•Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced leaders who had recognised a Palestinian state, as he headed to the United States today for White House talks and an address to the UN General Assembly. His remarks came three days after France led a special summit on the sidelines of the General Assembly, [...
•French President Emmanuel Macron French President Emmanuel Macron and a US envoy said yesterday that Iran still had a last chance to avoid deep UN sanctions if it addresses concerns on its nuclear program. France, Britain and Germany have set the clock through the UN Security Council to reimpose sweeping sanctions at the end of […]
•US Flag Iranian officials at the UN summit this week won’t be able to shop in New York after the US government barred them from purchasing everything from bulk household goods to expensive watches. The restrictions on the visiting Iranians were described by a State Department spokesman as “maximum pressure”, reports AFP. “We will not [&hellip...
•NASA Signage The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, today said it was on track to send astronauts to orbit the Moon in early 2026, as the United States races China to return to the lunar surface. Multiple setbacks have delayed the manned mission, dubbed Artemis 2, which is now scheduled for April 2026 at […]
•President John Mahama of Ghana Ghana has deported at least six West Africans to Togo after they were expelled to Accra as part of an immigration crackdown by US President Donald Trump, their lawyers said today. Eleven deportees in total had sued the Ghanaian government to stop their further deportation, but one of their lawyers, […]
The White House has issued a major clarification to its new H-1B visa policy that had rattled the tech industry a day earlier, saying a $100,000 fee will be a “one-time” payment imposed only on new applicants. US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick had repeatedly said on Friday that the fee would be applied annually, but […]
•Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney and Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum The leaders of Canada and Mexico yesterday defended their three-way free-trade deal with the United States, while agreeing to try and make it “fairer” in the face of tariff pressure from President Donald Trump. After talks in Mexico with President Claudia Sheinbaum,...
•Gold medallist Fred Kerley Fred Kerley, a two-time Olympic 100m medallist currently serving a suspension, has become the first US man and first track and field athlete to sign up for the Enhanced Games, where competitors will be free to use performance-enhancing drugs. The Enhanced Games announced Kerley’s participation on social media yester...
•Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused world leaders of double standards, saying countries that applauded the United States for killing Osama bin Laden are now condemning Israel for taking similar action against Islamic terrorists. In a speech on the eve of the 9/11 attacks remembrance, Netanya...
•President John Mahama of Ghana Ghana is accepting West Africans deported from the United States, Ghanaian President John Mahama said yesterday. Deporting people to third countries — in many cases to places they’ve never lived — has been a hallmark of US President Donald Trump’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants, notably by sending hundreds...

