Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Australia will ban foreign investors from buying existing homes in the country for two years, its government said on Sunday (February 16, 2025), in an effort to boost under-pressure housing supply. “We’re banning foreign purchases of established dwellings from April 1, 2025, until March 31 … Read more
The Brazilian government announced Saturday that the next BRICS summit will take place in Rio de Janeiro on July 6-7. File photo of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil | Photo Credit: ANI The Brazilian government announced Saturday that the next BRICS summit will take place in Rio de Janeiro on July 6-7. … Read more
Israel and Hamas completed the sixth exchange of hostages and Palestinian prisoners on Saturday with just over two weeks remaining in their fragile Gaza ceasefire’s initial phase, and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio landed in Israel to begin a Mideast tour. Israelis expressed relief as the three hostages — Argentinian-Israeli Iair Horn, 46; American-Israeli … Read more
The story so far: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is all set to introduce the Immigration and Foreigners Bill, 2025 in the second half of the Budget session that begins on March 10. The bill repeals all the four existing legislations that deal with immigration and movement of foreigners. Why are fresh terms … Read more
A militia that derives its name from a peace agreement is a paradox in itself. Embodying this conundrum is the M23, or the Mouvement Du March 23, which operates in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, drawing support from neighbouring Rwanda. Taking after a failed truce deal signed on March 23, 2009, the militia, on … Read more
M23 rebels escort government soldiers and police who surrendered to an undisclosed location in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo on January 30, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Residents and business owners in eastern Congo’s second-largest city sat in wait on Saturday (February 15, 2025) morning after a night of loud gunfire marking the ongoing … Read more
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attends the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, Germany on February 14, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday (February 14, 2025) that China will “play along to the end” if the U.S. is bent on suppressing the country even though Beijing does not … Read more
German chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks at the 61st Munich Security Conference on February 15, 2025 in Munich, Germany. | Photo Credit: Getty Images German Chancellor Olaf Scholz delivered a strong rebuke on Saturday (February 15, 2025) to U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance’s attack on Europe’s stance toward hate speech and the far right, saying it … Read more
Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, right, meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Munich Security Conference, in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday (February 15, 2025) that he blocked a Donald Trump-led deal that would give the U.S. access to vast amounts … Read more
A man holds a placard with text in Hebrew that reads “Sorry! Welcome back” as people gather to watch news coverage, on the day of the release of hostages held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, as part of a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, in Tel Aviv, on … Read more