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Hamas said Saturday it was reviewing a new Israeli proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza, as Egypt intensified efforts to broker a deal to end the months-long war and stave off a planned Israeli ground offensive into the southern city of Rafah. Senior Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya gave no details of Israel’s offer, but said it was…

Hamas has published a video showing the first proof of life of two more hostages being held in Gaza. In undated footage filmed under duress, Omri Miran says he has been held for 202 days and Keith Siegel mentions this week’s Passover holiday, indicating the clips were filmed recently. Both were captured when Hamas launched its deadly…

Steven Spielberg is working with President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign to provide strategy for the Democratic National Convention, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to NBC News on Friday. Spielberg, a longtime supporter of Biden, has already actively participated in meetings with convention organizers for the August event, the source said. He does not currently have…

Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasizes the need for US and China to be partners, not rivals, addressing concerns of economic pressure and urging a positive view of China’s development. Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday told top US diplomat Antony Blinken that the world’s biggest economies should be “partners, not rivals” as the two sides pressed for…

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday (Apr 26) that any decisions by the International Criminal Court, which is investigating Hamas’ Oct 7 attacks and Israel’s military assault on Gaza, would not affect Israel’s actions but would set a dangerous precedent. “Under my leadership, Israel will never accept any attempt by the International Criminal Court in the…

This week, one presidential candidate has called the other a loser, made fun of him for selling Bibles, and even poked fun at his hair. That kind of taunting is generally more within the purview of former President Donald J. Trump, whose insults are so voluminous and so often absurd that they have been cataloged by the…

China must stop supporting Russia’s war in Ukraine if it wants to enjoy good relations with the West, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday, warning Beijing in unusually harsh words it cannot have it both ways. During a visit to Berlin, the chief of the Western military alliance said Beijing’s help was vital to Moscow’s war…

The Supreme Court’s conservative justices signaled support on Thursday for U.S. presidents having some level of protection from criminal charges for certain acts taken in office as it tackled Donald Trump’s claim of immunity from prosecution for trying to undo his 2020 election loss. During about 2-1/2 hours of arguments in the case, most of the justices…

Extreme rainfall across east Africa has led to dozens of deaths in recent weeks, with Burundi pleading for international aid while in Kenya, streets in the capital were turned into rivers. Devastating flooding has struck east Africa, with extreme rainfall wreaking havoc across several countries. Recent weeks have seen dozens of deaths in the region related to…

Rudy Giuliani, a former lawyer for Donald Trump, is among 18 people charged in Arizona with illegally seeking to claim the state’s 2020 electoral votes for the then-U.S. president, in an indictment that names Trump as an unindicted co-conspirator. The indictment, reached on Tuesday and unsealed on Wednesday, stems from the attempt by Trump and his allies…

Pro-Palestinian students have set up tent encampments at more campuses across the U.S. to protest Israel’s incursion into Gaza, after mass arrests at similar demonstrations at a handful of mostly East Coast colleges in recent days. The expanding protests include plans by a coalition of Jewish groups opposing Israel’s actions to close the Brooklyn street where U.S.…

Donald Trump is the first former US president to face a criminal trial, accused of falsifying business records to pay hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels to cover up their alleged affair in the run-up to the 2016 election. A newspaper chief was Donald Trump’s “eyes and ears” and killed unfavourable stories about him in the…

The UK government will also provide Ukraine with its largest munitions package since the war against Russia started in February 2022. Rishi Sunak is to announce a £500m military aid package to Ukraine in its war against Russia alongside the UK’s largest provision of munitions so far. Some 400 vehicles, 60 boats, 1,600 strike and air defence…

Thin with a boyish face and earrings in both ears, 23-year-old Isayah Turner does not look like a stereotypical Trump supporter, who tend to be middle aged or older. Nevertheless, Turner drove two hours from his home outside Milwaukee on a recent Tuesday to see Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin,…

The Maldives’ ruling party is set to win a two-thirds majority in Sunday’s parliamentary election, local media said, a result likely to push the Indian Ocean island nation further towards China and away from its longtime ally India. President Mohamed Muizzu’s People’s National Congress (PNC) is expected to win at least 62 of the 93 parliamentary seats,…

At least five rockets are launched from the Iraqi town of Zummar towards a US military base in northeastern Syria, security sources tell Reuters. The attack against American forces is the first since February, when Iranian-backed groups in Iraq stopped targeting US troops. The big picture: What you need to know about Middle East crisis as we…

The Manhattan trial of Donald Trump begins in earnest this week, but the verdict is already in: prosecutors and the judge are guilty of election interference. I know that’s true because The New York Times said so. Well, the Gray Lady didn’t put it exactly that way, but a Friday headline hinted at the injustice by declaring:…

