U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands at the conclusion of a joint press conference in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC on September 29, 2025. U.S. President Donald Trump said on October 8, 2025 that Israel and Hamas had agreed on the first phase … Read more
Hamas handed over lists on Wednesday (October 8, 2025) of hostages and Palestinian prisoners to be exchanged in a swap, and said it was optimistic about negotiations to end the war in Gaza, while U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and envoy were due to join the talks. Negotiations are focused on the mechanisms to halt … Read more
19 lawmakers including Indian-American Ro Khanna urged U.S. President Donald Trump to take immediate steps to repair America’s strained relationship with India. | Photo Credit: AP Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna and Congresswoman Deborah Ross on Wednesday (October 8, 2025) led a group of 19 Congress members in urging President Donald Trump to take immediate steps to repair America’s strained … Read more
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu. | Photo Credit: ALAIN JOCARD The outgoing French Prime Minister said on Wednesday (October 8, 2025) that he expects President Emmanuel Macron to name his replacement in the next 48 hours. Sébastien Lecornu didn’t say who might replace him, but he appeared to rule himself out of coming back to … Read more
Deposed Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina. File | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal on Wednesday (October 8, 2025) issued arrest warrants against deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and several others on charges of crimes against humanity in alleged cases of enforced disappearances during her Awami League regime. A three-member International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) bench, led … Read more
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visits the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, in the Old City of Jerusalem, on October 8, 2025. Photo: Jewish Power via Reuters Israel’s far-right National Security Minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, visited the Al-Aqsa compound on Wednesday (October 8, 2025), as indirect negotiations between Israel and … Read more
Md Touhid Hossain, adviser for Foreign Affairs of the interim government of Bangladesh. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Bangladesh’s interim government on Wednesday (October 8, 2025) described Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri’s comments on the general election as “completely unwarranted”, saying it is entirely an internal affair of the country. “I see that statement as not … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin. File | Photo Credit: AP Russia’s lower house of parliament on Wednesday (October 8, 2025) approved a move to withdraw from a landmark agreement with the United States aimed at reducing vast stockpiles of weapons-grade plutonium left over from thousands of Cold War nuclear warheads. The Plutonium Management and Disposition Agreement … Read more
Damage to vehicles at the site of a military strike on a protest in central Myanmar’s Chaung U township. Facebook/UGC via AFP Myanmar’s military carried out a paraglider strike on a village that killed at least 24 people including children, and wounded more than 50 others, according to a member of a resistance group, villagers … Read more
Supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party walk past a banner of their leader and jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan in Peshawar. File | Photo Credit: AFP Jailed former premier Imran Khan’s party’s general secretary on Wednesday (October 8, 2025) confirmed that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur is being removed from office. Pakistan … Read more
