Trump Investigates Antifa ‘Major Terrorist Organisation’
US President Donald Trump said he would designate “Antifa” — a shorthand term for “anti-fascist” used to describe diffuse far-left groups — as “a major terrorist organization,” a move he threatened in his first term. For years Trump has blamed Antifa for various wrongs, from violence against police to being behind the US Capitol riot on January 6, 2021 that...
Iran Hangs Convicted Israeli Man
Iranian authorities hanged a man on Wednesday after convicting him of spying for Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency since 2022, the judiciary said. “Babak Shahbazi… was executed by hanging this morning following due legal process and the confirmation of his sentence by the Supreme Court,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online news website said. It was not immediately clear when Shahbazi was arrested but...
Trump’s Policies Made UN Plan 15% Budget Cut In 2026
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is proposing a 15-percent cut to the UN’s regular budget in 2026 as it struggles with chronic liquidity problems made more acute by US President Donald Trump’s policies. A senior United Nations official said the revised budget number is $3.238 billion, and would result in the elimination of 2,681 jobs. Guterres earlier had proposed to keep the 2026...
UK Inflation Stabilize Ahead Of Central Bank Rate Call
British inflation was unchanged in August, official data showed Wednesday, fuelling expectations that the Bank of England will not cut interest rates again at its meeting this week. The Consumer Prices Index stood at 3.8 percent last month, the same level as in July, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said in a statement. The figure was in line with analysts’...
Deputy Speaker, Kalu Joins Okonjo-Iweala In Geneva, Champions Multilateralism, African Trade (Video)
Nigeria’s Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu, PhD, CFR, has joined global parliamentary leaders at the 55th Session of the Steering Committee of the Parliamentary Conference on the World Trade Organization (WTO) taking place at the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. https://youtu.be/TFNhd1uDLkE Kalu’s participation follows his appointment as a member of the WTO Steering...
Russia Apprehend Woman For Detonating Bomb On Railway
Russia’s FSB security service said on Tuesday it had arrested a woman in her fifties accused of detonating explosives in a bid to sabotage the Trans-Siberian Railway. The suspect was allegedly working on behalf of Ukrainian intelligence, the FSB said, in the latest incident of alleged covert activity during the countries’ conflict. “In August 2025, following the instructions provided by the...
UN Accuse Israel Of Committing ‘Genocide’ In Gaza
United Nations investigators on Tuesday accused Israel of committing “genocide” in Gaza in a bid to “destroy the Palestinians” there, and blamed Israel’s prime minister and other top officials for incitement. The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry (COI), which does not speak on behalf of the world body and has faced harsh Israeli criticism, found that “genocide is occurring...
New York Times Faces $15 Billion Trump Lawsuit Over Alleged Smears
US President Donald Trump announced Monday that he has filed a $15 billion defamation and libel lawsuit against The New York Times. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump accused the newspaper of spreading falsehoods against him for years. “The New York Times has been allowed to freely lie, smear, and defame me for far too long, and...
New Nepal Interim PM Sworn In Ministers After Protests
Nepal’s new interim prime minister unveiled her first ministers Monday, as the Himalayan nation seeks to restore order after deadly youth-led anti-corruption protests that ousted the previous government. Under an outdoor awning and against the backdrop of the fire-damaged presidential office, President Ram Chandra Paudel gave the oath of office to three key ministers in a ceremony broadcast on television. Protests,...
Trump Cautions Israel Over Qatar Attack
Days after Israel attacked Qatar in an airstrike targeting Hamas leaders, US President Donald Trump made careful remarks Sunday as Washington’s two powerful Middle Eastern allies face a worsening rift. “Qatar has been a very great ally. Israel and everyone else, we have to be careful. When we attack people we have to be careful,” Trump told reporters. Trump initially rebuked...