UK Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron says the funding is “a vital step forward”, but Russia claims the passage of the bill will “further ruin” Ukraine and result in more deaths. The US House of Representatives has approved sending $60.8bn (£49bn) in foreign aid to Ukraine. Democrats and Republicans joined together after months of deadlock over renewed American…

French authorities Friday (Apr 19) detained a man suspected of entering the Iranian consulate in Paris and falsely claiming to be armed with an explosive vest, police and prosecutors said. No explosives or arms were found on the man or the premises after he surrendered to police following the incident. The man, born in 1963 in Iran,…

The Middle East is on the “precipice” of a broader war that can be averted with a two-state solution allowing Israel and Palestine to exist side-by-side with Jerusalem as a shared capital, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday. However, that solution won’t come from immediate U.S. recognition of a Palestinian state…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would decide whether and how to respond to Iran’s major air assault earlier this week, brushing off calls for restraint from close allies. Israel has vowed to respond to Iran’s unprecedented attack, leaving the region bracing for further escalation after months of fighting in Gaza. Israel’s allies have been urging Israel…

Biden calls for higher taxes on the rich on visit to Pennsylvania hometown United States President Joe Biden has renewed calls for higher taxes on the rich and criticised his rival Donald Trump as being out of touch with working-class Americans during a nostalgia-fuelled visit to his hometown. Kicking off a three-day tour of the battleground state…

New Orleans-based photographer Bonnie Cash captured a photo of President Joe Biden holding a secret note while addressing the press for the first time since Iran’s April 13 attack on Israel, alongside Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’a Al-Sudani at the Oval Office on Monday. New Orleans-based photographer Bonnie Cash captured a photo of President Joe Biden holding…

Israel’s war cabinet has met to discuss its response to Iran’s unprecedented drone and missile attack. Israel did not make public whether a decision had been reached. Its allies have strongly condemned Iran’s actions, but urged Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to show restraint. While Iran has signalled it considers the matter closed, the Israeli military’s chief of staff…

“We were attacked last night from four corners of the Middle East with proxies shooting at us, firing ballistic missiles, drones and cruise missiles,” Isaac Herzog tells Sky News. Iran’s attack on Israel was a “declaration of war”, Israel’s president has told Sky News. Isaac Herzog said it was “about time the world faces this empire of…

Biden warns Netanyahu US will NOT support Israel’s counterattack on Iran amid fears of all-out war: President tells PM in late-night call ‘you got a win, take the win’ after IDF shot down ‘nearly all’ incoming drones and missiles • President Biden has made it clear to Benjamin Netanyahu that US forces will not join offensive operations…

After reports surfaced of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seizing an Israeli-linked cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, government sources told CNN-News18 that there are 17 Indian nationals among the crew on board. The sources further added that they are in contact with Iranian authorities through diplomatic channels, both in Tehran and New Delhi, to ensure…

Police say there is no continuing threat, adding that it was too early to determine the attacker’s motive. Seven people are dead and others are in serious or critical condition after a stabbing rampage at a mall in Sydney, Australia, on Saturday, according to police. The attacker, who was shot by a lone officer, was among the…

Booms and air raid sirens sounded across Israel early Sunday after Iran launched hundreds of drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles in an unprecedented revenge mission that pushed the Middle East closer to a regionwide war. In Washington, President Joe Biden said U.S. forces helped Israel down “nearly all” the drones and missiles and pledged to convene…

The New York judge overseeing Donald Trump’s hush money criminal case rejected the former U.S. president’s bid to delay Monday’s scheduled trial on the ground that substantial pre-trial publicity would make the proceedings unfair. Trump had sought an indefinite delay, saying media coverage was prejudiced against him, and finding an acceptable jury in Manhattan would be tough…

The White House said on Friday there is no reason for China to see a U.S. summit this week with Japan and the Philippines as a threat. White House national security spokesperson John Kirby spoke after China complained to Japan and the Philippines about some of the rhetoric emerging from President Joe Biden’s summit talks with the…

US President Joe Biden has said he expects Iran to attack Israel “sooner, rather than later” in response to an airstrike in Syria that killed a senior officer. Meanwhile, several countries have warned their citizens against travel to the region. Israel remains braced for an attack from Iran as the US moves “additional assets” to the Middle…

The leaders are expected to announce that their coast guards will hold a joint patrol in the Indo-Pacific this year, a follow-up on law enforcement drills carried out last year by the allies in waters near the disputed South China Sea President Joe Biden said Thursday that U.S. defence commitment to Pacific allies was “ironclad” as he…

