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Thursday | May 15, 2025 Trump Says Russia-Ukraine Peace Hinges on Direct Meeting with Putin During a conversation with reporters aboard Air Force One as he landed in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, former President Donald Trump asserted that meaningful progress in peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine would not happen without a direct meeting […]

Tuesday | April 29, 2025 A Chinese man who fought for the Russian Army says his commanders punished him by confining him in a dark, steel-barred pit barely large enough to stand in—for 21 days. His alleged offense was a dispute with a superior over access to life-saving protective gear. The man, who goes by

Wednesday | April 9, 2025  If Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was hoping for the kind of easy political wins he once enjoyed under former President Donald Trump, his recent visit to the Oval Office delivered none. He left Washington empty-handed. The meeting’s main agenda was the newly imposed 17% U.S. tariff on Israeli exports.

Bangkok | Saturday | March 29, 2025 A powerful earthquake struck Myanmar and Thailand on Friday, leaving over 150 dead and hundreds injured, with many still trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings. The death toll is expected to climb. The 7.7-magnitude quake hit northwest of Sagaing in central Myanmar early in the afternoon, followed

Friday | March 14, 2025 Cina, Iran and Russia called for diplomacy over “pressure and threats” and an end to “all illegal unilateral sanctions” following talks on Tehran’s nuclear program Friday in Beijing. A high-stakes meeting in Beijing between the deputy foreign ministers of China, Russia, and Iran signals Beijing’s growing ambition to position itself

Monday | March 3, 2025 When emergency responders arrived at the home of Tetyana Kulyk and her husband, Pavlo Ivanchov, shortly after a Russian drone strike on Wednesday, there was nothing they could do but recover their charred remains. Kulyk, a respected Ukrainian journalist, and Ivanchov, a surgeon and university professor, were killed when the

Sunday | February 16, 2025 India’s religious minorities have experienced a dramatic and unprecedented surge in hate speech over the past year, including inflammatory rhetoric from prominent leaders of the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to a report released Monday. The report, published by the Washington-based

Thursday | February 6, 2025 Australia has introduced stringent new laws to combat hate crimes, implementing mandatory minimum sentences for a range of terrorism-related offenses and the public display of hate symbols. These measures come in response to a rise in antisemitic attacks in Sydney and Melbourne, which have sparked widespread concern and calls for

Suturday | February 2nd, 2025 Australian Authorities Foil Potential “Mass Casualty” Attack in Sydney, Possibly Targeting Jewish Community Australian authorities have thwarted a potentially devastating attack after discovering a trailer packed with explosives in northwest Sydney. Law enforcement officials say there are indications that the foiled plot may have been aimed at Jewish community targets,

Sunday | January 26, 2025 President Donald Trump revealed on Saturday that he had discussed with King Abdullah II of Jordan the possibility of relocating over one million Palestinians from Gaza to neighboring countries, including Jordan, as part of a proposal to address the ongoing crisis. The suggestion, an unprecedented one from a U.S. president,