Congress lets the government go dark. What closes, what doesn’t

After midnight on Wednesday, the federal government began a partial shutdown when competing funding measures died in the Senate and a stopgap failed to...

BRICS Affairs

Conflicts, Military and War

Britain set to formally recognize Palestinian state amid Gaza crisis, defying US and Israel

London — The United Kingdom is expected to formally recognize the State of Palestine this weekend, following the conclusion of US President Donald Trump’s...

Government and Politics

Washington circus corruption Patel hearings Trump court chaos US decay

Washington —A storm of political theater is unfolding in Washington as congressional hearings, courtroom fights, and partisan investigations place the United States under a...

Africa

Iran defies UN snapback, recalls envoys from London, Paris, Berlin

Tehran — Iran framed the impending return of United Nations sanctions as a political ritual rather than an existential turning point, casting European capitals...

Russia Ukraine war day 1,306: NATO alarm, Russia steadies the home front

Conflicts, Military and War

New York — The war in Ukraine entered day 1,306 with a combustible mix of Baltic airspace theatrics, refinery fires inside Russia, and showy...

Conflicts, Military and War

Russia Ukraine war day 1305: Oil fires, Baltic air scares, and a jittery UN week

Kyiv — The war in Ukraine entered day 1,305 with a familiar, volatile rhythm:...

Conflicts, Military and War

Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro condemn US “aggression” as global instability rises

Caracas — Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro accused the United States on Monday of waging “aggression” on multiple fronts, warning that Washington’s actions have severed...

Economy

Trump tariffs reset global trade as costs pile up and growth bends

New York — The global economy is settling into a new normal built around tariffs, not treaties, and the shock is only beginning to...

Conflicts, Military and War

Russia Ukraine war day 1,304 Russia escalates air war as Ukraine hits oil network and NATO patrols Poland

Business

Fed rate cut signals deepening Economic slowdown and labor market concerns

Foreign Affairs

Nepal bets on Sushila Karki to calm crisis and run March 5 vote

Kathmandu — Nepal dissolved its lower house and set a general election for March 5, 2026, hours after President Ramchandra Paudel swore in former...

Israel strikes Sanaa’s Press hub, killing Yemeni journalists

Sanaa — At least ten Yemeni journalists were killed in Israeli airstrikes that hit central Sanaa and sites in al-Jawf on Wednesday, according to...

ex-IDF chief Herzi Halevi admits Israel’s Gaza genocide killed or wounded over 200,000 Palestinians

Netanyahu’s reckless war reaches Doha as Gaza counts the dead

New Zealand’s largest Gaza march calls out Israel’s starvation policy

UN General Assembly humiliates US and Israel, backs time-bound two-state plan

Argentina’s human rights lawyers demand arrest of Netanyahu, accuse Israel of genocide

UN security council slams Israel for ‘man-made crisis’ in Gaza, US defends starvation tactics

Australian PM Anthony Albanese rejects Trump’s outrage over Palestine recognition, accuses Washington of hypocrisy

Israeli Palestinian Conflict

Conflicts, Military and War

Israel Palestine Conflict day 665: Aid Flotilla dares blockade as toll soars

GAZA CITY — Israeli strikes again battered the coastal enclave on Wednesday even as an unprecedented civilian flotilla pressed toward the shoreline in a...

Conflicts, Military and War

Yemen strikes Israeli-occupied territories as Israel lashes out in deadly retaliation

Teman — Yemen's armed forces launched a missile attack on Israeli targets in the occupied Palestinian territories. This strike, reported by local media in...

Conflicts, Military and War

Britain set to formally recognize Palestinian state amid Gaza crisis, defying US and Israel

London — The United Kingdom is expected to formally recognize the State of Palestine this weekend, following the conclusion of US President Donald Trump’s...

Conflicts, Military and War

Gaza suffers under Israel’s brutal ground invasion as humanitarian collapse accelerates

Gaza — Israel's recent ground invasion of Gaza City marks a brutal escalation in its ongoing campaign of destruction and displacement. Thousands of Palestinians have...

Slovenia’s president says Gaza genocide must stop now

Israel pounds Gaza city again as UN warns of “terrorizing tactics”

Trump berates UN, says Gaza war must end ‘immediately’ while blocking Palestinian statehood

Gaza city under relentless Israeli assault as families flee shattered blocks

French recognition of Palestine mocks US and Israel’s shameless support for occupation

Israel’s genocide in Palestine: A verified report from Deir Yassin to Gaza 2025

Verified War Crimes

Iran’s president injured in Israeli airstrike, US intelligence confirms

US-backed aid experiment kills at least 20 Palestinians as GHF blames ‘agitators’

HF Gaza Deaths

59 Palestinians massacred in Gaza as Israeli forces target food lines and bomb refugee homes

Aid center killings

Netanyahu’s deadly choice prolonging the Gaza war for political gain

Iran claims over 90% missile strike success in final days of Israel conflict

Foreign Affairs

Conflicts, Military and War

Russia Ukraine war, day 1317: winter test, grids hit, Europe on edge

Russia — The Russia Ukraine war, now on Day 1317, continues to redraw the map of risk in Europe. The front is not only...

Conflicts, Military and War

Russia Ukraine war, Day 1316: Chornobyl power cut jolts Europe

Moscow — Russia Ukraine war Day 1316 unfolded with a familiar, and more perilous, rhythm: missiles and drones probing power nodes, fresh damage to...

Conflicts, Military and War

Israel Palestine Conflict day 665: Aid Flotilla dares blockade as toll soars

GAZA CITY — Israeli strikes again battered the coastal enclave on Wednesday even as an unprecedented civilian flotilla pressed toward the shoreline in a...

Conflicts, Military and War

Russia Ukraine war Day 1318: Tanker seized, nuclear jitters, prisoners return

Kyiv. Zaporizhzhia. Paris. Sochi: The Russia Ukraine war entered Day 1,318 on Friday with a set of developments that pulled the conflict’s logic in...

Trump’s ticking clock on Gaza: Hamas hedges as Israel braces

Israel Palestine Conflict day 667: Israel seizes Gaza flotilla boat, deportations begin as new convoy gathers

Conflicts, Military and War

Russia Ukraine war day 1314: Kyiv reels as ZNPP risk and Baltic airspace jitters grow

Conflicts, Military and War

Washington meeting sells hope as Gaza bleeds again

Entertainment, Fashion, Lifestyle & Society

Fashion & Lifestyle

Dior’s shock therapy: Jonathan Anderson rips up fashion’s rulebook

PARIS — The most scrutinized question in this fashion season’s crowded calendar was not whether Jonathan Anderson could make a beautiful dress; it was...

Entertainment

Diddy’s day of reckoning: Judge will decide who gets to speak, and how much it matters

NEW YORK — When Sean “Diddy” Combs enters a Manhattan federal courtroom for sentencing on Friday, the proceeding will revolve around two dry-sounding convictions...

Fashion & Lifestyle

Zendaya’s chrome mini melts Paris, Hijacks Louis Vuitton SS26 at the Louvre

PARIS — Zendaya arrived at the Louvre just before showtime for Louis Vuitton’s Spring/Summer 2026 presentation, the evening light slipping off the Pyramid’s glass...

Entertainment

Diddy gets 50 months, a judge cuts the myth down to size

New York. The federal courtroom at 500 Pearl Street filled before sunrise on Friday, reporters and spectators sliding into benches while deputy marshals moved...