Category: World

Dublin, 10 October 2025 — The Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht, Dara Calleary TD, has confirmed a new round of investment under the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (RRDF), allocating €20.5 million to 30 projects nationwide. The funding, announced at the opening of the Shackleton Experience in Athy, will support initiatives […]

Casablanca/Rabat, 9 October 2025 — Youth-led protests swept through Morocco on Thursday, with demonstrators calling for sweeping reforms and the resignation of Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch, a day before King Mohammed VI is expected to deliver his annual address to parliament. The rallies, organized by the Gen Z 212 movement, drew crowds in Casablanca, Rabat, […]

As Moscow’s military offensive grinds on at Europe’s eastern edge, tensions are skyrocketing on the continent due to repeated, brazen violations of European airspace deliberately orchestrated by Russia. Europe has announced counter-measures, in the form of a “drone wall” to combat this new threat. Between September 9 and 10, 19 drones were spotted entering Polish […]

Manila, 10 October 2025 — A massive 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Davao Oriental at 9:43 a.m. local time, prompting immediate tsunami alerts and widespread evacuations across coastal provinces in the southern Philippines. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), the quake was tectonic in origin, with an epicenter […]

After two years of violence and the deaths of 68,000 Palestinians and more than 1,200 Israelis, most of them civilians, it has been reported that Hamas and the Netanyahu government will sign a phase 1 ceasefire agreement. This is the first part of a 20-point plan promoted by the US president, Donald Trump, and supported […]

On Thursday, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, reported that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group reportedly opened fire on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Saudi hospital and a local mosque, where displaced families had sought refuge.  The Saudi hospital “is the last functioning medical facility in the city, serving thousands of war-affected people,” […]

In sunny Tourinha, a small town north of Lisbon, farmer Bruno Neves proudly walks through his fields and greenhouses full of lettuce and cucumbers. Come Christmastime, there will also be the traditional Portuguese Christmas cabbage. Ladybirds, hoverflies and other insects buzz through the air, tiny allies in his mission to grow healthy crops. “I create […]

Abuja, 9 October 2025 — President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has exercised the presidential prerogative of mercy, granting pardons to 175 individuals across various categories, including posthumous clemency for nationalist Herbert Macaulay and former Minister Maj.-Gen. Mamman Vatsa (retd). The decision, endorsed by the Council of State, was presented by Attorney-General Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) following recommendations […]

Antananarivo, 9 October 2025 — Youth-led demonstrators in Madagascar have dismissed President Andry Rajoelina’s call for a national dialogue, denouncing it as a political maneuver that fails to address their grievances. The rejection comes after nearly two weeks of nationwide protests sparked by chronic power outages, water shortages, and allegations of corruption. Protesters’ Position The […]

Former U.S. President Barack Obama has praised the emerging ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, describing it as a long-awaited step toward ending two years of devastating conflict in Gaza. In a statement posted on X (formerly Twitter), Obama said the truce offered a “much-needed ray of optimism” for both Israelis and Palestinians after prolonged […]