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"We Are Family": Trump Team In Damage Control After Top Aide Susie Wiles' Interview

After Susie Wiles' candid critiques, the White House has come to her defence by releasing a photo placing Wiles right at the center of top Trump aides. The entire Cabinet rallied around Wiles with statements of support.

Published on: 17.12.2025 14:20
Why Trump Paused White House Hanukkah Event To Summon A Doctor

US President Donald Trump paused his speech during a White House Hanukkah event and called for a doctor on Tuesday night.

Published on: 17.12.2025 13:51
Teetotaler Trump Has "Alcoholic's Personality": Chief Of Staff Susie Wiles

Donald Trump said Tuesday he stood by his chief of staff Susie Wiles after she said the US president had an "alcoholic's personality" in an astonishing interview with Vanity Fair.

Published on: 17.12.2025 13:34
How Did Bondi Bystander Disarm Shooter Deftly? Past Job May Be The Answer

Many who watched the video of a bystander disarm one of the killers during the Sydney mass shooting that left 15 dead have wondered how he found the courage and the strength to pull off the brave act

Published on: 17.12.2025 13:32
Bangladesh Ex PM Khaleda Zia's Son To Return To Country After 18 Years

After months of speculation about his return to Bangladesh from the United Kingdom, former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's son, Tarique Rahman, will finally be back in Bangladesh after 17 years.

Published on: 17.12.2025 12:35
With Freebies, OpenAI, Google Vie For Indian Users And Training Data

OpenAI, Google and Perplexity have begun an unprecedented fight for artificial intelligence users in India, rolling out freebies in a strategy seen as a way to harvest troves of multilingual training data in the world's most populous nation.

Published on: 17.12.2025 10:37
Trouble Mounts For Pakistan With Taliban's New Move Over Cross-Border River

Pakistan's mounting water crisis is likely to worsen, as the Taliban government in Afghanistan has decided to move ahead with its plans to divert water from the Kunar River towards the Nangarhar region in the country

Published on: 17.12.2025 10:13
India Shuts Visa Centre In Dhaka Amid Threats From Radical Bangladeshi Leaders

Amid a deteriorating security situation and the targeted hate and radical speeches towards India and its territorial sovereignty, the Indian Visa Application Centre in Dhaka has shut indefinitely.

Published on: 17.12.2025 10:02
Pakistan To Sell 100% Stake In PIA After Bidders Demand Complete Control

Pakistan has decided to sell its entire 100 per cent stake in Pakistan International Airlines after bidders sought complete managerial control with no government role post-privatisation, local media reported on Wednesday.

Published on: 17.12.2025 09:43
Philippines Rejects Being ISIS Training Hotspot After Bondi Beach Shooting

Philippines said there was no evidence that the country was being used for terrorist training, a day after it was revealed the men behind Australia's Bondi Beach mass shooting had spent November on a southern island known for Islamist insurgencies.

Published on: 17.12.2025 09:33
Sydney Suburbs Have Residents Holding Nearly 300 Guns Each, Registry Shows

Days after at least 15 people, including a child, were killed in a deadly shooting on Bondi Beach, new data shows that gun ownership in Sydney has been on the rise, with many buying multiple firearms on a single licence.

Published on: 17.12.2025 09:20
India Summons Bangladesh High Commissioner After "Seven-Sisters" Remark

India has summoned Bangladesh's High Commissioner in New Delhi, Muhammad Riaz Hamidullah, to issue a formal diplomatic protest over recent threats to the Indian High Commission in Dhaka.

Published on: 17.12.2025 09:17
Trump Expands US Travel Ban: Full List Of Banned Countries

The Trump administration cited "terrorist presence" and "criminal and extremist activity" as reasons for the ban.

Published on: 17.12.2025 09:16
Months After Louvre Heist, Fresh Trouble For Museum As Staff Continues Strike

Paris' Louvre, the world's most-visited museum, remained closed on Wednesday, as its staff continued discussions on whether to extend a strike over pay and working conditions that started on Monday.

Published on: 17.12.2025 09:15
Ex-Harvard Worker Gets 8 Years Jail For Selling Human Organs In Black Market

A former morgue manager at the prestigious Harvard Medical School was sentenced to eight years in prison for stealing and selling body parts donated for scientific research, the US Justice Department said.

Published on: 17.12.2025 09:07
Accused Gunman In Sydney Beach Shooting Charged With 15 Counts Of Murder

An accused gunman in Sydney's Bondi Beach massacre was charged with 59 offenses including 15 charges of murder, as hundreds of mourners gathered in Sydney to begin funerals for the victims.

Published on: 17.12.2025 09:02
India's Strong Objection To Bangladesh's Charge Over Pre-Election Shooting

Days after the attack on an anti-Sheikh Hasina radical leader in Bangladesh, the Muhammad Yunus administration in Dhaka has sought India's help to arrest and hand over the shooters.

Published on: 17.12.2025 08:57
Analysis: India's Trade Impasse With Trump Keeps Rupee In The Cold

The rupee is among the worst-performing currencies globally this year, sliding 6% against the dollar as a widening trade deficit, punitive 50% US tariffs and investment outflows have dragged it to a record low of 91.075 per dollar.

