International

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has praised a newly built residential street intended for the families of soldiers killed in overseas service, according to state media, with released images showing him accompanied by his daughter Kim Ju Ae.…
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A senior European Union official on Sunday dismissed claims that Europe is facing “civilizational erasure,” responding to criticism voiced by the Trump administration. Kaja Kallas, the EU’s foreign policy chief, spoke at the Munich…
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Japan lodged a formal protest with China after Beijing’s top diplomat Wang Yi accused “far-right forces” in Japan of seeking to revive militarism. The remarks, delivered at the Munich Security Conference, drew a sharp response from Tokyo,…
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US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed during a White House meeting to intensify economic pressure on Iran, according to a report by Axios. Discussions centred on curbing Iran’s oil exports to China,…
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The Donald Trump administration is lobbying foreign governments to pressure Vanuatu to withdraw a draft United Nations General Assembly resolution calling for stronger global action on climate change, including potential reparations for…
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Two earthquakes measuring magnitude 3.2 struck Myanmar in the early hours of Sunday, according to India’s National Centre for Seismology (NCS). The tremors occurred within a gap of less than 30 minutes and were recorded at different depths…
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Australia on Sunday announced AU$3.9 billion (about $2.8 billion) in funding as an initial investment toward a new facility that will build nuclear-powered submarines under the AUKUS security partnership with the United Kingdom and the…
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Former US president Barack Obama has sharply criticized what he described as a decline in civility and standards within America’s political discourse, responding publicly for the first time to a controversial social media post shared on…
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Drier-than-normal conditions that helped trigger devastating wildfires in Chile and Argentina earlier this year were significantly influenced by human-driven climate change, according to a new analysis by the World Weather Attribution (WWA)…
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The Bangladesh general election has set the stage for the return of Tarique Rahman and his Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to power after more than two decades. The February 12 polls ended nineteen months of political uncertainty in…
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