United States President Donald Trump has made good on a campaign promise to begin shuttering the Department of Education, though his efforts are likely to face court challenges and constitutional barriers. On Thursday, the Republican leader held an elaborate ceremony to sign an executive order that would set in motion the department’s demise. A semi-circle … Read more
Recently a few hundred people gathered at a Damascus hotel to discuss how to jump-start Syria’s tech industry. That sector was basically non-existent during Syria’s long civil war. Our correspondent attended the conference and met a young man who fled Syria during the civil war and now is a graduate student at Stanford. His journey … Read more
The US fell to its lowest-ever ranking in the 2025 edition of the World Happiness Report amid rising social isolation and political polarisation, while Finland and other Nordic countries remained at the top of the index. Published on Thursday by the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford in partnership with Gallup and the … Read more
In this picture, taken from Israel’s southern border with the Gaza Strip, Israeli soldiers patrol a street in northern Gaza on Wednesday. The Israeli military says it’s launched a new ground offensive in Gaza, a day after Israel broke a ceasefire with a punishing series of airstrikes that killed more than 400 people. Jack Guez/AFP … Read more
Billionaire Elon Musk, the driving force behind United States President Donald Trump’s budget-cutting Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has broached the sensitive issue of Social Security cost savings on the TV channel Fox Business. Musk told host Larry Kudlow, a former Trump economic adviser, that the Government Accountability Office estimated in 2024 that federal government … Read more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a joint press conference with the Finnish president at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki on Wednesday. Ukraine’s President Zelensky and First Lady Zelenska are on an official visit to Finland. HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA/Lehtikuva/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA/Lehtikuva/AFP via Getty Images Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says … Read more
Quotable Mouin Rabbani, Middle East analyst, breaks down Israel’s latest airstrikes on Gaza. Read more Mouin Rabbani, a Middle East analyst, discusses the new wave of Israeli air strikes on Gaza, and whether this is a one off or the beginning of a larger campaign. Published On 18 Mar 202518 Mar 2025 Source link
Israel has launched a series of deadly strikes in Gaza, how President Trump is testing executive power while facing court orders, the U.S. Institute of Peace subject to a hostile takeover by DOGE. Source link
US insists it will target Houthis until Yemeni group withdraws threat to Red Sea shipping. Houthi rebels have claimed another attack on a United States naval vessel, calling it “retaliation” for US strikes on Yemen. A Houthi spokesperson said on Monday that fighters had launched 18 missiles and a drone at the “aircraft carrier USS … Read more
In this photo provided by El Salvador’s presidential press office, prison guards transfer deportees from the U.S., alleged to be Venezuelan gang members, to the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, Sunday, March 16, 2025. AP/El Salvador presidential press office hide caption toggle caption AP/El Salvador presidential press office SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — … Read more