Russia fired more than 40 missiles and about 40 attack drones overnight as Moscow targeted energy infrastructure in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has fired veiled criticism at Kyiv’s Western allies as he calls for more support. He suggested the West is “turning a blind eye” to what is happening in Ukraine after Russian forces launched strikes…

Major U.S. airlines and aviation unions on Thursday urged the Biden administration to pause approvals of additional flights between China and the United States, citing ongoing “anti-competitive policies of the Chinese government.” In February, the U.S. Transportation Department said Chinese passenger airlines could boost weekly round-trip U.S. flights to 50 starting on March 31, up from the…

U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday unveiled plans for military cooperation and projects ranging from missiles to moon landings, strengthening their alliance with an eye on countering China and Russia. A joint news conference at the White House reflected the growing importance of Japan on the world stage and to the…

US Ambassador Eric Garcetti praised India’s progress and developmental journey, and said that if people want to “see” and “feel the future”, they should come to the country. US Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti, has praised India’s developmental journey, saying that if anyone wants to “see the future”, they should come to the country. Speaking at an…

China Plays Tense Game of ‘Russian Roulette’ With U.S. Ally. Chinese coast guard ships have slammed Philippine boats with water cannons, shattering a windshield and injuring Filipino crew China is intensifying a dangerous game in the South China Sea, in ways that risk drawing the U.S. into its fight with the Philippines. In early March, two Chinese…

In an exclusive interview, the president of Ukraine talks about his outreach to Trump, stalled Ukraine aid and Russia’s growing influence in the U.S. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine warned in an interview that Russian influence had pierced the American political system and rejected the idea, backed by allies of Donald Trump, that Ukraine could swiftly end…

A New York state appellate judge on Monday denied Donald Trump’s bid to delay his April 15 criminal trial on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star while the former U.S. president seeks to move the case out of Manhattan. Associate Justice Lizbeth Gonzalez issued her decision shortly after a half-hour hearing at the…

Former U.S. President Donald Trump said it would be “my great honor” to go to jail for violating a gag order imposed by the judge who will hear his upcoming trial on charges stemming from a hush-money payment to a porn star. “If this Partisan Hack wants to put me in the ‘clink’ for speaking the open…

Israel’s defence minister Yoav Gallant says troops had been pulled out to prepare for future missions, including in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah. Israel has withdrawn almost all of its troops from southern Gaza. Only one brigade remains in Khan Younis and is tasked with securing the Netzarim corridor that divides the Gaza Strip, according to The…

A state of emergency has been imposed in a Russian city due to nuclear contamination. The Russian authorities have not explained what is causing the alarming radiation in Khabarovsk. A mystery radiation source was today ‘removed and placed in a protective container’ and ‘transported to a radioactive waste storage facility’ in the city, the largest in Russia’s…

While the Israeli ambassador walked out of the plenary session in protest at the end of her speech, India was among 13 countries which abstained from voting for the resolution.   The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted a resolution on Friday, calling for Israel to be held accountable for possible war crimes and crimes against…

‘… as populations in India, South Korea, and the United States head to the polls, we are likely to see Chinese cyber and influence actors … work toward targeting these elections,’ the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center (MTAC) said in its report. New York: China is likely to deploy Artificial Intelligence-generated content via social media to sway public…

The US is on high alert and actively preparing for a “significant” attack that could come as soon as within the next week by Iran targeting Israeli or American assets in the region in response to Monday’s Israeli strike in Damascus that killed top Iranian commanders, a senior administration official tells CNN. Senior US officials currently believe…

A rare earthquake rocked the New York City area Friday morning, swaying buildings and sending terrified residents into the streets — the strongest temblor to strike near the Big Apple in 140 years. City officials quickly warned people of the danger of potential aftershocks — which began in the early afternoon in New Jersey, a report said.…

President Joe Biden threatened on Thursday to condition support for Israel’s offensive in Gaza on it taking concrete steps to protect aid workers and civilians, seeking for the first time to leverage U.S. aid to influence Israeli military behavior. Biden’s warning, relayed in a call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, followed a deadly Israeli attack…

Israel war cabinet member Benny Gantz called for national elections in September on Wednesday (Apr 3) as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government faces pressure at home and abroad over the war in Gaza. “We must agree on a date for elections in September, towards a year to the war if you will,” Gantz said in a televised…

NATO foreign ministers meet on Thursday to celebrate the 75th anniversary of their alliance, having agreed to start planning for a greater role in coordinating military aid to Ukraine. On the second day of a meeting in Brussels, the ministers will mark the signing in Washington on April 4, 1949, of the North Atlantic Treaty that established…

The US country-turned-pop singer is the only musician to have earned more than $1bn from her songs and performances alone, Forbes says. Taylor Swift has made it on to a list of the world’s billionaires, according to Forbes, as her Eras Tour spanning 152 shows and five continents generated more than $1bn (£800m) in revenue. The 34-year-old…

