February2025

In order to oppose President Donald Trump’s suggestion for US control of the region and the expulsion of its citizens, Arab officials were meeting in Saudi Arabia on Friday to work out a recovery plan for...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that, according to the terms of the truce agreement, Hamas had turned over the body of a “Gazan woman” the day before rather than Shiri Bibas, the hostage....

Fresh and filtered water can cool the blazing heat of climate change in Pakistan’s hottest city, but an NGO warns that US President Donald Trump’s freeze on foreign funding jeopardizes this essential resource. Sun-dried During heatwaves,...

In the most recent indication of collaboration between the long-running regimes, the United States returned 177 migrants from its military base in Guantanamo, Cuba, to their native Venezuela on Thursday. A jet landed the 177 individuals...

After Hamas held a handover ceremony for the remains of four captives Thursday, the Red Cross stated that the return of dead hostages from Gaza should take place in private. “These operations should be done privately...

In the face of a funding freeze by the United States, the system’s biggest donor, the UN humanitarian chief stated on Thursday that United Nations aid organizations must change and become more effective. US President Donald...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank (WB) signed a new groundbreaking Full Mutual Reliance Framework (FMRF) yesterday to deepen their collaboration on co-financed public sector projects, reports BSS.  This first of a kind arrangement between MDBs...

Indonesia’s planned expansion of “captive” coal plants used to power industry is threatening its pledge to cut CO2 emissions by 2030 and close all coal-fired plants by a decade later, said a report published Thursday. Coal-dependent...

To honor the valiant language martyrs and veterans of the language movement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) today planned a series of events commemorating Martyrs’ Day and International Mother Language (IML) Day 2025. Provat Pheri...

In response to criticism of Volodymyr Zelensky, Britain’s defense secretary on Thursday likened the Ukrainian president’s actions to those of Winston Churchill, the country’s national hero during World War II. In recent days, US President Donald...