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News in brief
Cairo, October 9, 2025 — U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he “would try” to travel to Egypt for the signing of the ceasefire and hostage-release agreement between Israel and Hamas, adding that he planned to leave for the region on Sunday. “We are going to......
President Donald Trump announced on Friday that no U.S. government official will attend the upcoming G20 Summit in South Africa, citing what he described as “ongoing human rights abuses” in the country. In a statement shared on Truth Social, Trump condemned......
The United States has granted Hungary a one-year exemption from new US sanctions targeting Russian oil and gas, following Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s meeting with President Donald Trump in Washington. The exemption comes after Trump imposed Ukraine-related sanctions on Lukoil and Rosneft,......
An alleged plot by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to assassinate Israel’s ambassador to Mexico, Einat Kranz Neiger, has been thwarted, according to a US official who spoke on condition of anonymity on Friday. The official stated that the assassination......
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — The death toll from the crash of a UPS cargo plane in Louisville has risen to 13, local authorities confirmed late Thursday, as emergency teams continue to search for missing individuals. The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 aircraft, operated by the......
WASHINGTON — Several U.S. right-wing influencers have falsely associated New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani with the Islamic State (ISIS), circulating a fabricated statement that went viral on social media, according to researchers. Mamdani, who made history as the first......
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Trump administration to implement new rules requiring that U.S. passports display a citizen’s biological sex at birth rather than their chosen gender identity. In a 6–3 decision, the......
UNITED NATIONS — The United States will begin U.N. Security Council negotiations on Thursday on a draft resolution to back President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, which includes creating a two-year international stabilization force and a transitional......
Khartoum, Sudan — A series of explosions were heard Friday morning near Khartoum, the Sudanese capital held by the army, just one day after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced their agreement to a three-month humanitarian truce. Residents in Omdurman, a neighboring......
Seoul, South Korea — North Korea fired at least one “unidentified ballistic missile” toward the Sea of Japan on Friday, the South Korean military said. The launch comes just eight days after U.S. President Donald Trump approved South Korea’s plan......
Ugandans have expressed joy and pride after learning that Zohran Mamdani, a Kampala-born politician, was elected mayor of New York City, making him the first Muslim and first South Asian heritage mayor in the city’s history. Mamdani, 34, who moved to the United States at the age of seven, defeated......
American billionaire and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has pledged a new $100 million investment through his philanthropic foundation to tackle methane emissions — a major contributor to global warming. Announced just days before the COP30 climate summit in Brazil, the initiative......
A tragic cargo plane crash in the United States has left at least 12 people dead after an engine detached during takeoff at Louisville International Airport in Kentucky, authorities confirmed Wednesday night. Several others remain missing. The aircraft, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 operated by UPS, was......
