Category: Government News

Lucy Williamson Middle East correspondent Reporting fromNorthern Syria BBC General Security Forces personnel have been deployed in Latakia city One of the men accused of taking part in a wave of sectarian violence against Syria’s Alawite minority two months ago has told the BBC that he and other armed civilians who travelled to the area…

Dozens of people are already dead from starvation as Israel bars trucks with food and aid. Starvation now threatens the people of Gaza due to Israel’s blockade. Food and vital supplies are running out across the Gaza Strip. Yet Israel is calling up 60,000 more reservists to intensify military action. So why is this happening?…

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State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce found out about Mike Waltz’s job change from a reporter during a press briefing. US President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that he will nominate Waltz to be “the next United States Ambassador to the United Nations”. Continuing his post, Trump added that Secretary of State Marco Rubio will…

Ship hit by two drones near Malta on Friday; NGO blames Israel for attack. An international NGO that intends to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza by sea has said it was in talks with Malta’s government about allowing a vessel to enter Maltese waters to repair damage caused by a drone attack. The ship named…

Researchers at the Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE), IISc, have developed India’s first fully indigenous microwave power transistor based on a gallium nitride-on-silicon approach. These transistors are crucial for strategic applications such as radars, jammers, electronic warfare and telecom infrastructure, where they amplify radio waves during transmission. Most existing gallium nitride (GaN) transistors…

French police have rescued the father of a cryptocurrency millionaire who had been kidnapped and held for ransom in a Paris suburb. The unnamed man was attacked in broad daylight in central Paris on Thursday. He was bundled into a delivery van by four men wearing balaclavas, police sources told Le Figaro newspaper. French media…

Hand of male or female putting coin stack step up increase save money with blurred clock and jar background, Finance and investment concept With a decline in food and fertilizer payouts, total Direct Benefit Transfers (DBT) during the fiscal year 2024-25 dipped to lowest in three years, data from DBT portal showed.  This is despite…

Country on high alert since MI5 warning last year about ‘potentially lethal’ Iran-backed activities. The United Kingdom has arrested eight men, including seven Iranian nationals, as part of two investigations regarding alleged threats to national security. London’s Metropolitan Police confirmed the arrests on Sunday, saying five men, including four of the Iranian nationals, were detained…

A woman missing for nearly 63 years has been found alive and well after the case into her disappearance was reviewed, police in the US state of Wisconsin said. Audrey Backeberg was 20 years old when she disappeared from her home in the small city of Reedsburg on 7 July 1962. In a statement, Sauk…