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People look at an image of Venezuelan doctor Jose Gregorio Hernandez outside La Candelaria church, which holds his remains, in Caracas. File | Photo Credit: AFP A man revered by millions as the “doctor of the poor” will be the first saint from Venezuela after Pope Francis approved a decree Tuesday (February 25, 2025). A … Read more

Image for representational purposes | Photo Credit: Reuters A federal judge on Tuesday (February 25, 2025) gave the Trump administration less than two days to release billions of dollars in U.S. foreign aid, saying the administration had given no sign of complying with his nearly two-week-old court to ease its funding freeze. U.S. District Judge … Read more

Army Chief of Bangladesh General Waker-uz-Zaman. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters In an unprecedented public statement, the Army Chief of Bangladesh General Waker-uz-Zaman on Tuesday (February 25, 2025) warned that the interim government should not undermine law and order machinery. Addressing a gathering of mostly military officials where he spoke on the national martyrdom day, … Read more

Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu arrives for a meeting with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto at Merdeka palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, on February 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Russia and Indonesia took steps on Tuesday (February 25, 2025) to strengthen their defence ties with a meeting between a top Russian security official and Indonesia’s … Read more

Representational file image. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Kremlin said Tuesday that it sees potential for cooperation with the United States on developing Russia’s large reserves of strategically important rare and rare earth minerals. President Vladimir Putin on Monday (February 24, 2025) evening in a televised interview said that Russia is a world leader in … Read more

Syria has a “historic opportunity” to build itself anew, its interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Tuesday (February 25, 2025), addressing a national dialogue summit billed by Syria’s Islamist rulers as a key milestone after decades of Assad-family rule. Hundreds of Syrians met at the presidential palace in Damascus for the one-day event, hailed by … Read more

In this video grab taken from footage broadcast by the U.K. Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) via the Parliament TV website on February 25, 2025, Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a speech on defence and security. | Photo Credit: PRU/AFP The U.K. government will increase its defence spending to 2.5% of GDP during 2027 and … Read more

 Chinese Ambassador Xu Feihong. File. | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI India-China ties are entering the “phase of recovery” and the relationship between the two nations is “one of the most important” bilateral engagement globally, Chinese Ambassador Xu Feihong said on Tuesday (February 25, 2025). In an address at an event, Mr. Xu also said that … Read more

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) informed a New York court on February 18, 2025, that it has sought assistance from the Indian government under the Hague Service Convention—formally known as the Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters, 1965—to serve summons on billionaire Gautam Adani … Read more

Pope Francis continued his treatment for pneumonia Tuesday (February 25, 2025) as the Vatican set in motion a nightly marathon of prayers from “his house” and allies cheered him on from afar in hopes that the 88-year-old would recover. The Vatican’s typically brief morning update said: “The pope slept well, all night.” Also read | … Read more