Greenland and Denmark appeared cautiously relieved early Wednesday (March 26, 2025) by the news that U.S. Vice President JD Vance and his wife are changing their itinerary for their visit to Greenland on Friday (March 28, 2025), reducing the likelihood that they will cross paths with residents angered by the Trump administration’s attempts to annex … Read more
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said the U.S. issues irresponsible and biased reports like this year after year, seeks to promote the false “China threat” narrative. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Beijing on Wednesday (March 26, 2025) dismissed a U.S. intelligence report warning that China posed “a most comprehensive military threat” to America and … Read more
Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of breaking the terms of a tentative U.S-brokered deal to pause strikes on energy infrastructure, underscoring the challenges to negotiating a broader peace in the war in Ukraine. Russia’s Defense Ministry alleged that Ukrainian drone attacks hit an electric facility in the Bryansk region early Wednesday (March 26, … Read more
A file picture of fentanyl is used for representational purpose. | Photo Credit: AP A U.S. intelligence report has named India and China as “sources of precursors and equipment for drug traffickers” and the primary source country for illicit fentanyl precursor chemicals and pill pressing equipment.” The ‘2025 Annual Threat Assessment (ATA)‘, released on Tuesday … Read more
Gourangalal Das (in picture), joint secretary in the MEA’s East Asia division, met Liu Jinsong, director-general at the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s department of Asian affairs, in Beijing on March 26, 2025. Photo: YouTube/@modaTAIWAN India and China on Wednesday (March 26, 2025) explored ways to rebuild ties and agreed to initiate efforts to promote people-to-people exchanges, … Read more
U.K.’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.K.’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, announced that she would deepen previously announced cuts to disability and sickness benefits as part of a £14 billion package to fix the country’s public finances. The Chancellor, who emphasized higher borrowing costs and greater … Read more
Sudanese army members stand at the presidential palace after the Sudanese army said it had taken control of the building in the capital of Khartoum, Sudan, on March 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Sudan’s army said Wednesday (March 26, 2025) it had recaptured a camp which was being used by the rival Rapid Support … Read more
Mohammed Yunus, the Chief Advisor of Bangladesh. | Photo Credit: Reuters GUWAHATI An Indian rights group has asked the United Nations to help stop Mohammed Yunus, the Chief Advisor of Bangladesh, from emboldening the religious fundamentalists in his country by denying attacks on the minorities in his country. The New Delhi-based Rights and Risks Analysis … Read more
U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth at the White House on February 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth texted the start time for a planned killing of a Houthi militant in Yemen on March 15, 2025 as well as other details of imminent waves of U.S. strikes, according to a screenshot … Read more
Palestinians protest against Hamas on the streets of Beit Lahiya in Gaza, demanding an end to the war. Hundreds of Palestinians have protested in northern Gaza to demand an end to war and chanting “Hamas out,” social media posts showed, in a rare public show of opposition to the militant group that sparked the latest … Read more