United Nations Security Council…

The “fake” letter claimed to be an official communication from General Upendra Dwivedi, Chief of the Army Staff, to General Anil Chauhan, Chief of Defence Staff. The Press Information Bureau on Monday issued a strict warning to social media users against pro-Pakistan X handles that have been circulating claims of a “leaked” communication letter between senior Indian…

Prospective jurors in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial acknowledged on Monday being familiar with allegations against the hip-hop mogul, seeing a video of him allegedly assaulting a woman and hearing a comedian joke about baby oil that prosecutors say was found in his residences. But having followed the case in the media did not exclude them…

PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s administration has offered illegal immigrants a free flight and a $1,000 check to self-deport out of the United States. The Department of Homeland Security announced the “historic opportunity” on Monday, insisting it’ll benefit both illegal immigrants and the US government. Illegal immigrants who use the US Customs and Border Protection Home App to self-deport…

KIM Kardashian and Kylie Jenner dazzled after keeping fans at fashion’s biggest night waiting until the final minutes to wow them with their Met Gala looks. Reality star Kim, 44, wore a long body con dress and fedora with several diamond necklaces and matching earrings as she was among the last to climb the museum’s iconic steps…

Mining in Pataz in Peru’s north will be suspended for 30 days, the country’s President Dina Boluarte said on Monday. She made the announcement after the bodies of 13 security guards working at a gold mine were found by policein a mine tunnel on Sunday. The workers had been held captive for more than a week after…

From the White House to the Met Gala. Kamala Harris was among the A-listers on the Met Gala 2025 red carpet on Monday night, hitting the star-studded event for the first time wearing a custom Off-White look by IB Kamara. The former presidential candidate, 60, honored the night’s theme, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” with a black silk…

Pope Francis’ popemobile is being converted into a health clinic on wheels for children in Gaza, fulfilling the late pontiff’s final wishes. The Catholic charity Caritas Jerusalem, which was gifted the vehicle after Francis’ visit to the West Bank in 2014, revealed that the pontiff reached out to them in his final months asking them to use…

This cruise was a total washout for these wannabe celebs. Around 30, budding, bikini-clad influencers took a luxurious Lamborghini Tecnomar out for a spin in the waters off Miami Beach on Saturday – only to have their hopes for a picture-perfect jaunt sink when the posh yacht started taking on water. The glamorous but clueless bunch cracked…

Celebrities from Cardi B to Tom Cruise who are staying at a tony Manhattan hotel for the posh Met Gala will be confronted with an ugly labor dispute before walking the red carpet Monday, union bigs warn. Members of the Hotel Trade Council union say they will be holding a protest outside The Surrey Hotel, where many…

President Trump called on his administration to reopen and expand Alcatraz so authorities could send the “dregs of society” to the notorious California prison more than six decades after it closed. The commander in chief announced Sunday that he was directing the Bureau of Prisons and other federal agencies to get the massive island facility off the…

Red bathed the small Panamanian town of Portobelo on Saturday in a celebration meant to represent a fight between good and evil, and the resistance of slaves and Spanish colonizers. Every year, hundreds in the town, which sits wedged between the Caribbean Sea and the region’s tropical jungles, take to the streets for the Festival of Devils…

A missile launched by Iranian-backed rebels in Yemen briefly halted flights and commuter traffic at Israel’s main international airport on Sunday after its impact near an access road caused panic among passengers. The attack on Ben-Gurion International Airport came hours before Israeli Cabinet ministers were set to vote on whether to intensify military operations in Gaza. The…

One of the men accused of taking part in a wave of sectarian violence against Syria’s Alawite minority two months ago has told the BBC that he and other armed civilians who travelled to the area were advised and monitored by government forces there. Abu Khalid said he had travelled as a civilian fighter to the Mediterranean…

Hamas has executed a number of alleged looters after several incidents in which heavily armed gangs attacked food stores and community kitchens in the Gaza Strip this week, sources close to the Palestinian militant group said. Hamas officials have accused some of the looters of working in collaboration with Israel, which has sealed off aid from entering…

