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M23 rebels guard a unit of surrendering Congolese police officers who will be recruited into the rebel group on February 22, 2025, in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo. | Photo Credit: Getty Images M23 fighters advanced on several fronts in DR Congo’s volatile east Friday (February 22, 2025) as the U.N. Security Council for the … Read more
Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged UN members to approve the “simple, historic” resolution. File. | Photo Credit: AP The United States proposed Friday (February 1, 2025) a United Nations resolution on the Ukraine conflict that omitted any mention of Kyiv’s territory occupied by Russia, diplomatic sources told AFP. Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged … Read more
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nepal Arzu Rana Deuba. File | Photo Credit: PTI Nepal awaits an invitation for its Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli to visit India, Nepali Foreign Minister Arzu Deuba Rana said on Saturday, February 22, 2025. Speaking to The Hindu, she expressed her hope that Mr. Oli and Prime Minister Narendra … Read more
A People’s Liberation Army Navy frigate, cruiser and replenishment vessel entered Australia’s maritime approaches last week. In this file handout photo and released by The Australian Defence Force shows sailors onboard the Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Arunta looking at the People’s Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) Fuchi-class replenishment vessel and Weishanhu Jiangkai-class frigate Hengyang in the … Read more
CK Hutchison Holdings is one of Hong Kong’s largest conglomerates, spanning finance, retail, infrastructure, telecoms and logistics. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A Panama court has agreed to review the concession granted to a Hong Kong-based firm to operate ports on either end of the Panama Canal — the source of U.S. President Donald Trump’s … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump listens as French President Emmanuel Macron speaks. File. | Photo Credit: AP French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday that he will urge US President Donald Trump to avoid making allies “suffer” by imposing new tariffs on their goods. Since taking office last month, Trump has announced new tariffs across a … Read more
Pakistan authorities have sealed the home of an NGO chief who authored a report alleging widespread rigging in national elections last year, he told AFP on Saturday. Polls in February 2024 took place with the nation’s most popular politician Imran Khan jailed and barred from running, and a coalition of parties considered pliable to the … Read more
Flowers and prayers for Pope Francis are left outside the Gemelli Hospital, where he is admitted for treatment, in Rome, Italy on February 22, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Vatican carried on with its Holy Year celebrations without the Pope on Saturday (February 22, 2025), as Pope Francis battled pneumonia and a complex respiratory … Read more
The secretary to the Ministry of Public Security said the government has felt that recent killings were an attempt to sabotage the ongoing investigation into high-profile cases of the past, including the revived investigation on the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bombings. File | Photo Credit: AP The Sri Lankan Government said on Saturday (February 22, … Read more
C.Q. Brown. File | Photo Credit: AP In a major shakeup to the military leadership, U.S. President Donald Trump fired the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, the highest-ranking officer in the country. Taking to social media, Mr. Trump stated, “I want to thank General Charles ‘CQ’ Brown for his over 40 … Read more