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A ship fires missiles at an undisclosed location, after U.S. President Donald Trump launched military strikes against Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis over the group’s attacks against Red Sea shipping. | Photo Credit: Reuters The United States carried out new airstrikes on Yemen on Monday (March 17, 2025), the Houthis’ Al Masirah TV said, expanding the biggest … Read more
Daily quiz | On papacy This painting by Michelangelo depicts The Last Judgment START THE QUIZ 1 / 5 | The day after Pope Francis was elected, the Daily Mirror gave a headline which was a clever play on one of the most famous goals in the history of football. Name the player who scored that goal who … Read more
Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said Pride should not even bother to organise the event this year. Festival organisers, who say it poses no threat to children, responded by saying that freedom of assembly was a constitutional right | Photo Credit: AFP Hungary’s ruling party submitted a bill to parliament on Monday (March 17, 2025) … Read more
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning. File | Photo Credit: AP China on Monday (March 17, 2025) “appreciated” Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “positive” remarks on the Sino-Indian ties favouring dialogue over discord and said that a cooperative dance between the elephant and dragon contributing to mutual success is the only choice for both sides. China … Read more
SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov docks with International Space Station to bring back stranded astronauts, on Sunday. | Photo Credit: ANI NASA will provide a live coverage of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 return to Earth from the International … Read more
Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock speaks with the media as she arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, March 17, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP Germany is pledging a further €300 million euros ($326 million) in aid for Syrians through the United Nations and select organisations, … Read more
A woman holds a picture of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte as relatives of drug war and extrajudicial killing victims gather to watch Duterte’s initial appearance at the International Criminal Court (ICC), during a live viewing in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, March 14, 2025 | Photo Credit: Reuters The Philippine Senate said Monday (March … Read more
Image for representation. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said he has no intention of creating exemptions on steel and aluminium tariffs and said reciprocal and sectoral tariffs will be imposed on April 2. Last month, Mr. Trump raised tariffs on imports of steel and aluminium to a flat 25%, without exemptions or … Read more
Anthony Hudson, left, helps his sister, Kelsey Webb, right, search through her destroyed home inside of Harmony Hills trailer park on March 15, 2025 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Many homes throughout Harmony Hills were damaged by the severe weather on March 14, 2025 night. | Photo Credit: Getty Images via AFP A dynamic storm that … Read more
In this photo provided by El Salvador’s Presidential press office, prison guards transfer deportees from the U.S., alleged to be Venezuelan gang members, to the Terrorism Confinement Centre in Tecoluca, El Salvador, on March 16, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP The crown jewel of El Salvador’s aggressive anti-crime strategy — a mega-prison where visitation, recreation … Read more