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
Residents of the Al-Far’a Camp, West Bank, evacuate their homes as the Israeli military continues its operation in the area, on February 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Israeli security forces have expanded a military operation to Nur Shams in the West Bank, a military spokesperson said on Sunday (February 9, 2025), announcing the expansion … Read more
A file image of U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin | Photo Credit: Reuters The Kremlin on Sunday (February 9, 2025) declined to confirm or deny a U.S. report of a phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Washington and Moscow have not officially confirmed any communication … Read more
Palestinians wait to cross through a checkpoint run by U.S. and Egyptian security contractors after Israeli forces withdrew from the Netzarim Corridor, allowing people to travel in both directions between southern and northern Gaza, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, near Gaza City, on February 9, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israeli forces began … Read more
Ecuador’s presidential election Sunday (February 9, 2025) is shaping up to be a repeat of the 2023 race, when voters chose a young, conservative millionaire over the leftist protégée of the country’s most influential president this century. President Daniel Noboa and Luisa González are the clear front-runners among the pool of 16 candidates. All … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has hailed U.S. President Donald Trump’s widely criticised plan to move Palestinians out of the war-battered Gaza Strip, saying Israel is willing to “do the job”. In a Fox News interview aired late Saturday (February 9, 2025) as the … Read more
Russell Vought, President Donald Trump’s choice for Director of the Office of Management and Budget | Photo Credit: AP The Trump administration has ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop nearly all its work, effectively shutting down an agency that was created to protect consumers after the 2008 financial crisis and subprime mortgage-lending scandal. … Read more