MAGNITUDE 6.1 EARTHQUAKE RATTLES VENEZUELA

Thu 25 September 2025: A magnitude 6.1 earthquake shook parts of Venezuela late Wednesday and was felt across several Colombian cities, according to the Colombian Geological Service (SGC). The tremor was centered in the town of Mene Grande, Venezuela, and occurred at 6.21 pm local time (2221GMT). The earthquake generated alarm among residents in both countries, but so far, […]

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FIGURES SHOW 79,000 ISRAELIS LEFT OCCUPIED TERRITORIES IN 2024, OUTNUMBERING NEWCOMERS

Thu 25 September 2025: Around 79,000 Israelis left the occupied territories last year, a figure significantly up from a year earlier, amid rising regional tensions over Tel Aviv’s ongoing war on the Gaza Strip. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), “Israel’s population” reached around 10.148 million people, with a growth rate of 1.0%. […]

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GERMANY PLANS FOR 1,000 WOUNDED TROOPS PER DAY IN CASE OF CONFLICT WITH RUSSIA

Thu 25 September 2025: Germany‘s armed forces are planning how to treat a potential 1,000 wounded troops per day should a large-scale conflict between NATO and Russia break out, and amid long-standing warnings by the alliance that Moscow could be capable of launching an attack from 2029. Moscow has rejected any suggestions it might be preparing for a war […]

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NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM CLAIMS TO HAVE ACQUIRED NEW ‘SECRET WEAPON’

Thu 25 September 2025: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has announced that Pyongyang has acquired new “secret weapons” as part of its efforts to strengthen its military capabilities, the Korean Central News Agency reported on Monday. “We’ve newly acquired secret weapons and achieved feats in the defense science field that will greatly help bolster our military […]

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‘I DON’T RECOGNIZE MY COUNTRY,’ ANGELINA JOLIE SAYS

Thu 25 September 2025: American actress Angelina Jolie said Sunday she no longer recognizes her country, voicing concern over threats to free expression while presenting her latest film at Spain’s San Sebastián film festival. Her comments come as worries grow over free speech in the United States, after President Donald Trump’s crackdown on critical media […]

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CANADA ACCUSES TIKTOK OF HARVESTING SENSITIVE DATA FROM KIDS

Wed 24 September 2025: A Canadian probe revealed that TikTok, a social media app with numerous underage users in Canada, did not adequately enforce age limits and gathered substantial sensitive personal information from children. The Canadian government on Tuesday published its report on TikTok amid ongoing debates in the US over whether the app should […]

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NASA VONFIRMS 6,000 EXOPLANETS, EXPANDING SEARCH FOR EARTH-LIKE WORLDS

Wed 24 September 2025: NASA announced that the number of confirmed exoplanets discovered beyond the Solar System has reached 6,000. This milestone marks the highest level reached by rapidly advancing exoplanet research since the 1990s. In 1992, two planets were discovered orbiting a pulsar for the first time, and in 1995, the first exoplanet orbiting a main-sequence star […]

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WHO DEBUNKS TRUMP CLAIM ON AUTISM LINK TO PARACETAMOL DURING PREGNANCY

Wed 24 September 2025: US President Donald Trump has linked childhood vaccine use and paracetamol use by pregnant women to autism. The World Health Organization (WHO) has debunked United States President Donald Trump’s claim of a possible link between autism and the use of paracetamol during pregnancy. In a statement on Wednesday, the organisation emphasised that there […]

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UK’S MI6 SPY AGENCY LAUNCHES DARK WEB PORTAL, SEEKS OUT FOREIGN SPIES

Wed 24 September 2025: Platform to allow people to securely pass on information anywhere in the world, or offer their own services to MI6. The United Kingdom’s spy agency is set to launch a web portal on the dark web to recruit informants and receive secret information from agents in Russia and worldwide, Britain’s Foreign, […]

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ERDOGAN SAYS TRUMP MEETING WITH ARAB, MUSLIM LEADERS ON GAZA WAS ‘FRUITFUL’

Wed 24 September 2025: Trump presents plan on ending war on margins of UNGA dominated by Gaza, billed countries attending meeting as ‘the group that could do it’. Turkiye’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that he is “pleased” with the results of a “fruitful” meeting between United States President Donald Trump and Arab and Muslim leaders […]

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