Fri 10 October 2025: The United Nations will have to cut roughly a quarter of its peacekeeping personnel in the coming months due to funding shortfalls, in particular caused by a lack of US financing. A senior unnamed UN official cited by Reuters stated that the organization “will have to repatriate… around 25% of our […]
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Israeli PM Netanyahu meeting with Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, and the U.S. president Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Fri 10 October 2025: The Israeli government has approved the plan “for the release of all captives”, Netanyahu’s office says in a brief post on social media. Senior US administration officials on the nitty-gritty of what’s […]
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Thu 09 October 2025: Pope Leo urged global news agencies on Thursday never to betray their duty to telling the truth by focusing on “click-bait” articles and to exercise caution in using artificial intelligence tools in their reporting. “Communication must be freed from the misguided thinking that corrupts it … and from the degrading practice of […]
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Thu 09 October 2025: Interim Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Thursday arrived in the Indian capital New Delhi for a week-long visit, officials said. It is the first visit by any top Afghan diplomat since the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021. Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal confirmed the arrival of Muttaqi in Delhi, writing on […]
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Thu 09 October 2025: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that a Gaza ceasefire deal will take effect tonight after approval by his government amid ambiguity about the start of the ceasefire. However, Israel’s public broadcaster KAN and Egypt’s state-run Al Qahera News channel reported that the Gaza ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel […]
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Thu 09 October 2025: “I have no choice but to leave the pro-Israel cause,” said Charlie Kirk before his assassination, newly confirmed messages reveal. Leaked text messages sent by the influential Conservative commentator, days before his assassination, reveal that the conservative activist was preparing to distance himself from Israel due to what he described as donor “bullying” […]
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Thu 09 October 2025: A Los Angeles court orders the pharma giant to pay damages to the family of Mae Moore, who died of mesothelioma in 2021. Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $966m to the family of a woman who died from mesothelioma, finding the company liable in the latest lawsuit alleging […]
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Thu 09 October 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ Mkhwanazi denies his allegations are part of a political campaign: “Either this guy is above everything and fighting a principled fight or there is a faction that is not clear at this time. For now, I must say this is a cop that […]
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Wed 08 October 2025: New customs data indicate that the value of UK arms exports to Israel reached a record high in June 2025, with September ranking as the second-highest month on record, despite the UK government’s partial suspension of some export licenses, Anadolu reports. As of July, the ruling Labour government still maintains more than […]
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Wed 08 October 2025: Pope Leo XIV will travel to Türkiye and then Lebanon for his first trip abroad starting next month, Vatican News announced on Tuesday. “The Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, has announced that Pope Leo will travel to Türkiye and Lebanon in late November and early December of […]
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