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
Thai Foreign Minister Maris Sangyampong walks with released Thai hostages, who were kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas and held in Gaza, as they arrive in Thailand after being released, at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport, in Samut Prakan, Thailand, on February 9, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Five Thai workers released after … Read more
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, an aerial drone photo shows the site of a landslide in Jinping Village, Junlian County in the city of Yibin, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Saturday Feb. 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Chinese rescuers searched for at least 29 people after a landslide on Saturday (February 8, … Read more
Former Namibian President Sam Nujoma was revered in his homeland as a charismatic father figure who steered his country to democracy and stability. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Sam Nujoma, the fiery freedom fighter who led Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and served as its first President for 15 years, and … Read more
Jailed former Pakistan premier Imran Khan on Sunday (February 9, 2025) penned an open letter to Army chief Gen Asim Munir in which he criticised the military’s unlawful actions and its engagement in politics and urged it “to return to its constitutional limits”. Also Read | The military’s continuing hold over Pakistan In the letter posted … Read more