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Smoke billows after drone strikes by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) targeted Port Sudan, Sudan, on 6 May, 2025

US to impose sanctions on Sudan after alleged use of chemical weapons

WASHINGTON — The US has announced new sanctions on Sudan after accusing the military-run government of using chemical weapons last year against its opponents in the ongoing civil war.In a statement released on Thursday, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said the Sudanese junta had violated the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)."The United States calls on the government of Sudan to cease all chemical weapons use and uphold its obligations under the CWC," she said in a statement.Under the terms of the CWC, signatories must destroy their stockpiles of chemical weapons.Bruce did not give details about where and when the banned weapons are alleged to have been used.However, the New York Times reported earlier this year, citing senior US officials, that Sudanese government...

May 23, 2025

US to impose sanctions on Sudan after alleged use of chemical weapons

More aid lorries entered Gaza through the Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing on Thursday

UN says 90 truckloads of aid now in Gaza after three-day delay at crossing

GAZA — More than 90 truckloads of humanitarian aid have been collected by UN teams inside the Gaza Strip, three days after Israel eased an 11-week-long blockade.The aid, which included flour, baby food and medical equipment, was picked up from the Kerem Shalom crossing on Wednesday night and taken to warehouses for distribution. Pictures showed a bakery producing bread with some of the flour.The UN said the delays were due to insecurity along the single access route which the Israeli military had approved.Israeli authorities said they allowed an additional 100 lorry loads through Kerem Shalom on Wednesday. However, the UN said it was "nowhere near enough to meet the vast needs in Gaza".Humanitarian organizations have warned of acute levels of hunger among the 2.1 million...

May 22, 2025

UN says 90 truckloads of aid now in Gaza after three-day delay at crossing

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

Pakistan PM proposes Saudi Arabia as neutral venue for talks with India

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has proposed Saudi Arabia as a potential neutral venue for future dialogue between Pakistan and India, expressing hope for de-escalation between the two nuclear-armed neighbors.In a briefing to Pakistani media anchors at the PM House, Shehbaz said that ongoing communication between the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of both countries had calmed tensions, laying the groundwork for potential negotiations.He confirmed that Pakistan’s National Security Adviser would lead the country's delegation if talks proceed.Responding to questions about third-party venues, the prime minister ruled out China as unacceptable to India and said Saudi Arabia might be a mutually agreeable location for dialogue.He said any future talks...

May 22, 2025

Pakistan PM proposes Saudi Arabia as neutral venue for talks with India

In this image taken from video provided by WJLA, law enforcement works the scene after two staff members of the Israeli embassy in Washington were shot and killed

Two Israeli embassy staff shot dead in Washington

WASHINGTON — Two staff members of the Israeli embassy in Washington were shot and killed on Wednesday evening near the Capital Jewish Museum after an assailant approached a group of four people and opened fire, authorities said.According to Police Chief Pamela Smith, law enforcement apprehended the suspect on site. The gunman yelled, “Free, free Palestine” after he was arrested, Smith said."Once in handcuffs, the suspect identified where he discarded the weapon, and that weapon has been recovered, and he implied that he committed the offense," she explained at a press conference in Washington.The man has been identified as 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez from Chicago. Witnesses told the press he entered the museum visibly distressed after the shooting. Some of those present...

May 22, 2025

Two Israeli embassy staff shot dead in Washington

Diego Garcia, the largest island in the archipelago, was separated from Mauritius along with the rest of the Chagos Islands in 1965 and now houses a US military base

UK plan to transfer Chagos Islands set to go ahead despite last-minute legal action

LONDON — The British government’s plans to hand control of the strategically significant Chagos Islands to Mauritius are set to be signed off on Thursday, after an 11th-hour legal injunction failed to stop an effort that has been intensely controversial in both the United Kingdom and the United States.Prime Minister Keir Starmer intends to return the islands to the African country, while maintaining control of the US-UK Diego Garcia military base, and the deal is expected be finalized on Thursday.It comes after a High Court judge briefly blocked the move in a ruling made at 2 a.m. local time (9 p.m. ET on Wednesday). The deal was challenged by Bernadette Dugasse and Bertrice Pompe, Chagossian women living in Britain who opposed the deal on human rights grounds.The UK’s negotiations...

