Former U.S. President Barack Obama’s office has issued a rare and scathing rebuke of Donald Trump after the current president accused his predecessor of “treason” and claimed he rigged both the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections. “Out of respect for the office of the presidency, our office does not normally dignify the constant nonsense and misinformation flowing out of this White House with a response,” said Obama spokesperson Patrick Rodenbush.…

The United States announced on Tuesday that it has officially withdrawn from UNESCO, the UN agency known for its work in culture and education, including the designation of World Heritage Sites. The decision, according to the U.S. government, stems from concerns over the organization’s alleged bias against Israel and its promotion of what it called “divisive” agendas. “Continued involvement in UNESCO is not in the national interest of the United…

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced a new measure that could see the deportation of certain lawful permanent residents from the United States, citing alleged support for Haitian gang leaders linked to a U.S.-designated terrorist organisation. In a statement released on Monday, Rubio said Washington had determined that some green-card holders had collaborated with gang figures connected to Viv Ansanm, an armed alliance that now controls large portions…

“I know exactly what happened in that debate,” Hunter Biden said.

A coalition of 25 Western nations, including the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, has issued a strongly worded statement calling on Israel to immediately end its war in Gaza and condemning what they described as the “inhumane killing” of Palestinian civilians. In a joint declaration released on Monday, the countries criticised Israel’s handling of humanitarian aid in Gaza, particularly the “drip feeding” of assistance and the recent…

Tokyo — Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has vowed to remain in office despite suffering a significant electoral setback that saw his ruling coalition lose its majority in the nation’s upper house. The defeat has triggered political uncertainty and raised questions about the future direction of Japan’s leadership amid economic woes, public dissatisfaction, and the growing influence of far-right movements. On Sunday, Japanese voters went to the polls for a…

The administration of United States President Donald Trump on Monday released more than 230,000 pages of files relating to the 1968 assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence said the documents, which number over 230,000 pages, “had never been digitized and sat collecting dust in facilities across the federal government for decades, until today.” The records include the FBI’s “discussion…

The Ecuadorian government has extradited the country’s most notorious drug trafficker, Adolfo Macías, known widely as “Fito”,  to the United States, over a year after his dramatic escape from a high-security prison. Macías, leader of the powerful Los Choneros gang, arrived in New York state on Sunday night, according to flight-tracking data. He is due to appear in a Brooklyn federal court on Monday to face charges of cocaine distribution,…

Alaska Airlines was forced to ground all its flights on Sunday evening following an unspecified IT outage that disrupted key operational systems, the carrier confirmed. This marks the second time in a little over a year that the airline has been compelled to halt its entire fleet. In a statement released late on Sunday, the Seattle-based airline said: “At approximately 8pm Pacific on Sunday (0300 GMT on Monday), Alaska Airlines…

Russia launched a large-scale overnight missile and drone assault on Ukraine early Monday, killing at least one person in Kyiv and striking a metro station where hundreds of civilians were sheltering from the bombardment. The attack caused fires across the capital and left at least six people injured, with emergency workers deployed to multiple districts. Kyiv’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, confirmed that rescuers and medics were active at the scenes of…

Migrants held at a federal immigration jail in downtown Miami were shackled with their hands tied behind their backs and forced to kneel to eat food off chairs, “like dogs”, according to a damning new report published on Monday. The report, compiled by advocacy groups Human Rights Watch, Americans for Immigrant Justice, and Sanctuary of the South, details alleged abuses across three overcrowded Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centres…

Pope Leo XIV has denounced the ongoing war in Gaza as an act of “barbarity”, condemning the “indiscriminate use of force” amid mounting civilian casualties and worsening humanitarian conditions. The pontiff’s comments followed reports from Gaza’s civil defence agency that at least 93 Palestinians were killed on Sunday while queuing for food aid, mostly in northern parts of the besieged enclave. According to the agency, 80 of the victims were…