Tue 27 May 2025: The Supreme Court acquitted A.T.M. Azharul Islam, a Jamaat-e-Islami party member detained since 2012, of crimes against humanity and ordered his release. Born in 1952, Islam was one of six senior politicians convicted during Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year authoritarian rule, which ended in August 2024 after a student-led uprising forced her to […]
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Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank. Tue 27 May 2025: ECB President Christine Lagarde argues the US economic policy shifts have created inroads for the euro to the standard currency for future global trade. The euro could become a viable alternative to the US dollar as the global standard currency for international trade, […]
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US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem placed a note in the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Tue 27 May 2025: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says the US president ‘wants peace’ but will not allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon. Washington, DC – United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem says she delivered a […]
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Tue 27 May 2025: Amnesty International says torture, killings and enforced disappearances have taken place in areas under rebel control. M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have committed serious abuses against civilians, “including torture, killings and enforced disappearances”, in areas under their control, according to Amnesty International. “These acts violate […]
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Tue 27 May 2025: The number of personnel in multilateral peace operations has fallen by over 40% since 2015 due to rising geopolitical tensions and funding shortages, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said Monday. As of Dec. 31, 2024, a total of 94,451 international staff were serving in 57 peace operations, down from […]
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Mon 26 May 2025: The ruling coalition led by President Nicolas Maduro, known as the Great Patriotic Pole (GPP), emerged as the winner in Venezuela’s general and regional elections held Sunday. According to preliminary results released by the National Electoral Council (CNE), the GPP secured 82.68% of the vote. The coalition claimed a majority of […]
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Mon 26 May 2025: The Israeli NGO Ir Amim, which says that it focuses on issues concerning Jerusalem in the context of the Israel-Palestine conflict, says that “Third Temple activists” have been active during today’s “Jerusalem Day” demonstrations. The term refers to Israeli Jewish nationalists who hope to see the construction of a Third Temple […]
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Mon 26 May 2025: A new geospatial assessment carried out by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Satellite Centre has found that less than five percent of Gaza’s cropland can be cultivated due to damage and access restrictions. The “alarming” deterioration of the territory’s agriculture infrastructure is […]
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Mon 26 May 2025: The 46th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit kicked off Monday in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur as leaders from the region converged to discuss key regional and global issues including US tariffs, the conflict in Myanmar and maritime disputes in the South China Sea. The event began with a […]
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Mon 26 May 2025: In a shocking move, Kuwait has stripped more than 37,000 individuals, mainly women—some of whom have been on Kuwaiti soil for over 20 years—of the citizenship they had gained through marriage. This move is part of the “reformist” initiative led by Emir Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, and its objective is to […]
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