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US State Department Official Resigns in Protest On Gaza

Annelle Sheline, a West Asia analyst at the state department has become the latest person to leave her post in opposition to US President Joe Biden’s Israel policy. Her announcement comes at a time the UN has warned of a famine. In a column for CNN, Sheline said, “Whatever credibility the United States had as an […]Read More

Taiwan Commissions Two New Navy Ships Amidst Escalating China Threat

Taiwan has added two new navy ships to protect itself from China, which is increasing its navy and air force presence near the island. Taiwan’s defence ministry said it detected nine Chinese planes and six ships operating around the island between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning. The pair of Tuo Chiang class corvettes completes the […]Read More

China Assures Sri Lanka Of Debt Restructuring

The Chinese government has assured Sri Lanka that it would assist the island nation’s debt restructuring process continuously and help Colombo to develop its economy. Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister, Dinesh Gunawardena who is on a six-day visit to Beijing held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang. Gunawardena after meeting Chinese leaders […]Read More

U.S. vs China Yet Again. This Time on Green Energy

A day after Chinese President Xi Jinping met US CEOs assuring them that China was still the place to invest and that the regulatory framework would be eased further for foreign direct investment,  US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen warned China not to flood the world with cheap clean energy exports. The comment comes days before […]Read More

Putin: Russia Starting War With Nato is ‘nonsense’

Russian President Vladimir Putin has termed as nonsense the idea of Russia starting a conflict with North American Treaty Organisation (NATO) countries, Russia Today reported. During a visit to Torzhok Air Base, located couple of hours from Moscow, Putin dismissed the notion that Russia has plans to target Europe post-Ukraine: “The claims that we are […]Read More

Russia Sentences Pussy Riot Activist To 6 Years In Jail

A self-exiled member of the feminist opposition group Pussy Riot, Lyusya Shtein, has been sentenced by a Russian court to six years in prison over her online posts about Russian armed forces. The court found Shtein guilty of spreading false stories about the Russian army in a March 2022 post on X. The court said […]Read More

Outrage As Paris School Principal Resigns Due to Death Threats Over Head Scarf Incident

A Paris school principal resigned due to fears for personal safety after a dispute involving a student’s Islamic head covering, sparking widespread indignation and outrage in France. The unnamed principal faced death threats after insisting that a teenage girl remove her hijab while inside the school premises, in compliance with French laws prohibiting religious symbols […]Read More

After Sneakers & Shoes, Why Is Brand Trump Selling Bibles?

Former US President Donald Trump is now selling Bibles as he runs to return to the White House. In a video released on his Truth Social platform, Trump, who is the presumptive Republican nominee, has released a video urging supporters to buy what he called “God Bless the USA Bible,” which is inspired by country […]Read More

Baltimore Bridge Collapse: Police Had 90 Seconds To Stop Traffic

BALTIMORE: It was the middle of the night when a dispatcher’s warning crackled over the radio: A massive cargo ship had lost its steering capabilities and was heading toward the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Within about 90 seconds, police officers responded that they had managed to stop vehicle traffic over the Baltimore bridge in both […]Read More