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Representational image only. File | Photo Credit: AP “Finland is named the happiest country in the world for the eighth year in a row,” according to the World Happiness Report 2025 published on Thursday (March 20, 2025.) Other Nordic countries are also once again at the top of the happiness rankings in the annual report … Read more
Badar Khan Suri, an Indian national and postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University, has recently been detained by U.S. immigration authorities and is facing potential deportation. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) alleges that Suri has been “actively spreading Hamas propaganda and promoting antisemitism” on social media platforms. Additionally, DHS claims he maintains “close connections to … Read more
“All military means and various forms of movement directly targeting the DPRK… are an object to be wiped out,” a media report said. (File photo used for representational purpose only) | Photo Credit: AP “North Korea warned Japan against deploying long-range missiles in the Kyushu region, saying such attack capability will “bring about constant escalation … Read more
File picture of Canada Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly | Photo Credit: AP China executed four Canadians in recent months, Canada’s foreign affairs minister said Wednesday (March 19, 2025). Such executions of Westerners are relatively rare. Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly said she and former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked for clemency in the drug-related accusations … Read more
Russia-Ukraine war LIVE updates: Zelenskyy agrees to limited ceasefire after phone call with Trump
The Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged Wednesday (March 19, 2025) and signaled that it still expects to cut rates twice this year even as it sees inflation staying stubbornly elevated. The Fed also now expects the economy to grow more slowly this year and next than it did three months ago, according … Read more
Military personnel search for Sudiksha Konanki, a university student from the U.S. who disappeared on a beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, on March. 10, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Joshua Riibe, a senior at St. Cloud University in Minnesota who is believed to be the last person to see missing University of Pittsburgh student … Read more
A man, whose mother was on the missing MH370 Malaysia Airline passenger jet, wears a shirt “Remembering 239 Lives, MH370” checks his phone after talking to media on the 11th anniversary of the jet going missing Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Beijing, China. | Photo Credit: AP Malaysia’s government has given final approval for a … Read more
An Ukrainian serviceman examines a drone at a military training ground in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on March 13. | Photo Credit: AP The story so far: The sight of two Chinese Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) over waters near Okinawa recently had Japan scrambling to pursue them. Yet, the level of alarm was considerably lower … Read more
Missiles are fired into the sky, said to be, for an operation against the Yemen’s Houthis at an unidentified location. | Photo Credit: REUTERS The Israeli military says air raid sirens have sounded in several areas of the country following a missile attack from Yemen early Thursday (March 20, 2025). In Jerusalem, several explosions were … Read more