South Africa expulsion of Israeli diplomat elicits reciprocal action as relations between the nations sour further
Analysts say the mutual expulsions signal that relations have escalated into a direct diplomatic confrontation. Since South Africa downgraded its diplomatic ties with Israel to liaison-office level in 2019, the two countries have maintained only limited political and diplomatic contact, making near-term rapprochement unlikely.
Trade and diplomacy: US President Trump risk isolation as Europe looks to lean towards China
The meeting took place against the backdrop US President Donald Trump’s aggressive territorial expansionist campaign to annex Greenland.
Iran’s army inducts 1,000 homegrown combat drones as US threatens to bombard Tehran again
The drones were distributed to the army’s ground, air defence, naval and air-forces under the order of army Chief Amir Hatami, the report said.
Moody’s upgrades Kenya’s sovereign credit rating to B3 on the back of decline in near-term debt default risk
The ratings agency further underscored Kenya’s stronger external liquidity, significantly higher foreign exchange reserves that stand at $12.2 billion, according to the Central Bank, and a narrower current account deficit.
Meta-terrorism: When the algorithm fails you, social media platforms are quick to punish you ‘for being a victim’
Meta’s customer service apparatus effectively does not exist for the non-elite user. There is no direct phone number. No accountable human being. No real-time support. No escalation pathway that actually works.
Kanye West’s mental instability: Pop culture icon apologises for anti-Semitism he blames on bipolar disorder
West was sued in 2025 by a former Yeezy employee, who alleged in a complaint that he compared himself to Hitler, threatened her because she was Jewish and fired her one day after she reported his alleged conduct to her supervisor. West was ordered by court to pay more than $76,000 of the unnamed employee’s legal fees in September, although the case otherwise remains on hold.
Trump’s relentless push to ‘own’ Greenland may have precipitated self-immolation of US as a superpower
Trump’s interest in Greenland is as inexplicable and personal as ever a presidential side quest was. Seeking control from the Danes of a territory holding just 57,000 people and land mostly covered by mile-thick ice is not some long-held conservative shibboleth; it’s not something long lectured about in international-relations classrooms .
Catholic cardinals worried US foreign policy is driven by polarisation, partisanship, narrow economic and social interests
In a joint statement, Cardinals Blase Cupich of Chicago, Robert McElroy of Washington and Joseph Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, warned that without a moral vision, the current debate over Washington’s foreign policy was mired in “polarisation, partisanship and narrow economic and social interests.”
After he derided Haitians as ‘cat and dog’ eaters, Mexicans ‘all rapists’ Trump’s assault on Somalis in Minneapolis comes up against stiff resistance
Creating new ICE watch patrols and rapid response networks, fearing going to work or leaving home, watching their shared community spaces grow desolate and their shops sit empty – these are the experiences of Somali residents of the Twin Cities who spoke with The Intercept about being under siege in their own hometowns.
New medical research finds beige fat can manage blood pressure, Medical News Today reports
People who have obesity generally have more white fat known as white adipose tissue – in the body than beige fat, or brown adipose tissue. White fat stores calories for energy, while beige fat is functional and helps to burn calories.
