Pope Leo XIV left Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Saturday, four days after undergoing surgery to remove a malignant lung tumour, returning to the Vatican three days earlier than initially expected. The pontiff
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In the northern French migrant settlement known as the Jungle, a grim scene unfolds: tents sit behind a trench of black mud and plastic waste, forming a staging ground for newly arrived
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Ales Bialiatski, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist and head of the Viasna human rights centre, has given a harrowing account of life under Alexander Lukashenko’s authoritarian rule. Speaking to Times UK from
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Why did President Trump launch a war against Iran? Two reasons. First, electoral polls indicated a dramatic victory for anti-Trump Democrats in this fall’s Congressional elections. This would put a welcome end to
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The Strait of Hormuz—just 55 kilometres wide—has once again become the epicenter of global anxiety. This narrow sliver of water, separating Iran from Oman, channels roughly 20–30% of the world’s daily oil
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China on Thursday unveiled a comprehensive blueprint for the 2026-2030 period, outlining major development targets and strategic priorities as a government work report was submitted to the National People’s Congress (NPC) for
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President Trump justified his June strikes on Iran, asserting that the United States could not allow Tehran to develop a nuclear weapon. He later claimed the attacks had “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear programme.
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A PhD student in China recently reached out to Nature describing a toxic and abusive relationship with their supervisor that has left them severely depressed and anxious. The student, enrolled in environmental
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A fierce political storm erupted in Brussels after Spanish Member of the European Parliament Irene Montero denounced U.S. and Israeli military actions against Iran, declaring that President Donald Trump is “the Hitler
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As the United States and Israel strikes on Iran enters the fifth day with no signs of any pull back by either side, the defining trends is the decapitating attack on Iran’s
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In a spectacle that has stunned observers around the world, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stood in Israel, publicly embracing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—a leader wanted by the International Criminal Court for war
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Manipur is quietly arming itself into a deeper deadlock. Between July 2023 and February 2026, amid ongoing ethnic violence and a severe law-and-order crisis, the State government issued over 7,227 new arms
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Ella Waweya, better known as Captain Ella, has become the Israel Defense Forces’ most senior Muslim officer and the new Arabic-language spokesperson for the Israeli army, a position that has thrust her
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Spain has rejected providing military support for the United States and Israel’s operation against Iran, distancing itself from the stance taken by France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, which have indicated willingness
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Global oil markets were jolted into volatility on March 2 after a series of coordinated disruptions struck at the heart of the Persian Gulf’s energy system, raising fears that a regional confrontation
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