Category: World News
With Trump, Ukraine renews appeal to seize Russia’s frozen billions
Washington Post With U.S. military aid to Ukraine in doubt, Zelensky hopes to convince Trump to get the Europeans on side for confiscating Russia’s frozen assets. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/31/ukraine-trump-frozen-russian-assets-aid/
Read MoreTrump facing 1st test in Africa amid bloody battles ‘over electric vehicle battery minerals’
Fox News JOHANNESBURG- Fighting reportedly over minerals needed for electric cars and mobile phones has become the Trump administration’s first real foreign affairs test in Africa. Bodies lie rotting in the streets, and hospitals have been overwhelmed with casualties in Goma, a city of 2 million people in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic…
Read MoreFirst American hostage to be released from Gaza, Hamas says
Fox News American-Israeli Keith Siegel, 65, is set to be released on Saturday as part of Israel and Hamas’ ceasefire deal. He is the first of the American citizens taken on Oct. 7, 2023, to be released by the terror organization as part of this ceasefire deal. Hamas says that the hostages to be released…
Read MoreGerman politicians signal to Syrian asylum seekers: It’s time to go home
Washington Post Leading politicians in Germany are calling for mass returns, echoing President Donald Trump’s plan to expel undocumented migrants from the United States. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/31/germany-migration-deportations-syrians/
Read MoreTrump’s Deportations Only Work if Countries Agree to Take Their Citizens Back
New York Times Sending people to another country requires bilateral negotiations and diplomatic strong arming. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/world/trumps-deportations-only-work-if-countries-agree-to-take-their-citizens-back.html
Read MoreGuitars, masks and defiance: Kenya’s rock and metal scene catches fire
Washington Post After years in the wilderness, Kenyan bands like Irony Destroyed, Last Year’s Tragedy and Rash are clawing their way up the charts. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/28/kenya-rock-metal-music-protests/
Read MoreThe defining theme of Trump’s triumphal return: Oligarchy
Washington Post The new administration has empowered a handful of extremely rich people to exert disproportionate influence over the government. There’s a word for that. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/31/trump-oligarchy-elon-musk-davos/
Read MoreA chaotic hostage release in Gaza underscores high stakes of ceasefire
Washington Post Crowds of spectators gathered around vehicles carrying hostages in southern Gaza on Thursday, raising fears the captives wouldn’t be released safely. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/30/gaza-hostage-release-israel-prisoners/
Read MoreAn Iraqi man who carried out Quran burnings in Sweden is killed in a shooting
Fox News An Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden has been killed in a shooting near Stockholm, authorities said Thursday. Salwan Momika, 38, staged several burnings and desecrations of Islam’s holy book in Sweden in 2023. Videos of the Quran burnings got worldwide publicity and raised anger and criticism in several…
Read MoreCaribbean nation of St Kitts launches investigation after 19 people found dead in drifting vessel
Fox News Authorities in the eastern Caribbean nation of St. Kitts and Nevis said Thursday they are investigating the circumstances that led to the discovery of at least 19 bodies found drifting at sea. CRUISE SHIP PASSENGERS FROM ACROSS US SUE AFTER WORKER SENTENCED FOR PLACING HIDDEN CAMERAS IN GUEST ROOMS At around 11:30 a.m.…
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