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Thursday | June 12, 2025 WASHINGTON — The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has initiated a formal review of the AUKUS defense pact—a major trilateral agreement between the U.S., Australia, and the United Kingdom—originally established under former President Joe Biden. The pact enables Australia to acquire nuclear-powered submarines, a move seen by Canberra as

Saturday | May 31, 2025 HYDERABAD, India (AP) – Opal Suchata Chuangsri of Thailand was crowned Miss World 2025 on Saturday evening in a glittering ceremony held in Hyderabad, a major city in southern India. The 72nd edition of the Miss World pageant brought together 108 contestants from across the globe, each representing their country

Friday | May 30, 2025 Israel Accepts US-Backed Ceasefire Proposal; Hamas Offers Conditions for Agreement Israel has agreed to a new ceasefire proposal presented by US special envoy Steve Witkoff, marking a significant step toward a potential pause in the ongoing conflict in Gaza. An Israeli official confirmed to CNN that the proposal includes the

Thursday | May 22, 2025 Indian Author Banu Mushtaq and Translator Deepa Bhasthi Win 2025 International Booker Prize for “Heart Lamp” Indian author Banu Mushtaq and her translator Deepa Bhasthi were announced as the winners of the 2025 International Booker Prize for fiction on Tuesday, for their collaborative work on Heart Lamp, a poignant collection

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