U.S. President Donald Trump hosts his first cabinet meeting with Elon Musk in attendance, Washington, D.C., U.S., February 26, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Elon Musk took a star turn at the first Cabinet meeting of President Donald Trump’s new term, holding forth in a black “Make America Great Again” campaign hat on Wednesday (February … Read more
Representative image | Photo Credit: Reuters Danish archeologists have uncovered a 4,000-year-old circle of wooden piles that they say could be linked to Britain’s world-renowned Stonehenge. The 45 neolithic-era wooden pieces, in a circle with a diameter of about 30 metres (100 feet), were found during work on a housing estate in the northwestern town … Read more
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. File | Photo Credit: AP United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who is scheduled to visit Dhaka from March 13-16, has said the UN would continue to mobilise the international community to support Bangladesh as a host to the forcibly displaced Rohingyas. On Wednesday (February 26, 2025) Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS), the … Read more
Kshitij Tyagi, Permanent Mission of India to the U.N. in Geneva, during 58th Session of United Nations Human Rights Council meeting. | Photo Credit: X/@ANI At the seventh meeting of the 58th Session of United Nations Human Rights Council, India said that Pakistan was a failed State surviving on international handouts. Kshitij Tyagi, Permanent Mission … Read more
North Korean troops. Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: KCNA via Reuters North Korea has sent more soldiers to Russia and re-deployed several to the frontline in Kursk, Seoul’s spy agency told AFP on Thursday (February 27, 2025). South Korean and Western intelligence agencies have said that more than 10,000 soldiers from … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: AP The Supreme Court on Wednesday (February 26, 2025) temporarily blocked a judge’s order giving the U.S. President Trump’s administration a midnight deadline to release billions of dollars in U.S. foreign aid. Chief Justice John Roberts said the order issued by U.S. District Judge Amir H. Ali … Read more
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. | Photo Credit: Reuters Diplomats from Russia and the United States will meet in Istanbul on Thursday (February 27, 2025) to discuss the operation of their respective embassies in Moscow and Washington, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday. The meeting follows Russia-U.S. talks in Saudi Arabia last week that … Read more
The changes were defended by CEO Jeff Bezos (in picture) and publisher William Lewis, who joined the newspaper in early 2024 after working for outlets controlled by Rupert Murdoch. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Washington Post editorial page editor David Shipley is leaving the paper as its opinion section shifts its focus to supporting … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Trump administration said Wednesday (February 26, 2025) it is eliminating more than 90% of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) foreign aid contracts and $60 billion in overall U.S. assistance around the world. The documents detail the results of a program-by-program review ordered by … Read more
A crowd watches a live feed from a funeral that is being held for former hostages whose bodies were returned to Israel from Gaza last week | Photo Credit: Getty Images Hamas handed over the bodies of four Israeli hostages while it waited for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners to be released by Israel in return, … Read more