Published on: 17.12.2025 08:36
Mexican Lawmakers Throw Punches, Yank Hair In Heated Congress Clash

Mexican lawmakers got into a physical altercation on the floor of the Congress, with videos showing female legislators pushing and pulling each other's hair.

Published on: 17.12.2025 08:27
All We Know About Trump's $10 Billion Lawsuit Against BBC

While the BBC has previously apologised for its "mistake", it insists there is no basis for a defamation case and said on Tuesday it would fight the lawsuit.

Published on: 17.12.2025 08:01

News from Arabic Countries

Venezuela’s Machado leaves Oslo after trip to receive Nobel Peace Prize

Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado went to Norway despite a travel ban imposed by Venezuelan authorities.

Published on: 17.12.2025 15:51
Susie Wiles: What top Trump aide said in her Vanity Fair interview

US president's chief of staff describes Trump as having 'alcoholic's personality' and calls Elon Musk 'odd, odd duck'.

Published on: 17.12.2025 15:36
Afghanistan under Taliban a “society of gender apartheid”

"The Taliban now post guards at UN offices to prevent women from going to their jobs."

Published on: 17.12.2025 15:23
What are things like for women, 15 years after the Arab Spring?

Fifteen years after the Arab Spring, the women who lit the spark still struggle for influence, equality and protection

Published on: 17.12.2025 14:52
Will Europe use frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine’s war efforts?

The decision would be crucial for Ukraine's war efforts and a test of European resolve.

Published on: 17.12.2025 14:47
US dramatically escalates air strikes on Somalia under Trump this year

Tump's strike total on conflict-ridden East African nation exceeds Bush, Obama and Biden administrations combined.

Published on: 17.12.2025 14:10
LIVE: PSG vs Flamengo – FIFA Intercontinental Cup final

Follow our live build-up with full team news coverage before our text commentary stream of the final in Qatar.

Published on: 17.12.2025 14:00
Seizure of Uvira in DRC “will be a blow” to peace negotiations

"Wanting to give peace a chance would've meant not taking over Uvira."

Published on: 17.12.2025 13:59
Putin slams West’s ‘war hysteria’ as EU mulls Russian assets for Ukraine

Not all EU members are in favour of freezing Russian assets due to concerns over legal basis and reprisal from Moscow.

Published on: 17.12.2025 13:36
Satellite images reveal Israeli demolitions in Gaza during ceasefire

Satellite images show Israeli forces in Gaza have continued to demolish civilian buildings during the ceasefire.

Published on: 17.12.2025 13:29
How can Ukraine rebuild China ties scarred by Russia’s war?

Beijing is a crucial trading partner of Kyiv, but its political ties have been hampered by Russia's full-scale invasion.

Published on: 17.12.2025 13:19
Video: Thousands of dinosaur footprints discovered in Italy

Experts have discovered thousands of dinosaur footprints in northern Italy's Stelvio National Park.

Published on: 17.12.2025 12:52
Activists decry state of Tunisia’s democracy, 15 years after Arab Spring

The Arab Spring began in Tunisia 15 years ago, after Mohamed Bouazizi set fire to himself triggering unrest.

Published on: 17.12.2025 12:38
Trump orders naval blockade targeting Venezuelan oil

US President Donald Trump has ordered a blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela.

Published on: 17.12.2025 12:35
Tracking rogue tankers carrying sanctioned oil near Singapore

Singapore has reported a rise in rogue tankers carrying sanctioned cargo through its shipping lanes.

Published on: 17.12.2025 12:30
Louvre reopens partially after workers extend strike in aftermath of heist

Some areas of the renowned museum were not accessible to the public on Wednesday due to the strike.

Published on: 17.12.2025 12:29
False spring: The end of Tunisia’s revolutionary hopes?

Fifteen years after revolution took hold, little remains of the hopes that ignited a region.

Published on: 17.12.2025 11:54
The Last Doctor Standing

In a Gaza hospital under siege, Dr Hussam Abu Safia saves lives amid blockade, tragedy and detention.

Published on: 17.12.2025 11:32
How have India’s exports jumped 20 percent, despite Trump’s trade war?

Despite a 50 percent tariff, India’s exports to the US grew by more than one-fifth in November.

Published on: 17.12.2025 11:29
South Africa to deport Kenyans involved in US-Afrikaner refugee scheme

Foreign nationals arrested for illegally processing applications under Trump's programme for white South Africans.

Published on: 17.12.2025 10:56
Israel to advance plans for 9,000 units in occupied East Jerusalem

Israeli authorities are engaged in multiple major efforts to ensure there will be no Palestinian state in the future.

Published on: 17.12.2025 10:02
Why tech billionaires are quietly bankrolling Europe’s far-right

US tech moguls want to bring down the European Union, and they're fueling conspiracies about migrant invasions to do it.

Published on: 17.12.2025 09:45
Nigeria must not become America’s next battlefield

Inflammatory US rhetoric risks turning Nigeria’s internal crisis into an excuse for military intervention.

Published on: 17.12.2025 09:37
Morocco launches nationwide emergency relief after floods kill dozens

Authorities distribute aid to tens of thousands of families hit by deadly winter storms.

Published on: 17.12.2025 09:01
Video: Mourners attend funeral of rabbi killed in Bondi shooting

Hundreds of people have attended the funeral in Australia of Rabbi Eli Schlanger.

Published on: 17.12.2025 08:58