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UK pauses trade negotiations with Israel and summons Israeli ambassador

UK pauses trade negotiations with Israel and summons Israeli ambassador


May 21, 2025
The United Kingdom has paused trade negotiations with Israel, sanctioned West Bank settlers and summoned the Israeli ambassador due to Israel’s military operation in Gaza and settler violence in the West Bank, the British foreign ministry announced Tuesday. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations between the UK and Israel are on “formal pause… effective immediately,” the […]
This girl is trying to keep her family alive in Gaza. Hunger already killed her baby niece

This girl is trying to keep her family alive in Gaza. Hunger already killed her baby niece


May 21, 2025
The bright pink jumper with a picture of Cinderella hangs off Jana’s skinny shoulders as she walks through the northern Gaza moonscape, piles of rubble, dirt and dust all around her. Clutching a large tub in her hand, the 12-year-old is on a mission: find food and water. Jana Mohammed Khalil Musleh Al-Skeifi and her […]
South Africa’s Ramaphosa visits Trump for high-stakes talks that could reset or worsen fraught ties

South Africa’s Ramaphosa visits Trump for high-stakes talks that could reset or worsen fraught ties


May 21, 2025
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa will hold crucial talks at the White House with US President Donald Trump on Wednesday in a high-stakes meeting that could improve or deteriorate already frosty relations between the nations. Ramaphosa is hopeful his visit could end a diplomatic feud that sparked aid cancellations by Trump and fueled the expulsion […]
Putin makes first visit to Kursk since Russia claimed to have recaptured the region

Putin makes first visit to Kursk since Russia claimed to have recaptured the region


May 21, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Kursk for the first time since Moscow claimed to have completely recaptured the region following a surprise incursion by Ukrainian forces last year, Russian state news agency TASS reported on Wednesday. Putin met with municipal leaders in the city of Kurchatov and visited the Kursk nuclear power plant, which is […]
Japan’s farm minister resigns over rice gaffe, as stubbornly high prices threaten government’s grip on power

Japan’s farm minister resigns over rice gaffe, as stubbornly high prices threaten government’s grip on power


May 21, 2025
An off-the-cuff remark about never paying for rice has cost Japan’s agriculture minister his job, as pressure mounts on the government to solve the nation’s rice crisis. Taku Eto resigned on Wednesday, telling reporters that he had concluded he was “not the right person for this role” after sparking a public backlash by saying that […]
Three children and two adults killed in suicide attack on school bus in Pakistan

Three children and two adults killed in suicide attack on school bus in Pakistan


May 21, 2025
A suicide attack on a school bus in southwestern Pakistan killed three students of a military-run school on Wednesday, officials said, in the latest attack that underscores the deteriorating security situation in the region. The explosion took place in the city of Khuzdar in restive Balochistan province and targeted a school bus carrying “a large […]
Exclusive: Intercepted radio chatter and drone footage appear to capture Russian orders to kill surrendering Ukrainian troops

Exclusive: Intercepted radio chatter and drone footage appear to capture Russian orders to kill surrendering Ukrainian troops


May 21, 2025
The radio crackled, but the order barked into it was clear: Capture the commander and kill the others. The chilling exchange was part of a series of radio transmissions between Russian forces that Ukrainian officials say provide further evidence that Russian superiors are ordering soldiers to execute surrendering Ukrainian troops in violation of international law. […]
Ukrainian ex-politician shot dead outside Madrid’s American school, police source says

Ukrainian ex-politician shot dead outside Madrid’s American school, police source says


May 21, 2025
Portnov, 51, was shot several times as he was getting into a car around 9:15 a.m. local time in Madrid (3:15 a.m. ET), the police source said. Various assailants shot him in the back and the head, and later fled into a wooded area, the source said. The shooting took place outside The American School […]
Trump fast-tracked processing of White South African refugees. But not everyone wants to leave

Trump fast-tracked processing of White South African refugees. But not everyone wants to leave


May 21, 2025
A group of 59 White South Africans arrived in the United States last week after being granted refugee status by the White House, which has fast-tracked the processing of Afrikaner refugees but paused refugee applications for other nationalities. On Wednesday, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to meet his US counterpart Donald Trump in […]
Europe and the UK ‘reset’ relations, almost a decade after Brexit nearly broke them

Europe and the UK ‘reset’ relations, almost a decade after Brexit nearly broke them


May 20, 2025
The United Kingdom and the European Union have agreed to a landmark deal aimed at “resetting” their post-Brexit relationship, easing restrictions on travel and work for hundreds of millions of people on the continent. The pact, agreed at a summit in London on Monday, followed months of negotiations between Downing Street and Brussels. It includes […]
France planning Supermax-style prison near notorious Devil’s Island penal colony site

France planning Supermax-style prison near notorious Devil’s Island penal colony site


May 20, 2025
France is planning to build a brand new high-security prison in the Amazon rainforest, near the site of the notorious Devil’s Island penal colony that inspired the 1973 movie “Papillon,” starring Steve McQueen. Speaking on Sunday during a visit to French Guiana, a French territory that borders Suriname and Brazil, Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin said […]
Putin just showed Trump how little he needs him

Putin just showed Trump how little he needs him


May 20, 2025
“The root causes of the conflict.” These were startling words from a man purportedly on the path to peace. But it is the nub of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s position of what must be solved for peace, after two weeks, or three months, depending on how you count, of mounting pressure for an immediate unconditional […]
First ‘self-deportation’ flight from US lands in Honduras – with US citizen children aboard

First ‘self-deportation’ flight from US lands in Honduras – with US citizen children aboard


May 20, 2025
The first flight carrying migrants who chose to self-deport from the United States as part of a new Department of Homeland Security initiative offering free flights and $1,000 stipends has landed in Honduras. A group of 38 Hondurans arrived at Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport on Monday afternoon after applying through a mobile app provided […]
UK police arrest third man over fire at PM Starmer’s house

UK police arrest third man over fire at PM Starmer’s house


May 20, 2025
British police arrested a third man in an investigation into a series of arson attacks in north London, including a fire at a house belonging to Prime Minister Keir Starmer. A 34-year-old man was arrested on Monday morning in Chelsea, southwest London, on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life, London’s […]
El Salvador arrests human rights lawyer critical of President Bukele

El Salvador arrests human rights lawyer critical of President Bukele


May 20, 2025
Authorities in El Salvador have arrested a prominent attorney critical of President Nayib Bukele, in a move criticized by rights groups who say it reflects an increasing trend of “authoritarianism” in the country. Ruth Eleonora López, the head of the Anti-Corruption and Justice Unit of the rights organization Cristosal, is accused of collaborating in the […]