May 22, 2025

UK plan to transfer Chagos Islands set to go ahead despite last-minute legal action

An aircraft operated by IndiGo, a unit of InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. near the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, India, on Monday, July 25, 2022

Indian plane makes safe landing despite significant damage during hailstorm

DELHI — An Indian passenger jet that encountered a hailstorm mid-flight and left passengers terrified, made a safe landing, despite significant damage to the plane.The IndiGo plane was traveling from Indian capital New Delhi to Srinagar, the largest city in India-administered Kashmir on Wednesday – a flight that typically takes about an hour and a half – when it was met with “a sudden hailstorm en route,” according to a statement from IndiGo.“The flight and cabin crew followed established protocol, and the aircraft landed safely in Srinagar,” it said.The statement did not specify what damage the plane encountered but photographs of the aircraft show a large hole in the nose.Delhi experienced widespread rain, lightning, and thunderstorms Wednesday night.Video taken by a...

May 22, 2025

Indian plane makes safe landing despite significant damage during hailstorm

Delhi experienced a severe hailstorm on Wednesday evening

Heavy rain disrupts life in several Indian cities

DELHI — Four people have reportedly died, with more than a dozen injured in the capital Delhi and nearby areas according to local media, after a severe hailstorm hit the city on Wednesday.The powerful storm uprooted trees, triggered power outages and led to massive traffic snarls due to waterlogging on the streets.Similar scenes were reported from India's financial capital Mumbai where pre-monsoon showers led to flooding in parts of the city.India's weather agency has warned that "heavy to very heavy rainfall" is likely over India's western coast during next 6-7 days with rains and thunderstorms expected in almost a dozen states over the coming days, particularly in the southern part of the country.On Wednesday, nearly 50 flights at Delhi airport - one of the...

May 22, 2025

Heavy rain disrupts life in several Indian cities

The failed launch severely damaged the dignity and pride of our nation in an instant, Kim says

North Korea's Kim slams 'serious accident' at warship launch

SEOUL — North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un has condemned a "serious accident" during the launch of a new warship on Thursday, calling it a "criminal act" that could not be tolerated.Parts of the 5,000-ton destroyer's bottom were crushed, tipping the vessel off balance, state media reported.Kim, who was present at the launch, has ordered the ship be restored before a key party meeting in June, and for those involved in designing the ship to be held responsible for the incident which he said "severely damaged the dignity and pride of our nation in an instant."State media reports did not mention any casualties or injuries as a result of the incident.Kim attributed Thursday's accident, which took place at a shipyard in the eastern port city of...

May 22, 2025

North Korea's Kim slams 'serious accident' at warship launch

Gaza's water resources are scarce after Israel cut off power lines to key desalination plants in March

Gazans fear shutdown of water plants as Israel widens offensive

JERUSALEM — Chronic shortages of water in Gaza are worsening as Israel's expanding military offensive causes new waves of displacement - and desalination and hygiene plants are running out of fuel.The UN's humanitarian office has said its partners are warning that, without immediate fuel deliveries, a full shutdown of water and sanitation facilities is possible by the end of the week.Days after Israel imposed its blockade on aid in early March - which is only now being eased - it also cut off power lines to the main desalination plants - a vital source of water for Gazans.It said these steps were to put pressure on Hamas to release the remaining hostages it is holding.Although Israel has said it will now permit the entry of basic supplies into Gaza, so far this has not included...

May 22, 2025

Gazans fear shutdown of water plants as Israel widens offensive

Cyril Ramaphosa

Ramaphosa keeps cool during Trump's choreographed onslaught

WASHINGTON — Three months into Donald Trump's second term, foreign leaders should be aware that a coveted trip to the Oval Office comes with the risk of a very public dressing down, often straying into attempts at provocation and humiliation.Wednesday's episode with South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa was a classic of its kind, with the added twist of an ambush involving dimmed lights, a lengthy video screening and stacks of news story clippings.As television cameras rolled, and after some well-tempered discussion, Trump was asked by a journalist about what it would take for him to be convinced that discredited claims of "white genocide" in South Africa are untrue.Ramaphosa responded first, by saying the president would have to "listen to the voices of...

May 22, 2025

Ramaphosa keeps cool during Trump's choreographed onslaught

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