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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged an immediate end to hostilities in the Middle East, warning that recent events are spiralling out of control and inflicting severe civilian suffering. He...
A mix of uncertainty, anger and fragile hope spread across Cuba on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump warned Washington could take 'imminent action' against the island's government.
Rumours about Benjamin Netanyahu’s health — including claims he has died — continue to spread online despite a lack of credible evidence. Israeli officials have repeatedly denied the reports.
The World Happiness Report 2026, published by the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford, names Finland the happiest country for the ninth consecutive year. Other Nordic nations — Iceland, Denmark, Sweden...
A lighthearted clip of Finnish President Alexander Stubb jogging with former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney in London’s Hyde Park has gone viral, drawing notable attention from Indian social media. Posted on...
A man was detained after he climbed into the enclosure of Moo Deng, a well-known pygmy hippo, zoo officials said. The incident took place Tuesday evening at Khao Kheow Open Zoo, director Narongwit Chodchoy said, while a...
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned that the conflict involving the United States, Israel and Iran risks pushing global hunger to unprecedented levels. The agency says extreme weather, ongoing conflicts...
May 3, 2026 marks World Press Freedom Day, an annual reminder of the essential role an independent media plays in free societies. In a time of accelerating digital change, rising misinformation, and growing pressure on...
Born in 1137 to relatively humble beginnings, Saladin rose to become one of the most consequential figures of the Crusading era. In an age shaped by religious conflict and territorial ambition, he combined battlefield...
Edward Gibbon observed that empires usually decay slowly, shaped by long-term structural forces, but that a single strategic error can accelerate that decline. The US–Israeli strike on Iran in February 2026 may be such...
Recent American and Israeli strikes on Iran, and the uncertainty in Washington about next steps, are shifting global dynamics in ways that extend far beyond the Middle East. Iran’s counterattacks — including strikes on...
Since the end of the Cold War Central Asia operated as a managed condominium: Moscow supplied the hard-security umbrella while Beijing supplied capital and trade. The Ukraine war has not toppled that arrangement, but it...
