Chicago father dies hours after ICE deports him to Pakistan
Ayaz Ahmed, 61, had no criminal record and chronic illnesses. His family says he collapsed after a 38-hour ICE flight; ICE calls claims of neglect “categorically false”.
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Eisenkot and allies name Matan Kahana as their pick for Knesset speaker
Liberman would chair the Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee as the anti-Netanyahu bloc shares out the Knesset’s top posts during Eisenkot’s mandate
Judge calls Russell Brand a ‘sexual predator’ whose fame protected him
Mr Justice Bennathan said Brand’s celebrity shielded him for years, and set out how he reached a sentence of 10 years and six months
Bangladesh files spying case against Indian man over alleged RAW links
Police in Dhaka say Rabiul Islam, from West Bengal, used a garments business as cover. He told a court he has nothing to do with RAW
Imran Khan’s ex Jemima says she called police on ‘violent’ Russell Brand
Imran Khan’s ex-wife says she called police to remove Brand from her home, and defends the 2014 injunction against a masseuse who accused him of assault
Trump picks Natalie Baker as US ambassador to Pakistan
The career diplomat has run the US embassy in Islamabad since January 2025, when the last ambassador left. She now faces Senate confirmation
Trump approval holds at 32%, near career low, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
The figure, one point above his career low, comes days after Republicans lost both chambers of Congress, with just 21% approving of how he is handling the cost of living
Trump says Gulf states want Iran blockade kept, US ‘locked and loaded’
After speaking to Qatar’s prime minister, the US president said Gulf states prefer the blockade to continue and claimed “positive momentum” toward ending the war
Trump lists ‘great dislike’ of Israel among reasons Republicans lost
In his first sit-down interview since the midterms, the US president put hostility towards Israel alongside the Iran war and fuel prices, and said he did not disagree with JD Vance’s verdict on the defeat
Trump says Task Force Iron Gate is ‘in full force’ against Iran
The president’s post came hours after Iran’s foreign minister told Washington to accept Tehran’s two-day offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face war
