Israel’s government has approved 22 new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, a move that could deepen divisions with some allies who have threatened sanctions over such moves, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Thursday. Bezalel Smotrich, an ultra-nationalist advocating for Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank, wrote on X that the settlements would be in the northern West Bank, without specifying where. Israeli media cited the Defence Ministry…

A U.S. Trade Court blocked most of President Donald Trump’s tariffs in a sweeping ruling on Wednesday that found the president overstepped his authority by imposing across-the-board duties on imports from U.S. trading partners. The Court of International Trade said the U.S. Constitution gives Congress exclusive authority to regulate commerce with other countries that is not overridden by the president’s emergency powers to safeguard the U.S. economy. “The court does…

Six soldiers have been killed in Michoacán’s cartel bomb attack, while two others were injured late Tuesday in Mexico’s western Michoacán state.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Wednesday that Mohammed Sinwar, Hamas’ Gaza chief and younger brother of slain leader Yahya Sinwar, has been killed in an Israeli military operation.

A 64-year-old man remains missing after a massive chunk of the Birch Glacier collapsed Wednesday, triggering a devastating rock and ice landslide that buried much of the Alpine village of Blatten in Switzerland’s southern Lötschental valley. Authorities had preemptively evacuated the village earlier this month amid growing fears the glacier was unstable. Despite the precautionary measures, the destruction left behind is immense. State Councillor Stéphane Ganzer told Radio Télévision Suisse…

Mary Trump, psychologist and niece of U.S. President Donald Trump, has launched a fresh attack on her uncle, describing him as “unevolved,” “cruel,” and “incapable of forming close relationships” during an appearance at the Hay Festival in Wales. Promoting her latest book, Who Could Ever Love You, a scathing memoir about the Trump family legacy, Mary Trump told the audience she is now estranged from nearly all her relatives, calling…

Elon Musk has stepped down as a senior advisor to US President Donald Trump, ending his role as a Special Government Employee with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The X CEO’s departure follows a public disagreement with Trump over the “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act,” a spending bill that Musk believes would increase the federal deficit and undermine the mission of DOGE. The Tesla boss criticised the spending bill,…

The world is mourning the loss of celebrated Kenyan author, playwright, and academic Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who passed away on Wednesday morning, 28th May 2025, at the age of 87. The news was confirmed by his family in a heartfelt statement released by his daughter, Wanjiku wa Ngugi. “It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of our dad, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o,” the statement read. “He lived…

Tesla CEO and the main driver of the US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk has spoken out against President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful” spending bill.

Abortion services in Missouri have come to an abrupt halt once again after the state’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a lower court used the wrong legal standard in allowing the procedure to resume. The two-page ruling from the Missouri Supreme Court directed Circuit Judge Jerri Zhang to vacate her earlier orders, which had temporarily blocked enforcement of the state’s sweeping abortion restrictions. The justices said Zhang’s rationale, that abortion…

The U.S. Department of State has reissued its starkest warning yet about travel to Venezuela, urging all American citizens to avoid the country entirely and for those currently there to leave immediately. Citing “severe risks,” the advisory highlights threats including wrongful detention, kidnapping, and even torture. In a press release issued Tuesday, the department emphasised that it does not maintain an operational embassy or consulate in Venezuela and is therefore…

Canada’s main stock index is set to largely consolidate its recent gains through the rest of 2025 and could be at risk of another correction as the domestic economy shows signs of a slowdown due to U.S. tariffs. The S&P/TSX composite index has rebounded nearly 16% from its lowest closing level in April to post a record closing high on Monday at 26,073.13. Since the start of the year, the…