What is Project Esther? Katie J.M. Baker, a national investigative correspondent for The New York Times, explores the Heritage Foundation’s plan to shut down pro-Palestinian activism, as well as actions taken by the Trump administration that appear to mirror its goals. Source link
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is hosting EU chiefs for a summit, the first since Brexit, aiming to strengthen relations. Discussions are centered around a potential defense pact amid European security concerns, complicated by fishing rights negotiations. Source link
Russian President Vladimir Putin currently has no plans to travel to Istanbul for peace talks with Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Thursday, but the Russian delegation is there and ready to meet the Ukrainian team. It was Putin’s initiative to hold what would be the first direct peace talks in more than three years in … Read more
Three countries on President Trump’s Middle East tour this week are also the sites of recent investments in Trump businesses that benefit the president. Eric Lipton, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, describes those investments, and what those countries — Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates — are, at the same … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Evan Vucci U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday (May 14, 2025) said there was a possibility he would head to Turkiye for talks on Ukraine if his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin also travelled there. “I don’t know that he (Putin) would be there if I’m not there,” … Read more
Iran’s foreign minister on Wednesday called his country’s characterisation by U.S. President Donald Trump as the “most destructive force” in the Middle East “deceptive”, days after a fourth round of Iran-U.S. nuclear talks. Abbas Araqchi also confirmed a Reuters report that the Iranian deputy foreign minister will meet in Istanbul with British, French and German … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s order for a three-day truce with Ukraine took effect Thursday, a move the Kremlin said would test Kyiv’s readiness for peace but that Ukraine has slammed as a farce.It was not clear whether either side was observing the ceasefire, even with world leaders — including China’s Xi Jinping, Brazil’s Luiz Inacio … Read more
A top American military commander has said that the US is “watching the situation very closely” after Indian military strikes on terror targets in PoK and Pakistan’s Punjab province. India launched Operation Sindoor early Wednesday, hitting nine terror targets in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Pakistan’s Punjab province in retaliation for the April 22 terror attack … Read more
Trump‘s administration said that it is going to pay immigrants who are in the United States illegally and return to their home country voluntarily. File | Photo Credit: Reuters President Donald Trump‘s administration said Monday (May 5, 2025) that it is going to pay immigrants who are in the United States illegally and return to … Read more
For years, President Donald Trump blamed “communists” for his legal and political troubles. Now, the second Trump administration is deploying that same historically loaded label to cast his opponents – from judges to educators – as threats to American identity, culture and values. Why? Trump himself explained the strategy last year when he described how … Read more