US removes bounties on key Taliban leaders
The move comes days after US officials met with the Taliban government to secure the release of an American tourist.
Why Israel’s having some of its biggest protests since the war in Gaza began – NPR
- Why Israel's having some of its biggest protests since the war in Gaza began NPR
- Netanyahu Takes Desperate Measures The Atlantic
- Israel’s Deep State Is Worse Than America’s Tablet Magazine
- Netanyahu dismisses Israeli domestic intelligence chief CBS News
- Netanyahu interviewing Shin Bet chief candidates amid legal freeze on Bar’s ouster The Times of Israel
Trump dismisses Signal security failure as ‘the only glitch in two months’
President says national security adviser Mike Waltz, suspected of adding journalist to chat, ‘has learned a lesson’
Donald Trump defended his embattled national security adviser on Tuesday and said the leak of highly classified military plans was “the only glitch in two months”, as scrutiny intensified into how top US officials shared operational details for bombing Yemen in a group chat.
In an interview with NBC, the president said, “Michael Waltz has learned a lesson, and he’s a good man,” as Democrats called for an investigation into the sharing of the plans for this month’s major airstrikes in Yemen on the Signal app. Later on Tuesday, during a meeting with ambassadors, Trump said his administration would investigate the incident but claimed “there was no classified information” shared on Signal.
Continue reading...Online gangs of teenage boys sharing extreme material are ‘emerging threat’ in UK
National Crime Agency says such groups are fuelling crimes including fraud, violence and child sexual abuse
Teenage boys are joining online gangs where they share sadistic and misogynistic material that fuels crimes including fraud, violence and child sexual abuse, the director general of the National Crime Agency has warned.
Offenders in online communities collaborate and compete to cause harm online and offline through cyber-attacks such as launching malware, ransomware or executing data breaches; fraud; extremism; grooming and blackmailing; serious violence; and child sexual abuse, according to the NCA, which leads the UK’s fight to cut serious and organised crime.
Continue reading...Sudan army accused of killing hundreds in airstrike on Darfur market – BBC.com
- Sudan army accused of killing hundreds in airstrike on Darfur market BBC.com
- Sudan Military Bombing Kills Dozens in Attack on Market in Darfur The New York Times
- Sudan aid groups say 54 killed in an airstrike blamed on the military in Darfur The Associated Press
- Sudanese army airstrike in Darfur kills dozens, activists say Reuters
- Dozens killed in strike on market in Sudan’s North Darfur Al Jazeera English
Sudan army accused of killing hundreds in airstrike on Darfur market
Videos posted on social media show the smoking ruins of market stalls and charred bodies.
Danish PM accuses US of ‘unacceptable pressure’ as JD Vance says he will join Greenland visit
US vice-president says he will join unsolicited visit to Arctic island, which Mette Frederiksen says is ‘not what Greenland needs or wants’
Mette Frederiksen, the Danish prime minister, has accused the US of putting “unacceptable pressure” on Greenland – which she has vowed to resist – before an unsolicited visit to the Arctic island by members of the Trump administration.
Later, just hours after her comments, the White House sprang a fresh surprise, as the US vice-president, JD Vance, announced he would join his wife on a trip to the territory this week.
Continue reading...Samsung Electronics co-CEO Han Jong-hee dies of heart attack at 63
Head of tech giant’s consumer electronics and mobile devices division passed away at a hospital on Tuesday
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday that its co-chief executive officer Han Jong-hee has died due to cardiac arrest. Han was 63.
Han was in charge of Samsung’s consumer electronics and mobile devices division, while co-CEO Jun Young-hyun oversees the chip business of South Korea’s biggest company.
Continue reading...IDF confirms Al Jazeera journalist killed in Gaza was Hamas terrorist – The Jerusalem Post
- IDF confirms Al Jazeera journalist killed in Gaza was Hamas terrorist The Jerusalem Post
- ‘He knew journalism meant Israel would kill him’: Mourning Hossam Shabat Al Jazeera English
- CPJ denounces Israel’s killing of 2 more Gaza journalists in return to war Committee to Protect Journalists
- Israeli strikes kill two Gaza journalists, including Al Jazeera reporter The Washington Post
- Headlines for March 25, 2025 Democracy Now!
