Hamas is expected to hand over to Israel the names of four hostages to be released on Saturday under the Gaza ceasefire deal. It is thought they will be soldiers…
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USA: Afghan refugees feel ‘betrayed’ by Trump order blocking move to US
“It’s like the United States doesn’t actually understand what I did for this country, it’s a betrayal,” Abdullah tells the BBC. He fled Afghanistan with his parents amid the US…
USA: Trump tours LA fire destruction as new fires erupt
President Donald Trump has travelled to California to survey the destruction from deadly wildfires that devastated several communities in the Los Angeles area earlier this month. The visit, coming at…
Ukraine: Military claims drone strike on Russian oil refinery
Ukraine reportedly hit a Russian oil refinery and targeted Moscow during an attack involving a wave of at least 100 drones, one of the largest single operations of its kind…
Japan: Central Bank raises rates to highest in 17 years
Japan’s central bank has increased the cost of borrowing to its highest level in 17 years after consumer price rises accelerated in December. The move by the Bank of Japan…
UK: Authoruties honour Martin Luther King with London plaque
The UK’s first blue heritage plaque honouring Martin Luther King has been unveiled in central London. It has been installed on Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church, Shaftesbury Avenue, where Dr King…
Palestine: IDF bombed apartments killing 62 civilians including 23 children
Julia Ramadan was terrified – the war between Israel and Hezbollah was escalating and she’d had a nightmare that her family home was being bombed. When she sent her brother…
USA: Trump orders plan for release of JFK and MLK assassination documents
US President Donald Trump has ordered officials to make plans to declassify documents related to three of the most consequential assassinations in US history – the killings of John F…
USA: Government workers told to report DEI efforts or face ‘consequences’
The Trump administration emailed thousands of federal employees on Wednesday, ordering them to report any efforts to “disguise” diversity initiatives in their agencies or face “adverse consequences”. The request came…
Zimbabwe: Coventry aims to challenge ‘status quo’ at IOC
Kirsty Coventry hopes to “challenge the status quo” at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) should she be elected as its first female president. The 41-year-old former swimmer would also become…