Category: World

The winter months bring challenges for all of us, be it keeping fit, staying warm or eating healthily. The long nights and cold weather can act as disincentives and conditions such as seasonal affective disorder (SAD) can make things even harder, but innovative research can help people tackle these barriers. SAD, often more apparent during […]

The UN Security Council has expressed “grave concern” over a recent charter signed by Sudan’s paramilitary forces, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which aims to establish a “government of peace and unity” in areas under their control. The RSF, locked in conflict with Sudan’s army since April 2023, signed the charter with its allies last […]

Kenyan authorities have detained Sudanese opposition leader Yassir Arman, the head of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement Revolutionary Democratic Current (SPLM-RDC), following an Interpol request from Sudan. Arman, who arrived in Nairobi to meet Western diplomats about Sudan’s political crisis, was arrested upon landing in Kenya and informed of the arrest warrant issued against him […]

The first month of US President Donald Trump’s second term saw an onslaught of executive orders. The order aiming to change how birthright citizenship – the constitutional guarantee of citizenship to most children born within US territory – is granted could be the most consequential. Federal judges in Maryland, Washington state, Massachusetts and New Hampshire […]

A Florida dentist was sentenced yesterday to two years in prison for threatening public figures, an election official, and others between 2019 and 2024. According to court documents, from September 2019 to July 2020, Richard Glenn Kantwill, 61, of Tampa, sent over 100 threats via Facebook and Instagram messages, email, and text to various public […]

The U.S. has taken custody of Mohammad Sharifullah, a key suspect in the deadly 2021 suicide bombing at Abbey Gate in Afghanistan, after his extradition from Pakistan. The bombing killed 13 U.S. soldiers and over 160 civilians as the U.S. was withdrawing from Afghanistan. Sharifullah, an alleged ISIS-K operative, is accused of playing a pivotal […]

US President Donald Trump has escalated his rhetoric against Hamas, issuing a “last warning” on Wednesday demanding the immediate release of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump threatened that if the hostages, including 24 living captives and 35 dead bodies, were not returned, there would […]

Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, has sharply criticized Elon Musk’s methods in running the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the government initiative aimed at reducing administrative costs in the U.S. federal system. Wozniak, speaking at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, compared Musk’s style of cutting costs and firing large numbers of employees to using […]

In a horrific discovery in Mexico, the dismembered bodies of nine individuals were recovered on the side of a highway, sparking suspicions of cartel involvement. The disturbing find included a bag containing severed hands, further indicating the brutality of the crime. The victims, initially believed to be students, were later identified as potentially members of […]