A federal judge on Friday paved the way for the Trump administration to move forward with plans to remove thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) workers from their jobs. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols denied a request from labor groups to issue a preliminary injunction after the Trump administration said thousands of USAID employees would be placed on administrative leave and ordered agency personnel abroad to return to…

President Donald Trump has fired Air Force General CQ Brown Jr., the first Black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in a sweeping shake-up of military leadership that has sparked controversy over the administration’s stance on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies. Brown, who had been widely respected for his leadership and combat experience, was abruptly removed on Friday as part of a broader effort to purge top military…

…As family of murdered Shiri Bibas give update Hamas is set to free six more Israeli hostages today (Saturday) from the Gaza Strip, in return for more than 600 Palestinian prisoners. The six Israeli men set for release today are expected to be the last living hostages freed during the ceasefire’s first phase. They include Eliya Cohen, 27; Omer Shem Tov, 22; and Omer Wenkert, 23. All three were abducted…

…Musk calls judge enemy of free speech, criminal Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice, Alexandre de Moraes ordered X to pay 8.1 million Brazilian reais ($1.4 million) in fines for failing to comply with judicial orders, according to a judicial ruling. The ruling, signed on Wednesday and made public by the court on Friday, said the social media platform refused to provide registration data for a profile attributed to Allan dos Santos,…

French President Emmanuel Macron said that he intends to tell his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump that it’s in the joint interest of Americans and Europeans not to “be weak” in the face of Russian leader, Vladimir Putin amid U.S.-led negotiations to end the nearly three-year war in Ukraine. Macron will travel to Washington to meet with Trump on Monday, the White House said. In a one-hour question and answer session…

Four men have been sentenced to a total of 67 years in prison following a Metropolitan Police investigation into the fatal stabbing of 22-year-old Lavaun Witter in Croydon. Lavaun was found collapsed and seriously injured on Wisbeach Road at around 8:08 pm on 5 February 2021. Despite emergency response efforts, he died at the scene from a stab wound to the leg. A Met Police investigation revealed that Lavaun’s flat…

…Insists their mother’s corpse must be returned…else The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) has said that Hamas terrorists murdered children, Ariel and Kfir Bibas “with their bare hands” weeks after their kidnapping on 7 October 2023. “We can confirm that baby Kfir Bibas, just 10 months old, and his older brother Ariel, aged four, were both brutally murdered by terrorists while being held hostage in Gaza no later than November 2023.…

People in village near the capital line up with their haul, where a mosquito zapper and some pesos await Village officials in the Philippines are handing out cash rewards to residents who capture mosquitoes in a bid to combat an outbreak of dengue. At the midweek launch, residents from the village of Addition Hills in metropolitan Manila lined up with plastic cups and bags containing their captures as they waited…

Caribbean leaders have defended the region’s pursuit of slavery reparations, describing the compensation for centuries of enslavement and oppression as a matter of simple justice. Speaking at the Caribbean Community (Caricom) heads of government meeting in Barbados on Friday, the Antigua and Barbuda prime minister, Gaston Browne, said Caribbean states were not seeking “a handout.” “What we’re seeking here is a final resolution of this issue and a reset in…

BEIJING – In a major geopolitical shift, China has expressed support for U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to negotiate a peace deal with Russia to end the ongoing war in Ukraine. The announcement came during the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in South Africa on Thursday, where U.S. allies reaffirmed their backing of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Less than a month into his presidency, Trump has drastically altered U.S. policy on…

Unlawful crossings at the U.S. southern border are down 94 percent from the same period last year, Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks told CBS News in his first sit-down interview, crediting the Trump administration’s government-wide crackdown on illegal immigration. Over the past seven days, Banks said, Border Patrol agents have apprehended an average of 285 migrants per day along the entire southern border, compared to roughly 4,800 during the same…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Hamas on Friday of committing a “cruel and evil” violation of the Gaza ceasefire deal by failing to return the captive, Shiri Bibas. “We will act with determination to bring Shiri home, along with all of our captives – both the living and the fallen – and ensure that Hamas pays the full price for this cruel and evil violation of the agreement,” Netanyahu…