Coalition may rethink rules that push car markers to create cheaper EVs and hybrids for Australians
Opposition says Labor’s national vehicle emission standard is ‘poorly designed’, despite data showing uptick in green vehicle sales
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Australia’s love-hate relationship with fuel-guzzling utes and SUVs is now a looming election issue, after the Coalition indicated it may rethink Labor’s vehicle emission standard.
On Tuesday the shadow transport minister, Bridget McKenzie, called Labor’s vehicle emission standard “poorly designed” and said the Coalition will have “more to say” about it when the opposition releases its own transport policy before the election.
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Continue reading...Perth mayor and former journalist Basil Zempilas’s bid to lead Liberals to power in Labor-faithful WA
Zempilas admitted he would continue to write unpaid for his former employer Kerry Stokes’ Seven West Media and appear on Channel 7’s Sunrise program
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Basil Zempilas’ punt for leadership has sailed straight through the goalposts, in a gameplay by Western Australia’s Liberals that surprised nobody.
As the nation waited for the federal budget to drop, Zempilas took centre stage on the steps of the state parliament to announce his unopposed appointment as opposition leader.
Continue reading...The ‘hot mess’ Olympics? How Queensland’s 2032 Games planning descended into farce
The LNP’s vision is for an Olympics held in venues rather than a city – and guarantees controversy across Brisbane and beyond
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Few people in Queensland disagreed with the former state premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, when she described plans for the 2032 Olympic Games in Brisbane as a “hot mess”.
Tuesday’s announcement by the new LNP government was framed as an end to the sort of disarray that has plagued Olympic planning during the past four years.
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Continue reading...China releases staff of an American due diligence firm in a move to woo investors – NPR
- China releases staff of an American due diligence firm in a move to woo investors NPR
- China Releases Mintz Employees After 2-Year Detention The New York Times
- China Releases Detained Staff of U.S. Due-Diligence Firm Mintz The Wall Street Journal
- China releases Mintz employees after two-year detention, company says CNN
- China frees staff of U.S. firm Mintz in move to soothe foreign sentiment NBC News
Former Yankees star Brett Gardner left with ‘many questions’ after son’s death in Costa Rica
- Miller Gardner died in sleep on Friday morning
- Authorities awaiting analysis of toxicology testing
A former New York Yankees player and his wife say they have “many questions” and “few answers” after their youngest son fell ill and died during a family vacation.
Miller Gardner – the son of Brett and Jessica Gardner – was 14.
Continue reading...Taiwan deports a Chinese woman for praising Beijing’s military ambitions to conquer the island – The Associated Press
- Taiwan deports a Chinese woman for praising Beijing's military ambitions to conquer the island The Associated Press
- China Influencer Forced to Leave Taiwan for Supporting Invasion Bloomberg
- Chinese spouse leaves Taiwan hours before scheduled deportation Focus Taiwan
- Taiwan orders 3 mainland Chinese to leave for promoting military takeover of island South China Morning Post
- Chinese influencer Yaya ordered to leave Taiwan after posting pro-China video Radio Free Asia
Brazil’s Supreme Court to decide whether to put Bolsonaro on trial
Jair Bolsonaro is accused of plotting a coup, but the ex-president says he is the victim of a witch hunt.
Press freedom groups condemn targeted killing of two journalists in Israeli strikes – The Guardian
- Press freedom groups condemn targeted killing of two journalists in Israeli strikes The Guardian
- ‘On a journey’: Family mourns Hossam Shabat, journalist killed by Israel Al Jazeera English
- Headlines for March 25, 2025 Democracy Now!
- CPJ denounces Israel’s killing of 2 more Gaza journalists in return to war Committee to Protect Journalists
- IDF confirms killing Al Jazeera reporter who was also a Hamas sniper The Times of Israel
Germany launches trial of former Baader-Meinhof gang member – Al Jazeera English
Grandparents arrested on suspicion of toddler’s murder in French Alps
Emile Soleil mysteriously vanished in 2023, in a case that made headlines across France.
Children among dozens killed as Israel pounds Gaza from north to south
Health officials say 62 people killed in a day as tens of thousands face forced displacement under latest Israeli order.