May 28, 2025 9:16 pm

Africa

Karoline Leavitt Defends Trump’s False “White Genocide” Claims During South Africa Visit
289 Workers Trapped in South African Gold Mine, Rescue Operation Underway
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi Visits China for Strategic Talks Amid Nuclear Negotiations
Trump Plans to Shut Down U.S. Operations in Africa
At Least 79 Soldiers Killed in al-Qaeda Affiliate Attack in Benin
Fire and Boat Capsize in Congo Leaves at Least 148 Dead
U.S. Proposes to Withdraw Funding from UN Peacekeeping Missions
A Global Perspective on the Most Expensive Government-Funded Megaprojects
African Union Expels Israeli Ambassador
United States Announces Cancellation of All South Sudanese Immigrants’ Visas
PM Modi Meets Bangladesh’s Chief Advisor at BIMSTEC Summit
Drought in Kenya: Girls Being ‘Sold’ into Marriage to Prevent Starvation
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Nahid Taghavi, Iranian-German Activist, Released from Prison After Four Years

London, January 13, 2025 – Nahid Taghavi, an Iranian-German women’s rights activist, has been released from prison and returned to Germany after more than four years of incarceration in Iran, Amnesty International announced on Monday. Taghavi’s release followed concerns about her health and persistent calls from rights groups for the German government to pressure Tehran […]

The Rising Cost of Activism: LGBTQ Advocates Face Danger in a Hostile World

Nafis Sadique Shatil The murder of Edwin Kiptoo, a gay rights activist in Kenya, was not just a tragic loss for his community but a stark reminder of the dangers faced by LGBTQ advocates worldwide. Kiptoo, who courageously championed the rights of queer individuals in a country where homosexuality is both criminalized and deeply stigmatized, […]

Preparations underway to meet with Putin: Trump

US President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday that Russian leader Vladimir Putin wants to meet him. A meeting is being arranged between the two. Trump will be sworn in as President of the United States on January 20. The Republican leader announced a meeting with Putin just a few days away from being sworn in. […]

World Bank Expert Explains Strategies to Escape the Middle-Income Trap

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Middle-income countries are in a race against time to break through the so-called “middle-income trap” and achieve high-income status. This critical challenge was the focus of the latest World Bank Group’s World Development Report, as discussed in the #ExpertAnswers series with Somik Lall, Senior Advisor to the Chief Economist at the World […]

Uncertainty over Chinmoy’s legal representation

With the bail hearing in a sedition case set for January 2, uncertainty looms over the legal representation of former ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari.The complications arose after a lawyer named Saiful Islam Alif was killed amid clashes between Chinmoy’s supporters and police in the court area when Chinmoy was denied bail on November […]

India Launches Overnight Drone Strikes Across Pakistan; 25 Drones Shot Down

A day after the most severe military clash between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan in two decades, India launched another wave of drone attacks targeting various locations across Pakistan. The Pakistani military reported on Thursday that at least 25 Israeli-made Harop drones were shot down across the country. Tensions escalated following a deadly attack in […]

Short Biography of the Newly Appointed U.S. Secretary of State

Marco Rubio was born on May 28, 1971, in Miami, Florida, to Cuban immigrants who fled to the United States in 1956. Rubio’s parents faced numerous hardships as they adapted to life in the U.S., working tirelessly to provide a better future for their family. His father worked as a banquet bartender, while his mother […]

‘No Other Land’ Co-Director Hamdan Ballal Beaten in Attack

Hamdan Ballal, co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, is reportedly missing after being violently attacked in his home village of Susya. The attack, which involved a group of masked Israeli settlers, left Ballal with severe injuries, including head and stomach wounds, according to a series of posts shared on social media by co-director […]

Palestinian Group Rejects Israel’s Ceasefire Proposal

The Palestinian armed group Hamas has rejected Israel’s six-week ceasefire proposal. One of the conditions of the proposal was that Hamas would have to surrender its weapons. A Palestinian official involved in the ceasefire talks stated that although Israel demanded that Hamas lay down its arms, it did not provide any commitment for a permanent […]

Additional $5 Billion Aid: No Response Yet to Dr. Yunus’s Appeal to Development Partners

Under the leadership of Dr. Muhammad Yunus, the interim government assumed office 39 days into the current 2024–25 fiscal year. However, the country’s economy was already facing multifaceted crises due to a severe dollar shortage, widespread bank looting in the name of loans, and rampant capital flight. During this period of high inflation that heavily […]

USAID Official Warns of Unnecessary Deaths Amid Trump Administration Cuts, Then Placed on Leave

Washington, D.C. — A senior official with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) warned in an email on Sunday that the Trump administration’s dismantling of the agency would result in unnecessary deaths, only to email his staff less than 30 minutes later to announce he had been placed on administrative leave. Nicholas Enrich, USAID’s […]

Josh O’Connor Joins Cast of Spielberg’s New Film

As previously announced, Emily Blunt, Colin Firth, Colman Domingo, and Eve Hewson (“Bad Sisters,” “Flora and Son”) will complete the cast for the yet-to-be-titled film. Universal Pictures will release the movie on May 15, 2026. Spielberg is directing from a script by David Koepp, whose previous collaborations with the filmmaker include Jurassic Park, War of […]