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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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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Tue 17 June 2025: Sudan, Palestine, South Sudan, Haiti and Mali face immediate risk as extreme hunger rises in 13 locations. Extreme hunger will intensify in 13 global hotspots over the coming months, with five states facing the immediate risk of starvation, according to a United Nations report. The report, Hunger Hotspots, released on Monday […]
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Tue 17 June 2025: As attacks between Israel and Iran persist, the global economy could face an adverse shock if tensions aren’t contained. By Alex Kozul-Wright As Israel and Iran exchange deadly salvoes for a fourth day, there are growing concerns that the conflict will spread across one of the world’s key oil- and gas-producing regions. […]
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Tue 17 June 2025: More than one-fifth of news consumers surveyed engaged with podcaster Joe Rogan, Reuters Institute says. Social media and video platforms have eclipsed traditional media as news sources in the United States for the first time, a report has found. Fifth-four percent of surveyed Americans used platforms such as Facebook, YouTube and TikTok for […]
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Mon 16 June 2025: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel’s attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities could last for at least two weeks. His timing seems precise for a reason. The Israel Defence Forces and the country’s intelligence agencies have clearly devised a methodical, step-by-step campaign. Israeli forces initially focused on decapitating the Iranian military […]
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Mon 16 June 2025: Yunus said that his country will continue its efforts to seek the extradition of Hasina following her indictment by Bangladesh’s international crimes tribunal. New Delhi: Bangladesh interim government head Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday (June 11) said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi didn’t pay heed to his request to restrain former Bangladesh prime […]
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Mon 16 June 2025: As mercenaries leave Mali, experts say that remaining Kremlin-controlled Africa Corps is more than just ‘Wagner rebranded’. This month, the Russian mercenary outfit Wagner Group announced its total withdrawal from Mali, claiming it had completed its mission after three and a half years of operations in the West African country. For years, Wagner […]
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Mon 16 June 2025: The nine nuclear-armed states are building bigger bombs and longer-range delivery systems as the world loses stability. The world is becoming more unstable, and the likelihood that nuclear weapons may one day be used is increasing, despite the wishes of humanity. That is the broad conclusion of the Stockholm International Peace […]
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Sun 15 June 2025: The US administration under President Donald Trump is weighing a sweeping expansion of its travel ban, potentially restricting entry from 36 additional countries, according to a confidential US State Department memo. Obtained by The Washington Post, the memo was signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and dated Saturday, outlining a […]
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