Canadian businessman and investor, Kevin O’Leary, has offered TikTok’s owners $20 billion in cash to buy the platform. Recall a bipartisan bill, which President Biden signed, called ”TikTok a threat to national security” and forced ByteDance, the platform’s Chinese parent company to divest from the platform or sell it in order for TikTok to remain in American app stores. ByteDance’s deadline is Sunday. The Supreme Court ruled Friday on TikTok’s…

Two prominent judges were killed in an armed attack at Tehran’s Supreme Court on Saturday, with reports suggesting a third judge was targeted, Iranian state media reported. “This morning, an armed person infiltrating the Supreme Court in a planned action attempted to assassinate two brave and experienced judges… Following this terrorist act, two serving judges – revolutionary and decisive in the face of those who undermined the security of the…

A deadly Russian missile strike on Kyiv on Saturday left four people dead and at least three others injured, according to city officials. The assault, described by Ukraine’s Foreign Minister as a “heinous” act of aggression, involved the use of ballistic missiles targeting the heart of the Ukrainian capital. The attack struck Kyiv’s central Shevchenkivsky district, a densely populated area known for its cultural landmarks and residential neighborhoods. Tymur Tkachenko,…

737 prisoners and detainees will be freed as part of the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal approved Saturday, Israel’s justice ministry has said. It said in a statement on its website that “the government approves” the “release (of) 737 prisoners and detainees” currently in the custody of the prison service. Israel’s cabinet voted to approve the ceasefire deal early Saturday, according to Prime Minister Benjamin…

Just a few days before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, US law enforcement agents Friday carried out exercises using barbed wire and concrete blocks at a crossing on the border with Mexico as tensions rise ahead of the all-important event. Vehicle crossings on an international bridge connecting Ciudad Juarez and El Paso, Texas were halted for about 40 minutes while US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers carried out training, an…

Monday’s inauguration ceremony for President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance will take place inside the Capitol due to dangerously low temperatures, Trump announced on social media on Friday. “There is an Arctic blast sweeping the Country,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “I don’t want to see people hurt, or injured, in any way. … Therefore, I have ordered the Inauguration Address, in addition to prayers and other speeches,…

Netanyahu needs the support of both parties to keep his coalition from collapsing and costing him his position as prime minister. Israeli National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir said Friday that his party would resign and collapse Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hold on power if the current cease-fire and hostage deal goes through. Gvir, a member of the far-right Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) party slammed the peace deal as unacceptable as…

By Michael Damilola Already-imprisoned former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 14 years in jail by a Pakistani court after finding him guilty of corruption. The case centres on the misuse of authority and corruption involving Khan’s Al-Qadir University project trust. He had faced charges of bribery involving land in return for a £190 million money laundering favour to Malik Riaz, a real estate tycoon, marking the…

President Joe Biden on Friday announced he would commute the sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of non-violent drug offences as one of his last major moves just days before leaving office. Biden said the individuals receiving commutations are “serving disproportionately long sentences compared to the sentences they would receive today under current law, policy, and practice” in a Friday statement. “Today’s clemency action provides relief for individuals who received…

The US Supreme Court has upheld a law that bans TikTok nationwide unless its China-based parent company ByteDance sells the platform by this Sunday. TikTok had challenged the law, arguing it would violate free speech protections for the app’s more than 170 million users it says it has in the US. But that argument was rejected by the nation’s highest court, meaning TikTok must now find an approved buyer for…

It is no longer news that the U.S. President-elect, Donald Trump, will be inaugurated on Monday, January 20, as the 47th president of the country. Trump will assume office in the White House following the expiration of the tenure of the incumbent President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, who lost to Trump in the election. As the inauguration approaches with every passing second, minute, hour, and day, there…

…20 children and 25 women among casualties The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) have killed at least 40 Palestinians despite the truce announced recently. After news of a ceasefire agreement sparked mass rejoicing in Gaza, residents woke up Thursday to columns of smoke, rubble and more deaths following new Israeli air strikes. The killings came as the Israeli cabinet preparation to vote on the deal. The latest strikes came after Qatar…