Israeli police and military forces announced on Tuesday that several Israeli settlers had been arrested following violent clashes near the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarem, during which Palestinians were injured, and property was damaged. The Israeli military reported that it deployed troops after “masked Israeli civilians… attacked Palestinians and set fire to property in […]

An additional 2,300 flights were cancelled in the US on Monday as President Donald Trump threatened to dock the pay of air traffic controllers who had called in sick during the ongoing government shutdown. Trump, who had previously criticised absent aviation workers as “unpatriotic,” found himself in a public spat with the National Air Traffic […]

On the streets of Damascus on Tuesday, many Syrians viewed their leader’s visit to Washington as a sign of a shift towards the West, one that could potentially pave the way for the revitalisation of the country’s war-torn economy. On Monday, Donald Trump welcomed Ahmed al-Sharaa in a historic visit, marking the first time a […]

President Donald Trump on Tuesday declared victory over rival Democrats in the battle over the longest-ever US government shutdown, during a speech at an annual ceremony honouring America’s military veterans. Trump seized on the fact that several Democratic senators broke ranks on Monday to vote with Republicans for a compromise deal, paving the way for […]

Top Colombian military officials revealed on Tuesday that a major offensive against a drug-trafficking guerrilla group had resulted in the deaths of 19 fighters following airstrikes in the country’s Amazon region. The strikes targeted a dissident ex-FARC splinter group and come amid growing criticism of President Gustavo Petro’s policies, particularly his perceived reluctance to take […]

With US President Donald Trump absent from the UN’s climate summit in the Amazon, California Governor Gavin Newsom seized the spotlight on Tuesday, launching a fierce critique of Trump’s fossil fuel agenda and his political legacy. The well-groomed Democrat – widely seen as a potential candidate for the 2028 US presidential election – took aim […]

Russia suffered a setback on Wednesday when Australia’s High Court rejected its legal challenge to construct a new embassy less than a kilometre from the nation’s Parliament in Canberra. The saga began in 2008, when Russia secured a 99-year lease for the land, paying nearly AU$3 million (around US$2 million) for a site situated approximately […]