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The 36th Hong Kong Book Fair kicked off in the special administrative region on 15th July, with the presence of publishing and cultural leaders from the Chinese mainland, who wished
Russia has fired a missile at Odesa on 15th July, killing and injuring people, and damaging residential buildings, Odesa Regional Military Administration chief Serhii Lysak informed on his Twitter. Consequences
The Korean and U.S. militaries are now conducting a joint logistics drill to boost their operational forces’ ability to sustain operations in contingencies, the allies said Wednesday, with the biggest
Today around dawn, Russian troops unleashed a deadly missile attack on the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa. The intense bombing left several injuries and caused damage to a number of
Economy growth slows down markedly down in China from April to June. The world’s second largest economy is expanding at 4.3% in the second quarter compared to a 5% increase
Two major attacks were launched on Iran’s coastal defenses and missile sites on Wednesday by the United States. Escalation follows restrictions on Iran’s ports by the U.S. Navy.The military escalation
On 13th July, the 2026 World Heritage Young Professionals Forum, a special preparatory meeting for the 48th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, opened its doors in Seoul, where
More than 800 firefighters deployed were able to contain two fires burning through over 2,000 hectares of the Fontainebleau forest in a 48-hour firefight with wildfires, the local prefect said
The United States further steps up the pressure on Iran with military strikes on the fifth consecutive day. On 15th July, tensions between the U.S. and Iran grew still
Despite the introduction of strict new rules to curb harmful online content, YouTube is still recommending eating disorder videos to teenage users. This issue has been recently raised by
On Tuesday, global oil prices rose some 2% to a month-high after the U.S. reimposed a naval blockade on Iran. The geopolitical row could cause a significant drop in oil
The Hungarian parliament has passed a bill to remove President Tamás Sulyok from power. Sulyok is considered to be a loyalist of the former prime minister Viktor Orbán of the
Google has revealed a new product line of shopping and advertising tools to help businesses take advantage of the fast-growing trend of video shopping in Southeast Asian markets, such as
Instagram and Facebook on 10th July maintained that they violated their tech guidelines, and regulators called for modifications to features that keep users addicted to the apps, or they will
North Korea‘s recent NATO summit, called by the United States and its allies, sparked condemnation from the North on Saturday for its efforts to form military alliances and speed up
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
A new and unanimous effort by the leadership of Israel is to position the successes of the Iran war as having transformed the Middle East without regime change in Tehran,
Spain recalled its ambassador to Israel permanently on Wednesday in a diplomatic row between the two nations that got worse over the opposition of Spain to Israeli policies, and the
The new Supreme Leader of Iran, Mojtaba Khamenei, who was just appointed, was lightly wounded, but still functioning, an Iranian official told Reuters on 11th March after the state television
US strikes against Iran will reach an unprecedented level on 10th March, and the war will last as long as President Donald Trump chooses, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth has stated.
Iran stated on 28th February that the US and Israel were being militarily aggressive and the attacks were a violation of its sovereignty and a breach of Article 2(4) of
The presidency of Lebanon announced on 28th February that the U.S. ambassador had informed them that Israel would not increase fighting against Lebanon, provided the Lebanese side does not engage
Moscow believes that the future UN Secretary-General will adhere strictly to the Charter of the Organisation, carefully observe its principles, and will not undermine the intergovernmental character of the UN,
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
New data released by the defence ministry shows that Germany has registered increased interest in its military after it commenced its recruitment drive with a 20 per cent rise in
NNA reported that Israel has threatened to bomb crossings and bridges along the Litani River in southern Lebanon, an omen of possible intensification of its offensive against the Iran-supported Hezbollah
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
On Friday (13th March) night, Dutch police reported an explosion at a Jewish school in the Amsterdam town of Buitenveldert with limited damage. This event, which was reported to be
Citizens took out a human chain near the National Press Club in Dhaka, expressing their dissatisfaction at the persecution of the Hindu minority in Bangladesh. People were complaining about the
TruthNigeria is the only outlet that reports that Boko Haram terrorists have stormed a military base and looted the town of Kirawa, in Gozah County (Local Government Area), on Wednesday
Hundreds and hundreds of vessels. Yet they are all in the wrong place. This is the case with the senior maritime intelligence analyst Michelle Wiese Bockmann of Windward, a maritime
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 Sunday(1st March) confirmation follows the initial report of the Tasnim and Mehr news agencies of Iran that Khamenei was still remaining “steadfast and firm” in command of the field.
South Korea recorded good growth in its exports in February despite the decline in the number of working days, and shipments of semiconductors hit a monthly record because of high
The vast majority of Venezuelans believe that in half a year, the economy and the job market will be stimulated because the US will lift sanctions and the government will
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
The first UK Town of Culture title has been bid on by five Devon towns, with 3m of the cake available to enhance festivals, venues and community initiatives. The
A historic mission with global attention Artemis II is bound to be one of the most monitored space missions that have occurred in recent years, with NASA preparing to launch
On 1st April, at the request of Lebanon, UNESCO held an extraordinary meeting to further protect the cultural heritage in the country. The meeting – an extraordinary session of the
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