In an abrupt announcement on Tuesday, President Donald Trump said that the U.S. is stopping its bombings in Yemen “effective immediately” after reaching an agreement with Houthi leaders on Monday night. “We had some very good news last night,” Trump said, during a meeting with Canada’s prime minister. “The Houthis have announced that they are...
The Vatican has named 167 people who died in the 2019 Easter bombings in Sri Lanka as “heroes of faith”. The country’s cardinal, Malcolm Ranjith, made the announcement at an event to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the suicide attacks which targeted Catholic churches and five star hotels during Easter Sunday mass, killing 269 people....
Israel has resumed its heavy bombing of civilians in Gaza, killing at least 404 Palestinians over the course of a single day. The attacks are a major violation — and potentially unilateral ending — of the already-fragile ceasefire and captive release deal. On Tuesday, Israel dropped a huge number of bombs across Gaza without any...