MOST AMERICANS NOW GET THEIR NEWS FROM SOCIAL MEDIA, REPORT FINDS

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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NETANYAHU HAS TWO WAR AIMS: DESTROYING IRAN’S NUCLEAR PROGRAM AND REGIME CHANGE. ARE EITHER ACHIEVABLE?

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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YUNUS SAYS HE ASKED MODI TO RESTRAIN HASINA FROM MAKING POLITICAL STATEMENTS BUT PLEA WASN’T HEARD

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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WAGNER VS AFRICA CORPS: THE FUTURE OF RUSSIAN PARAMILITARIES IN MALI

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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WORLD ON THE CUSP OF A NEW NUCLEAR ARMS RACE, SAYS SIPRI

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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TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CONSIDERS EXPANDING TRAVEL BAN TO 36 MORE COUNTRIES

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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ISRAEL CONTINUES STRIKES ACROSS IRAN AS TEHRAN VOWS DEVASTATING RESPONSE WITHIN HOURS

Sun 15 June 2025: Today, there have been reports from Isfahan where it was reported that one facility related to the Defence Ministry had been attacked, Al Jazeera’s Tohid Asadi reporting from Tehran, Iran We also got reports about attacks in Shiraz and air strikes elsewhere. In Kermanshah, there are reports that two horse-breeding stables […]

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UN SAYS 1.5M IN URGENT NEED OF CLEAN WATER AS CHAD FACES BREAKING POINT

Sat 14 June 2025: Chad is nearing collapse under the weight of a rapidly escalating humanitarian crisis, with 1.5 million people in urgent need of clean water and only a fraction currently being reached, the UN humanitarian affairs office warned Friday. Speaking at UN briefing in Geneva, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Francois Batalingaya said that […]

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RUSSIA TESTS ADVANCED LASER SYSTEMS TO COUNTER DRONES

Sat 14 June 2025: Russia conducted large-scale tests of new laser systems designed to counter unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), with First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov attending the trials, officials said on Friday. The tests, which were conducted at a specialized military range, were designed to assess the lasers’ accuracy, range, reaction time, and performance […]

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