Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events – day 1,082 Here are the key developments on the 1,082nd day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Specialists remove a burned car in the courtyard of a damaged multistorey residential building following recent shelling in Makiivka, a Russian-controlled region of Ukraine, on February 9, 2025 [Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters] Published…
Trump says will impose 25% tariffs on imports of steel, aluminium US president announces latest tariffs following trade measures directed at Canada, Mexico and China. US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters accompanied by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Burgum’s wife Kathryn Burgum, onboard Air Force One on February 9, 2025 [Ben Curtis/AP] Published On…
News US committed to ‘buying and owning’ Gaza, Trump says US president says other countries in the Middle East could be tasked with rebuilding parts of the war-ravaged enclave. US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters onboard Air Force One on February 9, 2025 [Ben Curtis/AP] Published On 10 Feb 202510 Feb 2025 United States…
‘No thanks’: White South Africans turn down Trump’s US immigration offer US president’s executive order provides resettlement for Afrikaners ‘who are victims of unjust racial discrimination’. Afrikaners are mostly white descendants of early Dutch and French settlers, who own the majority of the country’s farmland [Thando Hlophe/Reuters] Published On 9 Feb 20259 Feb 2025 United…
Trump says Musk to uncover billions in ‘fraud and abuse’ at US Pentagon SpaceX and Tesla boss Musk is presiding over a purge of US government jobs that critics call an ‘evisceration of democracy’. Donald Trump (left) has appointed Elon Musk (right) to investigate spending in the US federal workforce [File: Brandon Bell/Pool via Reuters]…
Libya finds two mass graves with bodies of nearly 50 migrants, refugees Rights groups and UN agencies have documented systematic abuse against migrants, refugees in Libya including torture, rape and extortion. Bodies of migrants and refugees were discovered in a farm in Kufra, southeastern Libya [Alwahat district Security Directorate/Handout via Reuters] Published On 9 Feb…
EXPLAINER Here’s how Israel is repeatedly violating the Lebanon ceasefire A November 27 ceasefire was supposed to end violent attacks, but Israel has continued sporadic strikes on Lebanon. Damaged buildings stand in Naqoura, near the Lebanese border with Israel [Ali Hankir/Reuters] By Justin SalhaniPublished On 9 Feb 20259 Feb 2025 Under the initial terms of the…
At least eight Palestinians were taken to hospital upon their release from Israeli jails during the fifth prisoner swap.
Saudi Arabia slams Netanyahu’s suggestion it should host Palestinian state The kingdom reiterated that ‘the Palestinian people have a right to their land’ and cannot be ‘expelled’. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu [Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters] Published On 9 Feb 20259 Feb 2025 Saudi Arabia has condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s suggestion that the kingdom’s land…
True Crime Reports Slave Scammers | True Crime Reports Hundreds of thousands of people are trapped in scamming farms across Southeast Asia. We all know a scamming story: Someone rings or texts you, trying to get your personal information or asking you to log in to your account. But what you might not know is…