The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) was briefly interrupted after a rare 4.8 magnitude earthquake hit on Friday morning in New York. This was captured in a video posted by the UN on X by Janti Soeripto, president and CEO of “Save the Children” organisation. Commenting on X after the event, “The #earthquake may have disrupted my […]Read More
ISIS is a real threat to the US, but it is not the only one. According to an ABC report, a recent US intelligence bulletin has expressed concern that radical groups in the US can respond to ISIS’ call to target the US. The intelligence bulletin warns ISIS operatives worldwide, and so-called “lone wolves”, might […]Read More
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has stated that Spain will officially recognise a Palestinian state by July. The move, which has raised eyebrows within the EU, was confirmed by foreign minister José Manuel Albares. In a media conference on Wednesday, he said. “We need a real Palestinian state. The Palestinian people must not be condemned […]Read More
“Rolexgate” continues to haunt Peru’s president Dina Boluarte who has dismissed an investigation into her use of luxury watches as a “smoke screen.” Last week, 20 officials from the public prosecutor’s office and 20 police raided Boluarte’s house on Friday night, and the palace on Saturday morning. The charges were potential self-enrichment and the failure […]Read More
Russia has summoned South Korea’s envoy to protest what it called the “latest unfriendly step” by Seoul. The remarks were released by the Russian foreign after deputy foreign minister Andrey Rudenko summoned South Korean ambassador Lee Do-hoon on Friday to complain about South Korea’s sanctions on Moscow. According to South Korea’s Yonhap news agency, South […]Read More
Sudanese army forces have launched a multi-pronged offensive to retake control of Al-Jazirah state, a military source revealed on Friday. This follows a significant series of victories by the army led by Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan who are fighting the paramilitary group the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo. The conflict has […]Read More
Donald Trump is facing trouble for attacking the families of judges. The former president attacked the daughter of Judge Juan Merchan in a Truth Social post. Identifying the daughter by name Trump said that she “is a rabid Trump hater.” Judge Merchan is overseeing the Stormy Daniels case where the former president by making payments […]Read More
Hezbollah head Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah stated that Iran would respond to Israel’s attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus. The attack had marked a turning point in the “Gaza conflict.” In televised remarks, he stated that Iran was preparing a response. The US and Israel are already in a state of high alert and a […]Read More
Indians and foreigners from all walks of life thronged to the Russian center to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Indian to go into space, Rakesh Sharma. The event organised by the Russian mission, showed various still pictures of Sharma posing with his fellow Russian cosmonauts before and after the flight. Speaking at the event, […]Read More
The UN Human Rights Office said on Friday that attacks against people involved in humanitarian assistance may amount to war crimes, following a deadly strike by Israel against aid workers in the Gaza strip. “Attacking people or objects involved in humanitarian assistance may amount to a war crime,” U.N. Human Rights Office spokesperson Jeremy Laurence […]Read More
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has passed a draft resolution on Friday calling for the cessation of arms sales to Israel, nearly six months into the war in Gaza. This marks the first time the UN’s top rights body has taken a position on the bloodiest-ever Gaza war where over 30,000 Palestinians have died. […]Read More
Online actors linked to the Chinese government are increasingly leveraging AI to target voters in the U.S. and elsewhere with disinformation, according to a new cyber-threat report published on Friday by Microsoft. The report says that Chinese-linked campaigns have laundered false information through fake accounts on social-media platforms, seeking to identify divisive domestic political issues […]Read More
Taiwan’s tallest skyscraper Taipei 101 suffered the recent 7.4 earthquake with minimal damage. According to CNN, this is thanks to the large yellow pendulum at the building’s centre which helped absorb the shock. The pendulum is called “Damper Baby,” a 660-metric-tonne steel sphere suspended over 1,000 feet above the ground at the building’s centre. This […]Read More
Russia has renewed its attacks on Ukraine’s power plant. This is a follow up to the March 22 attacks which left 1.9 million people without power. This is the most intense in Russia’s campaign. A statement by Ukraine’s energy agency said that a nuclear power plant in the country is “on the verge” of a […]Read More
Indonesia’s biggest bank Bank Syariah Indonesia (BRI) is having a problem. Customers are being defrauded of their savings digitally. Hackers are taking money from the bank digitally reducing bank balances to zero. This is part of a larger problem. According to an Al Jazeera report, attacks on email accounts in Indonesia rose by 85 percent […]Read More
Japan is looking to push up the rising number of Indian tourists to the country by issuing e-visas. According to the Ministry of Japan, those travelling for a tourist visa can stay in the country for 90 days, while those travelling to Japan will have to apply to the embassies and consulates as normal. The […]Read More
Japan was hit by a second major earthquake this year on the Eastern Coast of Honshu on Thursday. Locals report say that though there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries after the quake, the epicentre which measured 6.0 had a depth of 40 kilometres (25 miles) ensuring the quake was also felt in […]Read More
Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu issued a warning to his French counterpart Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu that if Paris persisted in insisting on sending a French military contingent to Ukraine it would “create problems for itself.” The warnings come after President Macron’s statement in February where he said that the possibility of sending Nato troops […]Read More
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Senegal’s new president has stirred up an age-old debate in the country when he took office on Tuesday with two wives who will now be the two First Ladies of the country. Bassirou Diomaye Faye who is the fifth president of the country had married Marie Khone, 15 years ago, from which he has two […]Read More
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