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During a visit, a working session was held at the official level with Lazare Eloundou Assomo, UNESCO’s Acting Deputy Director General for Culture – Director of the UNESCO World Heritage
Somalia on 2nd June said it conducted coordinated operations, killing 28 Al Shabab terrorists in the country’s Hiran and Middle Shabelle regions with the support of international partners. There
The two countries have officially begun a joint military exercise, dubbed “Steppe Partner 2026.” More than 600 officers and soldiers of both countries attended the opening ceremony held on Saturday
Polling for the parliamentary elections in Malta is officially underway and opinion polls suggest a fourth consecutive victory for the country’s ruling Labour Party which won a historic 31 of
Anatoly Aksakov, chairman of the Financial Market Committee of the State Duma, has forecast a possible 2% growth rate for the Russian economy by 2026’s end. He expressed his positive
Pakistan took its rich cultural heritage to a big international cultural festival in Berlin, leaving a lasting impression on the audience with colourful performances showcasing Pakistan’s diverse traditions. The traditional
A White House official said on 29th May that President Donald Trump had called a meeting in the White House Situation Room to decide on the final approval of a
At least 18 people were killed and 35 others injured, mostly women and children, when a truck carrying Afghan refugees from neighbouring Pakistan overturned today on a road in the
Russia has sent 232 drones and one ballistic missile into Ukraine in a huge attack in the middle of the night. It was not long before the violence crossed the
The Government of Kenya has ambitious plans to rapidly scale up its digital economy with an aim of creating a formidable $100 billion economy from a total of $7 billion
Hungary’s new prime minister Peter Magyar will meet with the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels this Friday. This is his first meeting with the leaders of
Lithuania has successfully finished construction of a new anti-tank weapons range at the Rūdninkai military training ground, which cost €1.08m. On Friday, the Ministry of National Defence said it has
The French economy officially shrank by 0.1% in the first quarter of the year, from the fourth quarter of the last year. The new figure from the National Institute of
The U.S. and Iran have reportedly agreed to extend their current ceasefire for another 60 days. If it is completed, the agreement would remove the limitations on Strait of Hormuz
Meta is out with a new app that didn’t get much attention. It’s called Forum, and they’re simply taking a Reddit-style Facebook Groups and making it into a product of
The Middle East conflict is in its 32nd day on 31st March, with new military threats and new attacks all over the region and increasing concerns about the world’s energy
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
The Israeli military conducted extensive airstrikes throughout Lebanon on Wednesday, which marked a substantial increase in intensity for the ongoing regional conflict. The military assaults have resulted in 182 confirmed
The Russian military reacted to the recent strikes by unleashing a series of attacks on defence industries and energy facilities in the Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Sumy, and Odesa regions. In
The fiercest fighting in Eastern Ukraine has escalated to previously unimaginable proportions ever since the start of the conflict. Russian military forces executed their third major attack by launching coordinated
For the first time since the outbreak of hostilities on February 28, a United States fighter jet has been shot down over Iranian territory. A U.S. official confirmed the severe
On 3rd April an unarmed Russian Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jet crashed in a routine training flight in Crimea, and the media reported that this plane is the fourth warplane that
On 3rd April, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and French President Emmanuel Macron announced that they would enhance cooperation in defence and collaborate in solving the economic and energy
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.
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
South Korea had placed a travel ban on Lebanese territories as it was raising security issues regarding the increasing conflict in the Middle East, and the foreign ministry announced it
On 19th March, the United States Embassy in Saudi Arabia put out an emergency security warning telling U.S. citizens to leave the Kingdom by commercial aircraft and ensure safe passage
According to local and security sources, suspected jihadists have entered a village in Burkina Faso and killed at least 12 civilians, including nine volunteers that assist the military, on 17th
Since heavy rains and flooding struck the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, and other regions late last week, it has claimed the lives of 62 people, with eight children being among the
The public credit rating agency S&P Global Ratings has issued another downgrade of Senegal’s local currency sovereign rating which delivers a major setback to the country’s economic status. The credit
The Government of India has implemented drastic excise duty decreases for petrol and diesel to safeguard its citizens from the severe economic consequences stemming from international conflicts. This essential measure
The United States Department of Defense and Israel continue to fight their military conflict while Iran increased its daily oil exports to 1.5 million barrels. The semi-official Tasnim News Agency
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
The latest influential report has found that “breakthrough” drugs to treat Alzheimer’s are unlikely to help sufferers. The scientists claimed the effect was “well below” what was required to
A Texas lawsuit against Lululemon Athletica Inc. to determine the presence of so-called “forever chemicals” in its clothes has created a ripple effect throughout Chinese social media, highlighting the danger
The Turkish government will require all social media users to link their accounts with their official government identification numbers. The new regulations will eradicate online anonymity by requiring users to
The Lebanese National News Agency reports that Israeli military units have completely demolished the ancient shrine of Prophet Shimon the Just. The sacred site of religious significance and historical research
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
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