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Trump says five jets shot down during India-Pakistan conflict in May
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump has claimed that at least five fighter jets were shot down during the latest round of hostilities between India and Pakistan in May, and insisted that it was the United States that “stopped the war” between the two nuclear-armed neighbors.“Planes were being shot out of the air ... I think five jets were shot down, actually,” Trump said during a dinner meeting with Republican lawmakers at the White House on Friday night. He did not clarify whether the jets were Indian or Pakistani.This marks the first time a head of state from a third country has confirmed the downing of jets in the four-day conflict that erupted in early May.The fighting followed the April 22 bombing at the Pahalgam tourist resort in Indian-administered Kashmir, which New...
July 19, 2025

Trump says five jets shot down during India-Pakistan conflict in May

Syria declares nationwide ceasefire after Suwayda unrest, U.S. confirms Israel-Syria truce
DAMASCUS — The Syrian presidency announced a comprehensive and immediate nationwide ceasefire on Saturday, following a week of intense clashes between Bedouin Arab tribes and Druze armed groups in the southern province of Suwayda, and subsequent Israeli airstrikes on Syrian territory.In an official statement, the presidency called on all parties to “fully comply with this decision, immediately halt all combat operations, ensure the protection of civilians, and guarantee unhindered delivery of humanitarian aid.”The government warned that any violation of the ceasefire would be treated as a "blatant breach of national sovereignty" and responded to under constitutional law.The statement urged all sides to give Syrian state institutions and forces the space to implement the...
July 19, 2025

Syria declares nationwide ceasefire after Suwayda unrest, U.S. confirms Israel-Syria truce

Trump sues Wall Street Journal, Murdoch for $10B over Epstein birthday letter claim
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit on Friday against The Wall Street Journal, its parent company News Corp, and its owner Rupert Murdoch over a report that alleged he authored a lewd birthday letter to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.“We have just filed a POWERHOUSE Lawsuit against everyone involved in publishing the false, malicious, defamatory, FAKE NEWS 'article' in the useless 'rag' that is, The Wall Street Journal," Trump posted on Truth Social.The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in Miami, targets WSJ reporters Khadeeja Safdar and Joseph Palazzolo — credited in the byline — as well as Dow Jones, News Corp executive Robert Thomson, and Rupert Murdoch personally.Trump accuses the defendants of “clear journalistic...
July 19, 2025

Trump sues Wall Street Journal, Murdoch for $10B over Epstein birthday letter claim

Hezbollah rejects US push for disarmament in Lebanon-Israel ceasefire framework
BEIRUT — Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem said Friday that the United States is pressuring Lebanon to accept a new agreement with Israel that would begin with Hezbollah’s disarmament in exchange for a partial Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon.In a televised speech aired by Hezbollah’s Al-Manar channel during a ceremony honoring slain commander Ali Karaki, Qassem warned that disarmament would amount to facilitating Israeli expansion.“We fully implemented the ceasefire agreement in southern Lebanon, south of the Litani River,” he said. “Now the U.S. wants a new deal starting with disarming us for a partial withdrawal by Israel.”Qassem reiterated Hezbollah’s refusal to respond to any calls to hand over its weapons unless Israeli aggression on Lebanon stops.The...
July 19, 2025

Hezbollah rejects US push for disarmament in Lebanon-Israel ceasefire framework

The scale of destruction can be clearly seen in the city of Rafah, near the border with Egypt.
Israel leveling thousands of Gaza civilian buildings in controlled demolitions
JERUSALEM — Israel has demolished thousands of buildings across Gaza since it withdrew from a ceasefire with Hamas in March, with entire towns and suburbs — once home to tens of thousands of people — levelled in the past few weeks.Satellite images show massive amounts of destruction in several areas which Israel's military command claims to have under "operational control".Large swathes of it has been caused by planned demolitions, both to already damaged buildings and ones that appeared largely intact.Verified footage shows large explosions unleashing plumes of dust and debris, as Israeli forces carry out controlled demolitions on tower blocks, schools and other infrastructure.Multiple legal experts told BBC Verify that Israel may have committed war crimes under the...
July 18, 2025