Marvel movie “Thunderbolts” brought in $162 million at theaters around the world over the weekend, providing a solid start to the summer movie season that is key to Hollywood’s year at the box office. “Thunderbolts,” the story of a ragtag group of heroes who unite to fight a supervillain, earned $76 million of its total in the…

Meghan Markle showed her support for Prince Harry after he lost an appeal granting him and his family police protection when they visit the UK. The Duchess of Sussex took to Instagram Saturday to share a black-and-white photo of her husband walking with their two kids, Prince Archie, 6, and Princess Lilibet, 3, through a garden. Harry…

Lady Gaga’s concert in Rio de Janeiro dodged a bomb attack by a group of people posing as her “Little Monsters” fans. Local authorities claimed a hate group was plotting the vocalization and radicalization of minors through self-harm and violence at Saturday’s concert in Copacabana Beach. “The suspects were recruiting participants, including minors, to carry out coordinated…

LADY Gaga has spoken out after it was revealed Brazilian police foiled a bomb plot against her record-breaking free concert on Saturday. The singer gushed that she was “grateful” for her fans and felt “absolute pride and joy […] singing for the people of Brazil”. Her team said they learned about the bomb plot “via media reports”…

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said an interim ceasefire with Russia was possible any moment, “even starting today,” if Moscow agreed to the US proposal. Ukraine’s president rejected a Russian truce for three days from May 8 to 10. Czech president says Putin can agree to ceasefire with ‘a single decision’ Czech President Petr Pavel backed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s…

US President Donald Trump said he will not remove Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve Board chairman before his term ends in May 2026 while describing the central banker as “a total stiff” and repeating calls for the Fed to lower interest rates. Trump insisted that his moves to upend the global trading system with higher tariffs would…

The Kremlin says that Russia has “liberated” the Kursk region from Ukraine, a claim that Kyiv denies. Thousands of locals have fled, and those who remain live in a state of fear and feel neglected by Moscow. “It is still unclear whether we are safe or not. We have no peace because there are still drones ……

“Crimea will remain with Russia,” President Donald Trump said as he set the agenda for talks to end of the Ukraine war. But what do the indigenous inhabitants of the peninsula, the Crimean Tatars, think about this plan? As part of his “peace plan,” US President Donald Trump is ready to recognize the annexed Ukrainian peninsula of…

President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated photo showing himself as the pope ahead of this week’s gathering of cardinals to choose a new leader of the 1.4-billion-strong Catholic Church, and just days after he joked he would “like to be pope”. Trump, who is not a Catholic and does not attend church regularly, posted the image on…

Madonna, Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross will all be attending the glamorous Met Gala, also known as fashion’s biggest night, Page Six hears. Icon Ross will be at the swanky benefit taking place next Monday along with daughter, “Black-ish” star Tracee Ellis Ross and her son Evan, we hear. Another source tells us Lauryn Hill will also…

Kanye West’s wife, Bianca Censori, channeled his ex Kim Kardashian while debuting a new long hairdo on her Instagram Stories Saturday. In the photo, the Australian model styled her longer tresses down with wispy bangs in the front. She also wore a light mini dress and a pair of black heels. The look was reminiscent of the…

Israel called on Qatar, a key mediator between Israel and Hamas, to “stop playing both sides with its double talk and decide if it’s on the side of civilization or if it’s on the side of Hamas”, the Israeli Prime Minister’s office said on Saturday. Qatar rejected the statements as “inflammatory”. Despite efforts by Egyptian and Qatari…

Eight men have been arrested in two separate counter-terrorism police investigations. Five were arrested at various locations around England on Saturday as part of a “pre-planned” investigation into a plot to “target a specific premises”, the Metropolitan Police said. Four – two aged 29, one aged 40 and one aged 46 – are Iranian nationals. Police said…

India on Saturday imposed a ban on the import of goods coming from or transiting through Pakistan and also the entry of Pakistani ships into its ports. Pakistan has banned the use of its ports by Indian flag carriers, hours after New Delhi imposed fresh punitive measures, including a ban on import of goods and entry of…