The move came after Israeli lawmakers passed a new law that allows the government to temporarily shutter foreign media outlets deemed to be a risk to national security. Israeli lawmakers passed a law on Monday allowing the government to temporarily shutter foreign media outlets that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has determined undermine the country’s national security, and…

The Kremlin on Monday dismissed a report that Russian military intelligence may be behind the mysterious “Havana syndrome” ailment that has afflicted U.S. diplomats and spies globally. Insider, a Russia-focused investigative media group based in Riga, Latvia reported, opens new tab that members of a Russian military intelligence (GRU) unit known as 29155 had been placed at…

Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated Saturday night in front of the military’s headquarters in Tel Aviv, in the biggest protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu since the terrorist attack of Oct. 7. During the demonstration, a group of roughly 20 hostage families called on Netanyahu to resign. They say that for his own political reasons, he isn’t pushing…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree setting out the routine spring conscription campaign, calling up 150,000 citizens for statutory military service, a document posted on the Kremlin’s website showed on Sunday. All men in Russia are required to do a year-long military service, or equivalent training during higher education, from the age of 18. In…

Donald Trump posted a video to his Truth Social account showing a pickup truck whose tailgate featured a photoshopped image of a tied-up President Joe Biden being hauled away. The truck in question can be seen driving in what looks like a caravan of Trump-themed trucks. Above the video, Trump posted, “3/28/24 | LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK…”…

If the tragic events that pulled the US into World War 2 were to repeat themselves today, NATO would not be obliged to enact Article 5. Experts have warned that Vladimir Putin could use a NATO loophole to attack the US and not trigger Article 5. On Sunday, December 7, 1941, the course of World War 2…

Guyana President Irfaan Ali while discussing Guyana’s recently found offshore oilfields had an argument with BBC’s Stephen Sackur, who hosts the interview programme HARDTalk, over climate change. Irfaan Ali did not approve when journalist Sackur questioned him regarding Guyana’s plans to drill oil from its recently discovered oil reserves. “Over the next decade or two, it’s expected…

An American YouTube star has been kidnapped in Haiti by one of the gangs that have become its de facto rulers, as he was attempting to interview the nation’s most notorious gang leader. Addison Pierre Maalouf, known online as YourFellowArab or just “Arab,” traveled from his home in Atlanta to interview Jimmy “Barbecue” Chérizier, the leader of…

NATO faces a “pre-war era” in which “literally any scenario is possible” given the potential for aggression from Russia, according to Poland’s prime minister, the latest evidence that allies see a growing likelihood of major conflict. “Literally any scenario is possible,” Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told a group of journalists in a newly-published interview. “I know…

FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried will serve 25 years in prison after being convicted of defrauding his customers, investors, and lenders. The man who presided over the largest crypto collapse in history received his sentence Thursday in a Manhattan federal court from US Judge Lewis Kaplan, who presided over Bankman-Fried’s trial last fall. He faced up to 110…

The World Court on Thursday unanimously ordered Israel, accused by South Africa of genocide in Gaza, to take all necessary and effective action to ensure basic food supplies to the enclave’s Palestinian population and halt spreading famine. But Gaza’s Hamas rulers said a ceasefire was needed to halt the humanitarian crisis. The order from the International Court…

The melting of ice in Greenland and Antarctica is said to have slowed the rotation of the Earth because it has changed where the planet’s mass is concentrated. The melting of polar ice due to human-driven climate change has slightly slowed the Earth’s rotation – and it could affect how we measure time, according to a study.…

The United Nations Security Council on Monday adopted a resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas, after the United States abstained from the vote — prompting Israel to cancel the visit of a high-level delegation to Washington. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had warned before the vote that the delegation’s visit would…

Barack Obama spent several hours last Friday in the family dining room of the White House, visiting his former vice president, Joe Biden. The mood was cheerful as the pair exchanged jokes, and the meeting served as a small reunion of sorts for the two presidents’ respective staff – many of whom have known each other going…

China criticizes EAM Jaishankar’s support for Philippines in maritime dispute, asserts third parties have no right to interfere in territorial matters. China criticizes EAM Jaishankar’s comments on India supporting the Philippines for upholding its national sovereignty. Responding to Jaishankar’s comments, China said, “Third parties have no right to interfere whatsoever. Respect China’s territorial sovereignty and maritime rights.”…

The ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge and, according to reports, several vehicles and as many as 20 people were sent plunging into the river below.   The container ship that rammed a bridge in US’ Baltimore, causing it to collapse almost entirely and sending cars and people plunging into the river below, was manned…