- Judge freezes firing of intel chief who's investigating Netanyahu's aides Axios
- Netanyahu Fires Israeli Intelligence Chief, Deepening Domestic Turmoil The Wall Street Journal
- Netanyahu’s targeting of an Israeli spy chief and the attorney general Al Jazeera English
- Cabinet fires Shin Bet chief; PM claims lack of trust in Bar, who calls move invalid The Times of Israel
- Israeli High-Tech headquarters on Shin Bet vote: 'We will shut down economy' The Jerusalem Post
Glacier meltdown risks food and water supply of 2 billion people, says UN – The Guardian
EU leaders vow to continue backing Ukraine, but make no concrete pledge – Reuters
- EU leaders vow to continue backing Ukraine, but make no concrete pledge Reuters
- EU presses on with steel 'porcupine strategy' for Ukraine as Russia tries to end Western support The Associated Press
- EU ready to impose more sanctions on Russia after summit talks The Guardian
- France and Italy Stall EU Push to Commit Ammunition for Ukraine Bloomberg
- EU plan to send more military aid to Ukraine in shambles POLITICO Europe
Israeli hostage freed after 491 days asks: Where was the United Nations, the Red Cross, the world? – The Associated Press
- Israeli hostage freed after 491 days asks: Where was the United Nations, the Red Cross, the world? The Associated Press
- Freed Israeli hostage tells UN, 'No more excuses,' says aid is feeding terrorists Fox News
- Freed hostage Eli Sharabi visits Rebbe’s grave year after brother prayed there for his return The Jerusalem Post
- Gaza: ‘Bring them all home now’, freed hostage tells Security Council UN News
- Freed hostage Eli Sharabi tells UN Security Council how Hamas steals UN aid to 'eat like kings' and starve the hostages The Times of Israel
Israeli Cabinet Approves Ouster of Shin Bet Chief, Who Calls the Move Illegal – The New York Times
- Israeli Cabinet Approves Ouster of Shin Bet Chief, Who Calls the Move Illegal The New York Times
- Netanyahu government approves firing of Shin Bet head amid protests Reuters
- Ex-Supreme Court chief Aharon Barak says he fears Israel headed to civil war The Times of Israel
- Israeli government approves Netanyahu's dismissal of Shin Bet head NBC News
- Strikes in Gaza kill 85 overnight, bringing the total since Israel broke ceasefire to nearly 600 The Associated Press
Hawaii observatory to be evicted amid federal cuts as volcano shoots 700ft lava
Hilo office, with scientists and their volcano-monitoring equipment, may have lease cancelled from Doge cuts
As Hawaii’s most active volcano shot out fountains of lava on Thursday, some of them reaching as high as 700ft, scientists from the US Geological Survey have been posting regular updates on the scale and pace of the eruptions.
But those same scientists, along with their volcano-monitoring equipment, may soon be evicted from their office because of Elon Musk’s federal government cost-cutting, the Honolulu Civil Beat reported.
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EU plan to send more military aid to Ukraine in shambles – POLITICO Europe
- EU plan to send more military aid to Ukraine in shambles POLITICO Europe
- EU presses on with steel 'porcupine strategy' for Ukraine as Russia tries to end Western support The Associated Press
- France and Italy Stall EU Push to Commit Ammunition for Ukraine Bloomberg
- Europe's 'porcupine strategy': EU leaders welcome plan to boost defence spending - The Debate FRANCE 24 English
- All EU leaders except Orban back statement reaffirming support for Ukraine Reuters
Judge bars Trump administration from deporting Indian academic over political views
Badar Khan Suri, who teaches at Georgetown University, being held incommunicado in Louisiana ‘staging center’
A US district judge has barred Donald Trump’s administration from deporting an Indian academic from Georgetown University after the Department of Homeland Security accused him of having ties to Hamas.
On Thursday, US district judge Patricia Giles in Alexandria, Virginia, prohibited federal officials from deporting Badar Khan Suri, a postdoctoral fellow at the university, in an order that is to remain in effect until it is lifted by the court, Reuters reports.
Continue reading...Trump signs order to dismantle US education department
Dismantling of education department casts US student loans into uncertainty
Doubts that whatever remains of department can govern student debt as one in four US adults under 40 has loans
Donald Trump ordered the dismantling of the US Department of Education on Thursday, prompting uncertainty for those holding student debt and questions about what happens next.
Trump’s press secretary told reporters earlier on Thursday what remained of the department would continue to govern student debt.
Continue reading...Canada Condemns China’s Execution of 4 Canadians on Drug Convictions – The New York Times
- Canada Condemns China’s Execution of 4 Canadians on Drug Convictions The New York Times
- China executed four Canadians for drug crimes, says Ottawa BBC.com
- China Urges Respect for Drug Laws After Executing Four Canadians Bloomberg
- Four Canadians Executed in China, Canada Says The Wall Street Journal
- Ottawa condemns Chinese executions of four Canadians on drug charges Reuters
Ukraine’s ‘chaotic’ withdrawal from Russia, in its soldiers’ words
Ukraine’s ‘chaotic’ withdrawal from Russia, in its soldiers’ words
Ukraine’s ‘chaotic’ withdrawal from Russia, in its soldiers’ words
Two men convicted of murder-for-hire plot against Iranian American journalist in New York
Masih Alinejad had incurred the wrath of Tehran by campaigning for Iranian women to reject strict dress codes
Two men have been found guilty of plotting to assassinate the Iranian American journalist Masih Alinejad at her home in New York City in a murder-for-hire scheme that prosecutors said was financed by the Iranian government.
The verdict was returned at a federal court in New York on Thursday, ending a two-week trial that featured dramatic testimony from a hired gunman and Alinejad, an author, activist and contributor to Voice of America.
Continue reading...Transcontinental cold case solved as victim dubbed “woman in the chicken coop” is identified – CBS News
US women’s justice group launches campaign to get Andrew Tate extradited
UltraViolet attacks Trump administration for reportedly influencing Romanian officials to allow him to fly to Florida
A prominent women’s justice organization launched a campaign on Thursday to have the accused rapist and human trafficker Andrew Tate extradited from the US.
The group, UltraViolet, also attacked the Trump administration for reportedly influencing Romanian officials to allow Tate to fly to Florida last month.
This story was updated on 20 March 2025 to correct that the women’s justice group is attempting to have Andrew Tate extradited, not deported; Tate is a US citizen and cannot be deported.
Continue reading...X sues Modi’s government over content removal in new India censorship fight
Elon Musk’s company is arguing against the government’s expanded powers to allow easier removal of online content
India’s IT ministry has unlawfully expanded censorship powers to allow the easier removal of online content and empowered “countless” government officials to execute such orders, Elon Musk’s X has alleged in a new lawsuit against New Delhi.
The lawsuit and the allegations mark an escalation in an ongoing legal dispute between X and the government of India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, over how New Delhi orders content to be taken down. It also comes as Musk is getting closer to launching his other key ventures, Starlink and Tesla, in India.
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