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Saturday | 24th January 2026 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has dismissed a vice premier over problems linked to a factory modernization project, an apparent bid to tighten discipline within the ruling elite and force officials to show tangible results ahead of a major political gathering. The firing comes as North Korea prepares for

Thursday | 15th January 2026 The American president’s extraordinary — and utterly exhausting — grip on the global psyche tightened further on Wednesday, as the world once again found itself suspended in a familiar state of anxious anticipation. A heavy tension settled over Washington, stretched taut across the Atlantic and drifted ominously across the Middle

Thursday | 8th January 2026 The United States seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker that had been under close surveillance for more than two weeks and was being shadowed by a Russian submarine, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, marking a rare and highly sensitive maritime enforcement action amid escalating tensions over Venezuelan oil exports. The tanker,

Friday | 2nd January 2026 New Year celebrations descended into catastrophe in Switzerland in the early hours of Thursday when a devastating fire ripped through a crowded bar at one of the country’s most exclusive Alpine ski resorts, killing around 40 people and injuring more than 100 others. Swiss President Guy Parmelin described the incident

Wednesday | 24th December 2025 Two police officers were killed early Wednesday morning in Moscow after a bomb exploded near a police vehicle, in an attack that heightened security concerns in the Russian capital just days after a senior military officer was assassinated nearby. The blast occurred close to the site of a car bombing

Friday | 12nd December 2025 Brisbane, Australia — Fourteen-year-old cheerleader Lucy Brooks briefly lost contact with several of her friends on Snapchat when Australia’s new under-16 social media ban came into force on Wednesday. For a moment, she feared the ban had permanently cut off a core part of teenage communication. But within 24 hours,

Tuesday | 2nd December 2025 Hong Kong — The leader of Hong Kong has vowed to ensure that “justice is served” following a catastrophic inferno that killed more than 150 people last week, as mounting evidence points to alleged negligence by construction firms that used substandard materials on scaffolding surrounding the stricken buildings. The blaze

Sunday | 23rd November 2025 This year, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz pledged to build Europe’s strongest army – a bold and politically risky promise for a country whose armed forces have endured decades of chronic underinvestment, equipment shortages, and reputation problems. The coalition government now hopes that a sweeping new military service bill, agreed upon

Thursday | 13rd November 2025 The much-heralded peace declaration brokered by US President Donald Trump between Thailand and Cambodia appears to be unraveling, as fresh clashes erupted along their disputed border on Wednesday. Both countries traded accusations of opening fire, in skirmishes that left at least one person dead and several others injured. The violence

November 6, 2025 Democrats celebrated a sweeping set of victories on Wednesday, marking their first major electoral success since Donald Trump returned to the White House—a crucial morale boost for a party that has spent much of the past year reeling from defeat and struggling to redefine its identity. Across several key states, a new