The little boy is in tears and, understandably, irritable. Diarrhea has plagued him for half of his brief life. He is dehydrated and so weak. Attached to his tiny left hand is a yellow tube that carries liquid food to his frail little system. At 9 months old, Khaled is barely 11 pounds (5 kilos) — half…

While Prince Harry’s legal battle for UK security may not have ended in his favor, he did uncover some “shocking truths” throughout the process. The Duke of Sussex revealed some of his findings in an official statement after Friday’s ruling, taking aim at the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (RAVEC) over the…

The beach and seafront were packed with fans hours before the concert was set to begin. Rio officials expect a boost to economic activity in the city. American pop icon Lady Gaga is holding a free concert at the iconic Copacabana Beach in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro on Saturday. The show will be the…

A POPULAR sandwich shop is rapidly shrinking in size. The fast food giant is the largest in the US by number of locations. Subway, the sandwich chain, closed 631 locations across the country in 2024 alone, according to a recent report from QSR. While Subway still operates 19,502 restaurants nationwide, that number marks a significant milestone. This…

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday his administration will revoke Harvard University’s tax-exempt status, returning to a threat he issued against the Massachusetts school last month as part of his wider attack on elite universities. “We are going to be taking away Harvard’s Tax Exempt Status. It’s what they deserve!” Trump wrote in a post on…

Vitali Klitschko, the former heavyweight boxer who is now mayor of Kyiv, ventured last month into hazardous political territory: he delicately suggested in an interview that Ukraine might need to cede land to end its battle against Russia. After a flood of angry online comments, he walked back his comments, saying on Facebook that “territorial concessions contradict…

President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday agreed to halt all efforts to freeze funds intended for a Maine child nutrition program after initially suspending those dollars due to a disagreement between the state and Trump over transgender athletes. In response, the state will drop its lawsuit that had been filed against the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Maine…

Wall Street has clawed back losses incurred after President Donald Trump imposed global tariffs a month ago, capping the longest winning streak in two decades for US stocks. Shares saw gains for the ninth day in a row for the first time since 2004 after a better-than-expected jobs report and rising hope of US-China trade talks. Major…

Yu, a 32-year-old internet and trade worker from Hangzhou, used to drive around in a German-made Porsche 718. She has since traded that for a grey six-seater by leading Chinese EV maker Li Auto, which she said boasts better “smart driving” and navigation features, delivering a superior overall experience. The price and prestige might not be the…

Power has started returning in most areas affected by an outage in Indonesia’s resort island of Bali on Friday (May 2), officials said, and efforts were continuing to fully restore services. A power outage hit a number of regions of Bali on Friday from 4pm, said state utility Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN). The island’s airport was also…

MASS evacuations have been sparked after a huge 7.5-magnitude earthquake south of Chile and Argentina. Civilians were forced to flee across the entire coastal section of the Strait of Magellan after a strong earthquake in Drake Passage. The United States Geological Survey confirmed the mega quake, saying that it had struck between Cape Horn and Antarctica. They…

BILL Gates’ daughter has revealed her billionaire dad has Asperger’s syndrome – a condition the Microsoft co-founder has never publicly confirmed himself. Phoebe Gates, 22, made the offhand remark during the popular Call Her Daddy podcast while discussing what it’s like bringing dates home to one of the world’s most famous — and reportedly awkward — dads.…

The X account of Pakistan minister Ataullah Tarar, who claimed that India may soon conduct a military strike on Pakistan, citing “credible intelligence” has been blocked in India. The move comes amid tensions between both countries over the Pahalgam terror attack. Pakistan’s Information and Broadcasting Minister Ataullah Tarar’s X account has been blocked in India, days after…

Russia launched a mass drone attack late on Friday in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, hitting a high-rise apartment block, triggering fires and injuring 46 people, officials said. Mayor Ihor Terekhov, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said there had been strikes in 12 locations in four central districts of the city, a repeated target of Russian air…

CHILLING video has caught the moment a humanoid robot flew into a rage and lashed out at its handlers. CCTV footage from a factory floor shows it attached to a miniature crane. One man was sitting behind a computer screen and another stood nearby. They were chatting away when the machine suddenly began moving – seemingly of…

