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May 2, 2025 - World

Benjamin Netanyahu says strikes intended to deter Syria’s new leadership from any hostile move against the DruzeSyria’s new rulers have angrily denounced raids launched by Israel’s air force against unidentified targets near the presidential palace in Damascus, warning of a “dangerous escalation”.Israeli officials said the attacks were intended to send a message to the Syrian government after days of bloody clashes near Damascus between pro-government militia forces and fighters from the Druze minority sect. Continue reading...

May 2, 2025 - World

Authorities in Puerto Rico say they have rescued three U.S. tourists as heavy rains continue to pelt the U.S. territory

May 2, 2025 - World

Neighboring Guyana has also laid claim to the mineral rich Essequibo, and Venezuela plans to elect officials to govern itVenezuela’s government has said it “categorically” rejected a ruling from the U N’s top court ordering the South American country to refrain from holding elections for officials who supposedly would oversee a resource-rich region in neighboring Guyana that both countries claim as their own.The government of Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan president, in a statement underscored its historical position to not recognize the jurisdiction of the international court of justice and asserted that international law does not allow the body to “interfere” or “attempt to prohibit” an election. Continue reading...

May 2, 2025 - World

An MSNBC columnist pointed out the painful "symbolism" represented by President Donald Trump's decision to replace Mike Waltz as national security advisory, a post he held for just over 100 days.On Thursday, Trump announced that Marco Rubio would take over Waltz's post temporarily, while also serving as Secretary of State."The symbolism of Rubio taking Waltz’s job is almost too on the nose — even for this administration," wrote Michael A. Cohen. "It’s not merely an indication that MAGA world will flush out the unrepentant hawks who once dominated Republican foreign policy — and are now as close to extinction as the once-flourishing 'Republican free trade' caucus. It’s also a reminder that the key to staying in Trump’s good graces is to simply parrot — and help implement — whatever insane policy idea pops into the president’s head."Many speculated that Waltz was made a "fall guy" for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth following the Signalgate scandal when classified air strike information was shared via an unsecured app chat.ALSO READ: Trump's top spy chief blasted as Raw Story exposes 'crazy' cash grabBut "Signalgate is hardly the sole reason for Waltz’s downfall," Cohen wrote, postulating that Waltz forgot the "cardinal rule of MAGA" — that "experience and intelligence matter little to Trump."Cohen pointed out that Waltz, who "stood out from the MAGA crowd on matters of policy," should have learned how to survive in the White House by watching Rubio."In the not-too-distant past, Rubio was as much a foreign policy hawk as Waltz," Cohen wrote. "He, too, once talked tough on Russian aggression against Ukraine and supported U.S. foreign aid and, at one point in his Senate career, even tried to broker a compromise immigration bill. Now he says the conflict in Ukraine is 'not our war,' he has played a key role in demolishing the U.S. Agency for International Development, and he has zealously defended Trump’s illegal deportation policy."Cohen concluded that in Trump world, "being an adequate foreign policy hand is as much a scarlet letter as it is a key qualification. Waltz’s mistake was in believing that there’s anything normal about our current political moment."Read the MSNBC article here.

May 2, 2025 - World

Liberal PM will also meet with US president on Tuesday amid tensions over threatened annexation and tariffsKing Charles has accepted an invitation to open Canada’s parliament on 27 May, in “an historic honour that matches the weight of our times”, the country’s prime minister, Mark Carney, said on Friday.In his first news conference since an election dominated by Donald Trump’s threats to Canada’s sovereignty, the prime minister also confirmed he would meet the US president at the White House on Tuesday. Continue reading...