International

Donald Trump’s move to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook has marked a dramatic escalation in his effort to control the US central bank — in a step that puts the institution’s independence at risk. For months, the US leader has been calling for the bank to slash interest rates, lashing out repeatedly at Fed Chair Jerome Powell for being ...

At least six people were killed and 86 others injured in an Israeli airstrike in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, according to Yemeni health officials. The strike took place on Sunday in retaliation for a new type of missile attack launched by Yemen’s Houthi forces on Israeli territory, Reuters reported. The Israeli military stated that it targeted a military complex housing the ...

Syria’s Kurds on Sunday criticized the upcoming selection of members of a new transitional parliament as undemocratic, after authorities postponed the process for Kurdish-controlled areas in the north and northeast, reports AFP. After toppling longtime ruler Bashar Assad in December, Syria’s new authorities dissolved the parliament and adopted a temporary constitution for a five-year transition. The selection of a transitional ...

The collapse of an under-construction railway bridge over a major river in China has killed at least 12 workers and left four others missing, state media reports said, reports AP. Aerial photos from the official Xinhua News Agency show a large section missing from the bridge’s curved aquamarine arch. A bent section of the bridge deck hangs downward into the ...

Sri Lanka’s former president Ranil Wickremesinghe was arrested on Friday for allegedly “misusing government funds,” a senior police detective said, reports AFP. Wickremesinghe was taken into custody after being questioned about a September 2023 visit to London to attend a ceremony for his wife at a British university while he was head of state, the officer said. “We are producing ...

Israel has approved a highly controversial settlement project in the occupied West Bank, advancing plans to build around 3,400 housing units in the sensitive E1 area east of Jerusalem. The decision has drawn sharp criticism from the international community, which warns the move threatens the viability of a future Palestinian state. The E1 zone, covering approximately 12 square kilometres between ...

Tensions between Israel and France reached a diplomatic crisis on Tuesday after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused French President Emmanuel Macron of encouraging antisemitism by announcing plans to formally recognise a Palestinian state next month. In a strongly worded letter seen by AFP, Netanyahu charged that Macron’s recognition plan had caused a “surge” in antisemitism in France, writing: “Your ...

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he hoped Russia’s Vladimir Putin would move forward on ending the war in Ukraine but conceded that the Kremlin leader may not want to make a deal at all, adding this would create a “rough situation” for Putin, reports Reuters. In an interview with the Fox News “Fox & Friends” programme, Trump said ...

Three people were killed and eight others injured in a mass shooting at a nightclub in Brooklyn, New York, early Sunday, according to NBC News, citing police sources. The incident took place at the “Taste Of The City Lounge” in the Crown Heights neighborhood just before 3:30 a.m. local time, New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said during a ...

European leaders will join Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during his visit to Washington on Monday seeking an end to Moscow’s invasion, after President Donald Trump dropped his push for a ceasefire following his Alaska summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, reports AFP. Securing a ceasefire in Ukraine, more than three years after the Kremlin ordered the invasion, had been one ...