The European Union has so far failed to secure agreement on extending its sanctions against Russia, with a dispute over two Russian billionaires preventing the 27 member states from completing the required
The UK’s Chagos Islands Bill is in limbo after the House of Lords delayed proceedings, citing the need for consultations with the Chagossian community and unresolved strategic and legal issues. An amendment
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A week of brutal sectarian violence in Syria’s southern Sweida province in July effectively ended the presence of Bedouins in most Druze-majority areas, and months later, their path home remains unclear. The
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Bangladesh, a nation shaped by the vision of its founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, is facing a perilous political and social crisis, according to former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. In a detailed
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The Line was conceived as a 500-metre-tall, 170km-long glass-and-steel city designed to house nine million residents along a continuous vertical wall. Central to the project was a “hidden marina” with cruise ships
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New satellite imagery has revealed activity consistent with mass graves in El-Fasher, the Sudanese city seized by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) last month, according to a report released Thursday by
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President Donald Trump announced on Friday that the United States would boycott the upcoming Group of 20 summit in South Africa, claiming the host nation is guilty of “human rights abuses” against
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President Xi Jinping presided over the commissioning ceremony on Wednesday in Hainan, according to state media outlet Xinhua. The Fujian, named after the coastal province opposite Taiwan, has now joined the People’s
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China recently reached out to NASA regarding a potential conjunction between satellites, marking the first instance of direct coordination between the two agencies over space traffic management. The event was disclosed by
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The United Nations Security Council is set to vote in the coming days on a resolution that would formally end the conflict in Gaza and establish the framework for the territory’s future
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Google is planning a large artificial intelligence data centre on Australia’s remote Christmas Island, located 350 kilometers south of Indonesia, following a cloud deal signed earlier this year with the Australian Department
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The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) has awarded the 2025 Democracy Service Medal to the 11th Panchen Lama, Jetsun Tenzin Gedhun Yeshi Trinley Phuntsok Pal Sangpo — better known as Gedhun Choekyi
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Nearly a year after fleeing a military coup that ended more than two decades of rule in Syria, former President Bashar Assad is reportedly living in quiet exile in Moscow. According to
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The head of the World Economic Forum (WEF) has warned that the global economy may be on the brink of three simultaneous financial bubbles — in artificial intelligence, cryptocurrencies, and sovereign debt
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Australia’s top intelligence official has issued one of the starkest warnings in years about threats to the nation’s stability, revealing that foreign powers and extremist groups are actively undermining social cohesion and
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Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung accused China on Wednesday of reneging on a written promise to ensure “equal participation” for Taiwan at next year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, which will be
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