Riot police officers use anti-riot rifles and pepper spray to clear protesters during a protest after Istanbul’s Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was arrested and sent to prison, in Istanbul, Turkiye on March 23, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Almost 1,500 people have been detained – including an AFP photographer – as tens of thousands continued protests … Read more
Pakistan’s Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb (second left) speaks with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission Chief for Pakistan Nathan Porter (2R) during a meeting in Islamabad. File photo | Photo Credit: AFP The International Monetary Fund approved a loan of USD 1.3 billion for Pakistan to address climate change while also reaching a staff-level agreement on … Read more
Only a few weeks ago, Hamdan Ballal stood on a stage in Los Angeles accepting an Oscar for the film “No Other Land,” a documentary depicting his West Bank village’s struggle against Israel’s occupation. On Tuesday (March 25, 2025), Mr. Ballal – his face bruised and clothes still spotted with blood – recounted to The … Read more
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, President Donald Trump’s choice to be Director of the National Institutes of Health, appears before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee for his confirmation hearing, at Capitol Hill in Washington, on March 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Indian-American scientist Jay Bhattacharya has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as … Read more
Istanbul’s Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was arrested after a raid on his home earlier this week. File. | Photo Credit: AP A court formally detained the Mayor of Istanbul, a prominent opponent of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday (March 23, 2025), and ordered him jailed while awaiting the results of a trial concerning corruption allegations. … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., on March 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest executive order, issued on Tuesday (March 25, 2025), calls for sweeping electoral reforms in the United States, of which the most crucial one mandates documentary proof … Read more
Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Despite her lukewarm ratings in opinion polls and economic growth far adrift of regional peers, Wednesday’s (Marchvote indicates Paetongtarn’s coalition remains solid, lowering the prospect of near-term instability in a county fraught with intermittent political turmoil. Governments led by Pheu Thai and its predecessors, all led … Read more
Ukrainian military members of the State Border Guard Pomsta Brigade, Phoenix Drone Unit, perform a test flight of a Vampire hexacopter drone prior to their mission, in the Donetsk region, on March 19, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. | Photo Credit: AFP Russia’s defence units destroyed nine Ukrainian drones overnight, including two over … Read more
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during her visit to London on March 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: X/All India Trinamool Congress via ANI West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee invited British businesses to invest in the state in areas such as automation, engineering and artificial intelligence. Reminiscing the United Kingdom’s centuries-old relationship with India … Read more
Analysts say Washington has long seen New Delhi as a counter to China’s rising influence in Asia and elsewhere, and, hence, overlooked human rights issues in India. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Minorities in India face deteriorating treatment, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom said on Tuesday (March 25, 2025), and it recommended targeted … Read more