Your one-stop destination for all the top international stories of the day. Rafah Assault Looms, Says Israel; Hamas Releases Video Of Hostage Hamas released a video of an Israeli-American hostage on Wednesday. The parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin have been campaigning for his release and 133 others still in Hamas captivity. It is unclear when the […]Read More
French President Emmanuel Macron has appealed for stronger, more integrated European defences and said the continent must not become a vassal of the United States, as he outlined his vision for a more assertive European Union on the global stage. With just three years left of his second and final term in office, and after […]Read More
Russia has used its veto to squash a draft resolution, which was aimed at keeping nuclear weapons out of space. The resolution, which was put forward by the US and Japan, saw a vote of 13 in favour to one against with one abstention (China). The resolution called on “all States, in particular those with […]Read More
On the streets of Jerusalem.. protesters demanding the release of hostages clashed with the police. Things got a bit too close for comfort for Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir who was escorted to his car through the crowd of protesters. It’s been over 200 days since the attack on Israel in which over 250 […]Read More
President Macron has warned that Europe “could die” should the 27-nation bloc not face its challenges head on. In a speech at the Sorbonne University in Paris, the French president argued Europe needed stronger more integrated defences to ensure that it did not become a vassal of the US. “There is a risk our Europe […]Read More
At a naval symposium in Qingdao this week, top Chinese military leaders met with U.S. and Russian naval officials, announced Chinese defence ministry spokesperson Wu Qian on Thursday. During a press briefing in Beijing, Wu mentioned that China’s naval leaders, Admiral Hu Zhongming and political commissar Yuan Huazhi, had in-depth discussions with Admiral Stephen Koehler […]Read More
Venice became the first city in the world on Thursday to introduce a payment system for tourists in an effort to thin the crowds that throng the canals during the peak holiday season. Signs warning day-trippers about the new 5-euro ($5.35) charge were set up outside the train station and near an entry footbridge, telling […]Read More
Els Van Hoof, chair of the Belgian parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, told public broadcaster VRT on Thursday that Chinese spies hacked her laptop in 2021. This incident is the latest in a series of allegations regarding Chinese espionage activities in Europe. Tensions have been escalating between Beijing and Western countries over espionage, with Western intelligence […]Read More
China’s President Xi Jinping will visit Hungary from May 8-10, said Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of staff during a press conference on Thursday. Gergely Gulyas said that it was in Hungary’s interest to have a good economic relationship with as many countries as possible and that China was one of the leading powers of […]Read More
Germany believes that China and Russia are carrying out espionage activities in the country. The country recently arrested four Germans – three men and a woman – whom they have accused of seeking appropriate technology for military purposes for China. German Justice Minister Marco Buschmann stated in a statement that “at the time of their […]Read More
Today marks the 35th birthday of the 11th Panchen Lama and 2025 will mark 30 years since the Chinese disappeared him from public sight at the age of six. Why would the Chinese feel so threatened by a six year old boy monk? The fact is Gendun Choekyi Nyima had been recognised by the Dalai […]Read More
Israel has said it is poised to move ahead with a ground operation on Rafah according to a senior Israeli defence official. The aim according to the official is to attack the remaining Hamas hold-outs in southern Gaza and evacuate Palestinians from there. He said that the Israeli defence ministry had already bought 40,000 tents […]Read More
The UAE health ministry announced that a small number of people have shown symptoms of illnesses caused by water contamination following severe rain and flooding. This report, released by the state news agency on Wednesday, did not detail how many were affected or the specific treatments administered. According to an April 25th Khaleej Times article, […]Read More
The US Supreme Court is hearing former president Donald Trump’s appeal after the lower courts have rejected his request to be shielded from prosecutions. Trump is accused of four election-related criminal charges, where he has argued that he cannot be prosecuted given that he was serving as president at the time. Trump is accused of […]Read More
Satellite images reviewed by Reuters reveal that China is providing docking facilities for a U.S.-sanctioned Russian cargo ship involved in transferring North Korean arms to Russia, raising U.S. concerns about Beijing’s support for Moscow’s actions in Ukraine. The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), a British think tank, reported that the Russian vessel Angara has been […]Read More
President-elect Lai Ching-te of Taiwan asserted on Thursday that China should be willing to engage in dialogue with Taiwan’s legitimately elected government as he announced his new national security and diplomacy team amidst what he described as unparalleled challenges. China, which regards the democratically governed Taiwan as part of its territory despite vehement objections from […]Read More
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is meeting with senior officials from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in Shanghai and Beijing on Thursday. According to a State Department release, Blinken will be in China from April 24-26. The release states: “The Secretary will meet with senior PRC officials in Shanghai and Beijing to discuss […]Read More
The title of the event “12 International Meeting of High-Level Officials Responsible for Security Matters”, may appear a work of genius to the bureaucrat who thought it up. But given that it’s the 12th meeting of its kind, and was attended by representatives of 106 countries including India’s NSA Ajit Doval, merited attention. It was […]Read More
US House Speaker Mike Johnson was heckled and booed as he visited Columbia University. The university has been the epicentre of nationwide student protests over the war in Gaza. Johnson’s visit, which he said was meant to support Jewish students intimidated by some anti-Israeli demonstrators, took place shortly after the university extended a deadline from […]Read More
The Iran-aligned group said it targeted the U.S. ship Maersk Yorktown, an American destroyer in the Gulf of Aden and Israeli ship MSC Veracruz in the Indian Ocean,Read More
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