US President Donald Trump on Friday accused Hamas of deliberately derailing ceasefire negotiations in Gaza, following the breakdown of indirect talks in Qatar. This comes as Israel announced it would consider “alternative options” to secure the release of hostages, amid intensifying humanitarian devastation across the Palestinian territory.  Statements from Leaders Figure Statement Donald Trump “Hamas […]

Nine civilians who had been kidnapped and held for a week by guerrilla fighters in Colombia were released on Friday, according to the country’s human rights ombudsman. The group had been accused by their captors of supplying weapons to the military in a conflict zone. The hostages — seven women and two men — were […]

At least 28 Palestinians were killed on Friday in the Gaza Strip as a result of ongoing Israeli military operations, according to the Gaza Civil Defence Agency. Spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP that 23 people were killed throughout Friday, while an overnight airstrike earlier had taken the lives of five more.  Breakdown of Reported Casualties […]

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday issued a searing rebuke of the international community’s response to the deepening humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip, calling it a “moral crisis that challenges the global conscience.” Speaking via video link to Amnesty International’s global assembly, Guterres denounced the global failure to respond to the growing starvation and […]

US President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have confirmed a high-stakes meeting in Scotland this Sunday aimed at resolving a prolonged transatlantic trade standoff. The talks come in the wake of Trump’s threat to impose punitive tariffs on a wide range of countries, including a 30% across-the-board levy on EU […]

The death toll in Cambodia resulting from the recent border clashes with Thailand has risen to 13, according to a statement released on Saturday by Phnom Penh’s Ministry of Defence. The violent confrontation, which ignited on Thursday, centres on a long-standing territorial dispute between the two neighbouring Southeast Asian nations. Breakdown of Casualties Category Number […]