Senate Blocks Congressional Oversight on Venezuela Strikes The United States Senate voted against legislation that would have required President Donald Trump to obtain Congressional approval before launching military attacks on Venezuela. “We should not be going to war without a vote of Congress,” said Democratic Senator Tim Kaine during debate. The vote comes amid a

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US Congress Requests Interview with Disgraced Former Prince United States lawmakers have formally requested that Prince Andrew, Duke of York, sit for a transcribed interview regarding his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The request comes just a day after King Charles III officially stripped Andrew of his royal titles and evicted him from

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Kazakhstan Officially Announces Plan to Join the Abraham Accords In a landmark diplomatic development, Kazakhstan has announced that it will join the Abraham Accords, a series of normalization agreements between Israel and several Arab states first brokered by the United States. The Kazakh government said on Thursday that its accession to the Abraham Accords represents

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UNSC Approves Resolution Lifting Sanctions on Syrian President In a landmark diplomatic development, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) voted on Thursday to lift long-standing sanctions on Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and his Interior Minister Anas Khattab, signaling a dramatic turn in the international community’s engagement with post-war Syria. The US-drafted resolution received overwhelming support,

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Virginia Jury Awards $10 Million to Teacher Shot by First-Grade Student A Virginia jury has awarded $10 million in damages to Abby Zwerner, a former first-grade teacher who was shot by a six-year-old student at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, in January 2023. The ruling came Thursday after a weeklong civil lawsuit trial

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FAA Orders Nationwide Flight Reductions Due to Controller Shortage The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ordered airlines across the United States to reduce air traffic by 10 percent at the nation’s 40 busiest airports, citing severe staff shortages among air traffic controllers caused by the ongoing US government shutdown. The unprecedented move has already led

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Two Colombians Jailed by Russian-Run Court in Occupied Donetsk A Moscow-backed court in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region has sentenced two Colombian nationals to 13 years in prison each, accusing them of fighting as “mercenaries” on behalf of Ukraine’s armed forces. The defendants, Alexander Ante (48) and Jose Aron Medina Aranda (37), were convicted on Thursday

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Deadly Typhoon Kalmaegi Slams into Vietnam At least five people have been killed and more than a million households left without electricity after Typhoon Kalmaegi battered central and highland regions of Vietnam, unleashing torrential rain and destructive winds. The Vietnam News Agency reported widespread devastation across multiple provinces after the storm made landfall on Thursday

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China Ends Two-Year Ban on Japanese Seafood Imports Japan has officially resumed seafood exports to China for the first time in two years after Beijing lifted its ban linked to the Fukushima wastewater discharge controversy. According to Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara, the first shipment — 6.6 tonnes of scallops from Hokkaido — was

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Clashes Outside Villa Park Before Politically Charged Europa League Game A Europa League football match between Aston Villa and Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv in Birmingham descended into chaos on Thursday evening after violent confrontations broke out between rival groups of protesters. According to West Midlands Police (WMP), 11 people were arrested — all men and

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