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Troops of the Operation Fansan Yamma have rescued 14 kidnapped victims in Sabuwa Local Government Area of Katsina State after a swift and fighting response by the operatives against terrorists
Zambia President Hakainde Hichilema has just been re-elected for a second five-year term by a convincing 60 per cent margin. His closest rival Brian Mundubile got 38%, according to the
Instagram’s feature, which went live globally on Aug 13, will notify parents when their teen makes repeated attempts over a brief timeframe to look up terms that indicate suicide or
Security forces on 18th August have claimed to have killed at least nine terrorists in separate intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in different parts of Balochistan. In Ziarat, Harnai and Surab
Security forces on 18th August have claimed to have killed at least nine terrorists in separate intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in different parts of Balochistan. In Ziarat, Harnai and Surab
Meta, the owner of social media giants Facebook and Instagram, has removed over 750,000 accounts suspected to be under 16 years old in Australia since a world-first measure was implemented
UNESCO has moved 12 more historical, cultural and archaeological sites from Pakistan to its Tentative List of World Heritage Sites, which is the initial step towards being officially ratified as
Rescue teams are working hard to search for any survivors of an earthquake that took place in Indonesia. The number of fatalities is also increasing due to a powerful earthquake
The U.S. Department of Defense officially announced the establishment of a new multinational task force, according to a report issued by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) recently. A special
Taiwan has upped the economic growth projection for the current year to more than 10%. This places the worldwide semiconductor center on the path to its first double-digit growth since
Chad’s President Mahamat Idriss Déby has officially pardoned jailed former Prime Minister Succès Masra and leader of the nation’s largest opposition group. A pardon was announced on Friday by the
On the night of August 12 and into the morning of August 13, a host of Russian drones and artillery fire rained down on the Dnipropetrovsk region. According to the
Fitch Ratings has kept its “AA+” rating on the U.S. sovereign credit rating with a stable outlook Thursday. The agency highlighted the power of the US dollar as the global’s
U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has threatened that the U.S. will place “unprecedented economic isolation” on Iran. “There’s sweeping new measures that we’re looking to look at,
The White House has officially lifted the ban on TikTok on government devices, as the Justice Department ruled that the new United States joint venture is no longer subject to
The legal leadership of his administration faced a complete overhaul when President Donald Trump dismissed Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday. The Department of Justice director position ended when the
As diplomatic contacts increase, Pakistan will host Saudi Arabian, Turkey and Egypt in the war in the Middle East, officials announced on 28th March. The foreign ministry of Pakistan
There was an international diplomatic flurry this week over the list of guests to attend the next Group of Seven (G7) summit to be held in France. South Africa, a
The foreign ministers of the world’s most developed democratic countries have assembled in France for a critical meeting which centers on the current conflicts in Iran and Ukraine and the
The conflict in the Middle East is set to have the greatest detrimental effect on the UK’s economy compared to other industrialised nations, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
Iran on 25th March rejected an American proposal to stop the war in the Middle East and continued to attack Israel and Gulf Arab countries, including an attack that resulted
All the votes in metropolitan Denmark had been counted, when the left bloc was appointed 84 seats in the 179-seat parliament, and the right one 77, whereas 90 is required […]
President Donald Trump confronts the end of the third week of the Iran war, facing a crisis that appears to be going out of his control: Global energy prices are
Request for extra funding for the Iran war by the US military, worth $200 billion, has been strongly opposed by the US Congress, with the Democrats and even some republicans
The Iranian officials have verified news regarding the death of the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, Ali Larijani, due to a US and Israeli strike. The
President of Congo-Brazzaville Denis Sassou Nguesso, 82, was re-elected with almost 95 per cent of the vote, according to provisional results announced on Tuesday. The election on Sunday in
On 17th March, one of the senior USA security officials resigned over the war in Iran, arguing that the nation had never offered any threat of immediate danger to the
President Donald Trump complained on 17th March that NATO and most of his other allies have not been responsive to his call to assist in securing the Strait of Hormuz
The Palestinian Iran-based militant group Hamas have urged Iran to avoid attacking its neighbours, though they have again restated that Tehran reserves the right to retaliate against the U.S. and
On Friday (Mar 13), the United Nations came up with a US$308 million emergency appeal to assist Lebanon with the aftermath of the war that displaced over a seventh of
