Netanyahu Set To Meet Trump Amid Gaza Truce Talks
President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are scheduled to meet Tuesday as Israel and Hamas have stated that they are prepared to begin talks on a new phase of their precarious ceasefire in Gaza. Netanyahu, the first foreign leader to visit the White House since Trump returned to power last month, will discuss the truce’s future and...
12 Trapped As Gold Mine Collapses In Kenya
A gold mine in western Kenya partially collapsed, trapping 12 people, according to police on Tuesday. Kenya has a small mining sector compared to its neighbors. However, despite rapid growth in recent years, much of it is unregulated, with miners having to deal with poor safety measures and organized crime groups. “The information we have is that there were around 20 miners...
Trump Meets Netanyahu, Vows U.S. To Take Charge of Gaza
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced a bold plan for the United States to annex the Gaza Strip, relocate Palestinians abroad, presumably whether they wanted to or not, and transform the region into "the Riviera of the Middle East." Trump made the stunning proposal to audible gasps during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whom he...
Palestinian President Opposes Trump’s Suggestion To Take Over Gaza
The US president Donald Trump's plan to "take over" and "own" the Gaza Strip was "strongly rejected" by Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas on Wednesday. “President Mahmud Abbas and the Palestinian leadership expressed their strong rejection of calls to seize the Gaza Strip and displace Palestinians outside their homeland,” Abbas’s office said in a statement, adding that “legitimate Palestinian rights are...
Kemi Badenoch Proposes 15-Year Wait For Immigrants Seeking British Citizenship
In a major proposal for immigration reform, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has extended the period of time that migrants must wait to be eligible for British citizenship to 15 years. As part of the new measures, Badenoch announced that the period before migrants can apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) would extend from five to ten years. Furthermore, those seeking citizenship...
Bank Of England Slashes Interest Rate To 4.5%
The Bank of England has changed its monetary policy in an effort to boost economic growth by lowering its base interest rate from 4.75 percent to 4.5 percent. The move, a quarter percentage point reduction, comes amid concerns over sluggish economic performance and inflationary pressures. PUNCH Online reports that this is detailed in a Thursday publication on the bank’s website titled,...
King Charles III To Visit Vatican In April
Buckingham Palace has said King Charles III, the head of the Church of England, and Queen Camilla will visit Pope Francis in the Vatican in April. “Their majesties, the King and Queen, will undertake state visits to the Holy See and the Republic of Italy in early April 2025,” the palace said in a statement on Thursday. The state visit will...
Federal Workers Take Legal Action Against Trump’s Plan To Close USAID
U.S. federal workers associations have petitioned a federal high court in Washington to prevent the closure of the U.S. Agency for International Development by the Donald Trump administration. The lawsuit was filed by the American Foreign Service Association and the American Federation of Government Employees. The workers hinge their suit on the argument that USAID is a creation of Congress, which...
Venezuela Accuses US Of “Brazen Theft” After Plane Seizure
Venezuela called the US seizure of one of its government aircraft "brazen theft" on Friday and called the top diplomat for President Donald Trump "an aircraft thief." Venezuela “denounces the brazen theft of a plane belonging to the Venezuelan nation carried out on the order of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio,” the authoritarian leftist government’s foreign ministry said. “Marco Rubio,...
Hamas Releases Three Israeli Hostages In Ongoing Gaza Negotiations
Three Israeli hostages were released by Hamas on Saturday, making them the fifth group released under the precarious ceasefire in Gaza. Israel denounced their "cruel" handover and their concerning physical appearance. With Israel expected to release 183 prisoners in exchange, AFP journalists in the occupied West Bank saw a bus carrying freed Palestinians leave an Israeli jail and later arrived...
