Advisers to Donald Trump’s administration told reporters that his “cleaning out” Gaza comment referred to a long-range plan to make the enclave habitable, and that it is “unfair” to Palestinians to tell them they’d return within five years.
Two Malaysian men held at the United States military prison in Guantanamo Bay for 18 years have been returned home, Malaysia’s state news agency reports. Malaysia’s Inspector General of Police Razarudin Husain said Mohammed Farik bin Amin and Mohammed Nazir bin Lep arrived in the country late on Wednesday “in good and healthy condition”, and…
The Bottom Line Why is Israel trying to rewrite the Gaza ceasefire? Former Israeli government adviser Daniel Levy argues Israel will continue to thwart attempts to solidify the ceasefire in Gaza. Read more As long as Israel keeps moving the goalposts, former Israeli government adviser Daniel Levy argues, there’s no way to reach phase two…
For many Canadians, a thrilling ice hockey game turned out to be an exhilarating antidote to an unforgiving winter. More than that – as a subdued Canadian coach Jon Cooper told reporters after Canada’s best hockey players beat America’s best hockey players in overtime last week – the beleaguered country “needed a win”. Cooper wasn’t asked nor…
President Donald Trump’s adviser Elon Musk made a rare public appearance at the White House on Tuesday to defend the swift and extensive cuts he’s pushing across the federal government, amid concerns that he’s amassing power with little transparency or accountability. Billionaire Musk stood next to Trump in the Oval Office at the White House…
United States President-elect Donald Trump has drawn the ire of world leaders as he highlighted brazen foreign policy plans. Speaking to reporters from his Mar-a-Lago estate in a wide-ranging media conference late on Tuesday, two weeks before he takes the reins at the White House, Trump made startling claims regarding NATO and Ukraine’s potential membership,…
New York’s Columbia University said it has handed down punishments to pro-Palestine student protesters who occupied a university building last year during a pro-Palestine demonstration. Punishments range from multi-year suspensions to expulsions, and revocation of student degrees, the university said in a statement on Thursday, following a review of the “severity of behaviour at these…
