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Facebook owner Meta Platforms and Amazon are winding down diversity programmes ahead of Republican Donald Trump’s return to the United States presidency, amid growing conservative opposition to such initiatives. Some of the US’s biggest businesses have been scaling back their diversity initiatives, years after pushing for more inclusive policies in the wake of protests that…

NewsFeed Arab League chief warns of regional instability over Trump’s Gaza plan “Unacceptable.” Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit rejects US President Donald Trump’s plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza of Palestinians, warning it could destabilize the entire Middle East. Published On 12 Feb 202512 Feb 2025

The government of Somalia’s semiautonomous Puntland region says military strikes by the United States in the Golis Mountains killed “key figures” of the ISIL (ISIS) group. US President Donald Trump late on Saturday said he ordered “precision military air strikes on a senior ISIL attack planner and other terrorists” in Somalia. Recommended Stories list of…

Washington, DC – The United States has imposed the first batch of sanctions against Iran since Donald Trump’s return to the White House, as the president pushes to reimpose “maximum pressure” on Tehran. The US Treasury announced the sanctions on Thursday, saying that they are aimed at Iran’s “oil network”. Recommended Stories list of 3…

Washington, DC – Democrats in the United States Senate have blocked the passage of a bill that would sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) over its issuance of arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes in Gaza. The vote on Tuesday saw the bill gain…

Trump sanctions international court probing Israel’s genocide in Gaza