U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance and second lady Usha Vance, with their children. File | Photo Credit: AP , U.S. Vice-President J. D. Vance has said that he’s joining his wife on a Friday (March 28, 2025) trip to Greenland, suggesting in an online video that global security is at stake. “We’re going to check … Read more
Pope Francis appears at a window of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome on March 23, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Pope Francis’ medical team briefly considered suspending treatment after a February 28 breathing crisis but instead decided on an aggressive course that put his organs at risk, the doctor coordinating the Pope’s hospital care … Read more
A strike on March 24, 2025 was the latest deadly attack in a war that started in April 2023 when simmering tensions between the military and the Rapid Support Forces exploded into open warfare across the country. | Photo Credit: AP Aid groups in Sudan said Tuesday (March 25, 2025) at least 54 people were … Read more
Canadian politics may be at an unprecedented inflection point, both internally and externally, with two narrowly divided political parties domestically (the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party of Canada) and the Donald Trump presidency in the United States straining its stability amid external sovereignty claims. Within a matter of months, the domestic political landscape in … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters An appeals court on Tuesday (March 25, 2025) allowed U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to stop approving new refugees for entry into the U.S. as a lawsuit plays out over the President’s executive order halting the nation’s refugee admissions system. Refugees who were conditionally approved before … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin. | Photo Credit: AP Russia and Ukraine agreed Tuesday (March 25, 2025) to halt military strikes in the Black Sea and on energy sites during talks brokered by the United States, which offered as a first concrete incentive to Moscow to ease … Read more
Israeli President Isaac Herzog, center, visits Rome’s Synagogue. File | Photo Credit: AP Israel’s President said on Tuesday (March 25, 2025) that he was shocked that the issue of hostages being held by Palestinian militants in Gaza was no longer a top priority in the country, days after criticising the government’s war policy. “I am … Read more
An Israeli air strike killed a journalist working with Al Jazeera on Monday (March 25, 2025), and the military issued fresh calls to evacuate parts of Gaza’s north, as Israel pressed its renewed bombardment and ground operations in the Palestinian territory. Israel resumed intense air strikes across Gaza last Tuesday, followed by ground operations, after … Read more
Representative image | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Indian and Chinese officials held another round of talks of the Working Mechanism on Consultation and Coordination of India China Border Affairs in Beijing. The countries are preparing for talks between Special Representatives later this year. “They also exchanged views on early resumption of cross-border cooperation and exchanges, … Read more
A file image of Bangladesh’s Chief of Army Staff General Waker-uz-Zaman | Photo Credit: Reuters The Bangladesh Army on Tuesday (March 25, 2025) dismissed a report published by an Indian media outlet, saying the article claiming an emergency meeting of top army brass was based on “false and fabricated” information. In a statement, the Inter-Services … Read more