President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine is “ready for elections” after US President Donald Trump said Kyiv was “using war” to prevent them. Zelensky’s five-year presidency was set to conclude in May 2024, but Ukraine’s martial law after Russia’s invasion has banned elections. Zelensky told reporters he will request recommendations to change the law after Trump’s…
The nearly two-month-old ceasefire in the Gaza Strip will not be finalized until Israeli forces depart from the Palestinian territory in accordance with a peace plan supported by Washington and the UN, stated Qatar’s prime minister, the mediator, yesterday. “We are currently at a pivotal juncture…” Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, the Qatari premier,…
The UK government has condemned the protracted delays in allowing assistance into Gaza, after the arrival of a shipment of over 1,100 tents that took more than a year to reach the region. The foreign secretary has expressed worries that additional UK-funded assistance has failed to reach locals, despite the truce between Hamas and Israel….
On Tuesday, Donald Trump said he has sent his envoy, Steve Witkoff, to confer with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow next week, as the US president aims to finalise an agreement to end the war in Ukraine. Trump announced on his Truth Social platform that there were “merely a few outstanding points of contention”—however,…
Following months of barbs, US President Donald Trump and incoming New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani met cordially at the White House on Friday, where they exchanged pleasantries and committed to working together to address crime and affordability in the nation’s largest city. The ideological adversaries — a Republican billionaire and a young democratic socialist…
Ukrainian sources report that a Russian drone and missile assault on the western city of Ternopil has resulted in the deaths of at least 20 individuals, including two children, and has struck two residential buildings. According to authorities, an additional 66 individuals were injured, including 16 minors, in one of the most lethal Russian assaults…
On Saturday, a man in Chicago discharged firearms at US Border Patrol agents during an immigration enforcement operation, according to the Department of Homeland Security; however, the Chicago Police Department reported no injuries. The Department of Homeland Security reported that the individual, operating a black Jeep, is still at large. The Chicago Police Department reported…
Donald Trump has minimised the likelihood of a US conflict with Venezuela; however indicated that Nicolás Maduro’s tenure as president is limited. When inquired about the possibility of the US engaging in warfare against Venezuela, the US president said to CBS’s 60 Minutes: “I doubt it.” I disagree. However, they have been treating us exceedingly…
On Thursday, minutes before meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, US President Donald Trump ordered the military to resume nuclear testing after 33 years. Trump made the surprising statement on Truth Social while travelling in his Marine One helicopter to Busan, South Korea, to negotiate trade with Xi. He ordered the Pentagon to test the…
On Monday, Hamas surrendered the remains of a deceased hostage under escalating pressure to fulfil its commitment to return the remaining deceased detainees as stipulated in the Gaza truce agreement. The office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israeli soldiers have received a coffin purportedly containing the 16th of 28 remains of captives abducted…
