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The already volatile conflict involving the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran has been escalated, and the attacks and threats from Iranian-backed proxy groups have been greatly intensified. The recent
A New Mexico judge ruled that Meta must pay over $500 million to the state for claiming to have caused a “public nuisance” and damaged children by creating a social
On 5th August, Fadli Zon, the Indonesian Minister of Culture, announced that almost 200 museums and cultural heritage sites would be revitalised this year, in Jakarta. There are many
The Marine veteran was apprehended on 2nd August outside Trump National Golf Club in Southern California for allegedly taking photos of federal agents and watching the security preparations for President
The Yemeni Defense Ministry on Saturday said it has initiated a coordinated military operation against the Iran-backed Houthi militia. The attack comes in response to a recent spate of deadly
The U.S. economy lost an unexpected 23,000 jobs in July, indicating that the job market is now slowing down quickly. Economists had been expecting to add 83,000 jobs, which would
Iran and Oman have agreed on initial terms for the location of a navigable shipping route in the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf. The move is a major
Meta, the owner of Facebook, has now joined the gang that claims that one of its AI models could connect to the internet and hack into another organization’s systems in
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee recently added six new sites to the list, recognising their outstanding universal values, during its 48th session in Busan, South Korea, with all of them
The Moshood Abiola National Stadium, located in the federal capital, Abuja, has been indefinitely closed following an announcement that a security issue was detected at the stadium. This was
The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus announced the official opening of a joint military exercise between the armed forces of Belarus and China called “Swift Eagle 2026.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered its economic growth projection for the world to 3.0% in 2026. The organisation pointed out that the current geopolitical threats, such as the
Türkiye and seven other countries have expressed a strong joint condemnation of the Israeli military operations against healthcare facilities, medical infrastructure and civilian targets in the Gaza Strip. The coalition
MySpace, one of the most popular social media websites from the early 2000s, may be resurfacing over a quarter of a century after its inception. The website, which was
The Nevşehir Culture Route Festival is still going on with its exhibitions, which combine traditional Anatolian weaving, Islamic calligraphy, Ottoman sacred relics and contemporary installations, and workshops and cultural programmes
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is travelling to China on Tuesday, marking the first visit by a British leader in eight years. The trip aims to improve relations with Beijing
Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved the country’s lower house of parliament on Friday. She has called a snap general election for February 8. Takaichi said she wants public support
The UK will not join Donald Trump’s proposed “board of peace” for now, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has said. She said Britain supports the US president’s 20-point plan for Gaza.
Two sources having first-hand information about the matter reveal that the United States is pressuring Bolivia to expel the suspected Iranian spies in the South American nation and declare the
President Mamady Doumbouya removed the government of Guinea, which was headed by transitional Prime Minister Amadou Oury Bah, the news portal Guinee 360 reported. It is indicated in the news
On 23rd January, the central committee of Vietnam unanimously reappointed the country’s top leader, To Lam, as the leader of the ruling Communist Party in the next five years, as
Ukraine is attempting to affect the outcome of the impending parliamentary elections in Hungary since it realises that the current government will not permit Ukraine to join the EU, Hungarian
A letter inviting leaders of a number of countries to participate in a so-called U.S.-led Board of Peace took place on 17th January and would initially seek to stop conflict
Thursday session in the U.N. Security Council convened an emergency meeting to deliberate on the fatal protests in Iran at the behest of the United States, although President Donald Trump
Uganda’s elections came to an end on 15th January after a turbulent day of voting during which the internet was shut down, and there were lengthy delays due to technical
One of the highest-ranking Danish officials opined on 14th January that the most fundamental of the disagreements with President Donald Trump about Greenland is still there after meeting with the
The European Commission (EC) is drawing up new sanctions on Iran due to the ongoing riot control operations in the nation and is completely in support of the protesters, EC
The supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, promised on 9th January that the Islamic Republic would not retreat under the largest protests in years past, and authorities tightened an
On 9th January, Pope Leo condemned the application of military strength as a tool of pursuing diplomatic ends with an unusually angry annual foreign policy speech, where he also demanded
Russia on 8th January, days after France and the UK vowed to send troops to Ukraine in case of a peace agreement, reiterated its long-standing stance of declaring the Western
With a possible attack on Iran by the US, the US Air Force has introduced a multi-day preparedness drill over the US Central Command area of responsibility, which is meant
North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile toward the East Sea on January 27, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. The missile traveled about 350 kilometers before landing
France has called for NATO to hold a military exercise in Greenland. The French presidency said the country is ready to take part. The statement comes as tensions rise over
The Chief of Defence Staff of India, General Anil Chauhan, has published a new policy framework detailing the way quantum technologies will find their way into the nation’s armed forces
The United Nations (UN) indicates that it will assume control of a camp in north-eastern Syria that has thousands of people who are suspected of having connections to the jihadist
On the visit, Colonel General Karim Valiyev, the First Deputy Minister of Defense and Chief of the General Staff of Azerbaijan Army, received meetings with the Department of the Prime
In the near future, several aircraft of the North American Joint Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) will land on an American military base in Greenland as Washington threatens to annex Greenland.
