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Here are the key developments on the 1,077th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Here is the situation on Wednesday, February 5: Fighting Five people, including a teenager, were killed and at least 55 injured by a Russian strike in Izyum city in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region. Two people were killed by Russian shelling in…

Announcement comes as US President Donald Trump confirms he is considering eliminating the aid agency. The administration of United States President Donald Trump has ordered nearly all directly-hired staff of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to be placed on leave as part of the Republican’s drive to radically shrink the government. USAID said…

The United States Postal Service announced Tuesday night that it is temporarily suspending accepting packages sent from China and Hong Kong until further notice. The suspension is effective immediately, the USPS said. Letters and flats are not included in the suspension, it said. The postal service did not provide a reason for the suspension or…

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency team has been given “read only” access to the Treasury Department’s federal payment system, and federal expenditures have not been affected, the Treasury said in a letter to Congress late Tuesday.  The letter, from Jonathan Blum, a Treasury official, said that a review of the Treasury’s Fiscal Service payment…

Washington — The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Pam Bondi as attorney general, installing a key ally of President Trump’s to take the helm of the Justice Department. Bondi’s nomination for attorney general was approved by the upper chamber 54 to 46, with one Democrat, Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, joining all Republicans in voting to…

More than three years after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the country’s new leaders insist they have improved people’s lives, but for years the Taliban has ruled with an iron fist — aided by abandoned U.S. military hardware. Last year, the Taliban put on a parade showing off its massive haul, including assault rifles and…

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio released from prison after Trump pardon Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio released from prison after Trump pardon 02:10 The ownership of the Proud Boys’ trademark is now in the hands of a Black church that the group vandalized in 2020.  The Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., was…

United States President Donald Trump has said that the US will “take over” and “own” Gaza as part of a plan to turn the enclave into “the Riviera of the Middle East”. In a shock announcement on Tuesday, Trump said his administration would spearhead an economic development that would “supply unlimited numbers of jobs and…

United States President Donald Trump has welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House, marking the first visit of a foreign leader during his second term. But Tuesday’s meeting was steeped in controversy as Trump repeatedly weighed in on the future of war-torn Gaza — and whether Palestinians should return to live in…

The vice presidency may have taken JD Vance out of the Senate, but his brief service there has turned out to be instrumental in the early weeks of the Trump administration.  Vance has proven to be essential in getting President Trump’s most controversial cabinet nominees cleared through committees to a full Senate confirmation vote. Multiple…