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New Global Financial Pact Summit seeking to overhaul the international financial system and proposing steps towards easing the debt burden of developing nations concluded at Paris today. Host country France pitched the conference as a consensus-building exercise. The summit comes amid growing recognition of the scale of the financial challenges…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Beijing Sunday with the agenda of mending fences with China amid a number of disagreements on international issues — the first trip by a senior US official to China in nearly five years. The trip was originally scheduled for February which was…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will visit China next week on the invitation of President Xi Jinping. In a statement, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said Mahmoud Abbas will make four-day visit from 13th of this month. Earlier, in a phone call with Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki, China’s Foreign…

 An explosion inside a mosque in northern Afghanistan on Thursday killed at least 11 people during the funeral of the Taliban’s provincial deputy governor, who died in an attack earlier this week, officials said. The Taliban-run Ministry of Interior said that more than 30 people were also injured in the…

An armed 19-year-old man opened fire just outside a graduation ceremony in Richmond, Virginia, killing at least two people and leaving five others injured, police said Tuesday. The suspect, who was arrested, faces two counts of second-degree murder along with other offences, interim Richmond Police Chief Rick Edwards said addressing…

Thousands of people came out on the streets to protest against their government in the capital Warsaw Sunday which the Poles believe is on the path to autocratic rule, eroding the democratic norms of the country. The Mayor of Warsaw Rafal Trzaskowski was leading the march underlined that there were…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has urged people of Turkiye to forge unity and work toward a better future with collective efforts. Speaking on the occasion of his inauguration ceremony at Presidential Complex in Ankara, he said democracy in Turkiye is strong and will be strengthened further. President Erdogan said…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been sworn in for a new five-year presidential term in a grand ceremony at Grand National Assembly in Ankara. The sworn in ceremony in parliament is being followed by the inauguration ceremony which is being attended by 21 heads of state, 13 prime ministers,…

Top Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said that what is happening to Muslims in India today had happened to Dalits in the 1980s. Talking to media in San Francisco, he said Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Dalits, and tribals are feeling attacked in India. He said this hatred can only be fought…

Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani held talks with the supreme leader of the Taliban Haibatullah Akhunzada this month to discuss Afghanistan engagement with the international community. According to media reports, the meeting took place in Kandahar and relating to Taliban ban on girls’ education and women’s employment, UN…

In India, dozens of rebel fighters have been killed in clashes with security forces in India’s remote northeastern state of Manipur. The state has been on edge since the explosion of inter-ethnic violence on 3rd May between tribal groups and the ethnic majority Meitei people over plans to extend economic…

Iran and Oman have vowed to enhance regional security and peace for progress and prosperity in the gulf region. Talking to the visiting Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said in Tehran, Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi said the two countries have progressed in improving ties in diverse fields including trade…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered stronger border security force to ensure fast Russian military and civilian movement into Ukrainian regions now under Moscow control. In a message on telegram, Putin said their task is to reliably cover the lines in the vicinity of the combat zone. He said it…

The United States and Saudi Arabia have called on warring military factions in Sudan to extend cease-fire which is set to expire on Monday. In a joint statement, the US and Saudi Arabia urged Sudan’s military government and the rival Rapid Support Forces to continue negotiations on extending the cease-fire.…

In anticipation of the upcoming presidential election runoff that will determine President Tayyip Erdogan’s fate, the Turkish lira plummeted to an unprecedented low against the US dollar on Friday.  The currency breached the 20 mark, reaching a staggering 20.06 against the greenback before showing a slight recovery. Ultimately, it concluded…

China on Friday opposed the G20 tourism summit being held in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), saying that it will not be a part of it, chinese mediareported.  India is set to chair this year’s G20 meeting and organised a number of meetings across the country in…

Turkey’s high-stakes presidential election is headed for a run-off vote, Turkey’s electoral chief Ahmet Yener, has said, citing official results from the country’s Supreme Election Council. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took 49.5 percent of Sunday’s vote, with his main challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, getting 44.89 percent, the Council said. As neither secured more…

Scotland is set to launch the UK’s first driverless bus network next week, marking a significant milestone in transportation technology.  The autonomous buses, equipped with advanced technology, will operate on a 14-mile route and aim to transport approximately 10,000 passengers per week.  While there will be drivers onboard ready to…

At least 22 people have lost their lives after a double-decker boat capsized in India’s Kerala state in an incident blamed on the lack of safety measures. The ill-fated boat had sunk near the Tuvalthiram beach in Malappuram district’s coastal town Tanur at around 7pm on Sunday, Indian media outlet NDTV reported citing the…

King Charles III and Queen Camilla were Saturday crowned in a historic coronation ceremony, a sumptuous display of pageantry dating back 1,000 years, at Westminster Abbey in London.  The Archbishop of Canterbury — the spiritual leader of the Anglican Church — placed the 360-year-old St Edward’s Crown on Charles’ head as he…

The United Nations has called for an immediate end to violence in Sudan. The call was made by UN Secretary-General António Guterres during meeting with President Evariste Ndayishimiye of Burundi in Bujumbura on the sidelines of summit of heads of state of the Regional Oversight Mechanism for Peace, Security and…