Seven people have been killed in a fiery collision between a tour van and a pickup truck near Yellowstone National Park, Idaho State Police said Friday. The cause of the crash, which happened just before 7:15 p.m. Thursday, 16 miles outside the park, remains under investigation. Both vehicles caught fire. Six of the 14 tourists in the…

There were various potential names for the rare earths, minerals, natural resources and economic agreement that the US and Ukraine had hoped to conclude immediately after the inauguration of US President Donald Trump in January. In the end, after a number of attempts and amendments, an agreement to establish a United States-Ukraine Reconstruction Fund was signed between…

A group of activists organising an aid boat for Gaza said it was attacked on Friday (May 2) by drones in international waters off Malta as they headed towards the Palestinian territory, accusing Israel of attacking the vessel. The Maltese government said it responded to a distress call from the vessel and offered immediate support. It said…

Iran had a grand plan for Syria – taken right from the playbook of a country it considers its arch-enemy. Just as the United States solidified its global dominance by investing billions in rebuilding Europe after the Second World War, Iran would do the same in the Middle East by reconstructing a war-ravaged Syria. The ambitious program,…

Japan could use its $1 trillion-plus holdings of U.S. Treasuries as a card in trade talks with Washington, its finance minister said on Friday, raising explicitly for the first time its leverage as a massive creditor to the United States. While Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato did not threaten to sell holdings, his remarks touch on a critical…

Israel attacked a target near the presidential palace in the Syrian capital Damascus, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said early on Friday, reiterating his vow to protect members of the Druze community. It marks the second time Israel has struck Syria in as many days, following through on a promise to defend the minority group, which was…

Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and possibly a couple thousand civilians, The Associated Press has learned. The planning documents, obtained by the AP, are dated April 29 and 30 and have not been…

DOGE has its day! Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency team expressed their gratitude Thursday to the federal employees partnering with the cost-cutting agency as they work around the clock to eliminate wasteful spending and modernize the workforce. The billionaire tech entrepreneur, 53, and several male staffers told Fox News host Jesse Watters that they’ve…

On Friday morning, a spokesperson for China’s ministry of commerce announced that Beijing was assessing the possibility of tariff negotiations with the United States. It was news the rest of the world had been waiting to hear as astonishingly high tariffs – up to 245% on some Chinese exports to the US – throttle trade between the…

Madonna, Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross will all be attending the glamorous Met Gala, also known as fashion’s biggest night, Page Six hears. Icon Ross will be at the swanky benefit taking place next Monday along with daughter, “Black-ish” star Tracee Ellis Ross and her son Evan, we hear. Another source tells us Lauryn Hill will also…

The decision comes weeks after the national security adviser to Donald Trump was embroiled in the Signalgate scandal. President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he would nominate his national security adviser, Mike Waltz, to become the US ambassador to the UN. “I am pleased to announce that I will be nominating Mike Waltz to be the…

Apple has for years relied on Chinese factories to make its iPhones. But it’s shifting some production to India to mitigate potential Trump tariffs. Apple CEO Tim Cook said Thursday that India will play a major role in making iPhones destined for the US market. “A majority of iPhones sold in the US will have India as…

Last month, JD Vance called Prime Minister Narendra Modi and strongly condemned the Pahalgam terror attack and conveyed his deepest condolences on the loss of lives. US Vice President JD Vance said on Thursday that he hopes India will respond to Pakistan over the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir that killed 26 – in a way…

SCIENTISTS have discovered a hidden lid that keeps the vast reservoir of magma beneath the Yellowstone supervolcano at bay. For years scientists have suspected that a mysterious chamber beneath the northeastern part of the Yellowstone caldera may hold molten rock. How deep the reservoir lies, or just how much magma it holds is still up for debate.…

THIS is the shocking moment raging wildfires surge towards Jerusalem, as Israel declares a “national emergency”. Cops have arrested 18 people on suspicion of arson following the monster inferno. Shocking footage shows thick black smoke above the main highway linking Jerusalem to Tel Aviv as firefighters race to control the blaze. Terrified drivers can be seen scrambling…

