Iran has strongly condemned the United States’ newly reinstated travel ban targeting Iranian nationals and citizens of 11 other predominantly Middle Eastern and African countries, calling the policy a sign of “supremacist and racist” ideology in Washington. The travel ban, signed into effect by U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday, is set to take effect on June 9. The executive order revives sweeping restrictions reminiscent of the administration’s first-term travel…

Kabul, Afghanistan’s sprawling capital of seven million residents, could become the first modern city to entirely run out of water by the end of this decade, according to a stark new report by international aid agency Mercy Corps. Years of rapid urbanisation, climate change, poor governance, and over-extraction have pushed Kabul’s aquifers to the edge. Water tables have plunged by as much as 30 metres over the past decade, while…

Prime Minister Mark Carney is defending his decision to invite Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the upcoming G7 summit in Alberta, despite a deepening diplomatic rift over the murder of a prominent Sikh activist on Canadian soil. Carney’s invitation comes just weeks after the Royal Canadian Mounted Police concluded that the June 2023 assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, British Columbia, was orchestrated at the “highest levels” of…

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a central agency in President Donald Trump’s initiative to downsize the federal workforce, temporary access to extensive personal data held by the Social Security Administration (SSA), despite ongoing legal challenges. In a brief, unsigned order, the Court paused a ruling by U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander, which had blocked DOGE from accessing sensitive records, including medical histories,…

The relationship between former allies Donald Trump and Elon Musk unravelled spectacularly on Thursday, playing out hour by hour across social media and the White House. What began as subtle criticism quickly spiralled into a full-blown public feud, with barbed comments and sharp accusations flying back and forth. “We had a great relationship…” – Trump Speaking to reporters from the Oval Office, Trump acknowledged the rift: “Look, Elon and I…

Russia has seized on the spectacular public falling out between Elon Musk and Donald Trump, offering the world’s richest man a politically charged lifeline: asylum on Russian soil. In what analysts describe as a classic Kremlin move to exploit divisions within the West, a senior Russian MP has publicly suggested that Moscow would welcome Musk should he find himself in need of refuge. The offer comes after Trump allies called…

Elon Musk and President Donald Trump engaged in a heated public feud on Thursday, an unexpected figure emerged at the centre of their dispute: the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In a dramatic twist, Musk alleged that the U.S. government has withheld the full release of files related to the Epstein case because Trump’s name appears in them. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO, who recently left his role in…

The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on four judges from the International Criminal Court (ICC), intensifying a diplomatic clash over recent decisions by the tribunal targeting US and Israeli officials, according to AFP. The sanctions are a direct response to the ICC’s arrest warrant issued for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and its ongoing investigation into alleged war crimes committed by US forces in Afghanistan. The punitive measures include…

In an era of growing financial volatility and global uncertainty, an increasing number of nations are adopting an unconventional strategy to stabilize their economies: embracing the U.S. dollar as their official currency. While the dollar remains the world’s dominant reserve currency, its role as legal tender beyond America’s borders is less well known — and increasingly significant. Several countries and territories now use the greenback as their primary currency, replacing…

The number of journalists killed in Gaza since October 2023 has reached 225, according to a statement released by the media office of the Gaza government on Wednesday. The statement confirmed that four more journalists had recently lost their lives, pushing the overall toll higher. “Since the beginning of the war of extermination against the Palestinian population, the number of killed journalists has increased to 225 after the deaths of…

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously ruled in favor of a Catholic nonprofit seeking exemption from Wisconsin’s unemployment insurance tax, marking another significant decision expanding religious rights. In a 9–0 decision written by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the court sided with the Catholic Charities Bureau, an arm of the Catholic Diocese of Superior and four of its affiliated service organizations. The ruling overturned a lower court’s decision that denied the…

A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Trump administration must reinstate AmeriCorps-funded programs in 24 Democratic-led states, following a lawsuit challenging the administration’s efforts to dismantle the national service agency. However, the judge declined to prevent mass layoffs within the agency. U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman, based in Baltimore, issued a partial injunction in response to a legal challenge brought by those states and the District of Columbia. They argued…