At a raucous, faith-infused memorial in Arizona, Trump hails Charlie Kirk as martyr to American liberty, while Erika Kirk delivers a message of forgiveness. Tens of thousands gathered to honor the Turning Point USA leader, as allies pledged to carry forward his activism and political legacy in a deeply polarized nation.
Hugo Ekitike Liverpool Hugo Ekitike Liverpool has handed head coach Arne Slot a dream striker conundrum—one that most managers would envy and few could manage as smoothly. The France forward’s seamless transition from the Bundesliga to the Premier League has been eye-catching, decisive, and, perhaps most importantly, sustainable. From a smartly taken Merseyside derby goal…
Russian aerial attack leaves at least three civilians dead and more than 30 injured across multiple regions, Ukrainian officials say, in what Kyiv describes as a massive overnight barrage aimed at intimidating civilians and degrading critical infrastructure. As both Ukraine and Russia report dueling strikes—including hits on oil refineries in Russia and a residential tower…
NATO intercepts Russian warplanes violating Estonian airspace Estonia says three Russian MiG-31 Foxhound fighter jets crossed into its sovereign skies near Vaindloo Island over the Gulf of Finland and lingered for about 12 minutes without flight plans, transponders, or radio contact—before allied jets scrambled to intercept. Tallinn denounced the breach as “unprecedentedly brazen,” summoned Moscow’s…
Gaza humanitarian zone crisis That is how exhausted parents, field medics, and aid coordinators now describe life in the Israeli-designated “safe” area along Gaza’s southern coastline. As Israel’s operation to fully occupy Gaza City intensifies, vast numbers of displaced Palestinians have been ordered south toward al-Mawasi near Khan Younis. The promised safety and services have…
US TV hosts back Kimmel After ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! over the host’s comments about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, late-night heavyweights closed ranks around Kimmel and blasted what they called a chilling campaign against media critics—just as President Donald Trump suggested hostile networks could have their broadcast licenses “taken away.” The…
Trump Xi TikTok deal In a phone call that both capitals billed as “productive,” US President Donald Trump said he and China’s President Xi Jinping approved a framework for a deal to keep TikTok operating in the United States—setting the stage for an in-person meeting at the APEC leaders’ summit in South Korea at the…
Fred Kerley joins Enhanced Games The reigning 2022 world 100m champion and two-time Olympic medalist has become the first elite track athlete—and the first American male—to publicly commit to the controversial Enhanced Games, a start-up competition slated to debut in 2026 that permits medically supervised performance-enhancing drug use. The announcement marks a dramatic twist in…
Syria drought crisis. Across the valleys and plains of Hama, Aleppo, Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor, once-reliable fields lie bare, their furrows chalked to dust. In Seqalbia, a farmer who normally reaps 400–500kg of wheat per dunum (≈0.1 hectare) says the land barely returned a third of that this season. In bread lines around Hama and…
Obama political crisis after Charlie Kirk killing: Former President Barack Obama has warned that the United States faces “a political crisis of the sort that we haven’t seen before,” speaking just days after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot while addressing students at Utah Valley University (UVU) in Orem, Utah, on 10 September. Obama’s…
