Pete Hegseth, center, and Marco Rubio, right, laugh as a reporter asked if Nato secretary general Mark Rutte called US President Donald Trump “daddy” during a news conference at the 2025 Nato Summit in The Hague, Netherlands. (NYT News Service) The White House on Thursday joined the buzz around US PresidentDonald Trump’s latest “Daddy” nickname…
Death sentence in 1976: Mississippi executes longest-serving death row inmate, Richard Jordan, after 49 years Richard Gerald Jordan, the longest-serving prisoner on Mississippi’s death row, nearly 49 years after he kidnapped and killed Edwina Marter in a failed ransom plot was executed by lethal injection on Wednesday.Jordan,a 79-year-old Vietnam veteran, received the injection at 6…
Retired Air Force officer Dinesh K. has seen a surge in demand for his $500 therapy course to help people overcome their fear of flying since Air India flight 171 crashed moments after take-off from Ahmedabad two weeks ago. Dinesh uses a combination of flight simulation and counselling at his Cockpit Vista centre for “fear…
New Delhi: A devastating mass shooting occurred in the Mexican state of Guanajuato, claiming the lives of at least 12 people. The attack took place in the city of Irapuato, where gunmen opened fire on a street celebration honoring St. John the Baptist. According to the media reports, revelers were dancing and drinking in the streets…
BANGKOK: Thailand is further tightening control of cannabis by banning sales of the plant to those without prescriptions.Thailand became the first country in Asia to decriminalise cannabis in 2022, in a move that boosted Thailand’s tourism and farming, and spawned thousands of shops. But the country has faced public backlash over allegations that under-regulation has…
US President Donald Trump (Left) and BBC Ukraine correspondent Myroslava Petsa (Right) US President Donald Trump paused for an emotional moment with a Ukrainian reporter, who asked whether they would supply Patriot missiles in the war against Moscow, after she revealed that her husband is currently serving on the front lines.At the closing press conference…
Self-described democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani’s unexpected upset in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday (June 24, 2025) exhilarated progressive activists, who had banded together to prevent the more moderate former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo from triumphing. But the surprise outcome also generated excitement from a very different group of people: national Republicans….
A US federal judge on Wednesday ordered the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran national who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador by the Donald Trump administration in March, in a case which made global headlines. However, Abrego Garcia, who was brought back earlier this month to face federal criminal charges in two counts…
New Delhi: US President Donald Trump has reiterated his claim that the US “obliterated” Iranian nuclear sites during targeted strikes on June 22, citing an assessment by the Israel Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC). The IAEC reported that the US strike destroyed the Fordow nuclear site’s critical infrastructure and rendered the enrichment facility inoperable. In a post…
Trump vs the Bench: Why is the Trump administration suing Maryland federal judges The Trump administration introduced a constitutional curveball by suing the entire bench of the US District Court for the District of Maryland, 15 sitting judges, in their own courthouse over the court’s ruling in which automatically pauses any deportation from Maryland for…
Residents wash blood stains outside a house after gunmen opened fire on Tuesday (June 24, 2025) during a party celebrating the Nativity of John the Baptist, leaving several casualties, in Irapuato, Guanajuato State, Mexico. | Photo Credit: Reuters Twelve people were killed overnight in the Mexican state of Guanajuato when gunmen opened fire on a…
Gunmen opened fire at a religious celebration in Mexico’s Guanajuato; 12 killed, at least 20 injured A religious event turned tragic in Mexico’s Irapuato city when gunmen opened fire during a celebration, killing 12 people and leaving at least 20 injured.The shooting occurred late Tuesday during the celebration festivities marking the Nativity of St John…
US President Donald Trump (Image credit: AP) US President Donald Trump on Wednesday remarked that American fighter pilots who struck Iran’s nuclear facilities are “upset” as questions are being raised about the operation’s success.“These Patriots were very upset! After 36 hours of dangerously flying through Enemy Territory, they landed, they knew the Success was LEGENDARY,…
The longest-serving man on Mississippi’s death row was executed on Wednesday (June 25, 2025), nearly five decades after he kidnapped and killed a bank loan officer’s wife in a violent ransom scheme. Richard Gerald Jordan, a 79-year-old Vietnam veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder whose final appeals were denied without comment by the U.S. Supreme Court,…
New Delhi: US President Donald Trump has called for the “immediate” cancellation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ongoing corruption trial, denouncing the proceedings as a politically motivated “witch hunt” by the Israeli judiciary, noting that it will be the US that will ‘save’ Israeli PM. In a post on Truth Social on Wednesday (local time),…
US President Donald Trump United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday hinted that they might ease the Iran oil sanctions to help rebuild the country, while maintaining its maximum pressure campaign on Iran, including oil sale restrictions. “They’re going to need money to put that country back into shape. We want to see that happen,”…
