29-05-2025 WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s administration has ordered its missions abroad to stop scheduling new appointments for student and exchange visitor visa applicants as the State Department prepares to expand social media vetting of foreign students, according to an internal cable seen by Reuters on Tuesday. US Secretary of State …
Read More »Russia’s Medvedev rebukes Trump over Putin post
29-05-2025 MOSCOW: A senior Moscow security official has rebuked United States President Donald Trump and raised the danger of another world war breaking out after Trump said Russian leader Vladimir Putin was “playing with fire” by refusing to engage in Ukraine ceasefire talks with Kyiv. Dmitry Medvedev said World War …
Read More »Indian MPs target Pakistan on global trips
29-05-2025 DOHA, QATAR: Inside India’s Parliament, they are sworn rivals, with the opposition raising questions and attacking the government over its policies, and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of Prime Minister Narendra Modi defending itself – and the two sides rarely meet. Over the past few days, however, they …
Read More »Desperate crowds storm US aid distribution site in Rafah
29-05-2025 RAFAH/ GAZA: At least three people have died and dozens have been injured in war-ravaged Gaza as thousands of starving Palestinians attempted to get food from a controversial Israeli-United States organization, laying bare the scale of the catastrophe inflicted on the enclave by Israel’s three-month blockade of aid. In …
Read More »SpaceX loses Starship during reentry amid test flight
29-05-2025 HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA: Billionaire Elon Musk’s commercial space flight company, SpaceX, lost control of its ninth Starship test flight 30 minutes after the un-crewed rocket vehicle was launched into space from Texas, the United States; the media reports. The mega-rocket then re-entered the atmosphere earlier than planned on Wednesday after …
Read More »Far-right Israelis storm Al-Aqsa amid Jerusalem Day march
28-05-2025 JERUSALEM: Right-wing Israelis in Jerusalem have stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and a United Nations facility for Palestinian refugees as an annual march took place marking Israel’s conquest of the eastern part of the city. Some Israelis chanted, “Death to Arabs” and “May your village burn,” as they marched …
Read More »Over 180,000 Palestinians displaced in 10 days
28-05-2025 GAZA STRIP: A controversial aid group engaged by Israel and backed by the United States says it has started operations in southern Gaza as the Israeli military continues its attacks across the enclave with the stated aim of taking over all of Gaza. This comes as more than 180,000 …
Read More »Hezbollah holds firm in Lebanon’s municipal elections
28-05-2025 BEIRUT: As southern Lebanon continues to suffer from sporadic Israeli attacks despite a ceasefire signed in November between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah, establishment parties have emerged as the biggest winners of municipal elections. Voting took place over four weeks, starting in Mount Lebanon, north of the capital, …
Read More »‘Trump wants Netanyahu to be on same page on Iran’
28-05-2025 WASHINGTON: United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem says she delivered a message from President Donald Trump to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the two countries should be aligned on how to approach Iran. Noem, who concluded a visit to Israel on Monday, told media that her …
Read More »Israeli strike kills 81 sheltering in Gaza school
28-05-2025 GAZA STRIP: At least 81 Palestinians have been killed, most of them in a school building sheltering displaced families during Israeli air strikes on Gaza overnight, hospital directors have told media. Fahmi Al-Jargawi School in Gaza City was housing hundreds of people from Beit Lahia, currently under intense Israeli …
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