The US president’s controversial proposals are garnering global attention. United States President Donald Trump has made headlines since his return to the White House. He appears to relish any opportunity to upstage, outrage and, perhaps most importantly, control the media narrative. Whether it’s suggesting Canada become America’s 51st state, planning to rename the Gulf of … Read more
US president proposes taking over Strip and resettling Palestinians, prompting outrage. US President Donald Trump says the United States should take over, raze to the ground and redevelop Gaza. He’s also reiterated a proposal to forcibly displace 2.3 million Palestinians to Egypt and Jordan. The president made these and other controversial comments during a news … Read more
Israeli bombardment and ground operations in Gaza have transformed entire neighbourhoods into rubble-strewn wastelands, with blackened shells of buildings and mounds of debris stretching out in all directions. Major roads have been ploughed up. Critical water and electricity infrastructure is in ruins. Most hospitals no longer function. The United Nations says that it could take … Read more
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may concede West Bank annexation in favor of advancing a normalization deal with Saudi Arabia, coalition officials told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, shared fears that Netanyahu will use a delay in annexation as a compromise in attempts to sway Riyadh away … Read more
Several businesses from nurseries to grocery stores and salons closed for a day across the United States in a day of protest against President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. People gathered in Los Angeles for a second consecutive day on Monday. Waving Mexican and El Salvadoran flags, they carried banners that said “Immigration Built This Nation”, … Read more
This is not the first time the Petro administration has found itself in troubled waters, though. His presidency has been punctuated by high-profile political crises, both domestically and internationally. For example, his outreach to Venezuela and Cuba as mediators in Colombia’s peace process has fuelled scepticism among more conservative sectors. Meanwhile, his ambitious domestic agenda, … Read more
Once crowded with white makeshift huts, the huge Kanyaruchinya camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Goma, in war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), looks eerily empty now. Since Goma was taken by Rwanda-backed M23 fighters last week, some 100,000 internally displaced people have left the jam-packed hillside, which they had called home … Read more
At least 773 people have been killed in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) largest city of Goma and its vicinity in a week, amid fighting with Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who captured the city in a serious escalation of a decade-long conflict, authorities said. “These figures remain provisional because the rebels asked the population … Read more
The US stops nearly all foreign aid as Trump pushes America-First policy. For decades, the United States has been the largest single donor of aid globally. Last year, it provided more than 40 percent of the UN’s humanitarian aid budget. But now, most foreign assistance through the Department of State has been frozen for 90 … Read more
Residents in Goma, the largest city in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), were fleeing on Monday after the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group claimed to have captured the regional hub from Congolese forces as fighting escalated despite calls from the United Nations Security Council for the rebels to withdraw. Gunshots rang … Read more