James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97. Lovell died pn Thursday (August 7, 2025) in Lake Forest, Illinois, NASA said in a statement on Friday. “Jim’s character and steadfast courage helped our nation reach the Moon … Read more
File picture of Irish Foreign Minister Simon Harris | Photo Credit: Reuters Irish Foreign Minister Simon Harris will meet representatives of the Indian community in Ireland on Monday (August 11, 2025) to assure them of safety and security, the Embassy of Ireland said on Friday (August 8, 2025), as attacks against Indian community members soared … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on August 7, 2025 in Washington, DC. | Photo Credit: Getty Images via AFP U.S. President Donald Trump warned on Friday (August 8, 2025) of cataclysmic consequences on the U.S. economy if a court rules that his imposition of sweeping tariffs constitutes an illegal power grab. If … Read more
The story so far: On Thursday (August 7, 2025), U.S. President Donald Trump singled out Intel’s CEO Lip-Bu Tan on the right-wing social media platform Truth Social, posting, “The CEO of INTEL is highly CONFLICTED and must resign, immediately. There is no other solution to this problem. Thank you for your attention to this problem!” … Read more
Pakistan Army soldiers stand at a tunnel where the Jaffar Express train was attacked by separatist militants, in Bolan, Balochistan, Pakistan, March 15, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pakistani security forces killed 33 militants who attempted to enter the insurgency-hit southwest from neighbouring Afghanistan, the military said on Friday (August 8, 2025). The military said … Read more
Palestinians inspect the site of a morning Israeli strike on a house, in Gaza City, August 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters European governments, on Friday (August 8, 2025), pushed back against the Israeli cabinet’s approval of a plan to take over Gaza City. The U.K. and E.U. called for Tel Aviv to “reconsider” its … Read more
Germany will halt the export of military equipment to Israel that could be used in the Gaza Strip, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday (August 8, 2025), reacting to Israel’s plan to take control of Gaza City. The arms export freeze marks a drastic change of course for Germany, which has long been one of … Read more
China on Friday (August 8, 2025) welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s planned visit to the Tianjin Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to be held later this month, describing the event as “a gathering of solidarity, friendship and fruitful results.” Mr. Modi is expected to travel to China later this month, after a gap … Read more
A protester is detained during a rally against the hunger crisis in Gaza in New York City, U.S.A. | Photo Credit: Reuters Historian Rajmohan Gandhi, Editor-in-Chief of rights forum ‘We are one humanity’ and human rights activist, Martin Luther King III, on Thursday (August 7, 2025), called for an end to the human suffering in … Read more
White House said that there will be increased presence of federal law enforcement in the nation’s capital to combat crime for at least the next week, amid President Donald Trump’s suggestions that his administration could fully take over running the city. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The White House said on Thursday (August 7, 2025) … Read more
