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October 1, 2025 10:17 AM

What would it take to end the US government shutdown?

A deep impasse between Republican President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats has triggered the 15th U.S. government shutdown since 1981. Here's a look at what it will take to reopen the government. WHAT DO REPUBLICANS WANT? Trump's Republic...

October 1, 2025 9:43 AM

US government lurches toward shutdown, Trump threatens fresh cuts

The U.S. lurched toward a government shutdown on Tuesday as a vote to extend funding past a midnight deadline failed in the U.S. Senate and President Donald Trump threatened to extend his purge of the federal workforce. The 55-to-45 vote in the Sena...

October 1, 2025 9:25 AM

Pentagon says Iraq mission being scaled back

The Pentagon recommitted itself in a statement on Tuesday to scaling back its military mission in Iraq, a process that a U.S. official said will see Baghdad command efforts to combat remnants of Islamic State inside its own country. Under the plan...

September 30, 2025 10:59 PM

Trump says Hamas has three or four days to respond to Gaza plan

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Hamas militants have about three or four days to respond to his Gaza peace plan proposal or face the consequences. Trump told reporters as he departed the White House that Israeli and Arab leaders had...

September 30, 2025 6:43 PM

Kremlin says it hopes Trump’s Gaza peace plan is implemented

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that it hoped that U.S. President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan was implemented and would spur peace in the Middle East. Trump secured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's backing on Monday for a U.S.-sponsored pe...

September 30, 2025 6:45 PM

French firms to boost capacity to spy from the stratosphere

French companies are fine-tuning plans for stratospheric spy balloons and airships as competition heats up in the no man's land between the atmosphere and outer space, tipped as the next potential zone of tensions between world powers. Stratobus, ow...

 

Last updated on: 7th Oct 2025