Turkiye’s Istanbul University annuls Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu’s diploma Opposition leader slams the university’s move as ‘unlawful’, saying it does not have the power to make the decision. Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu is a leader in the main opposition Republican People’s Party [File: Dilara Senkaya/Reuters] Published On 18 Mar 202518 Mar 2025 Turkiye’s Istanbul University has…
An explosion was reported near the presidential palace in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu.
Putin may well get what he wants in Ukraine The Russian president is quite close to drawing a thick red line in Eastern Europe that the West will have to respect. Leonid Ragozin Leonid Ragozin is a freelance journalist based in Riga. Published On 18 Mar 202518 Mar 2025 Russian President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Hamas that Israel’s breaking of the Gaza ceasefire is “only the beginning.”
Israeli strikes the military says were aimed at Hamas “terror targets” have killed and injured children across Gaza.
In Pictures Thousands flee northern Gaza after Israel issues evacuation orders The death toll rises in Gaza as escalating air strikes prompt mass evacuations from towns deemed combat zones by Israel. Palestinians flee their homes after the Israeli army issued evacuation orders for a number of neighbourhoods, following heavy Israeli strikes, in Beit Lahiya in…
US Chief Justice John Roberts slams Trump’s call to impeach a federal judge President Donald Trump has called for the impeachment of US federal Judge James Boasberg after he ruled against a recent deportation effort. US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has warned that the United States judicial system is facing intimidations and threats…
Children, a doctor: Some of the people killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza Israel has left families bereaved and shocked across the Gaza Strip with a new wave of brutal attacks. A woman reacts over the body of a person killed during overnight Israeli army air strikes across the Gaza Strip, at the al-Ahli Hospital…
News German parliament approves Merz’s spending boost The legislation still has to go to the upper house of the parliament for approval. Friedrich Merz, Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting and leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU ) party, gives a statement after coalition talks, in Berlin, Germany [File: Lisi Niesner/Reuters] Published On 18 Mar 202518 Mar 2025…
‘Sacrifice’ captives: Israel divided over end of ceasefire in Gaza Far-right joy over renewed bombing of Gaza, but captives’ families fear for their loved ones. Einav Zangauker, mother of captive Matan Zangauker, sits next to posters of captives hung on the Israel-Gaza boundary fence on March 18, 2025 [Amir Cohen/Reuters] By Simon Speakman CordallPublished On 18…