Friday | 7th November 2025 Typhoon Kalmaegi carved a path of destruction across Southeast Asia this week, leaving hundreds dead and entire communities in ruins from the Philippines to Vietnam. The monster storm — one of the strongest ever recorded to hit Vietnam — battered the region with torrential rain, hurricane-force winds, and catastrophic flooding […]

Thursday | 23rd October 2025 Moscow, Russia — Russia’s strategic nuclear forces conducted a sweeping readiness test on Wednesday under the direct supervision of President Vladimir Putin, in what the Kremlin described as a “planned exercise” aimed at verifying the country’s command-and-control systems and operational preparedness across its entire nuclear triad. “Today, we are conducting

Monday | October 6, 2025 US President Donald Trump has called on all parties involved in efforts to end the Gaza war to “move fast,” as mediators prepare to meet in Egypt on Monday for indirect peace talks between Hamas and Israel. The Cairo meeting follows Hamas’ partial acceptance of a 20-point US peace proposal,

Tuesday | 9th September 2025 Paris — French lawmakers voted on Monday to oust Prime Minister François Bayrou, plunging the nation into yet another political crisis and leaving France without a government at a time of mounting economic strain and heightened geopolitical tensions. The no-confidence motion against Bayrou passed decisively, with 364 members of parliament

Tuesday | 26th August 2025 Hong Kong — Chinese refineries have begun placing significant new orders for Russian crude oil, diverting supplies that would typically flow to India, as demand from the South Asian giant slips in the wake of fresh U.S. trade penalties. Analysts say at least 15 cargoes of Russian oil have already

Friday | August 8, 2025 Brisbane, Australia — Five Australian women have won a significant legal battle, securing the right to sue Qatar Airways over what they describe as a traumatic and deeply invasive ordeal at Doha’s Hamad International Airport in 2020. The decision came after Australia’s Federal Court upheld their appeal, overturning an earlier

Tuesday | 29th July 2025 At Least 30 Dead as Torrential Rains Lash Northern China, Triggering Floods and Landslides Days of relentless rainfall have claimed the lives of at least 30 people in the mountainous northern outskirts of Beijing, Chinese state media reported on Tuesday, as a wave of extreme weather continues to batter northern

Monday | July 14, 2025 South African President Cyril Ramaphosa placed Police Minister Senzo Mchunu on immediate leave of absence on Sunday, following explosive accusations by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi that Mchunu had colluded with criminal networks and interfered in sensitive, high-profile investigations. The decision marks a significant moment for Ramaphosa, who came to

Wednesday | July 2, 2025 President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Israel had “agreed to the necessary conditions” to finalize a proposed 60-day ceasefire in Gaza, though uncertainty remained over whether Hamas would accept the terms. Two senior U.S. administration officials confirmed that while Israel had signaled its readiness to move forward with the deal,

Wednesday | June 18, 2025 India and Canada signaled a major thaw in their diplomatic freeze on Tuesday, agreeing to restore full diplomatic ties and reestablish high commissioners in each other’s capitals. This significant development comes nearly two years after relations between the two countries deteriorated sharply following allegations from Ottawa that Indian intelligence agents