Israel leveling thousands of Gaza civilian buildings in controlled demolitions

South Korea's raised the weather-related disaster alert to its highest level
Four dead, 1,300 evacuated as heavy rains hit South Korea
SEOUL — Four people have died and more than 1,300 evacuated as torrential rain pounds South Korea, with authorities warning that the unseasonal deluge will continue.Among those killed were two men in their 80s. Authorities believe one of them was trying to drain floodwaters from the basement of his home.A third victim was crushed when a wall collapsed onto his car. Moments before, he'd called his wife to say the vehicle was "being swept away", authorities say. The fourth victim died of a cardiac arrest."I couldn't understand how something like this could happen," says Kim Ha-min, a cafe owner in the city of Gwangju. She says this is the first time she has experienced such heavy rain.The record rainfall has prompted South Korea's government to raise the...
July 18, 2025

Four dead, 1,300 evacuated as heavy rains hit South Korea

Syrian government forces stand on an armoured personnel carrier carried on a truck as they withdraw from Sweida city, 15 July, 2025
Syrian forces leave Sweida after ceasefire with Druze militias goes into effect
DAMASCUS — Syrian forces largely withdrew from the southern province of Sweida on Thursday following days of clashes with militias linked to the Druze minority.While the truce between armed groups and government forces appeared to be largely holding, state media reported that Druze militants had launched individual attacks on Bedouin communities.Syrian state television channel Al-Ikhbariya said "tens of families" of Bedouins had fled following clashes on the outskirts of the Druze-majority province.The UK-based monitor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said that Druze factions had entered several Bedouin villages.Bedouin groups had fought alongside government forces against the Druze groups.Druze leaders and Syrian government officials reached a ceasefire deal mediated...
July 18, 2025

Syrian forces leave Sweida after ceasefire with Druze militias goes into effect

A night vision view of a British solider manning a helicopter-mounted machinegun
British spies and SAS named in Afghan data breach
LONDON — The identities of more than 100 British officials, including members of the special forces and MI6, were compromised in a data breach that also put thousands of Afghans at risk of reprisal, it can be reported.The latest fallout from the breach was kept secret by an injunction until Thursday, when the order was lifted in part by a High Court judge.That allowed media organisations to reveal that detailed case notes in the database contained secret personal data of special forces and spies.The government had already admitted on Tuesday the data of nearly 19,000 Afghans who had worked with the British during the 20-year war in Afghanistan and had applied to resettle in the UK had been inadvertently leaked.Many were judged to be at risk of serious harm or even death as the Taliban...
July 18, 2025

British spies and SAS named in Afghan data breach

Members of a French military flight crew talk on the tarmac at France's military air base in Dakar, 2 June, 2009
France withdraws troops from Senegal, ending military presence in West Africa
DAKAR — The French military completed its withdrawal from Senegal on Thursday, the last West African country with a permanent troop presence, amid Paris' waning regional influence.France has faced opposition from leaders of some of its former colonies in Africa over what they described as a demeaning and heavy-handed approach to the continent.The French military handed over Camp Geille, its largest base in Senegal, along with a nearby air facility, to the Senegalese government during a ceremony in the capital Dakar.General Pascal Ianni, head of the French forces in Africa, stated that the handover marked a new phase in military relations."It is part of France's decision to end permanent military bases in West and Central Africa, and responds to the Senegalese authorities’...
July 18, 2025

France withdraws troops from Senegal, ending military presence in West Africa

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, right walks with Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer ahead of their meeting at 10 Downing Street in London, Thursday, July 17, 2025
Germany's Merz and UK's Starmer sign 'first of its kind' defense and migration treaty
LONDON — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz signed on Thursday a treaty targeting smuggling gangs, boosting defence exports, and reinforcing UK-Germany trade ties.“This is a historic day for German-British relations,” said Merz, making his first official visit to the UK since taking office in May.“We want to work together more closely, particularly after the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union. It is overdue for us to conclude such a treaty with each other.”Starmer described the treaty as "the first of its kind ever" and called it a “statement of intent, a statement of our ambition to work ever more closely together."The "Kensington Treaty" — the first since the second world war —...
July 18, 2025

Germany's Merz and UK's Starmer sign 'first of its kind' defense and migration treaty

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