A fire that tore through a shopping centre in the Iraqi city of Kut has left at least 60 dead, officials said. The blaze at the mall, which had reportedly opened five days ago, broke out on Wednesday night and has since been brought under control. Social media videos showed firefighters rescuing people from the … Read more
The U.S. Senate, early on Thursday (July 17, 2025), approved U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan for billions of dollars in cuts to funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting, handing the Republican president another victory as he exerts control over Congress with little opposition. The Senate voted 51 to 48 in favor of Mr. Trump’s … Read more
Watch: How a day of bombing unfolded in Damascus Israel’s military struck the Syrian defence ministry in Damascus and government forces in southern Syria for a third day on Wednesday, as deadly sectarian fighting in the mostly Druze province of Suweida continued. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it was “working to save our Druze … Read more
Representational image of a bullet train | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The U.S. government has revoked federal funding for California’s high-speed rail project, intensifying uncertainty about how the State will make good on its long-delayed promise of building a bullet train to shuttle riders between San Francisco and Los Angeles. The U.S. Transportation Department announced … Read more
Jennifer Medina, a political reporter at The New York Times who is based in Los Angeles, speaks with a witness who recorded an immigration raid near a Home Depot. Source link
President Donald Trump says Coca-Cola has agreed to use real cane sugar in its drinks sold in the US. Coca-Cola uses corn syrup in its American products, but Trump’s Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has voiced concern about the ingredient’s health impacts. “I have been speaking to Coca-Cola about using REAL Cane Sugar in … Read more
President Donald Trump said that he was “highly unlikely” to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. File | Photo Credit: Reuters President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (July 16, 2025) that he was “highly unlikely” to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, a public statement made less than 24 hours after suggesting in a private … Read more
Cuban Minister for Labour Marta Elena Feitó Cabrera has been forced to resign after she made comments denying the existence of beggars on the Communist-run island. The minister had said there was no such thing as “beggars” in Cuba and people going through rubbish were, in essence, doing so out of choice to make “easy … Read more
Israel’s Army said it struck a “military target” in the area of Syria’s presidential palace in Damascus on Wednesday (July 16, 2025), after earlier announcing it had hit the military headquarters in the capital. The Israeli military “continues to strike military targets belonging to the Syrian regime in Damascus”, an Army statement said. “A military … Read more
Reuters Casualties from the incident were brought to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis At least 20 people have been killed in a crush at an aid distribution centre in southern Gaza run by the US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), the organisation and a local hospital say. The GHF said 19 were trampled to … Read more