Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, is escorted into a hall by monks holding his hands at his Himalayan residence in Dharamshala, India, December 20, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters China hopes the Dalai Lama can “return to the right path,” and is open to discussions about his future as long as certain conditions are … Read more
Israeli captives, from left to the right, Ohad Ben Ami, Eli Sharabi and Or Levy, who have been held hostage by Hamas in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, are escorted by Hamas fighters on a stage before being handed over to the Red Cross in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. | … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said Palestinians would not have the right of return to Gaza under his proposal to redevelop the enclave and would have a permanent place to live elsewhere, according to excerpts of his interview with Fox News released on Monday (February 10, 2025). … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump has taken aim at many countries around the world in the first few weeks of his presidency — with Iran being perhaps the most predictable target, much as it was during his first tenure. So, while it came as no surprise when he issued a Presidential National Security Memorandum (PNSM-2) on … Read more
Having returned to the President’s chair on January 20 and signing a spree of executive orders since, Donald Trump, along with billionaire friend and advisor Elon Musk, moved to freeze all foreign funding for 90 days. The ramifications of this stop-work order were far-reaching, affecting countries as diverse as Syria, Thailand, Ukraine, and South Africa, … Read more
Protesters and observers gather to see the demolished Dhanmondi-32 residence of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, father of the ousted PM Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka, Bangladesh February 6, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Bangladesh’s interim government launched an operation Saturday after a student group gave a 24-hour ultimatum to track down “culprits” who assaulted their activists … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump | Photo Credit: AP The story so far: U.S. President Donald Trump has sought to deliver, in the early days of his second term in office, on his most vociferous campaign promise — to slap a range of the U.S.’s trading partners with significant tariffs in a bid to tamp down … Read more
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the Ministry of National Defence on the day the Korean People’s Army was founded, in Pyongyang, North Korea February 8, 2025, in this photo released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency. | Photo Credit: KCNA via Reuters North Korean leader Kim Jong Un criticised trilateral military … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets to supporters during his arrival at the party headquarters, as celebrates over the party’s victory in the Delhi Assembly elections, in New Delhi on Saturday. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Delhi Assembly results: BJP sweeps AAP out of power in Delhi The Bharatiya Janata Party, with its win of … Read more
The quake struck at 6:23 pm local time in the middle of the sea and had a depth of 10 kilometers. Photo: earthquake.usgs.gov A magnitude-7.6 earthquake shook the Caribbean Sea southwest of the Cayman Islands Saturday (February 8, 2025), according to the US Geological Survey, and some islands and countries urged people near the coastline … Read more