The Pentagon announced on 15th January that it is transforming the independent military newspaper Stars and Stripes into one that focuses on “reporting to our warfighters” and no longer includes
The Joint Arctic Command base in Greenland, in Denmark, is not concerned with the U.S. military threats; it is concerned with potential Russian activity, its head, Major General Soren Andersen,
Military officials announced on 15th January that the US military has taken another oil tanker at sea to enforce its sanctions against Venezuela, as the sanctions were announced by Donald
On 14th January, the defense ministry once again endorsed the special defense budget proposed to be funded between 2026 and 2033 in the value of NT 1.25 trillion (USD 39.5 […]
The Russian government announced on 13th January, four days after its last major drone and missile attacks on Ukraine, that it was launching another attack on the power grid in
Pakistan has had final negotiations to sell a deal of $1.5 billion to provide arms and jets to Sudan, a former senior official in Pakistan Air Force and three sources
Officials reported that Russia overnight tested Ukraine by bombing it with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles, killing at least four people in the capital. It made only the
The Syrian Army conducts the operation against the SDF controlled by the YPG terrorist group in the city of Aleppo completely, and the developments are observed, the Turkish Ministry of
Plans to send U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy have sparked strong criticism from Italian politicians and activists. U.S. officials say ICE
Dutch airline KLM has decided to restart flights to the Middle East after briefly stopping services due to rising tensions in the region. The airline said it will resume flights
Poland, Israel and the United Kingdom have also taken action to restrict the areas in which Chinese-made EVs can operate, and even U.S. models, again, sparking technology, trust and geopolitical
On 19th January evening, more than 2,000 participants demonstrated in Zurich with the intention to express their dissatisfaction with the fact that the World Economic Forum (WEF) is held in
The largest union of train drivers in Spain on 18th January declared a three-day national strike on February 9-11 to be taken to achieve solutions to ensure railway safety following
The military media affairs wing announced on 15 th January the killing of 13 terrorists in two different operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to a statement by Inter-Services Public Relations
On 17th January, thousands of people took to the streets of the capital of Denmark to demonstrate against US President Donald Trump, who wanted to annex Greenland, the autonomous Danish
Federal police fired tear gas and sprayed eye irritants on protestors Tuesday in another day of conflicts in Minneapolis, even as students miles away left a suburban school in a
The second occasion was on 13th January, when French farmers brought their tractors to Paris one week after another to protest against an EU-Mercosur trade agreement that they claim endangers
The Government of Niger State has given a two-month warning to the families residing in hamlets near the Kainji Lake to clear out of the region and be reestablished by
On 14th January, the government announced that it has closed the British embassy in Tehran, which has been closed on a temporary basis. “The British Embassy in Tehran has temporarily
On 6th January, thousands of farmers throughout Ireland came to the town of Athlone to take part in a rolling tractor protest and hold a large national protest against the
On 10th January, the authorities of Iran implied that they may cut back their crackdown on the largest anti-government protests in decades, where the Revolutionary Guards attribute the instability to
In Argentina, the situation in a sparsely populated district of Patagonia had been devastated by wildfires, and authorities in the south had evacuated some 3,000 tourists, officials said on 7th
On 8th January, the Interior Ministry said that about 100 tractors were in place in the capital at a number of symbolic sites, such as in front of the Eiffel
Official figures indicate that the UK economy has expanded by a better-than-anticipated 0.3 per cent in November despite doubts concerning the budget of Rachel Reeves. The gain was reported by
The economy of the world has been taken with caution by the world’s leading economists because half of them believe that the situation will be worse next year, though less
On 17th January, the EU and South American bloc Mercosur top officials signed a free trade agreement in the country of Paraguay, and this agreement will see the European Union
Chinese manufacturersfUS are developing all over the world with cheap and high-technology electric cars, and the latest development in Canada to provide some farm trade concessions in exchange for easing
