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United States President Donald Trump’s administration has ordered its embassies abroad to stop scheduling new visa interview appointments for students and exchange visitors, according to an internal cable seen by news agencies on Tuesday.

In the memo, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the pause is in place because the State Department plans to expand the screening of student applicants’ social media.

Here is all we know about what this pause could mean.

What happened?

Rubio…

By Shaimaa Eid

The catastrophic reality in Gaza is no longer just a humanitarian crisis—it is a sustained crime against civilians, sparing no one in its path.

Amid Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, the machinery of war continues to impose a harrowing reality on civilians. 

Palestinian families in northern Gaza are…

When Abimbola Ogundairo saw a pretty wooden map she thought would be great decor for her walls, she did something most regular buyers wouldn’t think of: She messaged the manufacturers with a simple, yet charged question.

“Which map projection did you use?” she asked, referring to the method of representing maps on a flat plane.

The sellers never responded, but Ogundairo suspected they used a problematic projection. Discouraged, she refused to place an order.

Ogundairo’s obsession…

By Robert Inlakesh

Morocco deepens military and trade ties with Israel—even hosting units accused of Gaza war crimes—despite nationwide protests against the regime’s complicity in the genocide.

Not only has Morocco continually worked to supply the Israeli military, causing widespread protests and strikes. Rabat even invited Israeli soldiers, who carried out one of the most high-profile…

Harvard students protested US President Donald Trump’s decision to cut all remaining federal contracts with the Ivy league university. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has ordered a halt to all international student visa processing, as it prepares to expand social media vetting for all foreign applicants.

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

UNICEF warns of a staggering child death toll in Gaza, urging immediate action to end the ongoing assault.

More than 50,000 children have been killed or injured in Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza since October 2023, the UN children’s fund said on Wednesday. 

“The children of Gaza need protection. They need food, water, and medicine. They need a…

Judge rules that companies ‘may be obligated to take preventive measures’ to counter their emissions.

A German court has thrown out a Peruvian farmer’s lawsuit seeking damages from RWE for the German energy utility’s alleged role in putting his hometown at risk through climate change, but set a potentially important precedent on polluters’ liability for their carbon emissions.

The higher regional court in the western city of Hamm on Wednesday blocked the landmark complaint brought…