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About 282 million people faced acute hunger last year: UN-led…
Food insecurity worsened around the world in 2023, with about 282 million people suffering from acute hunger due to conflicts, particularly in Gaza and Sudan, a
Ukraine wins bipartisan US support, strikes Russia from afar
After months of delays and debates, the US Congress has approved a $60.8bn military aid package for Ukraine, lifting the spirits of Kyiv’s forces this week as
Indian Gulf workers: The unlikely voters parties are wooing for…
Thiruvananthapuram, India – The hum of conversation was replaced by a crescendo of high-pitched political slogans in the packed auditorium, as Shafi Parambil
Post-1948 order ‘at risk of decimation’ amid war in Gaza,…
The world is facing the collapse of the 1948 international order established in the wake of World War II, amid the brutal wars in Gaza and Ukraine, while author
Sunak promises to boost UK defence spending by 2030
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledges to boost spending to 2.5% of GDP, putting the defence industry on a ‘war footing’.British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has
‘Fire and forget’ in Gaza
Earlier this month, the Israeli occupying forces withdrew from my hometown of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, presumably to prepare for an attack on nea
As more bodies found, UN human rights chief ‘horrified’ by…
Volker Turk, the United Nations human rights chief, has said he is “horrified” by the destruction of Nasser Medical Complex and al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaz
Asia bears biggest climate-change brunt amid extreme weather: WMO
World Meteorological Organization says floods and storms were leading cause of casualties and economic losses as impact of heatwaves becomes more severe.Asia wa
Watching the watchdogs: The media downplays a big legal story…
In a fast-expanding global battleground, enablers and opponents of Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza are facing off in an unusual landscape: courtrooms. Over
Photos: Highest-level rainstorm warning issued in south China’s Guangdong
The Chinese government has issued its highest-level rainstorm warning and evacuated more than 100,000 people as rain continues to lash the south of the country.
Trump’s defence makes opening statement in ‘hush money’ trial
Former United States President Donald Trump’s lawyers and prosecutors have made their opening statements in the businessman-turned-politician’s trial into a
Another foreign intervention will not solve the crisis in Haiti
On March 12, Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry tendered his resignation amid escalating violence in the country. Ahead of his announcement, the Caribbean Com