The ceremony of changing the national flag was held in preparation for the joint “Heydar Aliyev – 2026” that will be held in Kars, Turkiye, Azerbaijan, in accordance with the
The military cooperation agreement between Azerbaijan and Türkiye establishes the foundation for conducting preparations of the upcoming “Heydar Aliyev–2026” joint military exercise. The Combined Arms Army from Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
Since the United States and Israel initiated a joint military attack on Iran on Feb. 28, 16 MQ-9 Reaper drones, according to the report published by CBS News on Wednesday,
The Italian government rejected the United States request for military access to their Sicilian base which created a major diplomatic rift between the two nations. The United States request was
The US Navy spent at least six months resurrecting a high-energy laser weapon that previously graced the bow of a warship for a new military exercise last year, the service
The Iranian military executed a drone strike against a Kuwaiti oil tanker which operated as a commercial vessel off Dubai’s coastline during early Tuesday morning. The military operation took place
The Iran-backed Houthi rebel group in Yemen claims to have launched its first military strike against Israel, launching a volley of ballistic missiles, in what it claims is a show
The United States military currently faces an exceptional situation because its precision munitions stockpile experiences unprecedented depletion during the ongoing fourth week of fighting against Iran. Recent reports indicate that
Pakistan has officially announced that the military operations against Afghanistan have resumed. This is following the end of a temporary truce that was called during the Islamic festival of Eid-al-Fitr.
Satellite images have shown a large industrial complex in North Korea which could possibly be a part of the country’s military drone program expansion. According to a US-based outlet,
An official media outlet reported on 25th March a full-process demonstration of China’s Atlas drone swarm operations system. An expert in military affairs said in a report by the Global
Hezbollah reported that it had attacked a set of Israeli military targets at the beginning of the day on 24th March, targeting the troop assembling areas, barracks and surveillance facilities
On the basis of the decision to modernise air defence radar systems, the UK government plans may facilitate up to 10 GW of offshore wind capacity. The project is the
According to the governor of the region, Yuriy Slyusar, approximately 90 UAVs were downed in nine districts of the Rostov region. As of 6 a.m. local time, in the region,
The Operation HADIN KAI troops have successfully repelled a coordinated infiltration of the Mallam Fatori, within the Abadam Local Government Area of Borno, by the ISWAP terrorists and killed at
On 2nd April, the US Embassy in Baghdad advised American citizens to depart Iraq immediately, and indicated that they could face an attack in the capital within the next 24
A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake abruptly jolted the coastal regions of eastern Indonesia early Thursday morning. The earthquake-related panic spread through the area and authorities confirmed the death of one person.
Ukraine Security Service indicated on April 1 that it prevented an intended assault in Odesa by detaining a Russian agent and defusing an explosive device that she was going to
At least 13 terrorists were shot down by security forces in two intelligence-led operations conducted in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military media arm announced on 1st April. According to
On 30th March, gas serving Quetta and upper Balochistan in western Pakistan, after the terrorists exploded an 18-inch diameter gas pipeline of Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) near the western
Thousands of protesters shouting against the aggressive deportation policies of the U.S. President Donald Trump, the war in Iran and other actions took to the streets all over the country
On 28th March, French police averted an apparent bomb attack outside a US bank in Paris after they arrested a man who was just about to detonate a homemade explosive
The Greek coastguard has reported that 22 migrants died at sea off the Greek coast after 6 days in a dinghy heading to Europe. On Friday, a European border
The intelligence division of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has detained a three-member team of the Israeli spy group Mossad in the western Iranian province of Kermanshah. In
The National Security Council (NSC) has issued a severe global travel warning because the spring holiday season has begun, which affects both its citizens and the entire Jewish diaspora. The
The U.S embassy in Baghdad has declared a security alert that is very critical and advises all American nationals to leave Iraq at all cost. This is an emergency order
Hundreds of journalists have gone on strike at the Australian national broadcaster on 25th March over pay, conditions, and the potential use of AI to replace them. It is
An explosion has reportedly taken place at the refinery in Texas, with a large fire now engulfing the refinery. The shelter-in-place order has been issued on the west side of
On 23rd March, a military aircraft crashed in the south of the country resulting in the killing of 69 members of the Colombian security forces. On Wednesday, the military
The United Kingdom (UK) and Nigeria have signed a three-year strategic plan to address organised immigration crime and enhance their cooperation in border security. This agreement was declared in
