Monday | October 6, 2025 Kathmandu, Nepal (AP) — Landslides, lightning strikes, and flash floods triggered by days of relentless monsoon rainfall killed at least 44 people across Nepal on Sunday, with several others still missing, authorities said, as emergency workers battled blocked roads and washed-out bridges to reach devastated mountain villages. The National Disaster […]
Thursday | 18th September 2025 Israel’s culture minister has ignited a fierce controversy after vowing to strip funding from the country’s film academy and its prestigious annual awards show, following the success of a Palestinian-themed film that captured Israel’s top cinematic honor. On Tuesday night in Tel Aviv, the Israeli Academy of Film and Television
Wednesday | 3rd September 2025 The huge military parade through central Beijing on Wednesday was a carefully orchestrated and deliberately fearsome display of weaponry, aimed not only at impressing domestic audiences but also at sending a calculated message to the world. China wanted to make it unmistakably clear that President Xi Jinping’s vision of a
Tuesday | 19th August 2025 Donald Trump has revealed he is preparing arrangements for a direct meeting between Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin, following what he described as “very good” talks at the White House with the Ukrainian president and several European leaders. British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, and NATO
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Thursday | August 7th 2025 Washington, D.C. — U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday expressed optimism about the possibility of holding a high-stakes summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, suggesting that such a meeting could mark the beginning of the end of the ongoing war in Ukraine. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump
Monday | 4th August 2025 Brisbane, Australia — The Australian government has dramatically reversed its earlier stance on YouTube, announcing that the platform will now be included in its sweeping social media ban for children under the age of 16, scheduled to take effect in December. The move marks a significant policy shift and sets
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Wednesday | July 9, 2025 Trump Hosts Select African Leaders at Exclusive Summit, Snubbing Continent’s Powerhouses The White House is holding a limited “African leaders” summit this week, but only five out of the continent’s 55 nations have been invited. According to Liberia, President George Weah is among the select African heads of state invited
Wednesday | June 25, 2025 Seoul, South Korea — As American B-2 stealth bombers roared over Iranian skies, striking key facilities believed to be linked to Tehran’s nuclear program, the reverberations were felt far beyond the Middle East. Thousands of kilometers away, in East Asia, policymakers, military strategists, and regional analysts immediately began grappling with
Thursday | June 19, 2025 WASHINGTON/DUBAI/JERUSALEM, June 19 – Tensions in the Middle East reached a dangerous new peak on Thursday as Israel launched a direct strike on a key Iranian nuclear facility, while Iran responded with missile attacks that struck an Israeli hospital, killing and injuring civilians. The dramatic escalation marked one of the most
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Tuesday | June 17, 2025 Israel and Iran continued exchanging military strikes for a fifth consecutive day on Tuesday, deepening concerns about the potential for a wider war in the Middle East. The conflict has escalated into the worst direct confrontation between the two longtime regional adversaries, prompting urgent international calls for restraint. U.S. President
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