Trump said the strike was carried out against ‘confirmed narco-terrorists’. Photograph: Truth Social/Donald Trump Sat 18 October 2025: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has ordered maximum security measures in the western states of Merida, Trujillo, Lara, and Yaracuy as part of the “Operation Independence 200” exercise. The directive aims to bolster the nation’s “integral defense” in response […]
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Sat 18 October 2025: About 300,000 Palestinian students will resume classes in Gaza on Saturday under the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, or UNRWA, the agency said, although Israel’s blockade continues to prevent hundreds of millions of dollars in aid from entering the enclave. The agency has “put plans in place to resume the educational […]
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Sat 18 October 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ Will Gaza ceasefire change SA’s ICJ genocide case against Israel? “The ceasefire is a welcome step because, of course, we want to end the killing,” Naledi Pandor, South Africa’s former foreign minister said. “But I’m concerned because the struggle of the people of […]
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Sat 18 October 2025: Thousands of residents have fled coastal areas of Catanduanes, a poverty-stricken island in the Philippines, as Tropical Storm Fengshen approaches, threatening heavy rainfall and flooding, according to rescue officials. The storm, with gusts up to 80 km/h (50 mph), is expected to skirt the island of 270,000 later today, prompting warnings […]
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Fri 17 October 2025: Hungary will not arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin if he travels to Budapest for a summit on the Ukraine war, Hungary’s foreign minister said on Friday, despite an outstanding International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant against Putin. Moscow and Washington are preparing for Putin and US President Donald Trump to meet in the Hungarian capital within […]
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Fri 17 October 2025: Peru’s interim government announced Thursday it will declare a state of emergency in the capital Lima after violent youth-led protests left one person dead and more than 100 injured. The unrest erupted after lawmakers impeached former President Dina Boluarte last week amid widespread anger over corruption and rising crime. New Prime […]
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Fri 17 October 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ ‘He hasn’t paid anything’: The Presidency is fighting to get former president Jacob Zuma to pay back R29 million in taxpayer funds that he spent on his corruption trial costs. However, the office does not believe that Zuma will ever pay, given that […]
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Fri 17 October 2025: The 2026 FIFA World Cup organizers have brushed off worries that U.S. President Donald Trump might relocate matches from cities he does not deem “safe”. Last month, Republican President Trump indicated he would contemplate shifting games from Democrat-run San Francisco and Seattle if they fail to align with his immigration and […]
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Fri 17 October 2025: The report says 10 small, ocean-dependent nations will experience the biggest increase in dangerous heat days, despite collectively producing only 1 percent of global heat-trapping gases. A new study by World Weather Attribution and United States-based Climate Central has calculated the increase in dangerous “superhot days” – defined as warmer than […]
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Fri 17 October 2025: Continued Israeli restrictions still choking the flow of aid especially to the neediest patients in hospitals in Gaza. Days after the Palestinian group Hamas and Israel declared a ceasefire in Gaza, the flow of humanitarian aid into the besieged territory remains heavily restricted, denying many residents, particularly ailing children, the life-saving help […]
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