India Mosque Ruling Sparks New Tensions Over Religious Heritage
A court ruling in central India has turned the Kamal Maula mosque in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, into the latest flashpoint in the country’s long-running disputes over religious sites. The Madhya…
WHO Declares Ebola Outbreak in DRC and Uganda a Global Emergency
The World Health Organization has declared the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighbouring Uganda a public health emergency of international concern, after the virus…
Trump Leaves China Claiming Deals, but Iran and Taiwan Remain Unclear
United States President Donald Trump has ended his three-day visit to China, saying the trip produced several major trade understandings. However, little concrete progress was confirmed on sensitive issues such…
Xi-Trump Summit Ends Without Iran War Breakthrough
United States President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing ended without a clear breakthrough on efforts to stop the war on Iran. Although Washington had spent weeks urging China to use…
Trump Promises to Open China, but Trade Deal Hopes Stay Low
United States President Donald Trump arrived for his high-level summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping with an ambitious message. Before the meeting began, Trump said he would push Xi to…
Iran War Puts BRICS Ministers’ Meeting in India Under Spotlight
A meeting of BRICS foreign ministers opened in New Delhi on Thursday, with the ongoing war in Iran expected to dominate discussions among the world’s major emerging economies. The two-day…
Trump-Xi Summit: China’s Iran Role May Come at a Price for the US
When US President Donald Trump meets Chinese President Xi Jinping, the war in Iran is expected to become another sensitive issue in an already complex relationship between Washington and Beijing.…
Iran War Day 74: Tehran Says It Is Ready to Respond to Any Aggression
Tensions between the United States and Iran remained intense on day 74 of the war, with Tehran warning that it was fully prepared to respond to any new attack after…
Iran War Day 73: Trump and Tehran Clash Over New Peace Proposals
Efforts to secure a peace deal between the United States and Iran appear to have run into another serious obstacle, with both sides accusing each other of making impossible demands…
Thaksin Shinawatra Released From Prison in Thailand
Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been released from prison in Bangkok after serving eight months of a one-year sentence linked to a corruption-related case, marking another dramatic moment…