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US President Donald Trump said on Friday he was “OK” with raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans, as his fellow Republicans consider scaling back the scope of the ambitious tax-cut package they aim to pass this year. “Republicans should probably not do it, but I’m OK if they do!
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Pakistan’s armed forces launched “multiple attacks” using drones and other munitions along India’s entire western border on Thursday night and early Friday, the Indian army said, as conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbors intensified. The old enemies have been clashing since India struck multiple locations in Pakistan on Wednesday
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Robert Francis Prevost became Pope Leo XIV on Thursday after cardinals from around the globe chose him as the first US-born leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics. A crowd tens of thousands erupted in prayer and emotion as Leo, successor to the late Francis, appeared on the
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised tests of short-range ballistic missile systems that simulated nuclear counterstrikes against US and South Korean forces, state media said Friday, as the North continued to blame its rivals for escalating tensions through their joint military exercises. The report came a day after South
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USA Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected the new pope and leader of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday and has taken the name Pope Leo XIV a senior cardinal announced to crowds in St. Peter’s Square. Earlier on Thursday evening, white smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine
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At the United Nations Wednesday, the United States denounced Russia for “cynically obstructing” the monitoring of North Korea’s compliance with sanctions, in Moscow’s bid to avoid facing reproach for using Pyongyang’s weapons in the war against Ukraine. Several members of the Security Council, including the US and
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Three Israeli hostages in Gaza previously thought to be living may be dead, leaving 21 definitely believed to be alive, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, confirming comments made by US President Donald Trump. Speaking at an event at the White House on Tuesday, Trump said 24 hostages were
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Pakistan’s air defense system shot down an Indian drone early Thursday near a naval air base in the eastern city of Lahore, Pakistani police and security officials said, as India evacuated thousands of people villages near the two countries’ highly militarized frontier in the disputed region of Kashmir. The
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected munitions factories that make shells and machinery, state media KCNA said on Wednesday. Kim lauded the shell factory for increasing production to “four times the average-year level” and playing “an important role in increasing the basic combat power” of North Korea’s armed
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Hundreds of Indian tourists, families and honeymooners, drawn by the breathtaking Himalayan beauty, were enjoying a picture-perfect meadow in Kashmir. They didn’t know gunmen in army fatigues were lurking in the woods. When the attackers got their chance, they shot mostly Indian Hindu men, many of them at close-range,
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A drone strike targeted Sudan’s biggest naval base Wednesday, an army source told AFP, marking the fourth straight day the seat of the army-backed government has come under attack. “They (the drones) were met with anti-aircraft missiles,” the source said on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized
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Israel struck Yemen on Monday in what the Houthis said was a joint raid with the United States, a day after the militia claimed missile fire at Israel’s main airport. The Houthi-run Al-Masirah television said six air strikes hit the port of Hodeida, on Yemen’s western coast, and
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President Donald Trump’s education secretary said Monday that Harvard will no longer receive federal grants, escalating an ongoing battle with the prestigious university as it challenges the funding cuts in court. The Trump administration has for weeks locked horns with Harvard and other higher education institutions over claims they
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Ukrainian forces attacked a power substation in Russia’s western Kursk region, the regional governor said early on Tuesday after Russian war bloggers reported a new Ukrainian land-based incursion into the area backed by armored vehicles. Officials on both sides of the border reported deaths from military activity and ordered
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The UAE Foreign Ministry announced Sunday that it will lift a ban on its citizens traveling to Lebanon as of May 7, 2025, following a visit by the Lebanese head of state last week, according to WAM News Agency. The decision comes after a joint statement issued on Thursday, announcing
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The Lebanese Army seized large quantities of Captagon pills in a raid on a manufacturing plant on the Lebanese-Syrian border, the Lebanese News Agency reported on Monday. An army unit, supported by a patrol from the Directorate of Intelligence, seized large quantities of pills in addition to equipment for producing