US President Donald Trump has announced that he will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in China on May 14-15. He had delayed the historic visit due to the US-Israel
The International Monetary Fund’s Executive Board completed its 2026 consultation under Article IV with Morocco on March 20, 2024, and also finalized the mid-term review of the Flexible Credit Line
The volatile post-settlement trading saw oil pared gains on 24th March following a rise of almost 5 per cent in the previous session as Iran was reported to have received
The shock in energy rates occasioned by the Middle East war has made the Bank of Greece change its estimates on the Greek economy, whereby they now estimate the growth
The European Central Bank (ECB) maintained the crucial interest rates on 19th March despite the increased geopolitical tension in the Middle East. Although the recent increase in energy prices
“According to a general rule of thumb, oil prices should be above $100 a year or longer, which means that the calculated effect on global inflation would rise by up
The oil and gas prices went up sharply, and stock markets plummeted on 19th March as Iranian missiles struck the Middle East energy infrastructure, and the primary gas facility in
The US central bank has voted in favour of keeping the interest rates low once again, with the current rise in oil prices since the onset of the US-Israel war
Major Japanese firms, such as Toyota, presented huge compensation packages in annual wage negotiations on Wednesday as a sign of high pay waves of an unprecedented fourth-year pay momentum, yet
Meta is considering wholesale layoffs likely to impact up to a fifth or beyond of the organisation, according to three people with knowledge of the situation, since Meta is trying
The economy of Canada lost 84,000 jobs in February, and the unemployment rate has increased to 6.7 per cent, whereas Statistics Canada said on Friday, a blow to the labour
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reasserted its willingness to support Bangladesh in all manners. This was assured on 12th March when Maxym Kryshko, resident representative of the IMF in
Tether has switched on the engine. The launch of the first stablecoin in the market by the issuer triggered 1 billion dollars in USDT on Tron, which places the crypto
The bank has also slashed the worth of certain loans to private credit funds after assessing the effect of the market turmoil involving software firms, two individuals with intimate knowledge
Oil prices dropped by over 10 a barrel on 10th March following an almost four-year peak in the previous session after U.S. President Donald Trump indicated that the war in
The Indian government has suggested reforms to expand its regulation to more online news voices, like influencers and podcasters on websites like Facebook, YouTube and X. The Ministry of Electronics
Estonia shows a completely different approach to digital access for young people which governments around the world currently try to restrict. The Baltic nation announced its opposition to complete social
The state’s highest court ruled today that a lawsuit filed by the state against Meta can move forward. The case, originally filed by the attorney general in 2023, alleges that
By the time the UNESCO World Heritage Committee convenes in July 2026 to consider potential candidates, Turkey is virtually guaranteed of a new addition, one that is unravelling a long-lost
Isolation is one of the most prevalent and uncomfortable issues that ageing presents to older adults, and local scientists might have discovered how to assist older adults in their fight
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on 8th April that, as of January 1, 2027, Greece will prohibit access to social media by children under the age of 15, alleging increasing […]
The state, the Korea Heritage Service, will acknowledge ox horn craftsman Han Gi-deok as an intangible cultural heritage on 8th April. The 52-year-old Han will be declared as national
After travelling deeper into space than any other humans, the Artemis II astronauts pointed their moonship toward home on Monday (April 6, 2026) night, wrapping up a lunar cruise that
The Colombian city of Medellin has been designated the 2027 UNESCO World Book Capital City, succeeding Rio de Janeiro (2025) and Rabat (2026). IPA is pleased that the Director […]
Azerbaijan and Türkiye share deep cultural connections which gained recognition at an important art exhibition that opened in Istanbul. The event “The Elegance of Colors” provides a special platform which
The largest social media corporations in the world are not doing their part to ensure that children in Australia are not accessing their sites, the country’s internet regulator believes, despite
The Minister of Culture of Italy, Alessandro Giuli, paid a working visit to Lviv, where he attended the second Ukrainian Culture Conference, entitled “Cooperation for Resilience.” It was organised by
Turkey is preparing to launch its new social media access system which will require users to present verified identification. The initiative, expected to take effect within three months, aims to
The “Tower of Now” sculpture which stands as the most impressive monument of Bradford City which achieved UK City of Culture 2025 exists to honor the city which reached its
A new COVID-19 subvariant, dubbed BA.3.2 and dubbed the Cicada variant, has emerged, posing a new health risk, particularly in children. The Cicada strain, having over 70-75 mutations in the
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