August2025

The chances of a Russia-Ukraine summit faded Friday as US President Donald Trump appeared to tire of peace efforts and Moscow poured cold water on efforts to end the grinding war in Ukraine. Trump had raised...

In an effort to combat drug trafficking, the United States sent three warships near the coast of Venezuela. President Nicolas Maduro criticized the move on Friday, calling it a “illegal” attempt to overthrow the current government....

A wrongly deported Salvadoran man sent back to the United States during a fierce row over President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policies was released Friday from prison, where he had been detained on human smuggling charges....

Following phone discussions with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi alongside European peers, France’s foreign minister declared on Friday that “time is running out” to negotiate a solution to Iran’s nuclear program. “We just made an important...

On Friday, a close assistant to the leader of the extremist organization Boko Haram refuted claims made by the Nigerien army that he was killed in a targeted airstrike in the Lake Chad region. Since 2009,...

A $410 million package for the development of Pakistan’s Reko Diq copper and gold mine was approved by the Asia Development Bank on Friday, amid human rights concerns and international interest in the nation’s rare earth...

The National Identity Card (NID) service has been inaugurated at the Bangladesh Embassy in Tokyo. Senior Secretary of the Election Commission Akhtar Ahmed inaugurated the programme00 today in the hall room of the embassy.     ...

Vienna has been chosen to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, the world’s biggest live televised music event, Austria’s public broadcaster ORF announced on Wednesday. The Austrian capital beat out its competitor, Innsbruck, the capital of...

 The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, called on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the latter’s office  on Thursday. The UN envoy lauded the leadership of the Chief Adviser...

The United Nations on Friday officially declared a famine in Gaza, the first time it has done so in the Middle East, with experts warning 500,000 people face “catastrophic” hunger. “It is a famine: the Gaza...