Austria’s newly sworn-in Chancellor Christian Stocker, right, makes a statement next to caretaker Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg in Vienna, Austria, on March 3, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Austria’s new government took office on Monday (March 3, 2025), with Christian Stocker taking over as Chancellor at the head of a previously untried three-party coalition after a … Read more
Mourners react during the funeral of two Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in Rafah, amid impasse over ceasefire deal, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on March 3, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israeli fire killed at least two persons in Rafah and injured three others in Khan Younis in … Read more
People move past parked trucks loaded with supplies at the Torkham border crossing following the closure of the border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan, on March 3, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pakistani and Afghan forces traded fire overnight at a key northwestern border crossing that has been closed for more than a week over … Read more
Emergency workers stand by during a major operation in the city center of Mannheim, Germany, Monday March 3, 2025, following an incident in which one person was killed and others injured when a car rammed into a crowd, German police said. | Photo Credit: AP One person was killed and others injured when a car … Read more
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during a meeting with Princess Astrid of Belgium in New Delhi on Monday (March 3, 2025). | Photo Credit: X/@rajnathsingh via PTI Photo Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday (March 3, 2025) met Princess Astrid of Belgium and his Belgian counterpart Theo Francken. The sister of Belgium’s King Philippe, … Read more
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar | Photo Credit: ANI External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will embark on an official visit to the United Kingdom and Ireland from March 4 to 9, 2025, to bolster India’s strategic and economic engagements with both countries, sources in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said. During his visit to … Read more
France’s President Emmanuel Macron, Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attend the European leaders’ summit to discuss European security and Ukraine, at Lancaster House in London, Britain, March 2, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters “France and Britain have not agreed on a partial truce plan for Ukraine,” a U.K. Minister said … Read more
Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser to Bangladesh’s interim government. File | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh’s interim government’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has called for the “meticulous preservation” of records documenting alleged “atrocities” committed under the administration of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina. During a Sunday meeting with United Nations officials, Mr. Yunus emphasised that without a … Read more
Firefighters work to extinguish a smouldering structure, in Ofunato city, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. | Photo Credit: Reuters “Nearly 1,700 firefighters are battling Japan’s biggest forest fire in three decades,” officials said on Monday (March 3, 2025),” as some 4,600 residents remain under an evacuation advisory. One person died last week in the blaze in the … Read more
Vice President JD Vance, right, speaks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, as President Donald Trump listens in the Oval Office at the White House | Photo Credit: Mystyslav Chernov Over the past week, two events have redrawn U.S. relations with Ukraine as the latter battles Russia for the third year. First, the U.S. broke … Read more