The world economy is becoming even more resilient than anticipated, with the growth of the economy projected in 2026 to be slightly better than it was projected last June, the
The cost of oil rose by over 2% on 13th January as the likelihood of the Iranian crude export being interrupted overshadowed the potential of increased supply in Venezuela. The
Industrial output in Germany has increased unannounced, as per the records of the federal statistics company Destatis; monthly output has increased by 0.8 per cent in November, which was contrary
Annual inflation in consumer prices of China gained momentum to a 34-month high in December, yet the overall rate fell to the lowest in 16 years as producer deflation remained,
According to an annual assessment of the United Nations, global economic growth will decline slightly in 2026 as tariffs under President Donald Trump would have a stronger effect and geopolitical
The largest volume of capital was also raised by the gold and silver mining companies in the last year during the sale of shares, which is more than 10 years,
The economy of India will continue to be one of the fastest-growing major economies in the world, with a growth projected at 7.4 per cent in 2025, according to the
The red metal kept gaining a steady but impressive upward momentum, approaching lifetime highs, a strong combination of structural demand, supply tightness, and deep-rooted investor interest. The copper futures contract
Major stock indices and oil prices increased on 5th January. Energy stocks rose, and investors responded calmly to the potential consequences of a U.S. attack that apprehended the Venezuelan president
US $4.6 billion (RM18.65billion) of electronics component investments in India have been given clearance as the Narendra Modi government tries to establish local supply chains and compete with China. Under
On 31st December, the Saudi Arabia National Debt Management center announced that it had completed the process of arranging a $13 billion, seven-year syndicated loan to fund power, water, and
Rwanda is trying to have its local breed, Inyambo cattle, recognised by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) as a measure of conserving the local breed.
With breast cancer management, the expediency of the surgery is the key to better patient outcomes. Even with the recent development of diagnostic and therapeutic technologies, long delays during surgery
On 13th Mar, Ghana marked the start of the 2026 Ghana Culture Week through exhibitions of traditional dance, traditional art displays and cultural shows to portray the rich Ghanaian heritage.
On 13th March, EU countries supported a ban on AI that creates sexualised deepfakes, and it was sparked by an uproar over such images created by an AI chatbot, Grok,
In an eventual move in reclaiming cultural heritage, on Friday, traditional chiefs in crowns and gold chains assembled in Ivory Coast main airport as the first of a larger initiative
On 12th March, China enacted a law on a so-called “shared” national identity among the 55 ethnic minority groups that make up the nation, providing critics with a chance to
Ethiopia perhaps has no place as closely related to coffee as it is. It is the birth of coffee, the cradle on which Kaldi and his goats were known to
The representatives of 22 states urged the organisers of the exhibition not to grant Russia a cultural platform. It is the first time that Russia has tried to get back
Moltbook is a social networking platform designed to support artificial intelligence agents, acquired by Meta, which has brought the founders of the company into its AI research department. In accordance
Trying to answer what makes Exeter special, one might refer to such old buildings as Exeter Cathedral or probably even its Roman history. The organisers of its City of Culture
The MPs have opposed an Australia-style ban on social media under-16s, and have supported a flexible ministerial authority. MPs reject call for under-16s social media ban, backing more flexible powers
UNESCO has again sounded a grave alarm and has shown its great concern over the ongoing war in the Middle East, saying the war is exposing some of the most
Over the upcoming days, Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Mercury, Neptune and Uranus will all be visible concurrently during the night sky, though binoculars or a telescope will be necessary to view
In 2025, the national police agency (NPA) released figures on the number of elementary school children in Japan who became victims of sex crimes and other offences due to social
Azerbaijan will implement age limits to access social networks, as a new presidential order is supposed to protect children against harmful online content. It is a document signed by
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