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
President Xi Jinping met on Tuesday morning with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, as the visiting leader attends the Global Leaders’ Meeting
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On October 9, 2025, in Sydney, Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles and Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh signed a bilateral security agreement, building on the 2020 Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. The deal included
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Britain’s domestic spy agency, MI5, has issued a rare public warning to members of parliament, alerting them that spies from China, Russia, and Iran are attempting to infiltrate and manipulate the country’s
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Fraud factories in Myanmar blamed for scamming Chinese and American victims out of billions of dollars remain operational and have expanded, an AFP investigation has found. Satellite imagery and drone footage show
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US President Donald Trump, in the midst of his triumph ending the Gaza war and gaining the return of the Israeli hostages, is jacking up the pressure on Russia. The major threat,
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Global warming is accelerating past dangerous thresholds faster than previously expected, with the world’s coral reefs now undergoing what scientists describe as an “almost irreversible die-off” — marking the first major tipping
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Hamas has released all 20 of the remaining Israeli hostages held in Gaza, bringing an emotional end to a two-year ordeal and triggering jubilant celebrations across Israel. The announcement came only hours
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Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday proposed a four-point plan aimed at accelerating women’s all-round development, emphasizing the importance of peace, inclusiveness, and global cooperation in promoting gender equality. Addressing the opening
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In 2020, a leading U.S. credit rating agency issued a warning to President Gotabaya’s government in Sri Lanka, stating that the country’s state revenue was insufficient to meet debt repayments. That same
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The White House has warned Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer that Britain’s failure to prosecute two alleged Chinese spies risks undermining trust between London and Washington, The Times of London reported. Senior
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From the rubble of his destroyed home in Khan Yunis, 29-year-old computer technician Hamza al-Shami looked across a landscape of utter devastation. As the ceasefire began in Gaza on Friday, he rushed
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As tropical rain drenched his orange groves in Chapare, former Bolivian president Evo Morales planted a spade into the ground and stamped it hard, a symbolic gesture in the stronghold where he
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Israeli forces have reportedly recovered a memo in an underground Hamas complex that appears to have been written by Yahya Sinwar, the slain leader of the group. According to reporting, the memo
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On October 8, 2025, over one lakh tea garden workers and allied members of Assam’s tea-tribe community protested in Tinsukia District, demanding Scheduled Tribe (ST) status, higher wages, and land rights. The
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The Nobel Peace Prize Committee has done a significant disservice by refusing to name Donald Trump as the awardee for 2025. The Committee, tilted to the left but with a couple of
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