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Two years on, ceasefire talks shadowed by airstrikes and the weight of memory On the second anniversary of the October 7 attacks that plunged Israel and Gaza into an ever-expanding war, negotiators gathered in Sharm el‑Sheikh for what many describe as the most serious attempt yet to halt the fighting. Yet beneath the diplomatic fanfare, tanks rolled, jets and naval vessels struck and families on both sides marked the day with grief that a single negotiated text has so far failed to touch. The talks — cautious hope,…

Trump says Israel has agreed to “initial withdrawal line”; ceasefire hinges on Hamas confirmation as strikes continue WASHINGTON — Former US President Donald Trump said on social media that Israel has accepted an “initial withdrawal line” for Gaza and that the details have been shared with Hamas, setting the stage for a tentative ceasefire and a prisoner swap — but only “when Hamas confirms.” The announcement came amid renewed Israeli bombardment that killed dozens on Saturday, underscoring how fragile any pause remains on…

Trump’s jab at Ilhan Omar isn’t just a feud. It’s a mirror of America’s anxieties. When former President Donald Trump told reporters he had asked Somalia’s president to “take back” Rep. Ilhan Omar, the line landed like a punchline in the room—and a gut punch across the Somali diaspora. Omar, the Somali-born Democrat from Minnesota and one of the most visible Muslim women in American politics, answered in kind, calling Trump “a lying buffoon” and urging the public not to dignify his claims. The exchange may sound familiar.…

Trump’s abrupt pivot: backs full Ukrainian recovery, urges NATO to shoot down Russian aircraft NEW YORK — In a striking reversal that could reshape Western diplomacy toward Moscow, former U.S. president Donald Trump said Wednesday that Ukraine could “fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form,” and he urged NATO members to shoot down Russian aircraft that violate their airspace. The comments came after a private meeting on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.…

Federal jury convicts man accused of plotting to assassinate Donald Trump A federal jury in Florida on Monday convicted Ryan Routh, 59, of attempting to assassinate former President Donald Trump, finding him guilty on all counts after a trial that reopened wounds about political violence in the United States. Routh, who lived most recently in Hawaii, faces a possible sentence of life in prison. How the plot unfolded, according to prosecutors Prosecutors painted a picture of careful, patient planning. They say Routh…

When a Late-Night Monologue Becomes a Constitutional Flashpoint Donald Trump’s public praise for the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night program crystallized into a broader confrontation this week over free speech, corporate pressure and the reach of government regulators. What began as barbed comedy about the shooting of a controversial conservative activist has escalated into a national debate over whether regulators and broadcasters can — or should — be pushed into policing political speech. A comedian pulled off…

When a president talks about yanking broadcasters' licences, what happens to free speech? When a U.S. president publicly urges regulators to punish television networks for negative coverage, it lands like a geological tremor for newsrooms accustomed to partisan heat but not regulatory menace. This week, President Donald Trump doubled down on his long-running assault on American journalism, calling the nation's TV networks "97% bad" and saying, bluntly, that their behaviour was "illegal" — comments that came as the Federal…

Somalia’s defence minister breaks silence to defend Ilhan Omar — and signals a new kind of transnational politics When Somalia’s Defence Minister Ahmed Moallim Fiqi took to Facebook this weekend to defend U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, it read less like a routine diplomatic note and more like an embrace. “If our daughter is being targeted for her identity, I will stand firmly with her,” Fiqi wrote, adding that as defence minister “I am making it clear that I stand with Ilhan.” The statement came after former U.S. President…

Ukraine hit by one of its largest overnight aerial assaults as Zelensky prepares to meet Trump at UN Ukraine scrambled on the ground and in the skies early on the eve of the United Nations General Assembly, after what President Volodymyr Zelensky described as one of the heaviest aerial barrages of the war. Moscow, meanwhile, painted the exchanges as reciprocal and defensive, underscoring how the conflict remains on a hair-trigger across multiple fronts even as diplomacy is scheduled to resume at New York. Massive strikes,…

Trump’s attack on Ilhan Omar is less about Somalia and more about American politics When President Donald Trump turned his sights again on Representative Ilhan Omar this week, the target was nominally a foreign one: Somalia, the East African nation where Omar was born. But beneath the rhetorical blast — a catalogue of Somalia’s decades-long misery — lay a familiar political script in Washington: personal denigration of a dissenting lawmaker, a reminder that birthplace can be weaponized in domestic debates, and a signal…