RUSSIA has launched a devastating drone strike on Odesa – just hours after the US and Ukraine signed a landmark mineral deal. Two people were killed and at least 15 more were by Vladimir Putin’s blitz – marking a clear rebuke of the new agreement.   Raging fires were sparked and various buildings were damaged, according to…

Following Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, many Western companies said they would fully withdraw. Nevertheless, some are holding on to their trademarks in the country. According to a study by Ukraine’s Kyiv School of Economics, more than 460 international companies have ceased operations in Russia since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022…

Kyle Richards’ look-alike daughter Sophia Umansky stunned fans with graphic images of hair loss after taking a weight-loss medication. “I am very lucky that I have so much hair, because at the rate that I’ve been losing hair, I’m gonna be bald in about a week,” the brunette beauty said during a TikTok shared Wednesday. “I started…

A Ukrainian drone attack left at least seven people dead and a Russian strike on Odesa killed two people Thursday, officials said, just hours after Kyiv and Washington signed a long-anticipated agreement granting U.S. access to Ukraine’s mineral resources. The attack in the partially occupied Kherson region of southern Ukraine, which struck a market in the town…

Tourist Nash Core admits he felt some fear when he and his 11-year-old son waded into the ocean off the Australian coast to help rescue a 3-meter (10-foot) great white shark stranded in shallow water. Three local men managed to return the distressed animal from a sand bank into deeper water after an almost hour-long rescue effort…

Workers were installing benches at a park in the ancient Greek port city of Thessaloniki when their excavator pushed brown soil off a fragile white skull. They turned off the motorized equipment and set to work with pickaxes and shovels. The crew found two skeletons, then more. By March, 33 sets of bones lay in a tight…

Videos widely shared on social media captured Mark Carney dancing and rapping along with the band, clad in a DWW hoodie. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s recent election victory celebrations featured videos of his enthusiastic dance moves. Mark Carney and the Liberal Party secured a fourth consecutive term in Canada’s federal election, a victory largely attributed to…

Kuwait has released an additional 10 American detainees, bringing to nearly two dozen the total number freed by the country in the past two months, U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The pardons of 23 Americans, done as a goodwill gesture by a U.S. ally, have yielded a quick succession of prisoner releases in the…

For the first time, a federally recognized Indigenous tribe in the U.S. has led research using DNA to show their ancestral history. The Picuris Pueblo, a sovereign nation in New Mexico, has oral histories and cultural traditions that link the tribe to the region of Chaco Canyon, one of the ancient centers of Pueblo culture and society.…

One of the world’s most endangered amphibians – the strange, perpetually smiling Mexican axolotl – has thrived after being released in artificial wetlands, scientists have discovered. In a study that provides hope for the long-term future of a creature that was pushed to the brink of extinction, scientists released 18 captive-bred axolotls in restored and artificial wetland…

In the Hunter Valley, long, brown trains chug through lush pastures, carrying stacks of black rock – the lifeblood of the region, though not for much longer. This has long been Australia’s coal country. But the area, a three-hour drive from Sydney, is now begrudgingly on the frontline of the country’s transition to clean energy. “This town…

At the New York Public Library’s annual Library Lunch, former New Yorker editor Tina Brown said there’s an obvious best seller waiting to be bestowed on one lucky biographer: the book on Queen Elizabeth. Brown — who also once led Vanity Fair — spoke on the panel at the event about her work covering the royals, saying…

China has created a list of US-made products that would be exempted from its 125 per cent tariffs and is quietly notifying companies about the policy, two people familiar with the matter said, as Beijing seeks to ease the impact of its trade war with Washington. China has already granted tariff exemptions on select products, including select…

A Palestinian student who was detained by immigration officials after leading protests against the war in Gaza has been released. Meanwhile, President Trump blamed Joe Biden for a drop in economic growth. Kamala Harris says ‘chaos’ of Trump administration is by design Former US Vice President Kamala Harris has hit out at Donald Trump and his backers…

At least three people have died in Spain in an incident linked to a massive power cut that shut the country down on Monday, the Civil Guard has told the BBC. They died in the north-west municipality of Taboadela and were from the same family, according to Spanish media. Police are reportedly investigating whether carbon monoxide from…