Author: Elizabeth Jenrola Oso

Apple is preparing to unveil what is expected to be its thinnest iPhone yet during its annual product event on Tuesday. The presentation, promoted under the tagline “awe-dropping”, will take place at the Steve Jobs Theatre at the company’s headquarters in Cupertino, California, at 10am Pacific Time. The forthcoming iPhone 17 range is anticipated to include the standard, Pro and Pro Max models, alongside a new addition named the iPhone Air. Industry observers believe the iPhone Air will be the lightest flagship handset Apple has produced, drawing comparisons with the company’s slim MacBook Air laptops. Apple has not confirmed the…

A Gaza-bound flotilla carrying humanitarian aid and pro-Palestinian activists, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, has alleged that one of its vessels was struck by a drone while docked in Tunisia. The Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) released footage appearing to show a flaming object hitting the Family Boat at Sidi Bou Said port, near Tunis. The Portuguese-flagged vessel was carrying six passengers and crew, all of whom were unharmed. Dozens of supporters gathered at the port following the incident, waving Palestinian flags and chanting “Free Palestine”. Organisers said Thunberg had been aboard the vessel earlier in the mission but was…

It added that Israeli forces would “continue to operate with determination” to defeat Hamas.

The image, published on social media by Democrats on the US House oversight committee, shows Epstein with Joel Pashcow, a longtime member of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, and a third person, apparently a woman, whose face has been redacted.

France has been plunged into fresh political turmoil after Prime Minister François Bayrou.

Nepal’s Prime Minister, KP Sharma Oli, has resigned following some of the most severe unrest the country has witnessed in decades, triggered by a controversial ban on social media and mounting anger over political corruption and nepotism.

The United States’ refusal to grant visas to the Palestinian delegation for the United Nations General Assembly has prompted calls for a key one-day conference on a two-state solution for Palestine and Israel to be relocated from New York to the UN’s European headquarters in Geneva. The White House has denied entry to Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other Palestinian officials ahead of the General Assembly session, which opens on Tuesday. There is speculation that, citing anti-terrorism legislation, Washington may also bar diplomats from Brazil, Iran, Sudan and Zimbabwe. In 1988, the US barred Yasser Arafat, then…

Amazon has dismissed over 150 unionised delivery drivers employed by a third-party contractor in Queens, New York, according to the Teamsters union. The drivers, who worked for Cornucopia, a delivery service provider (DSP) contracted by Amazon, were removed from their roles last week. The company works with more than 3,000 DSPs globally to deliver its packages. On Monday, workers rallied outside Amazon’s DBK4 facility in Queens in protest at the dismissals, which the Teamsters allege were in retaliation for union activity. “Amazon is breaking the law and we let the public know it,” said Antonio Rosario, a member of Local…

Nepal government has lifted its ban on 26 major social media and messaging platforms following nationwide protests in which at least 19 people were killed and more than 200 injured. The decision was announced late on Monday by Communications and Information Minister Prithvi Subba Gurung, hours after demonstrators surged towards the parliament complex in Kathmandu in defiance of the restrictions. “We have withdrawn the shutdown of the social media. They are working now,” Mr Gurung said. The protests, led largely by young people and dubbed “Gen Z” demonstrations, were initially sparked by the ban but quickly grew to encompass wider…

Spain’s Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, has intensified his condemnation of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, accusing Benjamin Netanyahu’s government of “exterminating a defenceless people” through the bombing of hospitals and the starvation of civilians.