Over the past two decades, Qatar has quietly and steadily built an empire of British assets worth an estimated £100 billion, according to a recent investigation by The Times UK. From ports
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Tom Cruise has been making films in Britain for nearly 40 years, forging such deep ties with the UK that he’s now being honoured with a Bafta Fellowship. From Kenneth Branagh to
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China has officially become the world’s largest nuclear power nation in terms of overall scale, according to the China Nuclear Energy Development Report 2025, released Sunday by the China Nuclear Energy Association
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The new Syrian administration on Sunday firmly rejected a recent Kurdish conference’s call for a “decentralized” Syrian state, stressing that Syria’s unity remains non-negotiable. In a statement from the Syrian leader’s office,
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Members of the Laotian diaspora in the United States, many of whom arrived as refugees after surviving a CIA-led “secret war,” are now facing a fresh crisis—detention and deportation with little warning,
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Tensions between India and Pakistan have surged to their highest levels in years after troops exchanged fire across the disputed Kashmir border for a third consecutive night, officials confirmed on Sunday. The
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday delivered an emotional tribute to the victims of the recent Pahalgam terrorist attack, promising that those responsible would face “the harshest punishment” and reaffirming India’s
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The US liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry has issued a strong warning to the Trump administration, saying it cannot comply with new shipping rules that threaten to disrupt America’s booming energy export
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Several Russian nationals sanctioned over Moscow’s war in Ukraine were able to sidestep EU travel restrictions using Maltese “golden” passports purchased through the country’s controversial citizenship-by-investment program, according to an investigation by
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Saudi Arabia and Qatar have pledged to settle Syria’s outstanding debts to the World Bank, totaling approximately $15 million. This agreement, announced during the spring meetings of the World Bank and IMF
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KoBold Metals, a mining start-up backed by tech giants Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, is expanding into the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), betting on the country’s critical role in supplying
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Europe’s justice systems are in crisis, facing chronic underfunding that is leading to crumbling infrastructure, growing case backlogs, and eroding trust in the rule of law, senior lawyers warn. In countries across
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly accused Ronen Bar, the head of the Shin Bet internal security agency, of lying in a sworn affidavit filed with Israel’s Supreme Court. The latest
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Private credit firms are exploring whether they can ease environmental, social, and governance (ESG) restrictions in order to finance Europe’s expanding defence industry, a sector that has become a strategic priority for
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In the wake of a devastating explosion and fire at Shahid Rajaee Port in Bandar Abbas, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, has issued a message of condolences and called for
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