Wed 18 June 2025: Donald Trump had said last month that the nuclear-armed neighbours agreed to a ceasefire after talks mediated by the US Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made it clear to United States President Donald Trump that a ceasefire between India and Pakistan after a four-day conflict in May was achieved through talks between […]
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Wed 18 June 2025: State-sponsored cyber threat groups are increasingly using subcontractor firms with security vulnerabilities to reach major targets that they cannot access directly, prompting a greater emphasis on global cooperation and layered defense strategies against such threats. Supply chain attacks aim to infiltrate large targets indirectly by compromising third parties such as software […]
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Wed 18 June 2025: Iran “will stand firm against an imposed war, just as it will stand firm against an imposed peace,” the county’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said in a televised message reported by Tasnim news agency. “This nation will not surrender to anyone in the face of imposition.” Iran’s 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah […]
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Wed 18 June 2025: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney welcomed his Indian counterpart to a G7 summit on Tuesday despite protests over the 2023 murder of a Canadian Sikh separatist in Canada. Narendra Modi’s invitation by Carney as chair of the G7 was protested Monday by hundreds in nearby Calgary, the city closest to the […]
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Wed 18 June 2025: Meta announced it will introduce ads and subscription options to its popular WhatsApp messaging platform, according to a statement. The firm, best known as Facebook’s parent company, said the updates will be implemented gradually in the coming months to support business and organizational growth. The move is a sensitive one for […]
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Wed 18 June 2025: The R26.5 billion loan, intended for infrastructure reform, has been welcomed by the government but condemned by the country’s largest trade union federation as a “dangerous Trojan Horse.” A recently approved R26.5 billion (US$1.5 billion) World Bank loan to South Africa has ignited a sharp division between the government and […]
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Tue 17 June 2025: Israel has barred its citizens from flying out of the country, citing security concerns following its escalation of hostilities with Iran. According to Haaretz, the government instructed domestic airlines not to permit Israeli nationals to board outbound flights, as fears mount over potential Iranian retaliatory strikes on Israeli airports. Ben-Gurion Airport, Israel’s primary international […]
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A 3D image of the shipwreck site. “This final report is the culmination of 25 years of detailed and meticulous archaeological study on this important vessel,” said Australian National Maritime Museum director Daryl Karp of the museum’s research, which he described as the “definitive statement” on the project.Credit: ANMM via Pen News Tue 17 June […]
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Tue 17 June 2025: Billionaire Elon Musk has denied allegations of heavy drug use during the 2024 election cycle, following a New York Times report that raised new questions about his behavior while serving as a senior adviser to President Donald Trump. Tech mogul Musk on Tuesday posted a drug test report on X showing […]
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Alaa Mousa, accused of crimes against humanity under former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s regime, arrives at a court in Frankfurt on June 16, 2025Tue 17 June 2025: Life sentence handed to Alaa Mousa highlights the ‘brutality of Assad’s dictatorial, unjust regime’. A German court has handed down a life sentence to a Syrian doctor convicted […]
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