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Top News Stories for Tuesday, April 29th 2025
Monday, Apr 28th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ahead of his second go-around in the White House, President Donald Trump spoke with certainty about ending Russia's war in Ukraine in the first 24 hours of his new administration and finding lasting peace from the devastating 18-month conflict in Gaza. But as the Republican president nears the 100th day of his second term, he's struggling to make good on two of his biggest foreign policy ...
Source: aol.com
Monday, Apr 28th, 2025 -
TEL AVIV — The United Nations' top court held oral arguments Monday to determine whether Israel is required to allow the U.N. and other agencies to provide unhindered aid to Palestinian civilians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The U.N. General Assembly had asked the International Court of Justice to issue an advisory opinion on Israel's legal obligations under both the U.N. charter and international ...
Source: washingtonpost.com
Houthi rebels allege U.S. airstrike that hit Yemen prison holding African migrants kills at least 68
Monday, Apr 28th, 2025 -
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen's Houthi rebels on Monday alleged a U.S. airstrike hit a prison holding African migrants, killing at least 68 people and wounding 47 others. The U.S. military did not acknowledge carrying out the strike. The strike in Yemen's Saada governorate, a stronghold for the Houthis, is the latest incident in the country's decadelong war to see African migrants from Ethiopia and ...
Source: pbs.org
Monday, Apr 28th, 2025 -
An F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet fell off the USS Harry S. Truman on Monday while the aircraft carrier was operating in the Red Sea, leaving a sailor hurt, the US Navy said. The F/A-18E, which is estimated to cost roughly $60 million, was actively under tow in Truman's hangar bay — an area where aircraft receive maintenance — when the move crew "lost control" of the fighter aircraft. The plane then ...
Source: insider.com
Monday, Apr 28th, 2025 -
North Korea confirmed for the first time Monday that its troops were fighting alongside Russia in its war against Ukraine , saying they helped Moscow take back control of its Ukraine-controlled Kursk region. U.S., South Korean and Ukrainian officials have said North Korea sent as many as 12,000 troops to Russia last fall to fight in Kursk, which Ukrainian forces seized in a surprise incursion last August . North ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Apr 28th, 2025 -
In July 1995, when the militant insurgency in Indian-administered Kashmir was at its peak, a shadowy organization calling itself Al-Faran kidnapped six U.S. and European trekkers, along with two guides. When the militants' demands that India release detained terrorists—including the group's leader—were not met, they beheaded one of tourists. An American trekker escaped, but the others were never found ...
Source: foreignpolicy.com
Monday, Apr 28th, 2025 -
President Donald Trump's cabinet members are increasing public pressure on China as trade negotiations over bilateral tariffs unfold. President Trump recently announced he was raising tariffs on imports from China to 125% "effective immediately." Trump and many Republicans have argued that China engages in deceptive trade practices to unfairly attract trade to their shores, harming the US economy and national ...
Source: floridianpress.com
Monday, Apr 28th, 2025 -
Military spending worldwide soared to $2.718 trillion last year, meaning it "has increased every year for a full decade, going up by 37% between 2015 and 2024," according to an annual report released Monday. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has tracked conflict, disarmament, and weapons for nearly six decades. Its 2024 spending report states that "for the second year in a row, military ...
Source: commondreams.org
Sunday, Apr 27th, 2025 -
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a sweeping drone assault and airstrikes across Ukraine early Sunday, killing at least four people, officials said, after U.S. President Donald Trump cast doubt over Russian President Vladimir Putin's willingness to end the war. Three people died and four were wounded in airstrikes on Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, the regional prosecutor's office ...
Source: apnews.com